research overview
- Leong’s research interests include rhythm, analysis and performance, music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and theories of cross-disciplinary collaboration. Leong is also an active pianist and chamber musician.
- Contact Info
Leong, Daphne
Positions
- Professor, College of Music
Research Areas
Research
keywords
- rhythm, analysis and performance, music of the 20th and 21st centuries, music of Bela Bartok, interdisciplinary collaboration, audiences
Publications
selected publications
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book
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chapter
- A Metric Puzzle in Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. 291-334. 2025
- Resonant Openings: Collaborating on Crumb’s Nocturnes. 106-126. 2023
- "Connecting Analysis and Performance through Music Theory Pedagogy". 192-218. 2018
- Between Sound and Structure: Realizing Rhythm at the Center of Bartók's Fifth String Quartet. 108-133. 2014
- Repetition as Music Motion in Ravel's Piano Writing. 111-142. 2011
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journal article
- Meter as a Prism: Interpreting a Theme in Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. 178-201. 2025
- Shaping Babbitt’s Semi-Simple Variations (article + recorded performance), in Playing Babbitt in the 21st Century, edited by Joshua Mailman and Andrew Mead. Contemporary Music Review. 309-318. 2021
- SMT's Interest Groups: A Synopsis. Music Theory Online. 2018
- ‘What makes it go’: Motion in Wuorinen’s Grand Union. Perspectives of New Music. 149-167. 2018
- Performative Analysis: Reimagining Music Theory for Performance. Music Theory Online. 2017
- Analysis and Performance, or wissen, konnen, kennen. Music Theory Online. 2016
- Analysis and Performance, or wissen, können, kennen. Music Theory Online. 2016
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Experience and Meaning in Music Performance.
Journal of music theory.
321-332.
2015
- Webs and Snares: Multiple References in Babbitt's "Homily" and "Beaten Paths". Music Theory Online. 2011
- Generalizing Syncopation: Contour, Duration, and Weight. Theory and Practice. 111-150. 2011
- Rhythm in the First Movement of Bartók's Contrasts: Performance and Analysis 2008
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Humperdinck and Wagner Metric States, Symmetries, and Systems.
Journal of music theory.
211-243.
2007
- The Performer's Voice: Performance and Analysis in Ravel's "Concerto pour la main gauche". Music Theory Online. 2005
- Response to Janet Schmalfeldt's Response. Music Theory Online. 2005
- Virtuosity in Babbitt's "Lonely Flute". Music Theory Online. 2005
- Bartók's Studies of Folk Rhythm: A Window into His Own Practice. Acta Musicologica. 253-278. 2004
- Kaleidoscopic Symmetries: Time and Pitch Relations in Conlon Nancarrow's "Tango?". Integral. 187-224. 2002
- Review Forum - "Fantasia's" "Rite of Spring" as Multimedia: A Critique of Nicholas Cook's Analysis. Integral. 237-250. 2002
- Metric Conflict in the First Movement of Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Theory and Practice. 1999
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of Rochester 2000
- M.M., University of Rochester 1990
- M.A., University of Rochester 1989
- B.M., Univ of Saskatchewan (Canada) 1987
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- Austria Country
- Canada Country
- China Country
- Finland Country
- Israel Country
- Netherlands Country
- Norway Country
- United Kingdom Country
- eastern Europe Transnational Region