Lauren Crosby

Assistant Professor of Music

Contact
Department of Performing Arts
Office: 213 Brooks
Email: lhcrosb@clemson.edu

Courses
Aural Skills, Music Theory

Lauren Crosby is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Clemson University, where she teaches undergraduate music students and graduate students in the newly established Master of Music Education program. She holds a Ph.D. in music theory from Florida State University, an M.M. in music theory from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a B.M. in choral and keyboard studies from Liberty University. Her research interests include music and the moving image, transformational and neo-Riemannian analyses, and music theory pedagogy.

Lauren has presented her research at national and international conferences, including The Society for Music Theory, Music Theory Southeast, and Music and the Moving Image. Her article “The Sound of Boba Fett: John Williams’s Legacy in the Expanded Star Wars Universe” and her forthcoming chapter in The Cambridge Companion to John Williams both focus on the new sound of Star Wars in the era of Disney+ streaming television. In addition to her work with music for television, Lauren is currently writing Music Theory Fundamentals: Exploring Classical and Commercial Music—a textbook that weights classical music education and commercial music interests equally by introducing each element of music in both staff and MIDI notations.