MUSIC.CMU.EDU BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN REQUIRES TALENT AND COMMITMENT. IT ALSO TAKES THE RIGHT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF MUSIC

WHO WE ARE • Be a part of an INNOVATIVE FINE ARTS COMMUNITY immersed in a Founded in 1912 as one of the five schools top research university. of the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon’s School of Music offers conservatory level • We offer the BEST ASPECTS of a conservatory (small class programs within a world-class university size, individual attention, and environment. creative opportunity) along with experiences only a university can offer (double majors, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY extensive student organizations, and uniquely CMU traditions). Year Established: 1900 • From performance ensembles Total Faculty 1436 and opera productions to Total Undergraduates: 6400 chamber music and recitals, the 7582 School of Music has OVER 250 ALUMNI Total Graduate Students: EVENTS each year. Our alumni are performers, teachers, • All music courses and lessons are conductors, and entrepreneurs working CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF MUSIC TAUGHT BY FACULTY MEMBERS, in creative industries across the globe. Year Established: 1912 not graduate students. They populate the ranks of the world’s 100 • PITTSBURGH is home to a most prestigious orchestras, opera Music Faculty: dynamic arts, culture, and companies and conservatory faculties Interdisciplinary Majors: 32 technology community. including the New York Philharmonic, Music Undergraduate Majors: 152 • 20 MEMBERS on the School of The Metropolitan Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Harvard Music Graduate Students: 149 Music’s faculty are members of the world-renowned Pittsburgh University Orchestra, BBC Orchestras, Student to Faculty Ratio: 3:1 Symphony Orchestra. Lyric Opera of Chicago and many more. Bachelor of Fine Arts Minors for Music Majors • Instrumental Performance • Collaborative Piano • Piano Performance • Conducting • Vocal Performance • Music Education Certification • Composition • Music Technology • Electronic Music • Music Theory

Bachelor of Science in Music & Technology Double Major • in collaboration with the School of Computer Science and the Students in the School of Music have the opportunity to add second Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. majors or minors across campus.

Courses BXA Intercollege Degrees The School of Music core curriculum includes: Music Theory, Music Bachelor of Humanities and Arts History, Aural Skills, Repertoire and Listening, Pedagogy, Music in collaboration with the Dietrich College of Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Students Humanities and Social Sciences also have access to special topics courses and, of course, courses Bachelor of Science and Arts across Carnegie Mellon University. Students interested in Audio in collaboration with the Mellon College of Science Recording & Production take courses in our state of the art Vlahakis Recording Studio. Bachelor of Computer Science and Arts in collaboration with the School of Computer Science Design, Arts and Technology Study Opportunities Carnegie Mellon University’s diverse and top-ranked academic Engineering and Arts programs in computing, engineering, design, and the arts are in collaboration with the College of Engineering under BXA uniquely positioned to serve students who have interdisciplinary Students in BXA programs have a concentration in music interests bridging technology and creative practice. Integrative and in the second college. Design Arts and Technology (IDeAte) connects students and faculty Music Concentrations from across the university through coursework and collaborative • Performance (instrumental, piano, voice) studio experiences. • Composition • Musicology & Cultural Studies You have the opportunity to integrate a concentration with your • Technology degree in any of the following eight creative industry areas: game design, animation and special effects, media design, learning media, sound design, entrepreneurship for creative industries, Master of Arts Management intelligent environments, and physical computing. Learn more: Five year collaborative/accelerated program in the cmu.edu/ideate Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.

Undergraduate Financial Aid: Note: All undergraduate applicants to the School of Music at Carnegie If you’re a US citizen or permanent resident, the FAFSA is required Mellon must complete the Common Application as well as the School to be considered for federal and state financial aid programs. of Music online application. Carefully follow the university admission The CSS PROFILE, along with the FAFSA, is required to be and testing requirements listed on considered for all institutional grant and scholarship programs. cmu.edu/admission. Regardless of need, we encourage you to complete these documents in order to be considered for any type of funding. Applicants to the School of Music must first pass their audition Deadline: February 15 or portfolio review before the Office of Undergraduate Admission completes a review of your application materials. Approximately 80% of the admission decision is artistic. Preparing for a career in music requires talent, commitment, and a stimulating educational environment. At the Carnegie Mellon School of Music, our graduate students experience one-on-one training with master teachers, strong ensemble and chamber music programs, and numerous opportunities to hone their performance skills.

