Biography and education
Ph.D. in Music Theory, Florida State University
M.M. in Music Theory, Texas State University
B.M. in Music Education, Texas State University
M.M. in Music Theory, Texas State University
B.M. in Music Education, Texas State University
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Garza, J. M. (2021). Transcending Time (Feels): Riff Types, Timekeeping Cymbals, and Time Feels in Contemporary Metal Music. Music Theory Online, 27(1). Retrieved from https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.21.27.1/mto.21.27.1.garza.html
- Garza, J. M. (2025). Music Speaks Louder than Words (Or Maybe About the Same): Humor and Meaning Through NOFX’s Subversion of Expectations. In “Problematic” Punk: NOFX’s Forty Years of Punk Provocations. New York, NY, United States: Bloomsbury.
- Garza, J. M. (2025). Primordial Percussion: Drumming in Six Influential Metal Albums. In The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.
- Garza, J. M. (2025). The Duality of Drums: Exploring Timpani’s Melodic and Percussive Potential in Rodis’s Colossus. In J. Peterson & K. G. Loeffert (Eds.), Modeling Musical Analysis. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
- Percussionist, First Presbyterian Church: Guest Musician.
October 6, 2019.
Performances:
- Service. October 6, 2019 First Presbyterian Church, San Marcos, TX.
- Lessons and Carols Service. December 15, 2019 First Presbyterian Church, San Marcos, TX.
Featured service activities
- Other
Society for Music Theory
- Other
Texas State Graduate Music Studies
- Other
Texas State New Music Majors
- Other
Center for Aural and Theory Tutoring
- Member
Texas Commission on the Arts
- Other
Canvas Training for School of Music Faculty