Micah Mooney

“To and Fro: Musical Manifestations of the SOURCE-PATH-GOAL Image Schema in Clara Schumann’s ‘Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage.’” Co-authored with Luis Armando Rivera. Music Analysis Conference, University of Manchester and Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 2025.

“Tracing Rhyme Trends in Tony Award Winning Musicals: A Phonological and Quantitative Study.” Musical Theater Interest Group Meeting, Society for Music Theory, Jacksonville, FL, 2024.

“‘Just Your Speech / And My Beloved’: The Rhythmic and Metrical Impact of Text in David Lang’s Just (After Song of Songs).” Western University Graduate Symposium on Music, Western University, London, ON.

“‘He Had a Way With Words / And a Rhythm and a Rhyme’: (Slant) Rhyme and Reason in Contemporary Musical Theater Lyrics.” Music Theory Midwest, Muncie, IN, 2024.

“The Little Mermaid’s Happily Ever After: Ashman’s Influence on the Disney Renaissance and Beyond.”
Musical Theater Interest Group Meeting, Joint Meeting of AMS/SEM/SMT, New Orleans, LA, 2022.

“From a Cowboy’s Song to a Community’s Hymn: The Role of the Pastoral in Oklahoma!.” AMS Southwest, Virtual, 2021.

“The Influence of Linguistic Tone on the Contemporary Composer’s Creative Process.” MM Master's Paper, advised by Baljinder Sekhon. Penn State University, 2023.

“Musical Topic as an Embodiment of Community in Two Musical-Dramatic Works of the 1940s.” MA Thesis, advised by Taylor Greer. Penn State University, 2022.