Skip to main content

Brian K. Anderson

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

College: College of Music

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas, 2022
    Major: Music
    Specialization: Musicology
    Dissertation: A Quantitative Approach to the History of Music Binder's Volumes (1820 to 1900)
  • MM, Kansas State University, 2016
    Major: Musicology
    Specialization: Musicology
    Dissertation: “Afro-Cuban Percussion: Its Roots and Uses in Orchestral Percussion.”
  • BMEd, Kansas State University, 2009
    Major: Music Education
  • BS, Kansas State University, 2009
    Major: Mathematics

Current Scheduled Teaching

MUMH 2060.002History of RockSpring 2025
MUMH 1610.003Music as CommunicationSpring 2025
MUMH 1610.500Music as CommunicationSpring 2025
MUMH 2050.002Sounds and CinemaSpring 2025
MUMH 2040.003Music AppreciationFall 2024 Syllabus
MUMH 1610.003Music as CommunicationFall 2024 Syllabus
MUMH 1610.501Music as CommunicationFall 2024 Syllabus
MUMH 3200.001Music as PoliticsFall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MUMH 1610.002Music as CommunicationSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 1610.002Music as CommunicationFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 1610.001Music as CommunicationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 1610.001Music as CommunicationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 1610.002Music as CommunicationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 3510.301Music History and Literature Since 1750Summer 5W2 2020 SPOT
MUMH 3510.303Music History and Literature Since 1750Summer 5W2 2020 SPOT
MUMH 1610.001Music as CommunicationSpring 2020 Syllabus
MUMH 1610.002Music as CommunicationFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 3510.301Music History and Literature Since 1750Summer 5W2 2019 SPOT
MUMH 3510.303Music History and Literature Since 1750Summer 5W2 2019 SPOT
MUMH 3510.303Music History and Literature Since 1750Spring 2019 SPOT
MUMH 3510.302Music History and Literature Since 1750Fall 2018 SPOT
MUMH 3500.303Music History and Literature to 1750Spring 2018 SPOT
MUMH 3500.304Music History and Literature to 1750Spring 2018 SPOT
MUMH 3510.302Music History and Literature Since 1750Fall 2017 SPOT
MUMH 3510.303Music History and Literature Since 1750Fall 2017 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Anderson, B.K. (2016). “Very Long Cat: An Interview with Shawn Mativetsky and David Ogborn.”.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Feustle, M.J., Bailey, C.L., Anderson, B.K., "National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (Foundations Grant)," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $58000 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
  • Anderson, B.K., "Monteverdi Research Scholarship," sponsored by Monteverdi Music Scholarship Fund, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2019 - 2020).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Anderson, B.K., "Educational Grant for Guitars," Local, $5000 Funded. (2011 - 2012).
,
Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
CLOSE