CMDA Research Expo
Join us for the 2025 CMDA Research Expo, where you can visit with our College researchers and learn more about their work. The Expo will highlight recent published and presented work from both students and faculty.
Schedule of Events
April 14, 2025 // LSU Baton Rouge Campus
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 a.m. | Coffee | School of Muisc Lobby |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Welcome - Dean Eric Lau & Associate Dean, Research Pamela Pike | School of Muisc, Room 105 |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Short Presentations of CMDA Provost's Fund for Innovation in Research & CMDA Matching Grant Winners | School of Music, Room 105 |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Poster Sessions, Faculty & Students | School of Music Lobby |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Break for Lunch and/or LIght Refreshments | School of Music |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Short Presentations of CMDA Provost's Fund for Innovation in Research & CMDA Matching Grant Winners | School of Music, Room 105 |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Poster Sessions & Audio-Visual Displays, Faculty & Students | School of Music Lobby |
CMDA Provost's Fund and Matching Grants Presentations
School of Music, Room 105 (10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)
|
Christopher Trapani
(PFIR Phase 1; CMDA Matching Grant) |
Summit for Electric Guitar in the Gulf South |
| Johanna Yarbrough (PFIR Big Ideas Phase 1) |
Expanding Horn Repertoire and Performers |
| Kristin Sosnowsky & Vince LiCata (PFIR Big Ideas in Conference, Symposia & Seminar Grant) |
SciArt Play Festival |
School of Music, Room 105 (1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
| Vanessa Uhlig (PFIR Big Ideas Phase 2; CMDA Matching Grant) |
A Paradise of Small Houses |
| Tyler Kieffer (CMDA Matching Grant) |
Listen and Breathe at LSU |
| Rachel Bardin (PFIR Big Ideas Phase 2; CMDA Matching Grant) |
Coquina |
| Jesse Allison, Kerem Ergener, Stephen Beck, Derick Ostrenko (PFIR Phase 2) |
Blurring the Line: Spatialization and Localization of Sound for XR with Wave Field Synthesis |
Poster & Audio Visual Presentations
School of Music Lobby (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
| Robert Peck | Transformations and Classes of Modes in Arab and Persian Systematist Music Theory |
| Stephen Beck | Cape Town Starlet (2025): Process and Strategies |
| Jason Bowers & Julia Edwards | High School Chorus Students’ Perspectives of a Practitioner Designed Cultural Context Curriculum |
| Kyla Kazuschyk | Bioplastic Materials in Maskmaking and Makeup |
| Eden Esters Brown | Engaging Underserved Black Pre-college Students in Group Piano: A Case Study of an Inner City Community Music Program |
| David Dockan | Music Teacher Agency and Divisive Concepts Laws |
| Faith Hall | Expert Middle School Band Teachers’ Decision-Making Processes |
| Aleigh Papagno | The Well-Tempered Keyboard Lab: Wellness Strategies for the Group Piano Classroom |
| Yuhua Li | Refining Conducting Technique: Acknowledge Your Role and Self-Practice Tips |
School of Music Lobby (2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
| Rockford Samson | Voice and Identity |
| Rockford Samson | Voice Coach for "The Rose Tattoo" for Arcola Theatre (London – "Off West End") |
| Brandon LaFleur | Visualization in Post-Tonal Music Theory |
| Bethany Sassen | Tartans: Weaving a Warped History with Myths, Heritage and a Whole lot of Heather |
| Bethany Sassen | Sewing and Engineering: Two Sides of the Same Coin |
| Morgan Weeks | When Music Does Not Help Me Play: Disruptive Player Music Interactions in Video Games |
| Chris Trapani | Summit for Adventurous Electric Guitar in the Gulf South / Polyphonic Rhodes Afternoon |
| Latrice Green | Navigating Cultural Transitions in High School Marching Bands |
| Mara Gibson | The Devil’s Dream, a new opera |
| Skyler Bluemel | Addressing Assessment in the Choral Classroom: A Content Analysis |