Prof. John Heilig

Prof. John Heilig (he/him/his) is a newly appointed adjunct classroom faculty member in Aural Skills and Music Theory in the Dewberry School of Music for the Spring 2025 semester. He is a PhD candidate in Music Theory at Indiana University, and is very excited to teach Music Theory and Aural Skills at George Mason University in Spring 2025. His research interests include twelve-tone music, electroacoustic music, musical texture, and performance and analysis. He holds an MM in Music Theory from Indiana University, as well as a BM in Music Theory with a certificate in Saxophone Performance from Florida State University.

He has taught at institutions across the US, including the University of Maryland, Oberlin College and Conservatory, the Eastman School of Music, and Indiana University. His dissertation aims to acknowledge and respond to the challenges that 20th-century music poses to traditional descriptions of musical texture, and offers an analytical methodology informed by theories of auditory and musical grouping.

Adjunct Faculty

• Aural Skills and Music Theory

Degrees

• BM, Music Theory, Florida State University
• MM, Music Theory, Indiana University
• PhD Candidate, Music Theory (ABD), Indiana University