“Chromatic Configurations in Haydn’s String Quartet in G, Op. 54, No. 1.”  Read at the festival “Haydn 2009: The Complete String Quartets of Joseph Haydn,” McGill University, Montreal, March, 2009.

“Schoenberg’s Theories of Form: Innovations, Limitations, Amplifications.”  Read at the conference “Scheonberg’s Legacy on Form,” McGill University, Montreal, May, 2008.

“A Mozartean Limerick: Some Thoughts on Form, Function, and Musical Time.”  Read as the keynote address of the Society for Musicology in Ireland, Limerick, May, 2006.

“What is Musical Form?”  Read at the opening plenary session of the Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music Theory, New York, June, 2004.

“Classifying Harmonic Progressions.”  Read as the keynote address of the Annual Meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, Victoria, April, 2002. 

“The Paper Acceptance Process.” Read at a special session by the SMT Committee for Professional Development, Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory, Philadelphia, November, 2001.

“Why Harmonic Analysis?”  Read as the keynote address of the Annual Meeting of the Music Theory Society of New York State, New York, New York, April, 2000.

“Response to ‘Nichelmann Contra C.P.E. Bach: Issues of Harmonic Theory in the Empfindsamer Stil’ by Thomas Christensen.” Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1987.

“Rameau’s Views on Relationships of Harmony and Meter.” Read at the McGill Rameau Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, March, 1983.