Dr. Antonella Di Giulio

Pianist • Theorist • Educator • Visionary Leader

Education

• Ph.D. in Music Theory and Historical Musicology, University at Buffalo, 2021
  Dissertation: “Mapping Contemporary Works: A Semiotic and Linguistic Approach to Music Analysis”
  Advisor: Dr. Brian Moseley
  Committee: Dr. James Currie, Dr. Jean-Pierre Koenig
• M.M. in Piano Performance, University at Buffalo, 2012
• Postgraduate Studies, Musikhochschule Aachen-Köln, Germany, 2001
• Concert Pianist Diploma, Accademia Pucciniana, Isernia, 1998
• Piano Diploma, Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia,” Rome, 1994

Academic and Teaching Appointments

• Lecturer, Buffalo State College (2015–2020)
• Adjunct Instructor, University at Buffalo (2014–2017)
• Piano Accompanist / Orchestra Assistant, University at Buffalo (2011–2013)
• Instructor in Early Childhood Music, UB School of Education, 2013

Leadership & Program Design

• Founder & Director, Woom Talent Center (2010–present)
• Music Director, Asbury United Methodist Church, Getzville (2012–present)
• Founder, Erie Niagara Conservatory of Music (2025–present)
• Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Musica IQ Magazine (2023–present)
• YouTube Creator, WebPiano Academy (500k+ views, 19k+ subscribers)

Recent Projects and Recognition

• Tonebase Livestream Host, Piano Mentor (2022–present)
• Festival & Conference Director:
  • Music in the Galant Style & Beyond (Florence, 2025)
  • Tonebase Florence Festival (2026)
  • Palermo Festival (Fall 2026)
  • London Winter Festival (TBA)
• Mentor and Panelist, ArtsUP Event – University at Buffalo
• AI Innovation Lead – VOXA and DomEX (trauma-aware emotional AI tools)
• Emerging Leaders Program participant (2025–2026)

Publications (Selected)

• “Integrating Mindfulness in Music Teaching” – MTNA Journal, 2026 (Upcoming)
• “Teaching in the Age of AI” – MTNA Business Digest, 2025
• “Branding for Musicians” – MTNA Business Digest, 2023
• Entries on Music in the Balkans – Music Around the World, ABC-CLIO (2020–2021)
• “Transcendence and Immortality in Busoni’s Doktor Faust” – Analitica, 2014
• “The Labyrinth: Musical Intuitions in an Open Work” – AMS SW, 2015

Conference Presentations

• Nov 2020: “Music Theory in Early Childhood: Integration of Structured and Unstructured Learning”, SMT Meeting – Interest Group WorkFam/Lightning Talk
• Oct 2020: “Music Theory and Composition for the Youngest”, NYSMTA Mini Pedagogy Symposium
• Oct 2019: “Grow your Studio by Planting the Seeds”, NYSMTA Mini Pedagogy Symposium
• Mar 2017: “Deictic Spaces and Form-Meaning Pairings in Twentieth-Century Works”, IMA Tokyo Conference
• Nov 2016: Lightning talk at CSW meeting, Society for Music Theory
• Jul 2016: “Orientation in Multi-dimensional Spaces: Form-Meaning Pairings in 20th Century Songs”, Music Analysis Conference, Nottingham University, UK
• Mar 2016: “Deictic Spaces and Form-Meaning Pairings in Twentieth-Century Works”, AMS – Chatham University
• Jul 2015: “The Labyrinth: Musical Intuitions in an Open Work”, Music Analysis Conference, Keele University, UK
• May 2015: “Blind and Imaged”, Loci in Musicology: Epicenters, Parallels, and Unity, Brandeis University, Boston, MA
• Apr 2015: “The Labyrinth: Musical Intuitions in an Open Work”, AMS Southwest Chapter, Denton, TX (poster presentation)
• Mar 2015: “The Labyrinth: Musical Intuitions in an Open Work”, N_SEME, Bowling Green State University
• Mar 2015: “The Labyrinth: Musical Intuitions in an Open Work”, Music and Meaning Research Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville
• Apr 2014: “Transcendence and Immortality in Busoni’s Doktor Faust”, AMS Capital Chapter, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
• Apr 2014: “From a Noyau to an Invention”, AMS Allegheny Chapter, Cleveland State University
• Mar 2014: “From a Noyau to an Invention”, 7th Music Symposium, University at Buffalo
• Jul 2009: “Children Musical Lab in Germany”, European Conference for Suzuki Teachers, Remscheid, Germany
• 2008: “Music and Language: An Experiment at the Arnhem International School”, Gouda, Holland
• 2007: “The Doman Method Applied to Music”, Doman Method Conference, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 2007: “Teaching Suzuki Piano”, Music Teacher Seminar, Kreismusikschule Kleve, Germany
• Jul 2007: “Kinder und Krieg”, Summer Piano Classes for Students in Mitrovica, Kosovo

Research and Interests

Music cognition, semiotics, theory of images in music, set theory, performance, harmonic language in contemporary music, Italian composers, music theater, trauma-aware pedagogy.

Lectures and Workshops

• Tonebase: “Where is the Meaning?”, “Memorization through Structural Codes”, etc.
• Suzuki Europe Conference – 2009
• Doman Method Conference – Düsseldorf, 2007
• Arnhem International School – “Music and Language”, 2008

Awards and Prizes

• Premio del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana – National Award for Excellence
• 1st Prizes: Sorrento, Montescudo, Ferroni, Martina Franca, Taranto
• 2nd Prize: “Schumann” Competition, Macugnaga

Professional Service

• Program Chair, AMS Allegheny Chapter (2023–present; President in 2027)
• Chair, Erie Niagara Conservatory of Music (2025–present)
• President, Chromatic Club of Buffalo (2019–2021)
• Editor, Mosaic: Journal for Music Research
• Coordinator, UB Music Theory Study Group
• Member of SMT, MTNA, AMS, ESA, Toastmasters, and more

Languages

Fluent: Italian (native), English, German, Albanian
Reading: French, Spanish, Russian

Artistic Work

Regular international performances as a soloist and chamber musician. Repertoire includes classical and contemporary works with a focus on Italian composers.