More than 130 highly regarded performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators make up the Eastman faculty: Pulitzer Prize-winners, Grammy winners, Guggenheim Fellows, ASCAP Award recipients, published authors, recording artists, and acclaimed musicians who have performed in the world’s greatest concert halls. Eastman’s full-time, resident faculty members know their students personally, becoming mentors to them and forging lifelong friendships.
Covach, John
Professor of Music Theory; Professor of Music, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester
; Director, Institute for Popular Music
Barr, Jean M.
Professor Emerita of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music
Beaudette, Sylvie
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music; Director of Summer@Eastman
; Co-Chair Eastman Centennial Planning Committee
Freer, Elinor
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Piano
Harrow, Anne Lindblom
Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo; Coordinator, Woodwind Chamber Music
; Supervisor, Applied Woodwind Studio TAs
; Chair, Chamber Music Department
Kellogg, Mark
Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music; Affiliate in Music Teaching and Learning
; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
Nance, Wesley
Instructor, Brass Chamber Music; ECMS Instructor in Trumpet
Lubman, Brad
Associate Professor of Conducting & Ensembles; Director, Eastman Musica Nova
; Affiliate Faculty, Composition
O'Dette, Paul
Professor of Lute; Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
; Director, Collegium Musicum
; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology
; Affiliate in Voice and Opera
Scatterday, Mark Davis
Professor of Conducting and Ensembles; Conductor, Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Wind Orchestra
Silvey, Philip
Associate Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Director of ESM/UR Women’s Chorus
; Affiliate in Conducting and Ensembles
; Chair, Music Teaching and Learning
Varon, Neil
Professor of Conducting & Ensembles; Conductor, Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, and Eastman Chamber Orchestra
Weinert, William
Professor of Conducting and Ensembles; Director, Choral Activities
; Affiliate in Voice and Opera
; Chair, Conducting and Ensembles Department
Azzara, Christopher D.
Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
Campbell, Jeff
Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Chair, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Department
Caramia, Tony
Professor of Piano; Director, Piano Pedagogy Studies
; Coordinator, Class Piano Program
; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
Danko, Harold
Professor Emeritus of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media
Dobbins, Bill
Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Conductor, Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Eastman Studio Orchestra
; Coordinator, Jazz Composition and Arranging Program
Jenkins, Clay
Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Trumpet
; Spring Semester 2020 Academic Leave
Kellogg, Mark
Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music; Affiliate in Music Teaching and Learning
; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
Mueller, Darren
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
; Spring Semester 2020 Academic Leave
Azzara, Christopher D.
Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
Bucura, Elizabeth
Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Full Year 2019-2020 Academic Leave
Caravan, Lisa
Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning
Culp, Mara
Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning
Fox, Donna Brink
Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs; Eisenhart Professor of Music Education
; Director, ECMS Early Childhood Music Program
Silvey, Philip
Associate Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Director of ESM/UR Women’s Chorus
; Affiliate in Conducting and Ensembles
; Chair, Music Teaching and Learning
Snell, Alden
Associate Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Summers Only Advisor
Anderson, Michael Alan
Associate Professor of Musicology; Artistic Director, Schola Antiqua
; Managing Editor, Eastman Case Studies series
; Faculty Associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute
; Faculty Affiliate, Humanities Center, University of Rochester
Desai-Stephens, Anaar
Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology; Affiliate Faculty, Susan B. Anthony Institute
Esse, Melina
Associate Professor of Musicology; Bridging Fellowship to the School of Arts and Sciences Dance and Movement Program Fall Semester 2018
Freitas, Roger
Professor of Musicology; Interim Department Chair (Fall 2020)
; Faculty associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies
Hunter, Cory
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Assistant Professor of Music, University of Rochester
Kapusta, John
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Office location:
; 203 Messinger Hall
; Office of Communications Suite
Kowalke, Kim H.
Professor of Musicology; Professor of Music, The College Department of Music
Kyker, Jennifer
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology; Associate Professor of Music, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester
; Full Year 2018-19 Academic Leave
Meconi, Honey
Professor of Musicology; Arthur Satz Professor, College Music Department
Mueller, Darren
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
; Spring Semester 2020 Academic Leave
O'Dette, Paul
Professor of Lute; Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
; Director, Collegium Musicum
; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology
; Affiliate in Voice and Opera
Snyder, Kerala Johnson
Professor Emerita of Musicology; Affiliate Faculty, Organ, Sacred Music, & Historical Keyboards
Suadin, I Nyoman
Visiting Associate Professor of Gamelan; Director of Gamelan
Thym, Jurgen
Professor Emeritus of Musicology; Affiliate Faculty, Organ, Sacred Music, & Historical Keyboards
Watkins, Holly
Professor of Musicology; Chair, Musicology Department
; Affiliate Faculty, Theory
West, Glenn A.
Instructor of Ethnomusicology; Director of Mbira Ensemble
; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Mbira
Zager, Daniel
Associate Dean of Sibley Music Library; Associate Professor of Musicology
; Affiliate Faculty, Organ and Historical Keyboards
Barr, Jean M.
