Matthew Arndt

Associate Professor of Music Theory
The University of Iowa School of Music

93 East Burlington Street
Iowa City, IA 52242

319-353-2181
matthew-arndt@uiowa.edu

Education

2008: Ph.D., Music Theory, University of Wisconsin–Madison
2001: M.M., Music Composition, University of Colorado at Boulder
1998: B.A. with honors, Music Composition, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon

Professional Experience

2017–pres.: Associate Professor, the University of Iowa, Iowa City
2011–2017: Assistant Professor, the University of Iowa, Iowa City
2009–2011: Visiting Assistant Professor, the University of Iowa, Iowa City
2008–2009: Visiting Assistant Professor, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
2007: Lecturer, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
2007: Associate Lecturer, University of Wisconsin–Madison
2003–2007: Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin–Madison
1999–2001: Graduate Assistant, University of Colorado at Boulder

Presentations

2018: “Heaven and Earth” and “The Jesus Prayer”

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle
St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland
St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Portland
Cappella Romana, chorus
John Michael Boyer, director

2017: “Berg’s Piano Sonata and Reverse Organicism”

Music Theory Society of New York State 46th Annual Meeting, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York
Music Theory Midwest 28th Annual Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Ninth European Music Analysis Conference, Strasbourg, France

2016: “Some Statistical Properties of Harmony and Voice Leading in Shemokmedi School Georgian Chant”

Eighth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi Conservatoire
Fourth International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music, The New School, New York
Society for Christian Scholarship in Music, Boston University

2016: “Schenkerian Unrolling and Schoenbergian Unfolding”

History–Analysis–Pedagogy, Nottingham University
The University of Iowa School of Music Colloquium

2016: Anchiskhati Ensemble concert

St. Raphael Orthodox Church, Iowa City
Matthew Arndt, organizer
Davit Shughliashvili, Zaal Tsereteli, Levan Veshapidze, and Davit Zatiashvili, voice, chiboni (goatskin bagpipe), and chonguri (four-stringed lute)

2016: “Introduction to Georgian Traditional Music”

The University of Iowa
Matthew Arndt, facilitator
Davit Shughliashvili, Zaal Tsereteli, Levan Veshapidze, and Davit Zatiashvili, voice, chiboni (goatskin bagpipe), and chonguri (four-stringed lute)

2015: “Moses und Aron and Lulu: God and Fate”

Opera Studies Forum, the University of Iowa

2015: “90 Minutes of Performances about 6 Minutes of Music”

Musical, dance, and poetic responses and a precursor to Schoenberg’s op. 19
The University of Iowa
Matthew Arndt, organizer and composer
Michel Benhaïem (Strasbourg Conservatory), piano
Charlotte Adams, choreography
Robyn Schiff, facilitator
Juliana Waechter, costumes
Blake Boseneiler, Korinne Fangman, and Kalyn Sankey, dancers
Mary Kate Baker, Emily Davids, David Freeman, Nathan Hoil, Courtney Johnson, Ellen Kalina, Jeffrey Lehman, Hunter Loushin, Jacob McCulley, Brad Pector, Miranda Pederson, Katherine Perdock, Mario Pescarolo Iochpe, Catherine Shook, Emma Van Dyke, and Laura Wang, poets

2014: “A Non-Tonal Problem in a Piece by Schoenberg”

Eighth European Music Analysis Conference, Leuven, Belgium
Seventh International Conference on Music Theory, Pärnu, Estonia

2013–2014: “The Cold Shoulder: Suspended Tonality and Self-Division in Schoenberg’s op. 14/1”

The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music Colloquium
The University of Iowa School of Music Colloquium

2012: “Why the Sixth Chord Is Dissonant”

The University of Iowa School of Music Colloquium
University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music Colloquium
College Music Society Regional Conference, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa

2007: “Harmony and Voice Leading in Phrygian Polyphony”

Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence

2006: “Zeroing In: Vision and Integrity in Schoenberg’s Sechs kleine Klavierstücke”

University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music Colloquium
Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Selected Service

Department

2015–pres.: Elected member, Graduate Committee, the University of Iowa School of Music
2017: Invited member, Search Committee, the University of Iowa School of Music
2011–2017: Elected member, Undergraduate Committee, the University of Iowa School of Music
2015: Interim member, Graduate Committee, the University of Iowa School of Music
2013–2015: Invited member, Search Committee, the University of Iowa School of Music (twice)
2013: Invited member, Decision Desk Committee, the University of Iowa School of Music
2008–2009: Invited member, Library Committee, Townsend School of Music, Macon, Georgia
2008–2009: Invited member, Website Committee, Townsend School of Music, Macon, Georgia
2005–2007: Member, Colloquium Committee, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music

University

2017–2018: Invited mentor, Academy Mentorship Program, the University of Iowa
2010–2014: Judge, Jakobsen Graduate Conference, the University of Iowa
2012: Helper, On Iowa! the University of Iowa
2012: Invited member, Arts and Humanities Initiative review panel, the University of Iowa

Professional

2011–pres.: Invited member, St. John of Damascus Society Advisory Board
2010–pres.: Co-director, Saint Raphael Orthodox Church Choir, Iowa City
2017: Invited reviewer, Journal of Music Theory
2017: Invited reviewer, Music Theory Spectrum
2016–2017: Appointed Local Arrangements Chair, Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference
2016–2017: Appointed liaison, Society for Music Theory, with International Repertory of Music Lit.
2016: Invited session chair, Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference, nineteenth-century
2016: Invited member, Music Theory Midwest Nominating Committee
2010–2016: Auditioned member, Chamber Singers of Iowa City
2015: Invited reviewer, Oxford University Press
2015: Invited reviewer, Music Theory Online (two manuscripts)
2013–2015: Invited writer, Chamber Singers of Iowa City
2014: Invited member, Program Committee, Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference
2014: Invited session chair, Seventh International Conference on Music Theory, other repertoire
2011: Invited session chair, Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference, thematic variation
2003: Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Society for Music Theory Conference
1998–1999: Member, Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamelan, Portland, Oregon

Professional Development

2006–pres.: Member, Music Theory Midwest
2003–pres.: Member, Society for Music Theory
2007–2017: Member, College Music Society
2008: Participant, Practical Wisdom Symposium, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
2007: Participant, Formative Values in Musical Scholarship, University of Michigan
2003–2006: Member, Journal Club, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music
2003–2004: Participant, Teaching Assistant Training, University of Wisconsin–Madison
1999–2001: Participant, Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder

Selected Grants and Awards

2017–pres.: Student Technology Fee Award, the University of Iowa, $4620
2016–pres.: Student Technology Fee Award, the University of Iowa, $4000
2017: Book Subvention, Society for Music Theory
2017: Book Subvention, the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2017: Book Subvention, the University of Iowa School of Music
2015–2016: Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award, the University of Iowa, $5000
2014: Fellow in Residence, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, the University of Iowa
2013: Commission, collaborative setting of Psalm 103, the St. John of Damascus Society
2005 & 2008: Caddock Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison, paper on linearity in music
2007: University Dissertator Fellowship, University of Wisconsin–Madison
2000: Cantate Chamber Singers Young Composers Contest, piece on theme by Bach

Selected Compositions

2018: “The Jesus Prayer,” for mixed chorus, 4’
2018: Sonata for Flute and Piano No. 2, 26’
2017: Theme and Variations, for flute and piano, 12’
2016: Sonata for Flute and Piano No. 1, 8’
2015: “There is the Sea” (Section V of “Heaven and Earth”), for mixed chorus, 6’
2014: Cavatina on Schoenberg’s op. 19, no. 6, for piano, 5’