School of Music Faculty

The following list reflects the 2011/2012 faculty. Adjunct faculty are part-time faculty normally employed outside the University.

• Marié Abe
  Assistant Professor, Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  BA, Swarthmore College; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
• Brett Abigana
  Lecturer, Composition & Music Theory
  BM, MM, The Juilliard School; DMA, Boston University
• Aldo Abreu
  Lecturer, Recorder
  MM, Indiana University; Performance and Teaching Diploma, Royal Conservatory
• Vartan Aghababian
  Lecturer, Composition & Music Theory
  BM, University of Michigan; MM, Longy School of Music; DMA, Boston University
• Michelle Alexander
  Lecturer, Voice
  BM, University of Michigan; MM, New England Conservatory; DMA, University of Minnesota
• Ken Amis
  Lecturer, Tuba
  BM, Boston University; MM, New England Conservatory
• Martin Amlin
  Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Composition & Music Theory
  BM, Southern Methodist University; MM, DMA, Performer’s Certificate, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
• Steven Ansell Associate Professor of Music, Viola
  Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music; Principal Viola, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Member, Muir String Quartet
• Edwin Barker
  Associate Professor of Music, String Bass
  BM, New England Conservatory; Principal Double Bass, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Cathy Basrak
  Lecturer, Viola
  BM, Curtis Institute of Music
• Michael Beattie
  Lecturer, Vocal Repertoire
  Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; Boston University
• Jennifer Bill
  Lecturer, Saxophone; Conductor, Boston University Concert Band
  BA, Providence College; MM, The Boston Conservatory; DMA, Boston University
• Penelope Bitzas
  Associate Professor of Music, Voice
  BM, Ithaca College; MM, New England Conservatory
• Eve Budnick
  Lecturer, Phonetics
  BA, Princeton University; MM, Boston University; Diploma, New England Conservatory
• Richard Bunbury
  Lecturer, Music Education, Musicology
  BA, Armstrong State College; MM, New England Conservatory; MA, Boston College; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Deborah Burton
  Assistant Professor of Music, Music Theory
  Piano Diploma, Mannes College of Music; MM, Yale University; PhD, University of Michigan
• Justin Casinghino
  Lecturer, Composition and Music Theory
  DMA, Boston University; MM, Longy School of Music; BM, Hartt School of Music
• Lynn Chang
  Lecturer, Violin
  Associate’s Degree, Harvard University
• Peter Chapman
  Lecturer, Trumpet
  MusB, MusM, Boston University; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Holly Chatham
  Lecturer, Collaborative Piano
  BM, Clayton State University; MM, Indiana University; DMA, Rutgers University
• Mary Cicconetti
  Lecturer, Music Education
• Maria Clodes-Jaguaribe
  Associate Professor of Music, Piano
  MusAD, Boston University; Diploma, Federal Conservatory of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Conservatory of Lisbon (Portugal)
• Victor Coelho
  Professor of Music, Musicology
  BA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, UCLA
• Susan Wharton Conkling
  Professor and Chair, Music Education
  Bachelor of Music Education, Illinois Wesleyan University; Master of Music in Conducting, and Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
• Richard Cornell
  Associate Director, School of Music; Professor of Music, Composition & Music Theory
  BM, Longy School/Emerson; MM, New England Conservatory; PhD, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
• Geralyn Coticone
  Lecturer, Flute
  BM, Boston University
• Sharon Daniels
  Associate Professor of Music, Opera and Voice; Director of Opera Programs
  BM, Chapman College
• Diana Dansereau
  Assistant Professor, Music Education
  BM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; MME, The Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Georgia State University
• André de Quadros
  Professor, Music Education
  BA, University of Bombay; Diploma of Humanities, La Trobe University; Graduate Diploma in Movement and Dance, University of Melbourne; Graduate Diploma in Music, Victorian College of the Arts; Master of Education, La Trobe University; Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Monash University
• James Demler
  Assistant Professor of Music, Voice
  BM, University of New Mexico; MM, University of Arizona
• Anthony di Bonaventura
  Professor of Music, Piano
  Curtis Institute of Music
• Daniel Doña
  Lecturer, String Pedagogy and String Literature
  AB Philosophy, University of Chicago; MM, University of Oklahoma; Performance Diploma and DMA, Boston University
• Jay Dorfman
  Assistant Professor, Music Education
  BM, MM, University of Miami; PhD, Northwestern University
• Gary Durham
  Lecturer, Voice
  BM, University of Delaware; MM, Boston University
• Doriot Anthony Dwyer
  Adjunct Professor of Music, Flute
  BM, University of Rochester; Former Principal Flutist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Jules Eskin
  Lecturer, Cello
  Principal Cellist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Lynn Eustis
  Associate Professor, Voice
  BA, Bucknell University; MM, Curtis Institute of Music; DMA, Florida State University
  
