Lynnsey Lambrecht
COMPOSER. THEORIST.
EDUCATOR. SCHOLAR.
ABOUT ME
Lynnsey Lambrecht is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Bradley University in central Illinois. Previously, she was an instructor at Western Michigan University, an instructor at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, and a graduate teaching assistant at Michigan State University. Dr. Lambrecht graduated from Michigan State University with a Doctor of Musical Arts in composition and a Master of Music in theory. She earned a Master of Music in theory and composition from the University of Northern Colorado, and she graduated summa cum laude from Colorado Mesa University with a Bachelor of Arts in music education.
In addition to composing and teaching, her interests reside in post-tonal theory pedagogy, composition pedagogy, 20th and 21st-century analysis, and learning about the best practices for music theory tutoring. Dr. Lambrecht has presented at the College Music Society International Conference, the Canadian University Music Society Annual Conference, the International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, the Music by Women International Festival, the Colorado Music Education Association Conference, the Illinois Music Education Association Conference, the Illinois State Music Teachers Association Conference, the College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference, and the University of Arizona Graduate Student Music Conference at the University of Arizona.
She attended the New York Summer Music Festival as a composition fellow, received an honorable mention in the Michigan State University Large Ensemble Composition Competition, was selected as a winner of the Michigan State University College of Music Running Start Competition, and was awarded first place in the Colorado Mesa University Student Showcase Competition.
Dr. Lambrecht has compositions and arrangements published by Grand Mesa Music Publishers, Eighth Note Publications, Pámpano Publications, and Blue Note Music Press, and she has studied composition with Ricardo Lorenz, Charles Ruggiero, Paul Elwood, and Darin Kamstra.
Her research is published in The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy and the Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Bradley University
Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition
2018-present
Interlochen Summer Arts Camp
Instructor of Music Theory, Aural Skills, History, and Musician Artistry
2019 and 2020
Western Michigan University
Instructor of Music Theory
2018
Michigan State University
Music Theory Graduate Teaching Assistant
2016-2017
EDUCATION
Michigan State University
DMA Composition
MM Theory
2017
University of Northern Colorado
MM Theory and Composition
2012
Colorado Mesa University
BA Music Education
2010
COMPOSITIONS
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Wind Ensemble
Choir
Saxophone Quartet
Small Ensemble
Instrumental Solos
Vocal Solos
Multimedia Projects
12 Score (2021)
Provided music soundtrack for game created in collaboration between Bradley University faculty. The game was created to highlight social justice and human rights from 1776 to 2020. The music traces historical styles, forms, and genres throughout the time frame with an overarching accumulation form.
A Dozen Dozen (2020)
Juried conference demonstration: A MAZE / Berlin: Openscreens – July 2020
Juried conference demonstration: IndieCade Festival of Independent Games – Oct. 2020
Provided music soundtrack for game created in collaboration between Bradley University faculty. The game was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the United States. The gameplay is intended to give the player a sense of the expanse of time (144 years) between the nation’s founding and the passage of the 19th Amendment. The music encompasses Americana genres with an overarching accumulation form.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Lambrecht, L. (2020). Integrating keyboarding activities into an early twentieth-century techniques course. In L. VanHandel (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy. New York: Routledge.
Lambrecht, L. and L. VanHandel. (2018) The perception of stable tones in polytonal structures. In Parncutt, R., & Sattmann, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of ICMPC15/ESCOM10. Graz, Austria: Centre for Systematic Musicology, University of Graz.
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RECENT PRESENTATIONS & MATERIALS
Gamifying the Music Theory Curriculum
Canadian University Music Society Annual Conference, virtual (2021)
College Music Society International Conference, virtual (2021)
College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference, virtual (2021)
Canadian University Music Society Annual Conference, London, Ontario, CA (June 2020, conference cancelled due to COVID-19)
Composing with Symmetrical Collections
Illinois Music Education Association Conference All-State Composition Workshop, Peoria, IL (January 30, 2020)
Preparing Your Students for Music School Auditions
Illinois Music Education Association Conference, Peoria, IL (January 31, 2020)
Illinois State Music Teachers Association Conference, Charleston, IL (November 2, 2019)
Pedagogical Approaches and Analysis to Incorporate Julia Wolfe's Pulitzer Prize Winning Anthracite Fields into Music Courses
Music by Women International Festival at Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS (March 9, 2019)
Post-Tonal Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Early 20th Century Techniques at the Keyboard
College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference, Westerville, OH (April 6, 2018)
University of Arizona Graduate Student Music Conference, Tucson, AZ (February 10, 2018)
Michigan State University College of Music Mock Conference, East Lansing, MI (February 2, 2018)
Michigan State University College of Music Theory Colloquium, East Lansing, MI (September 15, 2017)
Exploring Gesture, Space, and Timbre in Saariaho's NoaNoa
Music by Women International Festival at Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS (March 2, 2018)
Michigan State University College of Music Mock Conference, East Lansing, MI (February 2, 2018)
The Perception of Stable Tones in Polytonal Structures
International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Montréal, Québec, CA (July 27, 2018)
Michigan State University College of Music Theory Colloquium, East Lansing, MI (October 20, 2017)
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