Music Faculty

Faculty | Master's | Doctoral | Courses

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Roger R. Rideout, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Music and Dance, B.M.E., Southeast Missouri State College, 1968; M.M., Hartt School of Music, 1974; Ed.D., Illinois, 1978.

Miriam Whaples, Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., Indiana, 1950; M.M., 1954; Ph.D., 1958.

E. Wayne Abercrombie, Professor, B.M., Westminster Choir College, 1960; M.M., 1961; D.Mus., Indiana, 1974.

Charles Bestor, Professor,B.A., Swarthmore, 1948; B.S., Juilliard School of Music, 1951; M.M., Illinois, 1952; D.M.A., Colorado, 1974.

T. Dennis Brown, Associate Professor, B.M., Boston, 1966; M.M., Michigan, 1967; Ph.D., 1976.

Walter Chesnut, Professor,Michigan, B.M., 1958; M.M., 1959.

Fredric Cohen, Associate Professor, B.M./B.M.Ed., Philadelphia Musical Academy, 1970.

Nigel Coxe, Professor,L.R.A.M., Royal Academy of Music, London, 1950; F.R.A.M., 1964.

Marva Duerksen, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.M., Brandon, Manitoba, 1990; M.M., Alberta, 1993.

Matt Haimovitz, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.A., Harvard, 1996.

Willie L. Hill, Professor, B.S., Grambling State, 1968; M.M., Colorado, 1972; Ph.D., 1987.

Jeffrey Holmes, Professor, B.M., Eastman School of Music, 1977; M.M., 1979.

Jon Humphrey, Philip Bezanson Professor of Music,B.M., Baldwin-Wallace, 1958; M.M., Illinois, 1967.

John Jenkins, Professor, B.M., Michigan, 1957; M.M., 1960; M.A., 1971; Ph.D., 1974.

Catherine Jensen-Hole, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.M., Western Australian Conservatorium of Music, 1988; M.M., North Texas, 1995.

Gary S. Karpinski, Associate Professor, B.M., Temple, 1979; M.M., 1980; Ph.D., City University of New York, 1991.

Laura Klock, Professor,B.M., Michigan, 1973; M.M., 1974.

Lynn Klock, Professor, B.M., Michigan, 1974; M.M., 1975.

Adam Kolker, Lecturer, B.M., Miami, 1981; M.M., New England Conservatory, 1985.

Christopher Krueger, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.M., New England Conservatory, 1972.

Yusef Lateef, Visiting Professor, B.A., Manhattan School of Music, 1969; M.M., 1970; Ed.D., Massachusetts, 1975.

Eduardo Leandro, Lecturer, B.M., Sao Paulo State, 1992; Artist Diploma, Rotterdam Conservatorium, 1997; M.M., Yale, 1999.

Salvatore Macchia, Professor, B.M., Hartt College of Music, 1970; M.M., Yale, 1972; M.M.A., 1973; D.M.A., 1978.

John Manning, Lecturer, B.M., Boston University, 1991.

Ernest May, Professor, B.A., Harvard, 1964; M.F.A., Princeton, 1968; Ph.D., 1975.

Estela Olevsky, Professor,Diploma Superior, National Conservatory, Buenos Aires.

Dorothy Ornest, Professor,B.M., Eastman School of Music, 1942; M.M., Michigan, 1944.

Elizabeth Parker, Lecturer, B.A., Central Florida, 1978; M.M., Massachusetts, 1993.

George Parks, Professor,B.S., West Chester State, 1976; M.M., Northwestern, 1977.

Malcolm W. Rowell, Professor, B.Ed., Keene State, 1969; M.S., Ithaca, 1970.

Emanuel Rubin, Professor,B.F.A., Ed.Mus.B., Carnegie-Mellon, 1957; M.F.A., Brandeis, 1960; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1968.

Nadine Shank, Professor, B.M., Oberlin, 1976; M.M., Indiana, 1978.

David Sporny, Professor, B.S., Illinois, 1966; M.S., 1968.

Paulina Stark, Professor, B.A., Rice University, 1957; M.A., 1960.

Robert Stern, Professor,B.A., Rochester, 1955; M.A., Eastman School of Music, 1956; Ph.D., 1962.

Michael Sussman, Professor, B.M., Manhattan, 1964; M.M., 1965.

Karen A. Tarlow, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.M., Massachusetts, 1970; M.M., 1973; D.M.A., Boston University, 1983.

Charles Treger, Professor.

Stephen Walt, Lecturer, B.A., Massachusetts, 1970; M.A., Kent State, 1974.

Carl Wiens, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.M., British Columbia, 1986; M.A., McGill, 1992; Ph.D., Michigan, 1997.

Faculty Emeriti

Charles Bestor, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Horace Clarence Boyer, Professor Emeritus (1999).

Nigel Coxe, Professor Emeritus (1996).

Richard du Bois, Professor Emeritus (1996).

Charles Heffernan, Professor Emeritus (1999).

Dorothy Ornest, Professor Emeritus (1997).

Peter Tanner, Professor Emeritus (1999).

Leopold Teraspulsky, Professor Emeritus (1991).

Frederick C. Tillis, Professor Emeritus (1997).