Joel Phillips is professor of music theory and composition at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and recipient of its Distinguished Teaching Award. He has received many commissions and awards for his compositions, which are published by G. Schirmer, Transcontinental, GIA, and Shawnee Press. A member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Phillips served for five years as chief faculty consultant for the Advanced Placement Examination in Music Theory. Phillips is a founding member of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic and served it in many capacities, including that of president.
Jane Piper Clendinning is professor of music theory at the Florida State University College of Music. She has published articles reflecting her interests in the history of theory, theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, computer pitch recognition, and computer applications in music. She teaches courses in eighteenth-century counterpoint, music since World War II, popular and world music analysis, music theory pedagogy, and accelerated undergraduate music theory. She has served as the chair of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development Committee and as an AP reader, and is a regular consultant at AP Workshops and Summer Institutes.
Elizabeth West Marvin is professor of music theory and former dean of academic affairs at the Eastman School of Music. She has published in the areas of music cognition, music theory pedagogy, theory and analysis of atonal music, contour theory, history of theory, and analysis and performance. She teaches courses in music theory pedagogy, music cognition, and analytical techniques for performers. Her articles and reviews appear in numerous journals, including Music Perception, Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, and Theory and Practice. She is past president of the Society for Music Theory and is currently a member of the Advanced Placement Music Theory Test Development… Committee and serves as an AP reader. Marvin is the most recent recipient of the Gail Boyd de Stwolinski Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Music Theory Teaching and Scholarship.