Ralph P. Locke Professor Emeritus of Musicology DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor LockeBIOGRAPHY BA, Harvard; MA, PhD, Chicago. Piano study with Kate Friskin, Longy School. Editorial Board member, Journal of Musicological Research, Ad Parnassum: A Journal of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Instrumental Music; Nineteenth-Century Music Review; and Journal of Music History Pedagogy; senior editor, Eastman Studies in Music; music editor, Encyclopedia…
Jennifer Kyker Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Associate Professor of Music, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor KykerBIOGRAPHY Jennifer W. Kyker holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music, and as Associate Professor of Music in the College Music Department at the University of…
John Kapusta Assistant Professor of Musicology DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor KapustaBIOGRAPHY I am a historian of music and culture with a focus on the postwar United States. I received my PhD in music history and literature from the University of California, Berkeley and my AB from Harvard College. Before completing my PhD, I studied voice…
Lisa Jakelski Academic Success Coach DEPARTMENTAcademic AffairsCONTACT INFOEmail Professor JakelskiBIOGRAPHY Lisa Jakelski received her Ph.D. in music history and literature from the University of California, Berkeley, after completing an AB in music and English at the University of Georgia. Broadly stated, her research considers how social and political practices intersect with music making after 1945;…
Cory Hunter Assistant Professor of Musicology James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor of Music, University of Rochester DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Hunter585-275-5190BIOGRAPHY Cory Hunter holds a dual appointment as the James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Rochester and Assistant Professor of Musicology at Eastman School of Music. He received his…
Roger Freitas Professor of Musicology Faculty associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Acting Chair, Musicology Department, Fall 2023 DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Freitas585-274-1458BIOGRAPHY Roger Freitas received his PhD in music history from Yale University. He had previously earned an MM (with performer’s certificate) in early music, vocal performance, from Indiana University; and…
Melina Esse Associate Professor of Musicology DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor EsseBIOGRAPHY In her writing, teaching, and personal practice, Melina Esse enacts her longstanding fascination with the connections between gender, materiality, and performance. A scholar of opera in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, she has published widely—on voice and technological mediation, on opera and film, and on…
