Dr. Jeffrey Lovell is an Associate Professor of Music, teaching courses in Music Theory and Aural Skills, and is co-director of the Valley Jazz Orchestra, LVC’s premiere jazz ensemble. He holds degrees from Brigham Young University, Rutgers University, and the University of Oregon.
His areas of specialization include music theory pedagogy and jazz analysis, and his research has been published in the Journal of Jazz Studies, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, and The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. From 2016-2019, Dr. Lovell was Chair of the Pedagogy Interest Group, affiliated with the Society of Music Theory. From 2018-2022, he served on the editorial review board for the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.
Dr. Lovell is active as a jazz pianist, saxophonist, and composer. His first album as a leader, Artifactual, was released by Vale Records in 2020 and can be heard on all major streaming services.
Book Chapter:
“Rethinking Integration in the Music Theory Curricula,” The Routledge Companion to Aural Training in Music: Practice and Future Directions Before, In and Beyond Higher Education, Routledge (2021).
Articles:
“We Know It’s Important, But How Do We Do It? Engaging Beginning Aural Skills Students Through Meaningful Improvisation Activities,” Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy (January 2020).
Entries on Freddie Hubbard & Joe Henderson, Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd Edition (2013).
“Out of the Ordinary: Andrew Hill’s Verona Rag,” Journal of Jazz Studies, Vol. 7, no. 1 (2011).
Presentations:
Keynote address, “Rethinking Integration in the Music Theory Curricula,” Oklahoma Music Theory Roundtable, University of the Arts and Sciences of Oklahoma, Chickasha, OK (Sep 2018).
“We Know It’s Important, But How Do We Do It? Engaging Beginning Aural Skills Students Through Meaningful Improvisation Activities,” Pedagogy into Practice Conference, Lee University, Cleveland, TN (June 2017)
“Transforming the Aural Skills Curriculum: Rethinking What Integration Means,” 37th Northeast Regional Conference of the College Music Society, Kutztown, PA. (March 2016).
“Joe Henderson: Avoiding Musical Sins Through Constant Variation,” 7th annual conference of the Jazz Educators Network, Louisville, KY. (January 2016).
