Deborah Rifkin (Associate Professor of Music Theory) published, "Cultivating Creativity in the Music Theory Classroom: Telling Tales with Timbre and Texture," in Engaging Students: Essays in Music Pedagogy, vol. 2.
The article can be found here: www.flipcamp.org/engagingstudents2/essays/rifkin.html
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20141030151449417