Hee Seng Kye, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Musicology
The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Thesis: "The Third Voice: Anima as Drama in Mozart's Operas"
Advisor: Youn Kim

M.A. in Music (composition)
Queens College, The City University of New York, United States
Advisor: Jeff Nichols

B.M. in Composition
The Juilliard School, New York, United States
Advisor: Milton Babbitt

"Listening as Exposure: Illness, Involuntary Negativity, and the Limits of Aesthetic Choice." In Music and Sound in Negative Aesthetics and Metaphysics: East and West, edited by Maurice Windleburn, Keri Hui, and Jonathan W. Johnson. Edinburgh University Press.

"Spirituality after Damage: Auditory Anamnesis and the Posthuman Musical Body." In Routledge Handbook in Posthuman Perspectives on Music and Spirituality, edited by Zoey Cochran and Ariane Couture.

"What Do We Listen For? Bach as a Stress Test for the 'New Theory' and the Ethics of Microtheoretical Listening." BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, special issue edited by Christina Fuhrmann and Vasili Byros.

"Inventing Classical Form: How Carl Czerny's School of Practical Composition Constructed 'Sonata Form' for the Nineteenth Century." Journal of the Science and Practice of Music 55.

"Listening in a Quarantined World During COVID-19." In Philosophy of Listening: What Do We Hear, and What Do We Not?, 173–95. Seoul: Gom Publishing.

"Brave New (e)World: 'Playing' Games." In Philosophy of Listening: What Do We Hear, and What Do We Not?, 197–227. Seoul: Gom Publishing.

"Open Musicology for SDGs." The Korean Journal of Arts Studies 41:33–46.

"Temporalities of Mediated Sound: An Analysis of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's Videos" (with Kyung-Young Chung). Journal of Ewha Music Research Institute 27 (2): 145–75.

"'Now, do I have to keep listening to Beethoven?' Musicologist's Response to a Rhetorical Question in The Hunt." Journal of the Science and Practice of Music 47:1–26.

"Excavating the History of Electroacoustic Music in Korea, 1966–2016" (with Jongwoo Yim). Contemporary Music Review 37 (1–2): 174–87.

"Benjamin Britten and the Turning Sound of the Screw, or the Turn of the Interpretation." Music Theory Forum 24 (2): 71–94.

"What Did Basilio and Figaro Hear? Opera, or the Art of Overhearing." Journal of the Science and Practice of Music 38:1–33.

"Vitellia's Ambivalence, Marchetti's Jouissance." Journal of Music and Theory 28 (1): 44–67.

"Sesto's Anima, Vitellia's Animus: Hearing the Inner Voice in Mozart's Rondò Arias." Journal of the Musicological Society of Korea 20 (1): 71–98.

"Is Figaro Really Mad at Susanna? Doing Opera Through Music Analysis." Journal of Music and Theory 25 (2): 8–34.

"The Constancy of Music: Distorted Memory and 'Will/Can the Circle Be Unbroken' in BioShock Infinite." Ludo2026. Edge Hill University, United Kingdom. August 6–8.

"Timbre as Exposure: Fragility, Proximity, and the Audibility of the Body." The 4th International Conference on Timbre. University of Montreal, Canada. July 2–4.

"On-Stage, Backstage: Sonic Cartography and the Exposed Architecture of Theme Park Sound in HBO's Westworld." Sonic Cartographies: Mapping Music and Sound in Theme Parks. Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom. Zoom, June 18–20.

"What Do We Listen For? Bach as a Stress Test for the 'New Theory.'" Hong Kong as Music Theory Conference. Hong Kong Association of Music Theorists. The University of Hong Kong. June 12–13.

"Teaching Music History through Disease, Disability, and Suffering: Open-Source Collaborative Knowledge Building." 2026 Teaching Music History Conference, AMS Pedagogy Study Group. New York University. Zoom, June 5–7.

"Sounding Danger: Heuristics of Fear from Ottoman Drums to Digital Worlds." Listening to Fear: Music, Emotion, and Crisis in Eurasia, 1550–1750. University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria. May 6–8.

