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…
Robert W. Wason Professor Emeritus of Music Theory BIOGRAPHY Beginning his musical career as a composer and jazz pianist, Robert Wason studied music composition and piano at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford (BMus ’67; MMus ’69), joining the Hartt Faculty as an Instructor in Theory and Composition in 1969. During his Hartford…
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Marie Rolf Professor Emerita of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor RolfBIOGRAPHY 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…
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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 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 both the Edward Peck…