Roth, Jade

Jade Roth

As a music theorist, I am fascinated by music's unique ability to shape our emotions, actions, and perception of time. In my Master's research, I examined the use of rubato as an expressive element of music and its influence on the performance and perception of musical silence. I combine aural and score-based analysis to better understand the audible features that draw us toward music in the first place. My doctoral research expands on this analytical model by examining timbre through the study of orchestration techniques. Through my research, I aim to better understand the role of timbre in musical structure. My research is co-supervised by Stephen McAdams and Robert Hasegawa.