Steven Laitz

I am the chair of Juilliard’s Music Theory and Analysis department, and previously taught at the Eastman School of Music for 27 years. As the author of two leading music theory textbooks, The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis and Listening and Graduate Review of Tonal Theory: A Recasting of Common-Practice Harmony, Form, and Counterpoint (Oxford University Press), I take great pride in having helped many students strengthen their music theory knowledge. As Beethoven said, "Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine." I hope you’ll join this course as part of your own musical journey.