curriculum vitae

Education  

Ph.D. (2019) Music
University of California, San Diego | San Diego, CA     
Emphases: Music Theory / Integrative Studies. Advisor: David Borgo, Ph.D.  
Dissertation: Student-as-Theorist: Embodiment as a Paradigm for Music Theory Pedagogy    

M.M. (2009) Music Composition
B.A. (2006) in Music Theory
Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA

Awards and Fellowships

Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University. 2021

Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholars Fellowship, Frederick Douglass Institute. 2018-19

Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California. 2013-17

Winner in 5 of 6 categories, Fred W. Leung Choral Arranging Competition. 2009

Peer-Reviewed Research

Gutierrez. J. (2019) “An Enactive Approach to Learning Music Theory? Obstacles and Openings.” Front. Educ. 4:133. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2019.00133

Gutierrez. J. (2018) “Students Evaluate Music Theory Courses: A Reddit Community Survey.” College Music Symposium. Vol. 58, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.18177/sym. 2018.58.sr.11391 

Under Review / In Preparation 

Gutierrez. J. “Through-lines and Inclusivity: Case Studies in Innovative Music Theory Curricula” Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy     

 Published Conference Proceedings         

Gutierrez. J. “Enactive Cognition in Music Theory: Conduction in the Classroom.” Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. ICMPC15 (2018)

Gutierrez. J. “Framing Creative Intentionality: Toward Heuristic Technology in Music Theory Pedagogy.” The proceedings of the International Conference on New Music Concepts. Treviso. Accademia Musicale. p. 103–8. (2015)                      

Selected Invited Talks 

International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation. Workshop Lead: “Conduction: Plastifying Composition and Representation through Gesture” Boston, MA. May, 2023

Harvard University. Society for Mind, Brain, Behavior. Speaker: “Paradoxes in Harmony: Less-considered Dimensions of Musical Agreement” Cambridge, MA. October 6, 2022

Harvard University. Society for Mind, Brain, Behavior. Speaker: “Paradoxes in Harmony: Toward a Pedagogy of Mutual Transformation” Cambridge, MA. October 7. 2021

Harvard University. Society for Mind, Brain, Behavior. Speaker: “Music intersections with Social Responsibility and Invisibility” Remote. March 11. 2021

Harvard University. Society for Mind, Brain, Behavior. Speaker: “Musical Growth: Prodigy, Presence, Play.” Remote. October 17. 2020 

Harvard University. Mind, Brain, Behavior Interfaculty Initiative. Speaker: “Paradoxes in Harmony: Toward a Pedagogy of Mutual Transformation” Cambridge, MA. October 17. 2019

Musical interventions in cognitive ability. Indian Hill Music Center. Littleton, MA. October 15. 2019

Providing Resources and Opportunities for Future Standouts (PROFS). Keynote Speaker. Kutztown, PA. November 19. 2018

Harvard University. Mind, Brain, Behavior Interfaculty Initiative. Speaker: “Play and Prodigy: Embodied Cognition in Music Learning.” Cambridge, MA. October 4. 2018

Kutztown University. Frederick Douglass Institute Discussion Series. Keynote speaker: “Paradoxes in Harmony: Music in the Recovery of Self and Community.” September 11. 2018

San Diego Refugee Forum. Presenter: “Songs and Stories,” the Center for World Music’s refugee artist initiative. El Cajon, CA. November 21. 2017

Butch Morris’ Conduction®, Guest lecturer. UC San Diego. November 14. 2017

“Varèse, Zappa, and the Corporeal in Sound.” Guest lecturer. UC San Diego. February 2. 2017

Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Panelist: “Pursuing Graduate School”. UC San Diego, CA. July 31.  2017

Session chair, College Music Society Summit on 21st Century Music School Design. University of South Carolina, SC. June 4. 2016

UC San Diego. Springfest Music Symposium. Presenter and panelist: “ Music in Cognitive Decline.” San Diego, CA. April 10. 2015

Chapman University. “The Cutting Edge in Music Cognition.” Guest lecturer. Orange CA. December 3. 2015

Selected Conference Presentations  

“The Role of Music in Mood Regulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Portland, OR. August. 2022

“Toward Diversity, Creativity, and Integration in Music Theory Curriculum” College Music Society National Conference. November. 2020 (Remote)

“Transformations in Music Theory Pedagogy: Four Case Studies.” Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology. University of Graz. Austria. (flash talk). September. 2019

“Expanding the Repertoire: Hip Hop in the Academy.” National Association for Multicultural Education. Pennsylvania Chapter. March. 2019

“Students Evaluate Music Theory Courses: A Reddit Community Survey.” College Music Society. Northeast Chapter | Millersville, PA. March. 2019

“Enactive Cognition in Music Theory.” International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition | Graz, Austria. July. 2018 Large travel award recipient

“Music Theory Through Conduction.” International Conference for the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research | University of Hull, UK. April. 2017 Dean’s Travel Award recipient

“Students Evaluate Music Theory Courses: A Reddit Community Survey.” Society for Music Perception and Cognition | UC San Diego, CA. July. 2017 (Poster)

“Cognitive Framing in Music Theory Curriculum.” Society for Music Perception and Cognition. Vanderbilt University. July. 2015

“Framing Creative Intentionality: Toward Heuristic Technology in Music Theory Pedagogy.” International Conference on New Music Concepts | Treviso, Italy. February. 2015. Large Travel Award

“Crossover Evangelism: How Contemporary Christian Music Advanced Post-Christian America.” American Musicological Society; Pacific-Southwest Chapter Meeting | San Diego, CA. February. 2015

Teaching Experience

2018-present Northeastern University, Department of Music Boston, MA
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor (full-time) 2021-23
Lecturer 2019-21 (part-time)

2019-2021 Harvard University, Music / Mind-Brain-Behavior Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow

2018-19 Kutztown University, Department of Music   Kutztown, PA 
Scholar-In-Residence, Full-time Instructor (18 units)

2016-17  Chapman University, Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music Orange, CA
Adjunct Professor | Psychology of Music

2015-18  University of California, San Diego, Department of Music San Diego, CA Associate Instructor, Teaching Assistant (40 units)

2012-13 Life Pacific College, San Dimas, CA 

2011-13   Azusa Pacific University, School of Music  Azusa, CA Adjunct professor (40 units)

Courses taught as instructor of record

  • Theory/Harmony
    • Fundamentals (I), diatonic and chromatic harmony (II, III), Advanced/20th century (IV)
  • Music Analysis Seminar
  • Psychology of Music (graduate and undergraduate) 
  • Music in Everyday Life
  • 40,000 Years of Music Technology
  • Songs that Made History
  • Film Music
  • Hip Hop Music Business
  • Intro. to Music Technology 
  • Applied Composition
  • Intro. to Music Literature 
  • Hip Hop Music and Culture
  • Fundamentals of Music Business
  • Keyboard