• Terry Everson
  Associate Professor of Music, Trumpet
  BM, MM, The Ohio State University
• Joshua Fineberg
  Associate Professor, Composition & Theory
  DMA, Columbia University
• John Ferrillo
  Lecturer, Oboe
  Artist’s Diploma and Artist’s Certificate, Curtis Institute of Music; Principal Oboe, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Sarah Freiberg
  Lecturer, Baroque Cello
  Brown University; Universitat ‘Mozarteum,’ Salzburg; Artist’s Certificate, San Francisco Conservatory; MM, DMA, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Carolyn Davis Fryer
  Lecturer, Double Bass
  BM, MM, The Juilliard School
• Sean Gallagher
  Visiting Associate Professor, Musicology
  BM, MM, Peabody Conservatory; PhD, Harvard University
• Edward Gazouleas
  Lecturer, Viola
  BM, Curtis Institute of Music; Graduate Studies, Yale University; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Timothy Genis
  Lecturer, Percussion
  Bachelor of Performing Arts in Percussion, The Juilliard School; Timpanist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Gila Goldstein
  Lecturer, Piano
  BM, Tel-Aviv University Academy of Music; MM, Manhattan School of Music
• Andrew Goodrich
  Assistant Professor, Music Education
  BME, University of Montana; MME, DMA, Arizona State University
• Michael Haber
  Adjunct Professor, Cello
• Ronald Haroutunian
  Lecturer, Bassoon
  BM, New England Conservatory
• Samuel Headrick
  Associate Professor of Music, Composition & Music Theory
  BM, MM, North Texas State University; PhD, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
  
