Ian Bates
B.Mus. (Honors Theory and Composition), The University of Western Ontario, 2003
M.A. (Music Theory), Yale University, 2005
M.Phil. (Music Theory), Yale University, 2006
Ph.D. (Music Theory), Yale University, 2008
Ian Bates recently completed his Ph.D. in Music Theory at Yale University, from which institution he also holds Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy degrees. A native of Burlington, Ontario, he earned a Bachelor of Music in theory and composition from the University of Western Ontario (UWO) where he was a National Scholar and faculty gold medallist. A pianist, Ian is also an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto (A.R.C.T.) and studied with Ronald Turini at UWO. His research interests include 20th-century tonality and modality, theories of harmonic function, music theory pedagogy, and relationships between performance and analysis. His recently completed dissertation, supervised by Daniel Harrison, theorizes post-common-practice diatonic harmony and large-scale diatonic relationships in the music of Vaughan Williams.
Publications:
“Vaughan Williams’ Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’: A Study of the Composer’s Approach to Diatonic Organization.” Music Theory Spectrum 33.2 (forthcoming in Fall 2011).
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