Professor Emerita of Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music
Caramia, Tony
Professor of Piano; Director, Piano Pedagogy Studies
; Coordinator, Class Piano Program
; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
Penneys, Rebecca
Professor Emerita of Piano; Artist-in-Residence, St Petersburg College, FL
; President, Rebecca Penneys Friends of Piano Incorporated
; Founder and Artistic Director, Rebecca Penneys Tuition-Free Piano Festival
Matson, Melissa
Associate Professor of Orchestral Repertory (Viola); ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Viola
O'Dette, Paul
Professor of Lute; Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
; Director, Collegium Musicum
; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology
; Affiliate in Voice and Opera
Covach, John
Professor of Music Theory; Professor of Music, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester
; Director, Institute for Popular Music
Doran, Robert
School of Arts and Sciences Dept. of Modern Languages & Cultures; Professor of French and Comparative Literature
; Affiliate in Music Theory
Dunsby, Jonathan
Professor of Music Theory; Chair, Music Theory Department
Frank, Bruce
Instructor of Music Theory; Senior Lecturer, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester
Headlam, Dave
Professor of Music Theory; Administrator, Multimedia Computing Lab
Carr, Stephen
Associate Professor of Opera and Musical Theatre Studies; Associate Artistic Director of Eastman Opera Theatre
Ciesinski, Katherine
Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professor of Voice; Chair, Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching Department
; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Voice
; Voice Area Coordinator
Grant, Kenneth
Associate Professor of Clarinet; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Clarinet
Harrow, Anne Lindblom
Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo; Coordinator, Woodwind Chamber Music
; Supervisor, Applied Woodwind Studio TAs
; Chair, Chamber Music Department
Kellogg, Mark
Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music; Affiliate in Music Teaching and Learning
; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
Anderson, Michael Alan
Associate Professor of Musicology; Artistic Director, Schola Antiqua
; Managing Editor, Eastman Case Studies series
; Faculty Associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute
; Faculty Affiliate, Humanities Center, University of Rochester
Campbell, Jeff
Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Chair, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Department
Caramia, Tony
Professor of Piano; Director, Piano Pedagogy Studies
; Coordinator, Class Piano Program
; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media
Caravan, Lisa
Assistant Professor of Music Teaching and Learning
Carr, Stephen
Associate Professor of Opera and Musical Theatre Studies; Associate Artistic Director of Eastman Opera Theatre
Ciesinski, Katherine
Martin E. and Corazon D. Sanders Professor of Voice; Chair, Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching Department
; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Voice
; Voice Area Coordinator
Covach, John
Professor of Music Theory; Professor of Music, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester
; Director, Institute for Popular Music
Desai-Stephens, Anaar
Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology; Affiliate Faculty, Susan B. Anthony Institute
Doane, Steven
Professor of Violoncello; Fall Semester 2019 (2nd seven weeks) Academic Leave
; Spring Semester 2020 (2nd seven weeks) Academic Leave
Dobbins, Bill
Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Conductor, Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Eastman Studio Orchestra
; Coordinator, Jazz Composition and Arranging Program
Doran, Robert
School of Arts and Sciences Dept. of Modern Languages & Cultures; Professor of French and Comparative Literature
; Affiliate in Music Theory
Fox, Donna Brink
Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs; Eisenhart Professor of Music Education
; Director, ECMS Early Childhood Music Program
Frank, Bruce
Instructor of Music Theory; Senior Lecturer, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester
Freer, Elinor
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Piano
Freitas, Roger
Professor of Musicology; Interim Department Chair (Fall 2020)
; Faculty associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies
Garver, Beryl
Assistant Professor of Accompanying; Affiliate Faculty, Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching
Harley, Andrew
Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano; Director, Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music
Harris, Alan
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Violoncello
Harrow, Anne Lindblom
Associate Professor of Flute & Piccolo; Coordinator, Woodwind Chamber Music
; Supervisor, Applied Woodwind Studio TAs
; Chair, Chamber Music Department
Jolles, Renée
Professor of Violin; Wegman Family Professor of Violin
Kapusta, John
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Office location:
; 203 Messinger Hall
; Office of Communications Suite
Kellogg, Mark
Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music; Affiliate in Music Teaching and Learning
; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
Kennedy, Stephen
Instructor of Sacred Music; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Organ
Kyker, Jennifer
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology; Associate Professor of Music, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester
; Full Year 2018-19 Academic Leave
McHugh, Ernestine
Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Religion; Associate Professor of Anthropology, The College
; Senior Instructor in Community and Preventive Medicine, The Medical School
Meconi, Honey
Professor of Musicology; Arthur Satz Professor, College Music Department
Miller, Russell
Professor of Vocal Coaching and Repertoire; Vocal Coaching Area Coordinator
O'Dette, Paul
Professor of Lute; Professor of Conducting & Ensembles
; Director, Collegium Musicum
; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology
; Affiliate in Voice and Opera
Opalach, Jan
Associate Professor of Voice; Supervisor, Applied Voice Studio TA's
Penneys, Rebecca
Professor Emerita of Piano; Artist-in-Residence, St Petersburg College, FL
; President, Rebecca Penneys Friends of Piano Incorporated
; Founder and Artistic Director, Rebecca Penneys Tuition-Free Piano Festival
Scott, Robin
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music; Associate Professor of Violin
Silvey, Philip
Associate Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Director of ESM/UR Women’s Chorus
; Affiliate in Conducting and Ensembles
; Chair, Music Teaching and Learning
Smith, Timothy
Instructor of Orchestral Skills & Repertoire, Low Brass
Sneider, Bob
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; ECMS Senior Instructor of Jazz Guitar
Snell, Alden
Associate Professor of Music Teaching and Learning; Summers Only Advisor
Weinert, William
Professor of Conducting and Ensembles; Director, Choral Activities
; Affiliate in Voice and Opera
; Chair, Conducting and Ensembles Department
West, Glenn A.
Instructor of Ethnomusicology; Director of Mbira Ensemble
; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Mbira