Graduate Faculty

Jeff Cox, Professor and Chair of the Department of Music and Dance, B.M., Eastman School of Music, 1975, M.M., 1976; M.M.A., Yale School of Music, 1978; D.M.A., 1983.

Brent Auerbach, Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., Harvard, 1997; M.M., Eastman School of Music, 2000; Ph.D., 2005.

Timothy Anderson, Assistant Professor, B.M., University of Iowa, 1998; M.M., University of Florida, 2004; University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana), 2010.

Eric Berlin, Senior Lecturer (Trumpet), B.M., New Englance Conservatory, 1991.

John Bottomley, Lecturer, B.M., University of Wisconsin (Madison), 1991; M.M., Manhattan School of Music, 1993; D.M.A., The Ohio State University, 2009.

Brandon Brown, Assistant Professor, B.M., Northwestern University, 2003; M.M., Peabody Institute of Music, 2011.

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

Elizabeth Chang, Lecturer (Violin), B.A., Harvard, 1985.

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

Robert Eisenstein, Lecturer, B.A., Antioch College, 1973; M.F.A., Sara Lawrence College, 1976.

Louis Epstein, Lecturer, A.B., Princeton, 2006; A.M., Harvard, 2009; Ph.D., Harvard, 2013.

Thomas Giampietro, Lecturer (Jazz drumset), B.M., University of Miami (Coral Gables), 1992; M.M.,  University of Northern Iowa, 2005.

Thomas Hannum, Senior Lecturer, B.S., West Chester University, 1980; M.M., University of Massachusetts (Amherst), 1984.

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

William Hite, Senior Lecturer (Voice), M.M., Boston Conservatory, 1984.

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

Jason Hooper, Lecturer, B.M., University of Indiana (Bloomington), 2003; M.M., 2005.

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

Ayano Kataoka, Lecturer (Percussion), B.M., Tokyo National University, 1997; M.M., Peabody Conservatory, 2003; Artist Diploma, Yale School of Music, 2005.

Laura Klock, Professor (Horn), B.M., Michigan, 1973; M.M., 1974.

Lynn Klock, Professor (Saxophone), B.M., Michigan, 1974; M.M., 1975.

Erinn Knyt, Lecturer, B.A., Univeristy of California (Davis), 2003; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2010.

Christopher Krueger, Senior Lecturer, B.M., New England Conservatory, 1972.

Lisa Lehmberg, Assistant Professor, B.M., Illinois, 1978; M.M., 1980; Ph.D., South Florida, 2008.

Kathryn Lockwood, Lecturer (Viola), B.M., Queensland Conservatorium, 1989; M.M., Southern California, 1994.

Stefan Love, Assistant Professor, A.B., Brown, 2006; M.A./Ph.D., Eastman, 2011.

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

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

James Miller, Assistant Professor, B.M., Saint Olaf, 2001; M.M., Ithaca, 2003; D.M.A., Minnesota, 2009.

Stephen Paparo, Assistant Professor, B.M., Ithaca College, 1996; M.M., Syracuse University, 1998; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011.

Emiliano Ricciardi, Lecturer, Luarea in Lettere e Filosofia, University of Rome, 2004; Diploma, Conservatory of Rome, 2005; M.Phil., University of Cambridge(UK), 2007; Ph.D., Stanford, 2013.

Felipe Salles, Assistant Professor (Saxophone), B.M., University of Campinas (Brazil), 1994; M.M., New England Conservatory, 1998; Doc. Jazz, Manhattan School of Music, 2005.

Dana Schnitzer, Lecturer, B.M., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2003; M.M., New England Conservatory, 2005; D.M.A., Boston University, 2013.

Astrid Schween, Lecturer (Cello), B.M., Juilliard School, 1984; M.M., 1985.

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

Jeff Swinkin, Lecturer, B.M., Eastman, 1992; M.M., University of Michigan, 1993; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2013.

Michael Sussman, Professor (Clarinet), B.M., Manhattan, 1964; M.M., 1965.

Tony Thornton, Assistant Professor, B.M., Westminster Choir College, 1990; M.M., Louisiana State University, 1992; D.M.A., University of Arizona, 2008.

Gilles Vonsattel, Assistant Professor, B.A., Columbia University, 2002; M.M., The Juilliard School, 2005.

Stephen Walt, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Massashusetts, 1970; Ml.A., Kent State, 1974.

Richard Webb, Lecturer, B.M., Bowling Green State University, 1989; M.M., University of Cincinnati-Conservatory, 1995; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2013.

 

Faculty Emeriti

Wayne Abercrombie, Professor Emeritus (2007).

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).

Jon Humphrey, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Estela Olevsky, Professor Emerita (2002).

Marilyn Patton, Professor Emerita.

Roger Rideout, Professor Emeritus (2009).

Malcolm W. Rowell, Professor Emeritus (2002).

David Sporny, Professor Emeritus (2008).

Paulina Stark, Professor Emerita (2004).

Robert L. Stern, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Peter Tanner, Professor Emeritus (1999).

Frederick C. Tillis, Professor Emeritus (1997).

Andrea Watkins, Professor Emerita (2002).

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