Education:

• Ph.D., Music, Theory Emphasis, University of Georgia, 2007
• M.M., Classical Guitar Performance, University of Georgia, 2002
• B.M., Music Composition, University of Georgia, 2000
• B.M., Classical Guitar Performance, University of Georgia, 2000

Publications and Presentations:

• “Found in Translation: De-sublimation and Spatialization in Guitar Transcriptions,” Soundboard 33.3–4 (2007): 16–24
• “What Every Guitarist Should Know: A Guide to the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Focal Hand Dystonia,” Guitar Review 133 (2007): 2–9
• “Why the Minor Mode is ‘Sad’: Exploring the Metaphoric Complex,” UGA Music Research Symposium, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, March 2006
• “The Image-Schematic Structuring of Musical Meaning: The Basic Level Response to Music,” Music Theory Southeast Society Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, March 2006
• “The Preconceptual Structuring of Musical Meaning,” Harvard Graduate Student Conference: “Musical Reception: Actions, Reactions, Interactions,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Fall 2005

Biography:  

Jason Solomon taught music theory, composition, and guitar at several colleges in Georgia before coming to Western Carolina University, where he teaches theory, aural skills, and the history of rock music. His research interests include spatialization, transformational analysis, music perception and cognition, metaphor, popular music, and aesthetics.  Jason is a member of the Georgia Guitar Quartet—an ensemble that has released four CDs and maintains a national performance schedule.