Welcome
How do we perceive structure in music?
How do those perceptions shape our response to music?
In order to answer these questions, I employ a highly interdisciplinary approach, drawing from methodologies in the fields of music theory, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. My research focuses primarily on the real-time aspects of music listening, in particular how emergent phenomena such as tonality and musical tension are perceived.
I am currently an Assistant Professor at
New York University in the
Department of Music and the Performing Arts Profession in the Steinhardt School
and a member of the
NYU Music and Audio Research Lab (MARL) and
Music Technology Program. I recently co-founded the
Northeast Music Cognition Group with colleagues
at NYU and Yale.
In addition to my academic work, I
perform professionally as a harpsichordist.