Ciro Scotto

Associate Professor of Music Theory
Ohio University 
Chair of Music Theory

Office: 591B

Phone: (740) 592-4244

Ciro Scotto

Research areas

Post-Tonal Theory

Analysis

My post-tonal analytical work has focused on the music of Pierre Boulez, George Crumb, Milton Babbitt, and Charles Wuorinen. My analyses model the compositional systems underlying various compositions.

Post-tonal Theory-Composition

Composition Theory

Besides analyzing post-tonal compositions, my theoretical work also focuses on building compositional systems that integrate pitch-class compositional systems with extensions of tonal systems.

Popular Music-Rock

Theory and Analysis

My current theoretical interest focus on building models of the tonal systems for rock music, specifically heavy metal, and analyzing rock compositions through the lens of those systems.

Dr. Scotto has been amazing this semester. He truly has a way of making complex ideas and theories seem relevant and easy to understand." From student evaluations.