Jennifer Kyker 2022

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology

Jennifer Kyker Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Associate Professor of Music, The College Department of Music, University of Rochester DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor KykerBIOGRAPHY Jennifer W. Kyker holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music, and as Associate Professor of Music in the College Music Department at the University of…

John Kapusta

Assistant Professor of Musicology

John Kapusta Assistant Professor of Musicology   DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor KapustaBIOGRAPHY I received my PhD in music history and literature from the University of California, Berkeley and my AB from Harvard College. Before completing my PhD, I studied voice at the New England Conservatory, received a Fulbright grant to study singing in Paris, was a…

Lisa Jakelski

Associate Professor of Musicology

Lisa Jakelski Associate Professor of Musicology DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor JakelskiBIOGRAPHY Lisa Jakelski received her Ph.D. in music history and literature from the University of California, Berkeley, after completing an AB in music and English at the University of Georgia. Broadly stated, her research considers how social and political practices intersect with music making after 1945;…

Cory Hunter

Assistant Professor of Musicology

Cory Hunter Assistant Professor of Musicology Assistant Professor of Music, University of Rochester DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Hunter585-275-5190BIOGRAPHY Cory Hunter holds a dual appointment as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Rochester and Assistant Professor of Musicology at Eastman School of Music. He received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Eastman School…

Roger Freitas

Professor of Musicology

Roger Freitas Professor of Musicology Faculty associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Acting Chair, Musicology Department, Fall 2023 DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Freitas585-274-1458BIOGRAPHY Roger Freitas received his PhD in music history from Yale University. He had previously earned an MM (with performer’s certificate) in early music, vocal performance, from Indiana University; and…

Melina Esse

Associate Professor of Musicology

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…

Requesting Faculty Support Funding

Funding Request for Faculty Support Full Name of Faculty Member(Required) What is your primary department?(Required)Chamber MusicCompositionConducting & EnsemblesHumanitiesJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaMusic Teaching & LearningMusicologyOrgan, Sacred Music, & Historical KeyboardsPianoStrings, Harp, & GuitarTheoryVoice, Opera, & Vocal CoachingWinds, Brass, & PercussionWho is your primary departmental assistant?Vicky HooverDallas OestaraMary Jo DenningerAlice MeyerCelia PalmerFran TurkWhat is the amount…

Michael Anderson 2022

Professor of Musicology

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Holly Watkins

Professor of Musicology

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Robert Wason

Professor Emeritus of Music Theory

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…