Dr. William L. McGinney
University of North Texas
Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology
(817) 456-5608
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Education

PhD, University of North Texas, 2009.
Major: Musicology
MM, University of North Texas, 2003.
Major: Musicology
BM, University of Texas at Austin, 1990.
Major: Music Theory

Awards and Honors

Gold Medal for Excellence - Directors' Choice - for Best Impact of Music in an Independent Short Film, Park City Film Music Festival. (2004 – 2004).

Hewitt-Oberdoerffer Award for Graduate Reseach Paper, American Musicological Society, Southwest Chapter. (2002 – 2002).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
MUMH 1600, Music in Human Imagination, 21 courses.
MUMH 1610, Music as Communication, 5 courses.
MUMH 2040, Music Appreciation, 22 courses.
MUMH 2050, Sounds and Cinema, 4 courses.
MUMH 3000, Nineteenth Century Music, 3 courses.
MUMH 3010, Twentieth Century Music, 8 courses.
MUMH 3500, Music History and Literature to 1750, 7 courses.
MUMH 3510, Music History and Literature Since 1750, 3 courses.
MUMH 4050, Symphonic Literature, 3 courses.
MUMH 4070, Operatic Literature, 2 courses.
MUMH 4760, Chamber Music Literature, 7 courses.
MUMH 4770, Choral Literature, 3 courses.
MUMH 5010, Introduction to Research in Music, 20 courses.
MUMH 5030, Advanced Issues in Music Research, 2 courses.
MUMH 5510, Music History and Literature since 1750, 1 course.
MUMH 5910, Special Problems, 1 course.
MUMH 6000, Seminar in Musicology, 1 course.
MUMH 6160, Major Composers, 5 courses.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
McGinney, W. L. (2013). "Inside the Underscore for Planet of the Apes." In Planet of the Apes and Philosophy: Great Apes Think Alike, ed. John Huss. Chicago: Open Court, 2013..
Journal Article
McGinney, W. L. (2007). "The Red Pony and the 'Grande ligne ': Thematic Recurrence and Continuity in Aaron Copland's Film Score, Film Suite for Orchestra, and Film Suite for Band." Journal of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles 14 (2007): 61-83..

Presentations Given

Uncategorized

McGinney, W. L. (Other), You Can't Make This Up: "Song of Love" and the Great Composer According to Hollywood. (2011 – 2011).

McGinney, W. L. (Other), "Copland's Film Music: Novel Approaches to the Traditional Functions of Music in Cinema". (2010 – 2010).

Murder Act One. (2003 – 2003).