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.

Selected Professional Works

Books (In Production or Under Contract)

Crosby, Lauren. Music Theory Fundamentals: Exploring Classical & Commercial Music. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Published)

Crosby, Lauren. 2025. “The Sound of Boba Fett: John Williams’s Legacy in the Expanded Star Wars Universe.” Émergences: Son, Musique et Médias Audiovisuels 1. 10.35562/emergences.181

Crosby, Lauren. 2022. “The Sound of Boba Fett: John Williams’s Legacy in the Expanded Star Wars Universe.” John Williams: Last of the Symphonists? Évry, France. https://mediaserveur.univ-evry.fr/videos/session-6-2-lauren-crosby/

Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Accepted or Submitted)

Crosby, Lauren. “Passing the Baton: Star Wars After Williams.” In The Cambridge Companion to John Williams. Edited by Frank Lehman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Conference Presentations (Delivered)

Crosby, Lauren. 2026. “Harmonic Cartography: Mapping Key Area Relationships in Disney’s ‘Rise of the Resistance.’” Sonic Cartographies: Mapping Music and Sound in Theme Parks. Royal Holloway University of London. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/tpms/2026/asynchronous/4/

Crosby, Lauren. 2024. “Agree to Disagree: Musical & Visual Interaction in Non-Linear Television.” Music and the Moving Image. New York.

Crosby, Lauren. 2024. “Cantina Band Covers: Genre Evolution in Adaptations of ‘Mad About Me.’” All Ears: Music and Sound in and Beyond Disney Theme Parks. Orlando, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/tpms/2024/friday/12/

Crosby, Lauren. 2023. “Discordant Anvils: The Pythagorean Blacksmith Legend & The Star Wars Time Grappler.” Répertoire International d’Iconographie Musicale, Seoul, South Korea.

Crosby, Lauren. 2023. “Music, Myth, & Anvils: Pythagorean Legend in the Sound World of Andor.” Écouter les genres de l’imaginaire: convergences sonores, musicales et théoriques dans les series télévisées, Perpignan, France.

Crosby, Lauren. 2023. “The Evolution of a Crime Lord: Development of Musical Themes in The Book of Boba Fett.” Music and the Moving Image. New York.

Crosby, Lauren. 2020. “Mapping Schnittke’s Voice Leading in Bonded Uniform Triadic Transformation Spaces.” Society for Music Theory Annual Conference. Online.

Crosby, Lauren. 2020. “Intersection Compatibility in Uniform Triadic Transformations.” SMT Mathematics of Music Analysis Interest Group virtual meeting, Society for Music Theory Annual Conference. Online.

Crosby, Lauren. 2020. “Eternal Cycles: Triadic Cycles and Parsimonious Voice Leading in Schnittke’s Requiem.” Society for Christian Scholarship in Music Annual Conference. Waco, Texas.

Crosby, Lauren. 2019. “Comma-Modified UTT Spaces: Segmentation and Closure in UTT Generated Voice- Leading Spaces.” Music Theory Southeast, Elon, NC.