Selected Publications

International Conferences

2000

• Interdisciplinary session entitled: “New Paradigms in Musical Research: The Use and Possibilities of Complexity and Nonlinear Dynamics.” Paper entitled “Musical Style Change and Complex Adaptive Systems: Using Computer Models and Metaphors to Study Musical Systems” Toronto 2000, College Music Society, Toronto, Canada (15 Nov 2000).

1997

• “Knowledge-based Simulations: Technological Tools for Music Research.” A poster session at the International Musicological Society, 16th International Congress, London, England (7 Aug 1997).

1996

• “ Using Genetic Algorithms to Model Complex Musical Phenomena.” A paper presented at the joint meeting of the International Symposium in Systematic Musicology and the International Conference on Cognitive Musicology, Bruges, Belgium (9 Sep 1996).

National Conferences

2003

• “Music, Math, and Seizures: A Musical Metaphor” with Dr. Bryan Kip Haaheim and Dr. Ivan Osorio. A paper presented on the National Science Foundation Workshop for High School Teachers of Math and Science at the American Control Conference. Denver, CO (5 June 2003).

2002

• “Music, the Brain, and Complex Adaptive Systems,” with Dr. Bryan Kip Haaheim and Dr. Ivan Osorio. A poster session presented at the Society of Music Theory National Conference, Columbus, OH (2 Nov 2002).

1999

• “Simply Complex: Toward Understanding Music as a Complex Adaptive System.” A poster session presented at the Society of Music Theory National Conference, Atlanta, GA (12 Nov 1999).

Regional Conferences

2002

• “Developing a Musical Metaphor to Understand Brain Functions,” with Dr. Bryan Kip Haaheim and Dr. Ivan Osorio. A paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory, Boulder, CO (20 April 2002).
• “Coherence in Schoenberg, Webern, and Perle” Session Chair at the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory, Boulder, CO (19 April 2002).

2001

• “Complex Adaptive Systems and Music: Any Similarities?” A paper presented at the Society of Composers Inc, Region VI Conference, Lawrence, KS (31 March 01)

1999

• “Simply Complex: Toward Understanding Music as a Complex Adaptive System.” A paper presented at the Music Theory Midwest Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN (17 May 1999).

Books

1997

• Schaffer, John Wm. and Deron L. McGee. 1997. "Knowledge-Based Programming for Music Research." Volume 13 of the Computer Music and Digital Audio Series. Madison, WI: A-R Editions.

Computer Software

1993-1995

• McGee, Deron L., Timothy Nord, and John Schaffer. 1993-95. Ear Training: Technique for Listening, Dubuque: W.C. Brown and Benchmark. A series of training programs designed to accompany the text Ear Training: A Technique for Listening by Dr. Bruce Benward and Dr. Timothy Kolosick.

Software Manuals

1995

• McGee, Deron L. 1995. Ear Training: A Technique for Listening, Version 2.5. Madison, WI: Brown and Benchmark Publishers.

Articles

2000

• McGee, Deron L. “Aural Skills, Pedagogy, and Computer-Assisted Instruction: Past, Present, and Future.” Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, 14/1 (2000): 115-134.

1995

• McGee, Deron L. “Knowledge-based Programming: A Tool for Theoretical Investigation and Creation.” Computers in Music Research, 5/1 (1995): 39-65.
• McGee, Deron L. “School of Music Department Develops Music Technology Center.” School of Music at Kansas, 5/1 (1995): 8-9.

1994

• Schaffer, John Wm. and Deron L. McGee. “The Current Status of Artificial Intelligence and Music Instruction.” College Music Society Newsletter, (September 1994): 6.