• Brita Heimarck
  Associate Professor, Musicology
  BA, Brown University; MA, University of California, Los Angeles; PhD, Cornell University
• John Heiss
  Lecturer, Flute
  BA, Lehigh University; MFA, Princeton University
• Lee Higgins
  Associate Professor, Music Education
  Diploma in Music, West London Institute of Higher Education; BA (Hons) in Creative and Performing Arts, Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education; PhD, Irish Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Phyllis Elhady Hoffman
  Professor of Music, Voice
  BMus, MMus, Boston University
• David Hoose
  Professor of Music, Conducting; Conductor, Boston University Symphony Orchestra
  BM, Oberlin Conservatory; Graduate Studies, Brandeis University
• Gregory Ingles
  Lecturer, Historical Performance
  BM, Oberlin Conservatory; MM, DMA, SUNY Stonybrook
• Scott Jarrett
  Lecturer, Choral Conducting; Director of Music, Marsh Chapel
  BM, Furman University; MM, DMA, Boston University
• Laura Jeppesen
  Lecturer, Viola da Gamba
  BA, Wheaton College; MM, Yale University
• Linda Jiorle-Nagy
  Lecturer, Piano
  AB, Douglass College of Rutgers University; MM, DMA, Boston University
• Marc Johnson
  Adjunct Professor of Music, Cello
  BM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; MM, Catholic University
• Ann Howard Jones
  Professor of Music, Conducting; Director of Choral Activities
  BM, MM, DMA, University of Iowa
• Bayla Keyes
  Associate Professor of Music, Violin
  BM, Curtis Institute of Music; MM, Yale University
• Shiela Kibbe
  Assistant Professor of Music; Chair, Collaborative Piano
  BM, Ithaca College; MM, Chamber Music and Accompanying, MM, Piano Pedagogy, Temple University
• David Kopp
  Director, Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Music, Composition & Theory
  BA, Harvard University; MM, State University of New York at Stony Brook; PhD, Brandeis University
• Ronald Kos
  Assistant Professor, Music Education
  BM, MM, Northwestern University; PhD, University of Wisconsin
• Renee Krimsier
  Lecturer, Flute
  New England Conservatory; DMA, The Juilliard School
• Christopher Krueger
  Lecturer, Baroque Flute
  BM, New England Conservatory of Music
• Michelle LaCourse
  Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Strings; Chair of Performance
  BM, MM, Artist Diploma, Peabody Conservatory
• Gabriel Langfur
  Lecturer, Bass Trombone
  MM, New England Conservatory; BA, BM, Oberlin College and Conservatory
• Matthew Larson
  Lecturer, Opera
  DMA, MM, Arizona State University; BA, University of Connecticut
• Alexandre Lecarme
  Lecturer, Cello
  Diploma, Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris; MM, PD, AD, Boston University; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Warren Levenson
  Lecturer, Class Guitar
  BA, Brandeis University; MM, New England Conservatory
• Benjamin Levy
  Lecturer, String Bass
  BM, New England Conservatory; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Michael Lewin
  Lecturer, Piano
  BM, MM, The Juilliard School
• Catherine Liddell
  Lecturer, Lute
  BA, Sarah Lawrence College; Soloist Diploma, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
• Lucia Lin
  Associate Professor of Music, Violin
  BM, University of Illinois, Urbana; MM, Rice University; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra; Member, Muir String Quartet
• Rodney Lister
  Lecturer, Composition & Music Theory
  BM, New England Conservatory; MFA, PhD, Brandeis University
• Malcolm Lowe
  Lecturer, Violin
  Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music; Concertmaster, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Don Lucas
  Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion
  BM, MM, Texas Tech; Premier Prix Diploma, Guildhall School of Music (London), Fulbright Scholar
• William Lumpkin
  Assistant Professor of Music, Opera
  BM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; MA, University of California, Berkeley; DMA, University of Southern California
• Roger Mantie
  Assistant Professor, Music Education
  BMusEd, MMusEd, Brandon University; PhD, University of Toronto
• David Martins
  Adjunct Professor of Music, Conducting
  BM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; MM, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Dana Mazurkevich
  Associate Professor of Music, Violin
  Artist Diploma, MM, Moscow Conservatory
  
• Yuri Mazurkevich
  Professor of Music, Violin
  Diploma, MM, Moscow Conservatory
  
