Scott Hanenberg

Biography

I studied composition at Queen’s University, sound recording at Recording Arts Canada, and music theory at the University of Toronto, where I received my PhD. I wrote my dissertation, “Unpopular Meters,” on how drummers handle irregular meters. I published research from that project in Music Theory Spectrum and the Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit.

Before coming to Laurier, I taught music theory classes at Virginia Tech, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Penn State. One of my favourite things about these positions was the opportunity to update curriculum to include more popular music, so I’m especially excited that my role at Laurier is focused on that music.