Zachary Lloyd

Hometown: Hillsborough, NC

Fall 2020 – present

PhD in Music Theory

Legacy Fellowship

Educational/Professional Background

Bachelor of Music in Performance, concentration in Music Theory and Composition

-conferred 2018 from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Master of Music in Music Theory

-conferred 2020 from Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

Research and Teaching Interests, or Professional Field

Research interests include popular music analysis, form in musical theatre repertoire, rhythm and meter studies, and music theory pedagogy.

Future Plans/Aspirations

I am working towards a PhD in Music Theory in hopes of teaching the subject matter at the college level in the future. I also plan to expand on the limited musical theatre scholarship within the field of music theory and hope to construct textbooks for use in the classroom that expand the repertoire and analytical systems employed within the undergraduate music theory curriculum.

Unique Awards/Achievements

Awarded the Michigan State University Excellence-in-Teaching Citation in the 2019-2020 Academic year.

Awarded Best Student Paper Award at the 2019 Pedagogy Into Practice National Conference with coauthor Stefanie Bilidas. Our work is currently forthcoming in the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.