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.

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

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

Paul Dennis, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Dance Program, 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.

Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Assistant Professor, B.M., Illinois Wesleyan, 2000; M.M., Wisconsin at Madison, 2002: D.M.A., 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.

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. 

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.

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.

Fumi Tomita, Assistant Professor, B.M., McGill, 1996; M.M., Manhattan School of Music, 2000; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2014.

Thomas Vacanti, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Dance Program, 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.

Christopher White, Assistant Professor, B.A., B.M., Oberlin College, 2005; M.A., City Universtiy of New York, 2007; Ph.D., Yale, 2013.

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