Josef Suk and Viteslav Novak. My studies and travels in the Czech Republic both prompted and propelled my work with this music. My interests in music theory also include still broader and more fundamental concerns. Not long ago, theories on musical expression, representation, and affect were largely dismissed as belonging either to the ancients, or to sentimental program-note writers. Yet, due to a number of quality of thoughtful essays and books that have been published in the past twenty-five years or so, these areas have come to be respected.
Most people tend to think of music as being highly expressive.
This, too, is music theory. Outside of music, my interests include linguistics and marine life. I also appreciate painting and sculpture. For fun, I enjoy travel, correspondence, jogging, and classic motion pictures. The intensity of our program at NIU allows students to delve deeper into many subjects than they might at other schools.