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Julian L. Hook

• Assistant Professor of Music, Jacobs School of Music

Education:

• Ph.D. in Music Theory, Indiana University, 2002
• Ph.D. in Mathematical Logic, Princeton University, 1983
• M.M. in Piano Performance, Indiana University, 1997
• M.Arch. in Architecture, University of Illinois, 1989

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Julian L. Hook ("Jay") is a former faculty member in mathematics at Florida International University, Miami, and in music theory at Penn State University. He previously worked as an architect and structural engineer in Chicago, and has participated in chamber music performances with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Hook is the winner of a piano concerto competition and recipient of an award for outstanding teaching while a student at Indiana University. His research involves applications of mathematics to music theory, particularly neo-Riemannian transformations and other algebraic approaches to the study of harmony.

He is the author of a study of rhythm in the music of Olivier Messiaen, published in Music Theory Spectrum, and a study of triadic transformations in the Journal of Music Theory.