Landon Morrison

Landon Morrison is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. His research focuses on technological mediation in 20th- and 21st-century music, emphasizing digital instruments, timbre, microtonality, and interdisciplinary approaches blending music theory with science, technology, and cultural studies. He employs analytical, historiographic, and ethnographic methods in his work.

Education: PhD in Music Theory from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, followed by postdoctoral and teaching roles at Harvard University (2019–2023). He was awarded the Society for Music Theory’s Emerging Scholar Award (2021) for his analysis of Kaija Saariaho’s early computer music. He will conduct research at Imperial College London during 2023–2024 as part of an ERC grant on digital music instrument design before joining Eastman.

Publications span journals like Music Theory Online, Kalfou, and Circuit: musiques contemporaine, along with the Oxford Handbook of Time in Music. His work bridges music analysis, technology studies, and cultural critique, reflecting a commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship.

• Recent Awards: Emerging Scholar Award (Society for Music Theory, 2021)

Advising and Grants: Served as Director of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard (2022–2023) and holds a European Research Council grant for digital music instrument research (2023–2024).