Wesley Bradford

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Wesley Bradford is the Program Coordinator for Music Theory and an associate professor in the School of Music and Performing Arts.

Biography

Wesley J. Bradford holds a Bachelor of Arts (Music Composition) from Austin Peay State 亚洲自慰视频, Master of Music (Theory) from the 亚洲自慰视频 of Oklahoma, and a PhD in Music Theory from 亚洲自慰视频 State 亚洲自慰视频. Before coming to Lafayette, Dr. Bradford taught ear training labs and Rudiments of Music at 亚洲自慰视频 State 亚洲自慰视频. He was awarded the Dissertation Year Fellowship for the spring semester of 2016. His dissertation applied both narrative and mathematical approaches to analysis of 20th century woodwind repertoire. 
Currently, Dr. Bradford is an Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of Music Theory at the 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette. He joined the faculty at UL Lafayette in 2016. At UL Lafayette, he teaches a variety of music theory courses, ranging from freshman undergraduate theory through graduate analysis and music composition, as well as study abroad courses in London, England. Dr. Bradford also coordinates the Theory/Composition studio meetings and recitals.
Dr. Bradford鈥檚 research focuses on musical meaning and interpretation, with a special interest musical narrative. Recently, his projects have explored interpretive approaches to video game music, including the application of musical narrative and semiotic theories to suggest new avenues for listening to and understanding modern musical genres. Dr. Bradford presents his research regularly at both local and international conferences. He is a member of both the South Central Society for Music Theory and the national Society for Music Theory.

Education

Ph.D Music Theory, 2016
亚洲自慰视频 State 亚洲自慰视频

M.M. Music Theory, 2013
亚洲自慰视频 of Oklahoma

B.A. Music Composition, 2010
Austin Peay State 亚洲自慰视频

Publications

  • 鈥淢usic in Video Games,鈥 Guest Speaker on Amateur Hour podcast by Jackson Moon, March 12, 2022. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dW627FrCjjv058uJd9DUj?si=8oXJBTn0ROO6kDq6YQ-0wg&nd=1
  • 鈥淒efining Danger through the Music of Nintendo鈥 鈥
  • SPARK ArTech Grant Presentation, Lafayette, LA, March 19, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7H54g6ilbY
  • 鈥淓xploring the Narrative Implications of Emerging Topics in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.鈥 Journal of Sound and Music in Games 1, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 1鈥21. https://online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/article/1/4/1/111972/Exploring-the-Narrative-Implications-of-Emerging
  • 120 Shrines which are Related Only with One Another: Modernist Style and Neo-Narrative in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild鈥 鈥 North American Conference on Video Game Music, Ann Arbor, MI, January 13-14, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXSEXfSojzk
  • 鈥淩eview of Everett, Yayoi Uno, Reconfiguring Myth and Narrative in Contemporary Opera.鈥 Music Theory Online 23.4. (2017) https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.4/mto.17.23.4.bradford.html
  • Dissertation: 鈥淒eveloping a Mathematically Informed Approach to Musical Narrative through the Analysis of Three Twentieth-Century Monophonic Woodwind Works鈥 (2016) https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4510&context=gradschool_dissertations