Ellen Shaw
music theorist
Awards
2026 Graduate Student Paper Prize for “‘Jazz For Healing’: Mary Lou Williams’s Conceptualization of Jazz as a Sacred Language”, awarded by the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music.
2025 Arthur J. Komar Award for Outstanding Student Presentation for “‘Refuge of the Roads’: Portrayals of Musical Restlessness in Joni Mitchell’s Hejira”, awarded by Music Theory Midwest.
Conferences
Sullivan, James and Ellen Shaw. “Declamatory Schemas in Popular Song.” (click for more information)
Shaw, Ellen. “‘Jazz For Healing’: Mary Lou Williams’s Conceptualization of Jazz as a Sacred Language.” (click for more information)
Shaw, Ellen. “‘Refuge of the Roads’: Portrayals of Musical Restlessness in Joni Mitchell’s Hejira.” (click for more information)
Shaw, Ellen. “Surveying the Experiences of Black Students Within the Music Theory Sequence.” (click for more information)
- Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference, Wichita, KS (June 2026).
Shaw, Ellen. “‘Jazz For Healing’: Mary Lou Williams’s Conceptualization of Jazz as a Sacred Language.” (click for more information)
- Society for Christian Scholarship in Music Annual Conference, Palos Heights, IL (February 2026).
Shaw, Ellen. “‘Refuge of the Roads’: Portrayals of Musical Restlessness in Joni Mitchell’s Hejira.” (click for more information)
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Society for Music Theory (SMT) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN (November 2025).
- Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference, Online (May 2025).
- CUNY Graduate Students in Music Annual Conference, New York, NY (April 2025).
- Texas Society for Music Theory Annual Conference, Waco, TX (March 2025).
Shaw, Ellen. “Surveying the Experiences of Black Students Within the Music Theory Sequence.” (click for more information)
- SMT Annual Meeting, Pedagogy Interest Group, Minneapolis, MN (November 2025).
© 2026 Ellen Shaw
Last updated: June 2026
Last updated: June 2026