Master of Music Advanced Music Studies Certificate • Performance (instrumental, piano, voice) • Individual Performance (instrumental, piano, voice) • Composition • Collaborative Piano • Collaborative Piano • Composition • Music Education • Piano Pedagogy • Audio Recording & Production Master of Science in Music & Technology • Piano Maintenance in collaboration with the School of Computer • Music Entrepreneurship Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Music Education Certification

Artist Diploma (on hold for 2020-2021) Dalcroze Eurhythmics Certification Program • Performance (instrumental, piano, voice) • Composition

Graduate Financial Aid • Master’s students are eligible for competitive scholarship and/or assistantship packages. The average graduate award in the School of Music covers 70% of tuition. • Students enrolled in the Master of Music, Master of Science, Music Education Certification, Advanced Music Studies, or Artist Diploma programs are also eligible to receive consideration for Federal Student Loan Programs. These loans, based on cost of attendance, are processed after you have chosen to enroll at Carnegie Mellon.

Carnegie Mellon makes comprehensive student consumer information available to all students and interested parties. STRINGS WOODWINDS KEYBOARD VOICE MUSIC & VIOLIN FLUTE PIANO Jennifer Aylmer TECHNOLOGY Andrés Cárdenes Alberto Almarza Frederic Chiu Marianne Cornetti Dr. Roger Dannenberg Cyrus Forough Lorna McGhee Sergey Schepkin Sari Gruber Benjamin Opie (on leave 2020-21) Dr. Richard Randall COLLABORATIVE PIANIST SECONDARY PIANO Maria Spacagna William van der Sloot Riccardo Schulz Vahan Sargsyan Carla LaRocca Daniel Teadt Christopher Wu BRASS Dr. Richard Stern OBOE TRUMPET COLLABORATIVE PIANO VOCAL COACHES Jesse Stiles VIOLA Cynthia Koledo Neal Berntsen Mark Carver Mark Carver David Harding Dr. Thomas Sullivan DeAlmeida George Vosburgh Jocelyn Dueck Jocelyn Dueck Tatjana Chamis Luz Manriquez Roseanna Irwin CLARINET HORN MUSIC THEORY CELLO Rodrigo Ojeda Ellen Rissinger Michael Rusinek William Caballero Mark Domencic Anne Martindale Williams Ellen Rissinger Thomas Thompson Stephen Kostyniak ACTING Nancy Galbraith David Premo PIANO LITERATURE Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh BASSOON TROMBONE Kelly Trumbull DOUBLE BASS & REPERTOIRE Dr. John Paul Ito Nancy Goeres Rebecca Cherian Peter Guild Alec Chien MOVEMENT & DANCE Dr. Richard Randall Peter Sullivan Micah Howard SAXOPHONE Michele de la Reza Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas Eric DeFade BASS TROMBONE Peter Kope HARP COMPOSITION Dr. Reza Vali James Houlik Jeff Dee Gretchen Van Hoesen Nancy Galbraith R. James Whipple Jason Kush EUPHONIUM Dr. Reza Vali MUSIC EDUCATION CLASSICAL GUITAR BAGPIPE Lance LaDuke R. James Whipple Dr. Robert Dell MUSICOLOGY James Ferla Andrew Carlisle Paul Gerlach Paul Johnston John Marcinizyn TUBA Adrianne Kelly Dr. Kenneth Keeling Craig Knox ELECTRONIC MUSIC John McCarthy STRING AREA Freida Abtan Dr. Christopher Lynch COLLABORATIVE PERCUSSION Jesse Stiles Susan Raponi Stephen Schultz PIANISTS Christopher Allen Alexa Woloshyn Jane Wall Dr. Franco Sciannameo Donna Amato Jeremy Branson Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh Dr. Alexa Woloshyn Sung-Im Kim Paul Evans Richard Randall EURHYTHMICS Rodrigo Ojeda Judith Cagley SOLFÉGE Stephen Neely FULL FACULTY BIOS AND CONTACT INFORMATION: MUSIC.CMU.EDU Anne Jackovic Moskal Lenny Young ENSEMBLES LIBRARY Andrés Cárdenes Candice Gu Kristin Heath, Music MUSIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP Music Director of Orchestral Studies Director of Percussion Ensemble & Catalog Librarian Lance LaDuke Daniel Nesta Curtis Elizabeth Lawrence Monique Mead Music Director of Contemporary Ensemble Director of Jazz Vocal Ensemble CHAMBER MUSIC James Gorton Monica Yunus Eric DeFade Stephen Schultz David Harding Director of Jazz Orchestra Director of Baroque Ensemble Dimitri Papadimitriou INTEGRATIVE Thomas W. Douglas Stephen Story R. James Whipple DESIGN, ARTS, Director of Choral Activities Associate Director of Wind Ensemble AND TECHNOLOGY Chamber Music is Director of Opera Studies George Vosburgh (IDEATE) coached by all studio Benjamin Opie James Ferla Director of Wind Ensemble faculty Director of Guitar Ensemble Jesse Stiles

