Jason R. Titus
Lecturer
jason.titus@rochester.edu
Courses: Music Theory
Todd Union 202B
(585) 275-4193
M.M., Louisiana State University
Ph.D., Eastman School of Music
Jason R. Titus holds degrees in Music Theory and Music Education from
the
Eastman School of Music, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Louisiana
State University. He has taught music to students of every educational
level, from kindergarten through graduate school. Jason completed a
Ph.D. in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music, finishing a dissertation
entitled "Miles Davis' 'So What' As Modal Jazz Case Study." His LSU Masters’ Thesis—The Voicings of Thelonious
Monk—was an examination of jazz harmony and idiomatic chord construction.
Jason’s research interests include: Jazz, Popular Music, and Schenkerian
Theory; and the music of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and Rush. His
work
has resulted in two papers—on chord-scale theory and modal jazz—that
were
presented at national conferences of the Society for Music Theory in
2005
and 2006.
Jason maintains an active performance schedule as a multi-instrumentalist
(guitar, keyboards, bass). He plays and records with several bands
in
Rochester, Ithaca, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn. He was the drummer for
San
Francisco Band ¡Aw Yeah!, which was voted “Best Band of The Bay.” by
readers of the San Francisco Bay Guardian in 2000 and 2001.