How can I get involved?

We offer a number of different ways of getting involved in music research. Whether you want to lead an independent project, work closely with faculty to develop skills with a wide variety of experimental methods, or learn more about interdisciplinary approaches to music, we welcome you to the lab! On this page, you’ll find information about some ways to get started—if you have further questions, please contact Dr. Lindsey Reymore at lreymore@asu.edu

Students

Student Research Positions

CACTUS offers limited, competitive project-based research positions for graduate and undergraduate students. More information coming soon about future job postings!

Course Credit

Undergraduate and graduate students at ASU wishing to work on a project within CACTUS with individual faculty mentorship have options to enroll in related courses with Dr. Reymore or Dr. Shea. The nature of the work and expectations will vary with course level.

Undergraduate

  • Individualized Instruction (MTC 499; upper-level MTC credit)

  • Theory Project (MTC 496; requirement for Theory major)

  • Internship (MTC 484)

  • Honors Directed Study (MTC 492)

  • Honors Thesis (MTC 493)

Graduate

  • Reading and Conference (MTC 590; master’s level)

  • Reading and Conference (MTC 720; doctoral level)

The theory department also offers related classes in theory and cognition:

Undergraduate

  • Introduction to Music Cognition (MTC 251)

Combined Undergraduate/Graduate

  • Research Methods in Music Theory and Cognition (MTC 452/591)

Graduate

  • Music & the Mind (MTC 598)

  • Computational Analysis of Music (MTC 591)

  • Performance Analysis (MTC 591)

  • SAMBA (Science of Art, Music and Brain Activity (MTC 500)

Barrett Honors Contracts

Barrett students taking our theory classes may also carry out an Honors Contract within the lab.

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Faculty

Collaboration

We welcome collaboration with faculty both within and outside of ASU’s music program. Our previous projects include close work with performers, composers, dancers, musicologists, psychologists, and neuroscientists!

Participate in a Study

We are often recruiting participants for our studies. Depending on the study, we may be looking for people with various levels of musical training—check our Project page to see which studies are actively recruiting!

For more information about lab events and meetings, please join our mailing list (email lreymore@asu.edu to be added)!