William O'Hara

Associate Professor

Sunderman Conservatory of Music

Email

wohara@gettysburg.edu

Phone

Campus Box

0403

Address

Schmucker Hall
Room 219

Education

BME, Miami University, MA, University of Wisconsin - Madison, PhD, Harvard University, 2017

Publications

Article

O'Hara, William. "Between Art and Science: Amy Beach’s Hermit Thrush Pieces and Early-Twentieth-Century Birdsong Transcription." SMT-V 11/5 (September 2025).

Article

O'Hara, William. "Coding Sound, Crafting Circuits: Synthesizer Design as Critical Making." Engaging Students 9 (2025). https://engagingstudentsmusic.org/article/id/6976/

Article

O'Hara, William. 2025. "'Let's Think in Layers': On Twenty-First-Century Instruments of Public Music Theory." Music Theory Spectrum 47/1: 83 - 90.