Faculty

Steven Rings, is a music theorist whose research focuses on transformational theory, phenomenology, and the relationship between technical analysis and humanistic interpretation. He has written and published on the music of Bach, Schubert, Brahms, and Wagner; recent research projects focus on Debussy and Bob Dylan. Rings’s book Tonality and Transformation is forthcoming; articles are published or forthcoming in the Journal of Music Theory, Journal of Schenkerian Studies, Opera Quarterly, and Notes. A second book is underway on musical meaning and musical analysis. Rings has previously taught at Yale University, the University of Minnesota, and the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Before his work as a music theorist, he was active as a classical guitarist, performing in the United States and Portugal, where he was professor of guitar at the Conservatório de Angra do Heroísmo. Ph.D., Yale, 2006.

Office: Goodspeed 304
Phone: (773) 702-8577
E-mail: srings@uchicago.edu