"Constructing Pitch-Centricity: Analytical Operations as Constitutive Acts." Tonality and Pitch-Centricity: Analytical Challenges in Post-War Western Art Music. Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal. Zoom, April 23–24.

"Echoes of the Otherworld: Korean Shamanic Soundscapes in Contemporary Cinema." IV International Conference Rethinking Soundscapes. University of Évora, Portugal. November 27–29.

"The Waesaek Controversies, or the Sound of Modernity in Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden." AAS 2022 Annual Conference. Honolulu, Hawai'i. Zoom, March 24–27.

"Hymn, Lullaby, and 'Happy Birthday': Park Chan-wook's Lady Vengeance as a Musical Commentary on Protestant Christianity in Korea." 30th AKSE Conference. La Rochelle, France. Zoom, October 28–31.

"Rehabilitating Gemma, or Hearing the Voices of an Empty Womb in Donizetti's Gemma di Vergy." The 5th Biennial Conference of the East Asian Regional Association of IMS. Soochow University, China. October 18–20.

"The Fellowship of the Sound(tracks): How the Regalia Became a Place to Unwind in Final Fantasy XV." Music & the Moving Image XIII. New York University. May 24–27.

"Soundscape of the Future in Sci-fi Film: The 'Aural' Gaze and the Dissolution of Subjectivity." 20th Quinquennial Congress of the International Musicological Society. Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan. March 19–23.

"(Re)sounding the Virtual: Hearing the Voice of Hatsune Miku." Sound Art Matters, International Conference. Aarhus University, Denmark. June 1–4.

"Politics of Sound and Listening: A Critical Listening of Culture and Technology." Music Research Center, Hanyang University

"Sound, Space, and Mobility: The Soundscape of 'in-between' Space." Music Research Center, Hanyang University

"Study on the Neural Mechanism in the Perception of Tonality Using Magnetoencephalography." Collaborative research with MEG Center, Seoul National University Hospital. College of Music, Seoul National University, Korea

College of Music, Hanyang University Form and Analysis 1, 2*; History of Western Music 1, 3, 4*; Media and Music*; Music and Industry 4.0*; Musicology of Disease, Disability, and Suffering (core); Form in Tonal Music†; History of Western Music in the Eighteenth Century†; Music and Culture†; Music and Philosophy†; Seminar in Musicology†; Source Readings in Music History†

Kookmin University, Seoul — An Analytical Methods of Piano Works†; Analysis of Music 1; Piano Seminar III†; Studies on Specific Composer of Contemporary Period†

Seoul National University — Music Analysis 2, 3, 4; Music Theory 1, 2

Chugye University for the Arts, Seoul — History of Western Music 1, 2; Research in Music†

Sungshin Women's University, Seoul — Cultural Studies of Music; Field Study of Music

Yonsei University, Seoul — Music of Classical Period*†; Seminar in Piano Literature I*†

Hanyang University — Form and Analysis 1, 2; Music and Industry 4.0; Music and Culture†; Seminar in Musicology†; Source Readings in Music History†

Kyungpook National University, Daegu — Seminar in Music Analysis†

The University of Hong Kong — Topics in Western Music History III*

Excellence in AI-Integrated Teaching Award, Hanyang University

Excellence in Teaching Award, Hanyang University

Best Teacher Award, Hanyang University

Rayson Huang Scholarship in Music, The University of Hong Kong

Postgraduate Studentship, The University of Hong Kong

Chair, Program Committee, The 9th Biennial Conference of IMSEA. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. March 5–7, 2027.

Member, Scientific Committee, Korean Society for Music Theory

Member, Program Committee, The 8th Biennial Conference of IMSEA. Guangxi University for the Arts, Nanning, China. September 19–21, 2025.

Chair, External Relations Committee, The Musicological Society of Korea

Member, Program Committee, The 7th Biennial Conference of IMSEA. Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan. October 27–29, 2023.

Member, Scientific Committee, The Musicological Society of Korea

"A Musical History of the Body," bimonthly column, The Journal of Music

Weekly appearance, KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) Classic FM

Republic of Korea Army Training and Doctrine Command
Rank at the time of discharge from active duty: Sergeant (SGT)
Military specialty: Translation (English/Korean)