Stephen Jablonsky

In the last few years Professor Jablonsky has written a number of texts that draw upon his 48 years of teaching experience at CCNY. Dr. Jablonsky spent the summer of 2012 collecting 500 melodies for a new sight singing anthology entitled Molto Cantabile! Some of his other recent publications include his user-friendly Tonal Facts and Tonal Theory and its three accompanying workbooks. He is also the author of two unique instructional manuals: The All-Star Rhythm & Pitch Book and newly revised Thinking Harmonically at the Keyboard. His Gaining Music Literacy is in its third semester of being classroom tested with students in Music 131/161 and looks like it could be a winner. As a theorist his investigations focus on the practice of extreme chromaticism by such composers as Wagner, Mozart, Chopin and Debussy. A recent book chapter explores the relationship of the Fibonacci series and musical form. When time permits he does enjoy turning out compositions in the serialized minimalist style he helped create back in the 1970s. Strange as it may seem, he is better known as a painter than he is as a composer. Currently there are over 200 of his paintings on permanent exhibit throughout the college.

The High School of Music & Art, 1958

B.A., The City College of New York, 1962

Graduate Study, Harvard University, 1962-3

M.A., New York University, 1964

Graduate Study, Queens College, Fortran 4-B, 1969-70

Ph.D., New York University, 1973

 Dissertation: The Development of Tonal Coherence in the Revised Operas of Giuseppe Verdi, Martin Chusid, mentor

The National Orchestral Association, Conducting Fellowship Program, 1973-6

Graduate Study, The University of Bridgeport, Family Counseling Program, 1982-3

Musicianship I, II, III, and IV

Tonal Theory V2100

The interrelatedness of all things, specializing in Truth and Beauty.

Tonal Facts & Tonal Theories, Kendall/Hunt, 2005, rev. 2009

Tonal Facts & Tonal Theories Workbook I, Kendall/Hunt, 2005

Tonal Facts & Tonal Theories Workbook 2, Kendall/Hunt, 2006

The All-Star Rhythm & Pitch Book, Kendall/Hunt, 2005

      Published in-house for use at CCNY:

Gaining Music Literacy, 2011

Thinking Harmonically at the Keyboard, 2004, rev. 2009

Tonal Facts & Tonal Theories Workbook 3, 2006

The Dictation Resource Program, 2008, rev. 2010