• Mark McEwen
  Lecturer, Oboe
  BM, Curtis Institute of Music; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Adam McLean
  Lecturer, Stage Combat, Opera Institute; Lecturer, Acting and Performance, School of Theatre
  BA, Thomas More College; MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Richard Menaul
  Lecturer, Horn
  BMEd, Ithaca College; MM, Northwestern University
• Robert Merfeld
  Lecturer, Collaborative Piano
  BM, Oberlin; MM, The Juilliard School
• Scott Metcalfe
  Lecturer, Choral Literature
  AB, Brown University; MA, Harvard University
• Ikuko Mizuno
  Lecturer, Violin
  BM, Toho-Gakuen School of Music (Japan); MM, Boston University; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Mary Montgomery Koppel
  Lecturer, Composition and Music Theory
  DMA, Boston University; BA, Middlebury College; Diplôme, l’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
• John Muratore
  Lecturer, Guitar
  BM, University of Akron; MM, New England Conservatory
• Richard Nangle
  Lecturer, Guitar
  DMA, Composition, Boston University
• Suzanne Nelsen
  Lecturer, Bassoon
  BM, McGill University; UM, The Hague Conservatory; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Pavel Nersessian
  Professor, Piano
  Diploma, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
• Catherine Nez
  Assistant Professor of Music, Composition & Theory
  BM, Curtis Institute of Music; AB, Bryn Mawr College; MA, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester ; PhD, University of California, Berkeley
• Sandra Nicolucci
  Associate Professor, Music Education
  BM, MM, EdD, Boston University
• Craig Nordstrom
  Lecturer, Clarinet
  MM, Catholic University
• Toby Oft
  Lecturer, Trombone
  MM, Northwestern University; BM, Indiana University
• James Orleans
  Lecturer, Double Bass
  BM, Boston Conservatory; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Elizabeth Ostling
  Lecturer, Flute
  BM, Curtis Institute of Music; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Leslie Parnas
  Adjunct Professor of Music, Cello
  Curtis Institute of Music
• Martin Pearlman
  Professor of Music, Historical Performance; Founder and Music Director of Boston Baroque
  BA, Cornell University; MM, Yale University
• Thomas Peattie
  Assistant Professor of Music, Musicology
  BM, MA, University of Calgary; PhD, Harvard University
• Ann Hobson Pilot
  Lecturer, Harp
  BM, Cleveland Institute of Music; DMA, Bridgewater State College
• Barbara Poeschl-Edrich
  Lecturer, Harp
  MagArt, Mozarteum, Salzburg; MMus, Trinity College of Music, London; DMA, Boston University
• Betsy Polatin
  Senior Lecturer, Alexander Technique
  BA, State University of New York (Dance); MFA, Boston University (Theatre Education)
• Bonnie Pomfret
  Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice
  DM, Indiana University; MM, Boston Conservatory; SMP, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg im Breisgau
• Jerrold Pope
  Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Voice
  BM, New England Conservatory; MM, Yale University; DMA, Rutgers University
• Andrew Price
  Lecturer, Oboe
• Robinson Pyle
  Lecturer, Trumpet, Historical Performance
  BM, Oberlin Conservatory
• Kenneth Radnofsky
  Lecturer, Saxophone
  BM, University of Houston; MM, New England Conservatory
• Laura Raffo
  Lecturer, Italian Conversation, Voice and Opera
  Licenza Liceale, Liceo Classico, Torino (Italy); 
Dottorato in Lettere e Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy)
• Richard Ranti
  Lecturer, Bassoon
  Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music; Associate Principal Bassoon, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Michael Reynolds
  Associate Professor of Music, Cello
  BM, Curtis Institute of Music; Member, Muir String Quartet
• Rhonda Rider
  Lecturer, Cello
  BM, Oberlin Conservatory; MM, Yale University
• Joshua Rifkin
  Professor of Music, Musicology
  BS, The Juilliard School; MFA, Princeton University
• Karen Ritscher
  Adjunct Associate Professor, Viola
  BM, MM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
  
• Thomas Rolfs
  Lecturer, Trumpet
  BA, University of Minnesota; MM, Northwestern University; Principal Trumpet, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Mike W. Roylance
  Lecturer, Tuba
  BA, Rollins College; Graduate Studies, DePaul University; Principal Tuba, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Matthew Ruggiero
  Lecturer, Bassoon
  Curtis Institute of Music; AB, ALM, Harvard University; Former Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Eric Ruske
  Professor of Music, Horn
  BM, Northwestern University; Former Member, Empire Brass Quintet
• Marc Schachman
  Lecturer, Baroque Oboe
  BS, MS, Stanford University; DMA, The Juilliard School
• Sergey Schepkin
  Visiting Associate Professor, Piano
  Artist Diploma, DMA, New England Conservatory of Music; Diploma, St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music
• Todd Seeber
  Lecturer, Double Bass
  BM, Boston University; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Boaz Sharon
  Professor of Music and Chair, Piano
  Student of Stefan Askenase, Brussels, Belgium; Diplome Superieure, Conservatoire Royale de Belgique, Mons; BM, University of Texas, Austin; MM, Boston University
• Robert Sheena
  Lecturer, Oboe
  BM, University of California; MM, Northwestern University; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Aaron Sheehan
  Lecturer, Historical Performance, Voice
  BA, Luther College; MM, Indiana University
• Andrew Shenton
  Associate Professor of Music, Musicology
  BMus, London University; MM, Yale University; MA, PhD, Harvard University
• Jacqueline Sholes
  Lecturer, Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  BA, Wellesley College; MFA, PhD, Brandeis University
  
