Department of Music

The Department of Music is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Director: Robert Livingston Aldridge

Vice Chair: Scott Whitener

Director of M.M., D.M.A., and A.D. Programs: Richard A. Chrisman

Director of M.A. and Ph.D. Programs: Richard A. Chrisman

Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies: Ellen Leibowitz

Professors:

William Berz, B.M., M.M., Ph.D., Michigan State

Stanley Cowell, B.M., Oberlin College; M.M., Michigan

Patrick Gardner, B.A., California State (Hayward); M.M., D.D.A., Texas

Floyd Grave, B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.A., Ph.D., New York

Rufus E. Hallmark Jr., B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Boston; Ph.D., Princeton

Paul Hoffmann, B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music

Douglas Johnson, B.A., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

George B. Stauffer, B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.Ph., Ph.D., Columbia

Frederick Urrey, B.M., M.M., Louisiana State; D.M.A., Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins

Associate Professors:

Ralph Bowen, B.M., M.M., Rutgers

Richard A. Chrisman, B.A., California (Riverside); Ph.D., Yale

Barbara González-Palmer, B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M., Juilliard School of Music

Maureen L. Hurd, B.M., Iowa State; M.M., D.M.A., Yale

Andrew Kirkman, B.A., Durham; M.M., Ph.D., King's College (London)

Douglas Lundeen, B.S., Plymouth State College; M.M., South Florida; D.M.A., Cincinnati Conservatory

Judith Nicosia, B.M., Ithaca College; M.M., Indiana

Nancy Rao, B.A., National Taiwan Normal; M.M., Ph.D., Michigan

Assistant Professors:

Eduardo Chama, B.A., M.A., Rubin Music Academy (Jerusalem)

Christopher Doll, V.A., Case Western Reserve; M.M., Cincinnati; Ph.D., Columbia

Ronda Hackworth, B.A., Winthrop; M.M., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Missouri-Kansas City

Richard Metzger, B.F.A., Pennsylvania State; M.A., Marywood; Ph.D., Rutgers

Assistant Instructors:

Pamela Gilmore, B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.M., Catholic

Matthew Riedel, B.A., California (San Bernardino); M.A., California (Riverside); Ph.D., Rutgers

Adjunct Faculty:

Alan Abel

Stephen Allen, B.A., Birmingham School of Music (U.K.); Ph.D., Oxford

Angela Anderson Smith

Shmuel Ashkenasi, Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music

Alan Baer, B.M., Cleveland Institute

Jonathan Blumenfeld

Karina Bruk, B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music

Choon-Jim Chang, B.M. (violin), Diploma (viola), Curtis Institute of Music

David Chapman, B.M., Rhode Island; M.M., Yale; Ph.D., Rutgers

Lenuta Ciulei, M.M., Bucharest Music Academy (Romania)

Tim Cobb, B.M., Curtis Institute of Music

Paul Cohen, B.M., Baldwin-Wallace; M.M., D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music

Amanda Davidson

Robert Earley

Daniel Epstein

Bart Feller, B.M., Juilliard School of Music

Charles Fussell, B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music

Kaoru Hinata, B.M., Northwestern; M.M., Artist Diploma, Yale

Nathan Hughes

Vic Juris

Taina Kataja, Diploma, Sibelius Academy (Helsinki); Diploma, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna)

David Krauss

Victor Lewis 

Joseph Magnarelli

Matthew Muckey

Jessica Phillips, B.A., Columbia

Todd Phillips

Michael Powell, B.M., Wichita State 

Philippe Quint, B.M., M.M., Juilliard School

Barbara Retzko, B.A., M.A., Trenton State

Markus Rhoten, B.M., College of Arts, Berlin (Germany)

Michael Richmond, B.S., Temple

John Rojak, B.M., Juilliard School of Music

Jonathan Spitz, B.M., Curtis Institute of Music

Joseph Tompkins, B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Manhattan School of Music

Timothy Urban, B.S., M.S., M.M., SUNY; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers