About

I’m interested in music and theology. My studies in graduate school ranged from theory and composition to psychology and history (degree stuff here, here, here).   My bachelor’s is in Music Ed.; my first Master’s was in Music Theory with an emphasis in psychology (absolute pitch); my second Master’s was in Music Composition; my Ph.D. was in Music Theory (translation of and commentary on a 1753 Latin Treatise of two Pietist pastors looking at the relationship between music, psychology, and theology). I currently teach music theory at a community college in southern California, and am currently also the department chair.

I am most concerned with the development of authority in the church historically (particularly the role of the Bible), and how individuals (and their fellowships) come to use that authority. I am also interested in the intersection of faith and academics.

A note about the name: repercussio. This is Latin for “reflection”. As a musician, I like the wordplay, because it literally means a sound reflection. This blog is a mental scratch pad for me to reflect on a variety of topics: everything here is an on-going discussion and “working” definitions.