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  Alexandre Abdoulaev

  Lecturer, Musicology

  Alexandre Abdoulaev is a musicologist, conductor, arranger, and jazz and classical pianist. He earned his Ph. D. in Historical Musicology at Boston University (GRS’14), and holds a BM in piano performance and an MA in Musicology from the Catholic University of America (BTR’03, BTR’06). Alexandre is currently a Professor of Music at West Chester University, […]
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  Aldo Abreu

  Lecturer, Historical Performance - Recorder

  Recordings on Arte Vision, Koch International. Abreu has toured throughout the US, Europe, New Zealand, Central America, and his native Venezuela. First-prize winner of the 1992 Concert Artists Guild New York competition, and laureate of the Concours Musica Antiqua (Belgium) and the Premio Flauto Dolce (Germany), Abreu has performed at the Ambassador Auditorium in Los […]
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  Vartan Aghababian

  Lecturer in Music, Composition and Music Theory

  Composition studies with William Bolcom, Leslie Bassett, James Hartway, Eric Sawyer, Theodor Antoniou, and Sam Headrick. Dr. Aghababian was a film music editor with Triad Music at Warner Brothers Studios (Burbank, CA) and has scored several documentary films while continuing to compose on commission. His music is performed throughout New England, across the United States, […]
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  Kenneth Amis

  Lecturer in Music, Tuba

  World-renowned composer-performer Kenneth Amis enjoys an international career of high acclaim. Amis began his musical exploits in his home country of Bermuda. He started playing the piano at a young age and upon entering high school took up the tuba and developed an interest in performing and writing music. A Suite for Bass Tuba, composed when […]
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  Martin Amlin

  Mildred P. Gilfillan Professor of Music; Senior Director, Young Artists Composition Program, BU Tanglewood Institute

  Composer and pianist Martin Amlin has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, the St. Botolph Club Foundation, and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. He was a recipient of an ASCAP Grant to Young Composers and has received numerous ASCAP Plus Awards. He has […]
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  Carl Anderson

  Lecturer in Music, Bass; Assistant Director, Double Bass Workshop, BU Tanglewood Institute

  Double bassist Carl Anderson joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the start of the 2019-2020 season. A versatile performer, he is equally comfortable in the orchestra, in chamber music ensembles, and as a soloist. Orchestral appearances have included performances with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Alan Gilbert […]
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  Jean Anderson

  Lecturer in Music, Voice

  Dr. Jean Anderson is a nationally-known vocal coach and pianist. She is the principal opera coach at Boston Conservatory, where she also coaches art song and teaches courses in operatic recitative and aria studies. She teaches foreign-language diction at the New England Conservatory of Music. She is active as a musical advisor, pianist, and coach […]
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  Steven Ansell

  Associate Professor of Music, Viola

  Steven Ansell joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as principal viola in September 1996, occupying the Charles S. Dana chair, having already appeared with the BSO in Symphony Hall as guest principal viola. A native of Seattle, he also remains a member of the acclaimed Muir String Quartet, which he co-founded in 1979, and with which […]
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  Matthew Aucoin

  Visiting Professor of Composition and Conducting

  Matthew Aucoin is an American composer, conductor, and writer, and a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. He is a co-founder of the pathbreaking American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), and was the Los Angeles Opera’s Artist in Residence from 2016 to 2020. Aucoin’s orchestral and chamber music has been performed, commissioned, and recorded by such leading artists and […]
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  Edwin Barker

  Associate Professor of Music, Double Bass

  Edwin Barker is recognized as one of the most gifted bassists on the American concert scene.  Acknowledged as an accomplished solo and ensemble player, Mr. Barker has concertized in North America, South America, Europe, and the Far East. As principal double bass of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Barker has performed and recorded extensively with […]
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  Jennifer Bill

  Lecturer in Music, Saxophone; Conductor of Concert Band

  A dedicated and multifaceted musician and educator, saxophonist and conductor, Dr. Jennifer Bill has performed in Asia, throughout Europe and the United States. Her poignant performance style captivates audiences around the globe.  Dr. Bill is a Selmer Artist. A versatile saxophonist, Dr. Bill has performed as a soloist and a contemporary chamber musician with a […]
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  Lindy Billhardt

  Performance Librarian and Instrument Manager

  Lindy Billhardt joined the BU College of Fine Arts staff as the Performance Librarian and Instrument Manager in September 2025. She graduated from BU with her master's and bachelor's in Double Bass Performance in 2025 and 2023. Her prior experience includes working in the libraries of the Boston and Nashville Symphonies, and at festivals such […]
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  Michael Birenbaum Quintero

  Associate Professor of Music; Chair, Musicology & Ethnomusicology Department

  Michael Birenbaum Quintero studies Black cultural politics in Latin America. His work in Colombia examines the place of music in both the Afro-Colombian social movement and the cultural policy of the state under neoliberal multiculturalism; historical constructions of Blackness through music; sounded cosmology; vernacular Black music circulation and technology; violence and trauma; the affective politics […]
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  Penelope Bitzas

  Associate Professor of Music, Voice; Director, Young Artists Vocal Program, BU Tanglewood Institute

  Mezzo-soprano Penelope Bitzas is an Associate Professor of Music in Voice at Boston University and in 2007 she received the prestigious Metcalf Award, which is Boston University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching.  She received her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College, magna cum laude and the Masters of […]
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  Heather Braun

  Lecturer in Music, Violin; Faculty Coach, String Quartet Workshop, BU Tanglewood Institute

  Boston-based violinist Heather Braun performs as first violinist of the prize-winning Arneis Quartet and as a member of the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music. Heather began teaching violin and chamber music at the Boston University School of Music in 2014 and joined the Saint Anselm College music faculty in 2016. She has performed chamber music and […]
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  Kyle Brightwell

  Lecturer in Music, Percussion; Director, Percussion Workshop, BU Tanglewood Institute

  Kyle Brightwell joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the start of the 2012-13 season. He began his musical studies on piano and guitar at age four, and began focusing on percussion studies at age eleven. An avid performer/percussionist living in Boston, Mr. Brightwell has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, U.S. Navy Band, U.S. Army […]
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  Deborah Burton

  Associate Professor, Music

  Deborah Burton is currently Associate Professor of Music at Boston University. Her research concerns opera analysis, counterpoint, and the history of music theory, emphasizing Italian sources.  She has taught at Harvard University; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Florida International University, Fordham, University of Michigan and Adrian College. In Spring 2016, she was a Visiting Professor […]
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  Kelly Bylica

  Assistant Professor of Music, Music Education

  Kelly Bylica joined the Boston University faculty in 2020. She has taught courses in choral and general music education, research practices, theoretical and cultural applications in music learning, philosophical and historical foundations in music education, and creative approaches to curricular design. Kelly’s scholarly interests are grounded in facilitating experiences that encourage music educators and students […]
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  Thomas Cannon

  Assistant Professor, Voice

  Thomas Cannon is a passionate performer and instructor of voice. Dually recognized for his "strong and striking" instrument (Opera Today) and "keen dramatic sense" (Texas Classical Review), Thomas has continually gained recognition performing technically and dramatically demanding roles that range from the classics of Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini, to the contemporary works of the American operatic stage. He […]
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  Justin Casinghino

  Lecturer in Music, Composition and Theory; Director, Electroacoustic Composition Workshop and Young Artists Composition Program, BUTI

  Justin Casinghino is a Lecturer in the Department of Composition and Theory at Boston University, a Lecturer in Composition at Keene State College, the Director of the Young Artists’ Composition Program and Electroacoustic Composition Workshop at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and teaches on the faculty of the Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, MA. He […]