Her Music Academia

Author: Lydia Bangura

What does it mean to be a music researcher? How does a musician use music as a medium to foster community? Featuring interviews with other musicians, scholars and artists, host Lydia Bangura seeks to ask interesting questions about music and execute important and relevant music research. Join Lydia as she reads, writes and chats her way through a music PhD program. Got questions or feedback? Interested in being a guest on the pod? Send inquiries to: hermusicacademia@gmail.com
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The AP Music Theory Exam (with Dr. Melissa Hoag)
Monday, 30 March, 2026

In this episode, I chat with Dr. Melissa Hoag (Oakland University) about her musical upbringing as a pianist, her path to music theory, her time as coeditor of the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, and her work as editor of Expanding The Canon and a forthcoming textbook. We also discuss the AP College Board Music Theory exam, the yearly grading session with over one hundred college professors and high school teachers, and how YOU can get involved as an AP reader!Melissa’s episode of SMT-PodMy episode with Christine BooneExpanding The Canon: Black Composers in the Music Theory ClassroomJournal of Music Theory PedagogyMy Summer in Review 2024My Summer in Review 2025