Dr. Jessica Moseley

Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

A member of Fredonia’s School of Music faculty since 2015, Barnett-Moseley has taught courses in tonal and post-tonal music theory and analysis, counterpoint, and musicianship skills. Her diverse research interests include the post-tonal and 12-tone music of Argentine composer, Alberto Ginastera; pre-tonal music analysis, including the music of the 16th-century Scottish composer, Robert Carver; intersections between music theory and piano pedagogy; and analytical approaches to popular music.

Barnett-Moseley has presented her research and interdisciplinary approaches to music theory and piano pedagogy at various regional, national, and international conferences, including the Society for Music Theory (SMT), the North American British Music Studies Association (NABMSA), and Music Theory Midwest (MTMW), and she was an invited lecturer at GP3—the National Group Piano and Pedagogy Forum of MTNA. She has served on the boards of the Music Theory Society of New York State (MTSNYS) and Music Theory Midwest (MTMW)

Prior to joining the faculty at Fredonia, Barnett-Moseley taught music theory and piano at Furman University in South Carolina; Hofstra University on Long Island; and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she received the CCM Excellence in Teaching Award. In addition to her university teaching, Barnett-Moseley remains active as a pianist and music pedagogue in the greater Buffalo area and continues to maintain a private piano studio, as she has for more than 20 years. For many years she volunteered and was an administrative assistant for Buffalo String Works—a non-profit organization that offers music lessons to the sizable population of under-served, refugee and immigrant children living in Buffalo.

Barnett-Moseley holds a Ph.D. and M.M. in music theory, with a cognate in piano pedagogy, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a B.M. in piano pedagogy from Drake University.

Teaching Interests

Analytical Approaches to Popular Music
Alternative Notation Systems
Musical Map Making
Keyboard Applications of Music Theory

Research Interests

Music Theory Pedagogy
Serial Music
Counterpoint