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Dr. William L. McGinney

Adjunct Faculty

University of North Texas

Department of Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

(817) 456-5608

Email: bill.mcginney@unt.edu

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

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.

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

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • John Huss, ed.. (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

  • 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).