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David Huron
Professor, School of Music
Head of Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory
Areas of Expertise
• Music cognition
• Computational musicology
• Systematic musicology
Dr. Huron is the head of the Cognitive and Systematic Musicology Laboratory.
His research involves a fundamental question: Why are humans so obsessed
with music? Much of his work centers on the perceptual bases of melody
and voice-leading. He focuses on the organization of scales, musical similarity,
melodic structure, and the phenomenon of sensory dissonance. Dr. Huron
has been honored as a fellow in the Center for Computer Assisted Research
in the Humanities at Stanford, and more recently, as the Ernest Bloch
Visiting Professor at UC-Berkley. In addition to his extensive publication
record, he serves as associate editor for MUSIC PERCEPTION.
Education
• Ph.D., Musicology, University of Nottingham (England)
• M.A., Interdisciplinary Program, York University (Toronto, Canada)
• B.I.S., Integrated Studies, University of Waterloo (Waterloo,
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