• Thomas Siders
  Lecturer, Trumpet
  BM, University of Texas; MM, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University; Assistant Principal Trumpet, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Ethan Sloane
  Professor of Music, Woodwinds
  BM, New England Conservatory; MM, MMA, DMA, Yale University; Doctor of Humane Letters (hon.), Hampden-Sydney College
• Andrew Smith
  Lecturer, Composition and Music Theory
  BM, MM, Southern Illinois University; DMA, Boston University
• Jason Snider
  Lecturer, Horn
  BM, Northwestern University; MM, Rice University; Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Samuel Solomon
  Lecturer, Percussion
  BM, MM, The Juilliard School
• James Sommerville
  Lecturer, Horn
  Principal Horn, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Andrea Southwick
  Lecturer, Opera
  BA, Lesley University; MFA, Boston University College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre
• Jane Starkman
  Lecturer, Baroque Violin and Viola
  BM, MM, New England Conservatory
• Jeffrey Stevens
  Lecturer, Opera
  BA, St. Joseph’s College; MM, Boston University
• Melinda Sullivan-Friedman
  Opera Institute, Period Dance
  BFA, Dance, The Boston Conservatory
• Peter Sykes
  Associate Professor of Music, Harpsichord and Organ; Chair, Historical Performance
  BM, MM, New England Conservatory; Artist Diploma, Concordia University
• Linda Toote
  Lecturer, Flute
  BM, Mannes College of Music
• Nathan Troup
  Lecturer, Opera Institute, Opera Theater
  MM, Boston University; BM, Susquehanna University
• Alison Voth
  Associate Professor of Music, Opera
  BM, University of British Columbia (Canada); MM, Manhattan School of Music
• John Wallace
  Assistant Professor of Music, Composition & Music Theory; Director, Undergraduate Studies
  BM, DePaul University; MM, Northwestern University; DMA, Boston University
• Steve Weigt
  Lecturer, Composition & Music Theory
  BA, MA, University of California at Davis; PhD, Brandeis University
• Lawrence Wolfe
  Lecturer, Double Bass
  BM, New England Conservatory
• Patrick Wood Uribe
  Assistant Professor, Musicology
  PhD, Princeton University; BA and MA, Oxford University; postgraduate degree in violin performance from the Royal Academy of Music
• Jeremy Yudkin
  Professor of Music, Chair, Musicology & Ethnomusicology
  BA, MA, Cambridge University (England); PhD, Stanford University
• Jason Yust
  Assistant Professor, Composition and Music Theory
  PhD, University of Washington; BA, Brown University
• Michael Zaretsky
  Associate Professor of Music, Viola
  Graduate, Moscow State Conservatory (Russia); Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Peter Zazofsky
  Professor of Music, Violin
  BM, Graduate Certificate, Curtis Institute of Music; Member, Muir String Quartet
• Jessica Zhou
  Lecturer, Harp
  BM, MM, The Juilliard School; Member, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Emeriti

• Phyllis Curtin
  Professor of Music, Opera; Artistic Director, Opera Institute; Dean Emerita
  BA, Wellesley College; MusD (hon.), New England Conservatory, Marshall University, Salem College, West Virginia University; Doctor of Humane Letters (hon.), Albertus Magnus College
• Wilbur D. Fullbright
  Professor Emeritus of Music
  BA, Oklahoma State University; MFA, Bob Jones University; PhD, Boston University
• John Goodman
  Professor Emeritus of Music
  BM, Northwestern University; MM, Yale University; MusAD, Boston University
• Mark Kroll
  Professor Emeritus of Music
  BA, City University of New York; MM, Yale University
• Murray Lefkowitz
  Professor Emeritus of Music
  BM, MM, PhD, University of Southern California
• Joy McIntyre
  Professor Emerita of Voice
  BM, Oberlin Conservatory; MM, New England Conservatory
• Max Miller
  Professor Emeritus of Music
  BMus, MMus, University of Redlands; PhD, Boston University
• George Neikrug
  Professor Emeritus of Music
  Principal Cellist, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Joel L. Sheveloff
  Professor Emeritus of Music, Musicology
  AB, City University of New York, Queens College; MFA, PhD, Brandeis University
• Edith Stearns Trask
  Professor Emerita of Music
  MusB, Boston University