Graduate Studies
Eastman School of Music PhDs on the Faculties of Selected Educational Institutions
We are very proud of the accomplishments of the distinguished alumni from Eastman’s four PhD-granting disciplines of Music Theory, Musicology, Composition, and Music Education, many of whom are teaching and leading at musical institutions and schools around the world. The following list offers a sample, rotating list of 50 PhD alumni from the past 30 years who are helping to shape the field of music through their work in a wide variety of colleges, universities, music schools, and other institutions.
Some of Eastman’s PhD-granting departments also publish lists of alumni and their professional activities. For more information on alumni in composition, please click here. For a list of recent graduates in musicology, please click here. For lists of academic appointments, recent dissertations, and a complete list of alumni in music theory, please click here.
Institution | Graduate | Position | PhD Program |
Boston University | Susan Conkling | Professor of Music Education | Music Education, 1994 |
Bowling Green State University | Mikel Kuehn | Professor of Composition | Composition, 1995 |
California State University, Sacramento | Scott Perkins | Assistant Professor of Music | Composition, 2011 |
Chapman University | Vera Ivanova | Associate Professor of Composition | Composition, 2007 |
Cleveland Institute of Music | Samuel Bivens | Music Theory Faculty | Music Theory, 2018 |
College of William and Mary | Lauron Kehrer | Assistant Professor of Music | Musicology, 2017 |
Cornell University | Kevin Ernste | Associate Professor of Composition | Composition, 2006 |
DePauw University | Ayden Adler | Professor of Music, Dean of the School of Music | Musicology, 2007 |
Drake University | Dina Alexander | Visiting Professor of Music Education | Music Education, 2015 |
Duquesne University | Stephen Benham | Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of Graduate Studies | Music Education, 2004 |
Eureka College of Illinois | Adriana Martinez | Assistant Professor of Music | Musicology, 2009 |
Florida Gulf Coast University | Patricia Gingras | Assistant Professor of Music | Music Education, 2013 |
Florida State University | Evan Jones | Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Theory | Music Theory, 1995 |
Florida State University | Nancy Rogers | Associate Professor of Music Theory | Music Theory, 2008 |
Franklin and Marshall College | Sylvia Alajaji | Associate Professor of Music | Musicology, 2009 |
Georgia State University | Gilad Rabinovitch | Assistant Professor of Music Theory | Music Theory, 2015 |
Indiana University | Aaron Travers | Assistant Professor of Music (Composition) | Composition, 2005 |
Ithaca College | Susan Avery | Associate Professor of Music Education | Music Education, 2002 |
James Madison University | William Dabback | Professor of Music Education, Music Education Area Coordinator | Music Education, 2007 |
Kennesaw State University | Ben Wadsworth | Associate Professor of Music Theory | Music Theory, 2008 |
Michigan State University | Mike Callahan | Associate Professor of Music Theory and Chair of the Music Theory Area | Music Theory, 2010 |
Middle Tennessee State University | Trevor de Clercq | Assistant Professor, Recording Industry faculty | Music Theory, 2012 |
New England Conservatory | Andrea Kalyn | President, New England Conservatory | Musicology, 2002 |
New York University | Sarah Marlowe | Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Music Theory | Music Theory, 2012 |
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University | Jenine Brown | Music Theory Faculty | Music Theory, 2013 |
Roberts Wesleyan College | Dina Alexander | Assistant Professor of Music Education | Music Education, 2015 |
SUNY Buffalo State | Mark Filsinger | Professor of Music Education | Music Education, 2013 |
Syracuse University | Sarah Fuchs Sampson | Assistant Professor of Music History and Cultures | Musicology, 2016 |
The Hochstein School of Music & Dance | Gary Palmer | Assistant Director and Dean of Students, Co-Chair of the Piano Faculty | Music Education, 2010 |
The Library of Congress | David Plylar | Music Specialist/Concert Producer | Composition, 2009 |
Toronto Oratory | Aaron James | Music Director | Musicology, 2016 |
Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) | Marco Alunno | Professor of Composition and Music Theory | Composition, 2007 |
United Church of Pittsford, The Harley School | Ashley Danyew | Church musician, accompanist, piano teacher | Music Education, 2016 |
University for Music and the Performing Arts in Graz, Austria | Jennifer Ronyak | Senior Scientist | Musicology, 2010 |
University of Arkansas | Kimberly Teal | Assistant Professor of Musicology | Musicology, 2012 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
Tamara Levitz David Lefkowitz |
Professor of Musicology Associate Professor, Composition and Theory |
Musicology, 1994 Composition, 1994 |
University of Chicago | Seth Brodsky | Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities; Director of Graduate studies | Musicology, 2007 |
University of Kansas | Martin Nedbal | Assistant Professor of Music History | Musicology, 2009 |
University of Louisville | Caroline Ehman | Assistant Professor of Music History | Musicology, 2013 |
University of Maryland | Dora Hanninen | Professor of Music Theory and Chair of Music Theory and Composition | Music Theory, 1996 |
University of Massachusetts Boston | Josef Hanson | Assistant Professor of Music, Coordinator for Music Education | Music Education, 2015 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Brent Auerbach | Associate Professor of Music Theory | Music Theory, 2005 |
University of Memphis | Heather Klossner | Assistant Professor of Music Education | Music Education, 2018 |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Jennifer Bellor | Visiting Lecturer | Composition, 2013 |
University of North Carolina | Jocelyn Neal | Professor of Music | Music Theory, 2002 |
University of Notre Dame | John Liberatore | Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition | Composition, 2014 |
University of Nottingham | Elizabeth Kelly | Assistant Professor | Composition, 2012 |
University of South Florida, Tampa | Baljinder Sekhon II | Assistant Professor of Composition | Composition, 2013 |
University of Toronto | Daphne Tan | Assistant Professor of Music Theory | Music Theory, 2013 |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Scott Emmons | Professor of Music Education and Dean of the Peck School of the Arts | Music Education, 1998 |
Washington University, St. Louis | Alexander Stefaniak | Assistant Professor of Musicology | Musicology, 2012 |
Western Carolina University | Allison Thorp | Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities | Music Education, 2016 |
Western Michigan University | Cristina Fava | Assistant Professor of Musicology | Musicology, 2012 |