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Course Listings The heart of our graduate courses is the specialized work of students pursuing advanced studies and research in music theory. Each degree begins with one or two required courses, after which students may pursue their own interests. For MM students, the required course is TH 400; for DMA students, the required courses are…
Course Listings The theory department offers a wide variety of courses designed to meet the interests and needs of students across all majors. At the undergraduate level, a comprehensive program in theory and musicianship is required of all students, consisting of TH 100/105 (by placement exam), 110/115, 120/125, 210/215, and 220/225 (depending on placement exam). Descriptions are…
Marie Rolf Professor Emerita of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Rolf585-274-1560BIOGRAPHY 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 Academic Leave Spring 2024 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…
Sarah Marlowe Assistant Professor of Music Theory DEPARTMENTTheoryCONTACT INFOEmail Professor MarloweBIOGRAPHY Sarah Marlowe is Assistant Professor of Music Theory. Her research interests include counterpoint, fugue, Schenkerian analysis, Russian music theory, the music of J. S. Bach and Dmitri Shostakovich, and music theory and aural skills pedagogy. Her current projects focus on DEI efforts in music…
Dave Headlam Professor Emeritus of Music Theory BIOGRAPHY BM, University of Western Ontario; MM, PhD, University of Michigan. ASCAP Deems Taylor award (1997) for The Music of Alban Berg (Yale University Press, 1996). Published and presented on Berg’s music, other 20th-century music, acoustics, popular music, rhythm in tonal music, computing and music. Recipient, National Science Foundation grants…
