Graduate Theory Association
The Graduate Theory Association at the IU Jacobs School of Music is comprised of graduate students interested in music theory. With the ultimate purpose of promoting collegiality within the music theory community at IU, the group functions both as an academic/professional-development and a social organization. The GTA brings together students with many varied interests and specialties into a relaxed setting where ideas may be exchanged more freely than perhaps a classroom would allow.
Closely associated with the GTA is the Indiana Theory Review, a peer-reviewed music theory journal published semi-annually, and produced entirely by students.
Members are elected each year to represent the GTA to the Dean of the School of Music via the Student Representative Committee (SRC), and to the rest of the IU community via the Graduate and Professional Student Government.
The GTA is open to any graduate student at IU with an interest in music theory. No fees or dues are charged; members are, however, encouraged to show their support of music theory at IU by subscribing to the Indiana Theory Review. All theory majors and theory AIs are automatically members of the GTA.
Annual Research Symposium
The GTA hosts a research symposium at IU every year, which typically attracts scholars from across the U.S. and Canada. The 2019 Symposium is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February 8-9, in Ford-Crawford Recital Hall.
Music Theory Colloquium Series
The GTA co-sponsors a series of lectures, presentations, and discussions by IU faculty, students, and visiting scholars. The colloquium takes place most Wednesdays at 3:30 in M267.
GTA Recital
Every Fall semester, the GTA performs a recital with the aim of demonstrating the unique and multiple abilities of our membership. Those interested in performing in the next recital should contact the sitting Vice President of the GTA.
Social Events
On the lighter side, the GTA sponsors an annual picnic held each fall to welcome new theory associate instructors to IU, and other parties and social activities throughout the year.