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At the Eastman School of Music, we prepare our graduates to be leaders in the field of music Pedagogy theory. With one of the discipline’s largest and most diverse faculties, and positioned in an Teaching is a cornerstone of Eastman’s graduate theory training. Our students engage in iconic School of Music within a leading research university, Eastman’s Theory department teaching throughout their programs, working closely with faculty mentors both in and out of offers a world of opportunities to aspiring scholars and teachers. the classroom. In our two-semester Pedagogy of Music Theory sequence, students refine their practical skills while assimilating new technologies and exploring recent research on teaching Programs and learning. Varied teaching assignments in our core theory sequence give our students Eastman provides two tracks of graduate theory study. The Doctor of Philosophy in Music broad experience and a chance to work with Eastman’s undergraduates, whose talents make Theory (PhD, with MA in passing) is our premier professional degree, a rigorous five-year teaching written and aural theory an invigorating and enjoyable challenge. program that prepares candidates with professional skills for an academic career and also a host of transferable skills for the diverse career paths increasingly pursued by our graduates. Musicianship The Master of Arts in Pedagogy of Music Theory is a two-year teaching-focused program that Few theory programs can match Eastman’s scholarly breadth and excellence; fewer still can can be pursued alone or in conjunction with a performance degree (MM/DMA). call a world-class School of Music their home. Because of our strong ties to the performing and composing community, Eastman theorists maintain a vital tradition of practical Research musicianship. Our students may take lessons and play in ensembles. They cultivate creative Orit Hilewicz, Assistant Professor of Theory, Eastman’s theory programs put students skills on par with their scholarly abilities, giving them the confidence and know-how to teaches Survey of Analytical Techniques at the center of a thriving research empower a new generation of rising musicians. And like the faculty who train them, many community. The breadth of our faculty of our graduate theorists are active performers, composers, and multi-media collaborators. ensures in-house expertise on a range of music-theoretical topics, from cognition Careers and computational modeling to analysis Employers at colleges and universities across the country know that an Eastman degree is a and aesthetics. And a regular roster of mark of excellence. That’s why our graduates are among the most sought-after candidates distinguished speakers—recent guests on the job market—and why so many of our PhDs find long-term employment in highly include Richard Cohn, Justin London, competitive fields. Our alumni include many of the field’s most visible scholars, working at Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, Danuta Mirka, a host of major institutions including Yale, CUNY, Oberlin, the University of Minnesota, the Jean-Jacques Nattiez, and Joseph N. University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, and Florida State University. For a list Straus—gives students additional first-hand of Eastman PhDs at selected universities and music schools, visit esm.rochester.edu/grad/. Elizabeth Marvin, Professor of Theory, access to cutting-edge scholarship. teaches Music and the Mind In the years leading up to their dissertation, For more information, visit esm.rochester.edu/theory/degrees students engage with faculty in a variety or write to Professor Matthew Brown, chair of theory admissions, of contexts: core courses, specialized at [email protected]. seminars, individual advising, and collaborations in our Music Research Laboratory. They may also study in Eastman’s other academic departments—including musicology, ethnomusicology, and music education—and with faculty at the University of Rochester’s River Campus. (Recent interdisciplinary projects have bridged to linguistics, cognitive science, electrical and computer engineering, and computer science.) Many gain further professional A page from Theorica musice experience at Intégral, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal managed and edited entirely by our (Milan, 1492) by Franchinus graduate students. Gaffurius, one of many valuable primary sources and first editions esm.rochester.edu/theory available to students in Eastman’s Sibley Music Library Eastman Theory Faculty Matthew BaileyShea, Associate Professor Sarah Marlowe, Assistant Professor Song analysis, agency and embodiment, form Fugue and counterpoint, Russian music theory, the music of J. S. Bach and Dmitri Shostakovich, music Benjamin Baker, Assistant Professor theory pedagogy Intersections between jazz and popular music, intertextuality and improvisation in jazz performance, Elizabeth West Marvin, Professor music of Robert Glasper Minehan Family Professor (Joint appointment, Brain and Cognitive Sciences) Zachary Bernstein, Assistant Professor Music cognition, music theory pedagogy, absolute Milton Babbitt, twelve-tone music, organicism, pitch, song analysis and performance spectralism, metaphor William Marvin, Associate Professor Matthew Brown, Professor Schenkerian theory, 18th- and 19th-century opera, Tonal theory, Schenkerian analysis, Debussy, aural skills pedagogy film music Marie Rolf, Professor; Senior Associate John Covach, Professor Dean of Graduate Studies History and analysis of popular music, 20th-century Debussy studies, keyboard skills, analysis theory and analysis, music aesthetics and philosophy and performance

Matt Curlee, Assistant Professor David Temperley, Professor Music cognition and skills, improvisation, analysis, (Joint appointment, Brain and Cognitive Sciences) cross-disciplinary research (physics) Music cognition, computational modeling, popular music, meter/hypermeter Jonathan Dunsby, Professor and Chair Music analysis, performance studies, semiology, Robert Wason, Professor (Emeritus) vocality, early twentieth century Bill Evans, Munich School songs, Schenker’s early career, Bartók sketches Bruce Frank, Instructor Keyboard skills, popular music, counterpoint, pedagogy Affiliate Faculty: Robert Doran, Professor of French and Dave Headlam, Professor Comparative Literature, Department of Modern Post-tonal analysis, rhythm and form, popular music, Languages and Cultures computational analysis, performance studies Robert D. Morris, Professor of Composition Orit Hilewicz, Assistant Professor Musical meaning and representation, post-tonal Dariusz Terefenko, Associate Professor of Jazz theory and analysis, music and visual arts, set theory Studies and Contemporary Media Henry Klumpenhouwer, Professor History of theory, Riemann, analysis, atonal music Holly Watkins, Professor of Musicology

THEORY at EASTMAN

Eastman Theory Faculty 2018-19 First row: D. Headlam, E. Marvin Second row: B. Frank, M. Rolf, J. Dunsby Third Row: M. Curlee, L.Terrigno, O. Hilewicz Fourth Row: J. Covach, Z. Bernstein, W. Marvin esm.rochester.edu/theory Fifth Row: M. BaileyShea, D. Temperley, M. Brown, H. Klumpenhouwer