Music and Dance

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

Timothy Anderson, Assistant Professor, B.M., Iowa, 1998; M.M., Florida, 2004; Ed.D., Illinois, 2010.

Paul Arslanian, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1990.

Brent Auerbach, Associate Professor, B.A., Harvard, 1997; M.M., Eastman School of Music, 2000; Ph.D., 2005.

Eric Berlin, Senior Lecturer, B.M., New England Conservatory, 1991.

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

Billbob Brown, Associate Professor, B.F.A., Arizona State, 1980; M.A., New Mexico, 1993.

Brandon Keith Brown, Assistant Professor, B.M., Northwestern, 2004; M.M., Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins, 2011.

Elizabeth Chang, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Harvard, 1985.

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

Paul Dennis, Assistant Professor, B.F.A., The Juilliard School, 1990; M.F.A., New York at Purchase, 2007.

Robert Eisenstein, Lecturer, B.A., Antioch, 1973;  M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence, 1975.

Thomas Giampietro, Lecturer, B.M., University of Miami (Fl), 1992; M.M., Northern Iowa, 2005.

Thomas Hannum, Senior Lecturer II, B.S., West Chester, 1980; M.M., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1984.

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

William Hite, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Kansas, 1982; M.M., Boston Conservatory, 1984.

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

Jason Hooper, Lecturer, B.M., Indiana, 2003; M.M., 2005; M.Phil., City University of New York, 2009.

Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, Assistant Professor, B.A., B.M., Michigan, 2012; M.M., 2014.

Donald James, Lecturer, B.A., Boston College, 2000; Ph.D. ABD, Chicago, 2014.

Catherine Jensen-Hole, Senior Lecturer, B.Mus., Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, 1988; M.M., North Texas, 1995; Ph.D., 2005.

Sara Jones, Assistant Professor, B.M., Baylor, 2001; M.M., Michigan State, 2010; Ph.D., 2014.

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

Ayano Kataoka, Lecturer, B.Mus., Tokyo University of the Arts, 1997; M.M., Peabody Conservatory, 2003; Artist Diploma, Yale, 2005.

Erinn Knyt, Assistant Professor, B.A., California at Davis, 2003; M.A., Stanford, 2007; Ph.D., 2010.

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

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

Kathryn Lockwood, Senior Lecturer, B.M., Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Australia, 1989; M.M., Southern California at Los Angeles, 1994.

Stefan Caris Love, Assistant Professor, B.A., Brown, 2006; M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2009; Ph.D., 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.

Marjorie Melnick, Senior Lecturer, M.M., The Juilliard School, 1977.

Joshua Michal, Assistant Professor, B.M., Indiana, 2006; M.M., Northwestern, 2008; D.M.A., Ohio State, 2014.

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

Emiliano Ricciardi, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Rome, Italy, 2004; B.M., Conservatory of Rome, Italy, 2005; M.Phil., University of Cambridge, UK, 2007; Ph.D., Stanford, 2013.

Andrew Ritchey, Lecturer, B.A., California at Berkeley, 2007; M.A., Iowa, 2009; Ph.D. ABD.

Marianna Ritchey, Assistant Professor, B.A., Lewis and Clark, 1999; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 2011.

Felipe Salles, Assistant Professor, B. M., State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 1994;  M.M., New England Conservatory, 1997; G.D., 1998; D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music, 2005. 

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

Astrid Schween, Senior Lecturer, B.M., The Juilliard School, 1984; M.M., 1985.

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

Jennifer Smith, Lecturer, B.A., Anderson, 2006; M.M., Bowling Green State, 2008; Ph.D., Florida State, 2012.

Gregory Spiridopoulos, Lecturer, B.M., Michigan State, 1997; M.M., Boston University, 2000.

Nikki Stoia, Senior Lecturer II and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Advising of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, B.A., Smith, 1979; M.M., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1991.

Michael Sussman, Professor, B.M., Manhattan School of Music, 1964; M.M., 1965.

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

Thomas Vacanti, Assistant Professor, B.S., Skidmore, 2002; M.F.A., Smith, 2004.

Gilles Vonsattel, Assistant Professor, B.A., Columbia, 2003; M.M., The Juilliard School, 2005.

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

Matthew Westgate, Assistant Professor, M.M., Western Michigan, 2006; D.M.A., Cincinnati, 2009.

Johanna Yunker, Lecturer, B.M., West Texas A & M, 2004; M.A., Stanford, 2009; Ph.D., 2012.

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