John Paul Ito

Research Interests: Musical Expression, Meter, and the Body (the theory of focal impulses)

This project develops a theory of the interrelations of the expressive shaping of sound, meter, and physical coordination in performance, and it does so in both humanistic and scientific terms.

Talks and publications (and their supporting materials) from this project that are available online include:

• “Performing Metrical Dissonance,” Society for Music Theory, Charlotte, NC, November 2013.
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• “Performing Metrical Dissonance,” Performance Studies Network Second International Conference, Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 2013.
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• “Focal Impulses and Expressive Performance,” in proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval, Springer Verlag, 2013.
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• "Focal Impulses and Expressive Performance," presented at the 9th International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval, London, June 2012