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NEW FACULTY FOR FALL 2013:
Brandon Keith Brown,
Director of Orchestral Studies
Louis Epstein,
Music History
Stefan Caris Love,
Music Theory
Emiliano Ricciardi,
Music History
Dana Schnitzer,
Voice
Jeffrey Swinkin,
Music Theory

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SUMMER PROGRAMS:
UMass Conducting Institute, July 24-27
Study in Ghana: African Music, Arts & Culture, July 24-Aug. 15
Jazz in July Music Programs, July 8-19
Online Grad. Courses, July 1-Aug. 2


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NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS FOR FALL, 2013

Brandon Keith BrownPhoto by Will Kirk

BRANDON KEITH BROWN
DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAL STUDIES

Brandon Keith Brown, Director of Orchestral Studies, holds an MM in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and a BM in Violin Performance from Northwestern University. He won 3rd Prize in the 2012 Sir Georg Solti Competition for Conductors. In April 2013, he made a highly successful European debut with the Badische Staatskapelle drawing critical remarks as having "...mastered the difficult program with flying colors."  
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Louis Epstein

LOUIS EPSTEIN
MUSIC HISTORY, Lecturer

Lecturer in Music History, Louis Epstein's research focuses on early twentieth-century French modernism(s).  His dissertation, Toward a Theory of Patronage: Funding for Music Composition in France, 1918-1939, explores the wealthy individuals, powerful institutions, and lucrative practices that made music composition possible during a time characterized by political and economic turmoil.
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Stefan Caris Love

STEFAN CARIS LOVE
MUSIC THEORY, Assistant Professor

Stefan Caris Love, Assistant Professor of Music Theory, has an MA/PhD in Theory from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and an AB with Honors in Music from Brown University. He was an Instructor at Eastman, a Visiting Instructor at Oberlin Conservatory and a Lecturer in Music at the University of Chicago. 
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Emiliano Ricciardi

EMILIANO RICCIARDI
MUSIC HISTORY, Lecturer

Emiliano Ricciardi, Lecturer in Music History, is completing a Ph.D. in musicology at Stanford University, supported by a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship. He holds an M.Phil. in historical musicology from the University of Cambridge, UK, a Diploma in violin performance from the Conservatory of Rome, Italy, and a Bachelor in humanities from the University of Rome.
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Dana Schnitzer

DANA SCHNITZER
VOICE, Lecturer

Dana Schnitzer, Lecturer in Voice, continues to amass accolades for her numerous soprano operatic roles which include Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Alcina in Alcina, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, First Lady in The Magic Flute and Giannetta in L'elisir d'amore, the latter performed at the prestigious Caramoor Festival in New York. 
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Jeffrey Swinkin

JEFFREY SWINKIN
MUSIC THEORY, Lecturer

Jeffrey Swinkin, Lecturer in Theory, received his B.M. with High Distinction in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and his M.M. in Piano Performance and Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Michigan.  Dr. Swinkin researches the areas of performance and analysis, variation form, music aesthetics, and music pedagogy, focusing mainly on repertory of the long nineteenth century. 
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FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:
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