In the past three years, Dr. Susan de Ghize has spoken at eight international conferences and a number of national and regional conferences. She has also published two articles, "Yin and Yang a la Schoenberg: Balance in the Creative Process of Rhythmically Developing Variations" and "The Positives and Negatives of Hauptmann's Theory of Meter: A Look at Mozart's Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332", as well as a book chapter titled "Revolving Variations via Rhythm." Her papers have varied in topics from traditional forms in Leos Janacek's Second String Quartet to the relationship between ancient philosophy and the music of Brahms. Recently, Dr. de Ghize received a grant to study in Leipzig, Germany, and conduct research on nineteenth-century theorist Moritz Hauptmann.
Dr. de Ghize teaches a variety of upper-division theory courses, including post-tonal theory, rhythm and meter in tonal music, introduction to Schenkerian analysis, and introduction to tonal analysis. She also teaches second-year music theory and aural skills, as well as Core classes comparing art and music. Dr. de Ghize also presents pre-concert lectures for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
From 2004-2006, Dr. de Ghize was theory coordinator at Northeastern University in Boston, where she implemented a new Musicianship series and a course titled Advanced Studies in Music Analysis. Prior to Northeastern University, she was one of the founding faculty members of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at the National University of Singapore in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. While in Singapore, she was also a pre-concert lecturer for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. de Ghize received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2003, where she was the valedictory speaker at the Graduate Division Commencement with over 700 graduates from all disciplines. At U.C. Santa Barbara, she worked closely with Lee Rothfarb, Pieter van den Toorn, and Michael Beckerman. Her dissertation is titled "Rhythmically Developing Variations in the Motivic Process of Brahms's Chamber Works."
Dr. de Ghize received her B.A. in Music from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996, where she studied piano with Janet Guggenheim and received the prestigious Eisner Prize for Creative Arts in Piano Performance. Besides music, Dr. de Ghize enjoys traveling, watching sports, playing beach volleyball, and playing with her dog, Goethe.
