Marie Rolf

Professor Emerita of Music Theory

Marie Rolf Professor Emerita of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Rolf585-274-1560BIOGRAPHY Marie Rolf is Professor Emerita of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. She retired in January 2023 from her position as Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Music Theory. Under her leadership, new masters…

Robert Morris

Professor of Composition

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Betsy Marvin

Minehan Family Professor Emerita of Music Theory

Elizabeth West Marvin Minehan Family Professor Emerita of Music Theory DEPARTMENTSTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Marvin585-274-1076BIOGRAPHY Elizabeth West Marvin is the Minehan Family Professor, and Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music; she holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester.  Her research interests include the study…

William Marvin

Associate Professor of Music Theory

William Marvin Associate Professor of Music Theory Academic Leave Spring 2024 DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Marvin585-274-1551BIOGRAPHY William Marvin joined the Eastman faculty in 2002 after having taught music theory and aural skills at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Prior to that he was a teaching assistant at Eastman while working on his master’s degree, and received…

Sarah Marlowe

Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Sarah Marlowe Assistant Professor of Music Theory   DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor MarloweBIOGRAPHY Sarah Marlowe is Assistant Professor of Music Theory. Her research interests include counterpoint, fugue, Schenkerian analysis, Russian music theory, the music of J. S. Bach and Dmitri Shostakovich, and music theory and aural skills pedagogy. Her current projects focus on DEI efforts in music…

David Headlam

Professor Emeritus of Music Theory

Dave Headlam Professor Emeritus of Music Theory BIOGRAPHY BM, University of Western Ontario; MM, PhD, University of Michigan. ASCAP Deems Taylor award (1997) for The Music of Alban Berg (Yale University Press, 1996). Published and presented on Berg’s music, other 20th-century music, acoustics, popular music, rhythm in tonal music, computing and music. Recipient, National Science Foundation grants…

Bruce Frank

Instructor of Music Theory

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Robert Doran

Affiliate in Music Theory

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John Covach

Professor of Music Theory

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Matthew Brown

Professor of Music Theory

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