Student Activity
Graduate Theory Association
The Graduate Theory Association at the IU Jacobs School of Music is comprised of graduate students interested in music theory. With the ultimate purpose of promoting collegiality within the music theory community at IU, the group functions both as an academic/professional-development and a social organization. The GTA brings together students with many varied interests and specialties into a relaxed setting where ideas may be exchanged more freely than perhaps a classroom would allow. Closely associated with the GTA is the Indiana Theory Review (ITR), a music theory journal published semi-annually, and the only such journal entirely run by students. Members are elected each year to represent the GTA to the dean of the School of Music via the Student Representative Committee (SRC), and to the rest of the IU community via the Graduate and Professional Student Organization (GPSO).
The GTA is open to any graduate student at IU with an interest in music theory. There are no fees or dues charged; members are, however, encouraged to show their support of music theory at IU by subscribing to Indiana Theory Review. All theory majors and theory AI's are automatically members of the GTA. Officers are elected annually.
For the 2011-2012 academic year, the GTA officers are:
- Mark Chilla, President
- Ruthie Umthun, Vice-President
- Katrina Roush , Secretary
- Michael McClimon, Treasurer
- Bruno Alcalde, Publicity Chair
- Chelsey Hamm, Social Chair
- GPSO Representative: Jason Jedlicka
- SRC Representative: Diego Cubero