RECENT AND UPCOMING Elizabeth Freimuth, horn Matka Ensemble, contemporary Nancy Allen, harp Richard Gammon, stage director, opera music ensemble William Bennett, flute Philip Glass, composition David Allen Moore, double bass Julian Bliss, clarinet Kathryn Greenbank, oboe Wesley Nance, trumpet Matt Boresi, librettist Peter Hilliard, composer Dennis Nulty, tuba Ian Hobson, conductor and piano Paul Polivnick, conductor Christoph Campestrini, conductor Byron Janis, piano Kelley Rourke, dramaturg John Colby, entrepreneurship David Jackson, trombone Eric Rieger, voice Joe Conyers, double bass Jay LaBeouf, entrepreneurship John Sampen, saxophone Elmira Darvarova, violin Christropher Larkin, conductor, opera Judith Saxton, trumpet Andres Diaz, cello Norman Lebrecht, musicology Gary Schocker, flute Roberto Diaz, viola Jens Lindeman, trumpet Sergiu Schwartz, violin Mohammad Ferguson, composer Blair McMillen, piano Howard Wall, horn Brook Ferguson, flute David Macbride, composition Robert Walters, English horn Firm Roots Jazz Sextet, jazz ensemble Samuel Magill, cello Robert Wood, conductor PERFORMANCE 2019-2020 Ensemble Repertoire Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic OPPORTUNITIES Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 Bernstein: Chichester Psalms with the Carnegie Mellon Concert Chorus 2020-2021 Productions Ensembles Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98 Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict Philharmonic Bunch: Supermaximum Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel Opera Orchestra Sartorio: Giulio Cesare Handel: Messiah with the Carnegie Mellon Concert Chorus Wind Ensemble Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Recent Productions Baroque Ensemble Mozart: Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313 Britten: The Turn of the Screw Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto Contemporary Ensemble Schumann: Symphony #3 in E Flat Major, Op. 97 “Rhenish” Gretry: Zemire et Azor Guitar Ensemble Stravinsky: Petrushka Guettel: The Light in the Piazza Percussion Ensemble Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, “Polish” Handel: Rinaldo Hillard: The Filthy Habit Exploded Ensemble Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro Jazz Orchestra Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble Mozart: The Magic Flute, CMU JIVE Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody Die Zauberflöte Corigliano: Gazebo Dances Sokolov: Svadba Chorus Strauss: Die Fledermaus CMU Singers Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue feat. Rodrigo Ojeda, piano COMPETITIONS Grainger: Handel in the Strand Baroque Ensemble Concerto Competition Holst: Second Suite in F, Op. 28, No. 2 Philharmonic Soloist Competition Khachaturian: Armenian Dances Contemporary Ensemble Competition (for composers) Silberman Chamber Music Competition Previn: Music for Wind Orchestra (No Strings Attached) Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition

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