Stacey Davis, Associate Chair-Music Department, Music Theory, Director - IMR

Stacey Davis is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds Ph.D. and M.M. degrees in Music Theory from Northwestern University and a B.M. in Violin Performance from Arizona State University. In her research, Dr. Davis seeks to make connections between traditional approaches to music analysis, empirical research in music cognition, and music theory pedagogy. One line of research concerns the relationship between implied polyphony and musical structure in J.S. Bach’s unaccompanied string works, with emphasis placed on how implied polyphony affects both a perceptual experience and an expressive performance. Other research focuses on applying the findings of music perception research to aural skills pedagogy (particularly melodic dictation and error detection). Portions of this research have been published in Music Perception and Psychology of Music and presented at the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, the Society for Research in the Psychology of Music and Music Education, The College Music Society, and the Texas Society for Music Theory. Dr. Davis currently teaches courses in music theory and is the Director of UTSA's Institute for Music Research.

Courses Taught

Basic Skills I-IV (MUS 1112, 1132, 2152, 2162)
Aural Skills I-IV (MUS 1102, 1112, 2102, 2112)
Fundamentals of Music for the Non-Music Major (MUS 2623)
Analysis of 20th Century Music (MUS 3133)
Foundations of Music (MUS 3413)
Counterpoint (MUS 4133)
Analysis of Rhythm and Meter (MUS 4163)
Graduate Music Theory Review (MUS 5003)
Introduction to Music Research (MUS 5233)