Lucy Winters Durkin Instructor of Visual Arts DEPARTMENTHumanitiesCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Durkin585-274-1610BIOGRAPHY Lucy Winters Durkin teaches art history in the Humanities Department at the Eastman School of Music. She also teaches art history programs offered to the community at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Lucy holds a B.A. from Smith College in…
Gaelen McCormick Instructor of Arts Leadership DEPARTMENTArts LeadershipCONTACT INFOEmail Professor McCormickBIOGRAPHY Ms. McCormick was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic’s double bass section from 1995-2017. Before joining the RPO, she held positions with regional orchestras such as the Erie (PA) Philharmonic, and substituted with other major orchestras. After losing her hearing in 2017, she began…
Armand Hall Instructor of Arts Leadership DEPARTMENTArts LeadershipCONTACT INFOEmail Professor HallBIOGRAPHY Dr. Armand Hall is the Executive and Artist director of the ROCmusic Collaborative. ROCmusic offers free instrumental music instruction to the children of Rochester, New York in the neighborhood community centers. Dr. Hall came to ROCmusic from the University of Memphis, where he was…
Mara Culp Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning DEPARTMENTMusic, Teaching & LearningCONTACT INFOEmail Professor CulpBIOGRAPHY Mara E. Culp earned a PhD and a Master’s in Music Education from Penn State and a Bachelor’s in Music Education from Siena Heights University. Over the course of her career, she has taught general, choral, and instrumental…
Jonathan Dunsby Professor of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Dunsby585-274-1459BIOGRAPHY BA in music, First Class, Oxford University, aged 20; PhD in music theory, adviser Alexander Goehr, Leeds University, aged 23. Piano pupil of Dame Fanny Waterman; prizes in Geneva, Leeds, Munich competitions; winner of the Commonwealth Competition. Articles and reviews published in journals including…
Tony Caramia Professor of Piano Director, Piano Pedagogy Studies Coordinator, Class Piano Program Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media 03-T.-Monk-Blue-MonkIf I Only Had a BrainHomage To ChickSpring is HereSomebody Loves MeGet Happy DEPARTMENTSPianoJazz and Contemporary MediaCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Caramia585-274-1524Class Piano WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Three extraordinary teachers, Claudette Sorel, James Lyke, and Frances Clark, aided in launching…
Clay Jenkins Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Trumpet DEPARTMENTJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Jenkins585-274-1448BIOGRAPHY Clay Jenkins’ career as a jazz artist has covered a wide range of musical experiences and responsibilities, bringing him to the forefront of the jazz performing and teaching arenas. Clay’s experience as a…
Bob Sneider Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media ECMS Senior Instructor of Jazz Guitar DEPARTMENTJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Sneider585-274-1953Personal WebsiteBIOGRAPHY Before joining the Eastman faculty in late 1997, Sneider toured for several years with two-time Grammy Award winner Chuck Mangione. Other notable performers with whom Sneider has performed, toured or…
Anaar Desai-Stephens Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Affiliate Faculty, Susan B. Anthony Institute DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Desai-StephensDEGREES PhD Ethnomusicology, Cornell University MA Ethnomusicology, Boston University BM Violin Performance, Manhattan School of Music BIOGRAPHY Trained as an ethnomusicologist and violinist, my research focuses on popular music and media in South Asia. My broader research interests include the…
J. Matthew Curlee Assistant Professor of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Curlee585-274-1550BIOGRAPHY Equal parts educator, composer, and performer, Matt Curlee has taught in the Department of Music Theory since 2007. As an advocate for, and avid practitioner of improvisational music, Curlee has a particular interest in ear-brain interactions and the intuitive processes that unify composition, improvisation, and performance. This…