Presentations and Lectures

Hough, Matthew. (2023). “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Composition.” Vernon Salon Performance and Lecture Series. Oakland, CA (January 20).

Hough, Matthew. (2022). “Popular Music Theory: A Case Study in Pedagogy.” Pedagogy into Practice: Teaching Music Theory in the Twenty-First Century. Michigan State University: Lansing (June 4). Poster

Hough, Matthew. (2021). Lecture on my music (Herzlich and Remembered States). Musicianship I (Undergraduate Course). University of California: Berkeley (March 29).

Hough, Matthew, Jennifer Liu, and Danni Yang. (2019). “Technology for Musicianship Curriculum Enhancement.” Presidential Chair Fellows Showcase. University of California: Berkeley (December 11). Slides

Hough, Matthew. (2019). “Ear Training with Peer Performance Dictation.” College Music Society National Conference. Louisville, KY (October 25). Slides

Hough, Matthew. (2019). “Ear Training with Peer Performance Dictation.” Pedagogy into Practice: Teaching Music Theory in the Twenty-First Century. University of California: Santa Barbara (May 24). Poster

Hough, Matthew. (2018). Lecture on my music (Three Voices). Undergraduate Composers Club. University of California: Berkeley (April 20).

Hough, Matthew. (2017). “Modular Loops: Toward an Integrated Theory Pedagogy for Cycle-Based Popular Music.” Pedagogy into Practice: Teaching Music Theory in the Twenty-First Century. Lee University: Cleveland, TN (June 1). Handout

Hough, Matthew. (2016). Lecture on my music (Remembered States, Since We Don’t Understand… and When Summer Ends). Graduate Composition Colloquium. University of California: Berkeley (September 2).

Hough, Matthew. (2016). Lecture on my music (pppppppppppppppp and When Summer Ends). Vernon Salon Performance and Lecture Series. Oakland, CA (August 19).

Hough, Matthew. (2016). “Learning Oliver Mtukudzi’s ‘Tuku Music’ Through Modular Loops.” Fourth International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music. The New School: New York, NY (June 11). Slides

Hough, Matthew. (2016). “Practical Issues of Being a Composer.” Graduate Composition Seminar. Texas Christian University: Fort Worth, TX (March 23).

Hough, Matthew. (2016). “The Music of Anthony Braxton.” Advanced Jazz Improvisation (Undergraduate Course). University of California: Berkeley (February 2).

Hough, Matthew. (2015). Lecture on my music (Eleven Cells and Since We Don’t Understand…). Undergraduate Composers Club. University of California: Berkeley (December 3).

Hough, Matthew. (2015). “Jamaican Popular Music in the College Aural Skills Classroom.” Ann Arbor Symposium IV: Teaching and Learning Popular Music. University of Michigan: Ann Arbor (November 20). Paper Slides

Hough, Matthew. (2015). “David Abram’s The Spell of the Sensuous.” Berkeley Connect (Undergraduate Course). University of California: Berkeley (November 4).

Hough, Matthew. (2015). Lecture on my music (Eleven Cells and Since We Don’t Understand…) Mid-Missouri Composers Symposium. Osage Arts Center: Belle, MO (July 16).

Hough, Matthew. (2014). “Ear Training Wizard: An Interactive Web-Based Application for Musicianship Skills Acquisition.” Innovation Celebration Teaching Symposium. Wagner College: Staten Island, NY (October 14).

Hough, Matthew. (2014). “Arranging for the Guitar: Music from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach.” Academic and Cultural Enrichment Lecture Series. Wagner College: Staten Island, NY (April 22).

Hough, Matthew. (2014). “Elements of Stevie Nicks' Songwriting Style.” WC Forum, Women Composers Festival of Hartford. Charter Oak Cultural Center: Hartford, CT (March 8).

Hough, Matthew. (2013). Lecture on my music (Eleven Cells and Since We Don’t Understand…) Hambidge Center: Rabun Gap, GA (August 9).

Hough, Matthew. (2013). Lecture on my music (Remembered States) Atlantic Center for the Arts: New Smyrna Beach, FL (May 28).

Hough, Matthew. (2011). Lecture on my music ("You should all be shot!" and Since We Don't Understand...) Exapno New Music Community Center: Brooklyn, NY (July 16).

Publications

Hough, Matthew. (2015). “Elements of Style in Three Demo Recordings by Stevie Nicks.” Music Theory Online 21 (1).

Hough, Matthew. (2015). “Billone, Pierluigi.” Grove Music Online.

Hough, Matthew. (2015). “Ligeti, Lukas.” Grove Music Online.

Hough, Matthew. (2014). "Musicians with homonymic names." Oxford University Press Blog (August 5).

Hough, Matthew. (2011). “Vulgarity and Musical Expression.” Ear To Mind Newspaper 2: 16-17.

Hough, Matthew. (2008). “An Interview with Daniel Göritz.” Guitar Review 135: 34-36.

Hough, Matthew. (2007). “Review: Claudio Maccari and Paolo Pugliese, Mauro Guiliani: Complete Works for Guitar Duo.” Guitar Review 135: 37.

Hough, Matthew. (2007). “Writing for the Guitar: An Interview with Reiko Füting.” Guitar Review 134: 10-13.

Hough, Matthew. (2007). “Review: Riot, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, 7/13/07.” Guitar Review 134: 33.

Hough, Matthew. (2007). “György Ligeti, 1923-2006.” Guitar Review 133: 16-17.

Hough, Matthew. (2007). “Review: Magnus Andersson, The Plucked North.” Guitar Review 133: 43.

Hough, Matthew. (2005). “Review: Dan Lippel, J. S. Bach: BWV 998, 1003, 1010.” Guitar Review 132: 38.

Hough, Matthew. (2005). “Robot-Friendly: An Interview with Composer J. Brendan Adamson.” Guitar Review 131: 12-13.

Hough, Matthew. (2005). “Review: John Williams Visits Connecticut: The Masterclass.” Guitar Review 131: 32-36.