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Kyle Adams holds a Ph.D. in music theory from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His dissertation explored chromatic music from the late sixteenth century through the early eighteenth century. He has studied theory and analysis with Carl Schachter, William Rothstein, and Ruth DeFord.   Biography >>

Federico Agostini has toured internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher, and adjudicator.   Biography >>

An alumnus of Indiana University and New England Conservatory, Jeremy Allen has served as an adjunct instructor in the Jacobs School's Department of Jazz Studies since 2006. He has given master classes and served as as jazz festival adjudicator/clinician in the U.S. and abroad.   Biography >>

As a Music Director, Mr. An has been employed at Ballet Department, IU Jacobs School of Music for 14 years. Aside from being an outstanding accompanist play for ballet classes, repertory rehearsals and special performance events, he also organizes and instructs other accompanists for the Elective and Pre-College classes.   Biography >>

Atar Arad received a Diplome Superieure from Brussels Conservatory (Belgium) in 1973 ; a Laureate from La Chapelle Musicale de la Reine Elisabeth (Belgium) in 1971; and an Artist Diploma from Israeli Academy in 1966.   Biography >>

A prize winner and later juror in the Tchaikovsky, Chopin, and Marguerite Long competitions, Professor Auer has recorded for RCA Japan, Toshiba EMI, Erato, Camerata, TownHall, and other labels.   Biography >>

Ik-Hwan Bae studied with Ivan Galamian at the Julliard School and was a prize winner in the Queen Elisabeth and Munich ARD competitions.   Biography >>

Claude Baker served as the composer-in-residence for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1991-1999. His music has been performed internationally by the orchestras of Saint Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Louisville, the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España, and Orquesta Sinfónica de RTV Española.   Biography >>

David Baker serves as conductor and artistic director for the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.   Biography >>

Professor Battersby has performed as a soloist with the Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Hartford, and American Classical orchestras, among others.   Biography >>

Alan Bennett has an active performing career, with appearances throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe in oratorio, recital, and opera.   Biography >>

Ernesto Bitetti became a National Professor of Guitar at the Universidad del Litoral in Argentina in 1964.   Biography >>

Myron Bloom was solo horn with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell (1954-1977), the Casals Festival Orchestra (1965-1975), and the Orchestra of Paris under Daniel Barenboim (1977-1985).   Biography >>

Nationally and internationally acclaimed soloist, recitalist, clinician, and orchestral percussionist, Kevin Bobo served as Assistant Professor of Percussion at The University of Kansas at Lawrence from 2003-2007. He earned a Bachelors Degree from Wichita State University and a Masters Degree from Ithaca College.   Biography >>

Evelyne Brancart received the Laureat de la Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth (Belgium) in 1971.   Biography >>

Bruce Bransby was principal double bass with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1978-1986) under Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Andre Previn, and was principal double bass with the Kansas City Symphony (1971-1978).   Biography >>

Brenda Brenner was assistant professor of music (violin) at Indiana University from 1993 to 2006, when she was named associate professor of music (music education). She specializes in string music education, teaching applied violin, as well as courses in violin and string pedagogy.   Biography >>

J. Peter Burkholder's research interests include twentieth-century music, Charles Ives, American music, musical borrowing, and musical meaning and analysis.   Biography >>

James Campbell's former students have played in orchestras such as Amsterdam's Concertgebow Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, and several U.S. military bands. His students also hold teaching positions at universities and conservatories worldwide.   Biography >>

As interim head coach of the Opera Theater at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, Kimberly Carballo coordinates the musical preparation of each opera and guides the professional development of the graduate assistant coaches.   Biography >>

David Cartlege has performed on three continents and throughout the United States.   Biography >>

Mr. Cesbron was awarded an Indiana Arts Commission Fellowship for Choreography for Carmina Burana, and is currently collaborating with School of Music faculty composers for the creation of five new works.   Biography >>

Virginia Cesbron's choreography includes numerous original works for Indiana University Ballet Theater and the Pre-College Ballet Program.   Biography >>

Internationally active as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and chamber musician, Ms. Chen specializes in collaborative repertoire for piano and strings, and in coaching string players. She has been a faculty member of the Indiana University Summer String Academy since 1997.   Biography >>

Arnaldo Cohen graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with an honors degree in both piano and violin, while studying for an engineering degree.   Biography >>

Colón was honored with the Pablo Casals Medal upon graduation from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, where he received his bachelor's degree.   Biography >>

Edmund Cord was Principal Trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and Santa Fe Opera. He was a soloist with Israel Philharmonic, Bangkok Symphony, and Utah Symphony. He has been guest Principal Trumpet with the symphony orchestras of Saint Louis, Indianapolis, Houston, and San Diego.   Biography >>

Costanza Cuccaro had an international career performing lyric-coloratura roles at major opera houses around the world, including The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Colon, Toronto, Montreal, Berlin, Munich, and Vienna State Opera. Her recording and video credits include several operas and oratorios.   Biography >>

He actively records in Hollywood and has performed on many major motion picture soundtracks and television productions.   Biography >>

David Dzubay's past awards include the 2005 Utah Arts Festival Commission (Utah Symphony), the Barlow Prize, Wayne Peterson Prize, Walter Beeler Prize, NBA Revelli Prize, NEA grant, three ASCAP, two BMI Student Composer Awards. He is Composer in Residence with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra (2005-2006).   Biography >>

The former principal clarinet of the Israel Radio Orchestra, Eli Eban was invited by Zubin Mehta to join the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, where he performed and recorded all the major orchestral repertoire under Abbado, Barenboim, Bernstein, Dohnanyi, Mehta, Maazel, Levine, Masur, Solti, and others.   Biography >>

Luba Edlina-Dubinsky earned a diploma with distinction from Moscow Conservatory in 1952, under the guidance of Yakov Flier. Professor Edlina-Dubinsky has concertized extensively all over the world; she recorded virtually the entire piano trio repertoire exclusively for Chandos Records, England.   Biography >>

David Effron's numerous recordings include a Grammy-winning recording of Aaron Copland's A Lincoln Portrait. Professor Effron has conducted major orchestras in Canada, Taiwan, Korea, Europe, Israel, Mexico, and the United States. He served as head of the Merola Program in San Francisco and artistic director of the Central City Opera in Colorado. He is a former faculty member of the Curtis Institute of Music (1970-1977), and the former head of the orchestra program at the Eastman School of Music (1977-1998).   Biography >>

Trombonist Peter Ellefson performs frequently with the Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. In chamber music settings he has performed with the Canadian Brass, Proteus 7, Chicago Chamber Musicians and the New York Philharmonic Brass Quintet. A member of the Seattle Symphony for 10 years, Ellefson performed and recorded on alto and tenor trombone, bass trumpet, and tenor tuba, while also serving as the principal trombonist for Seattle Opera's numerous productions of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.   Biography >>

Paul Elliott made his solo debut in England in 1972 and is most widely known for his performances of early music, having performed with European ensembles including The Academy of Ancient Music, The Early Music Consort of London, The London Early Music Group, Musica Antiqua Köln, The Deller Consort (1975-1985), Pro Cantione Antiqua, and The Hilliard Ensemble, of which he was a founder member.   Biography >>

Arthur Fagen was the music director of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dortmund Opera from 2002 to 2007. For the 2008-2009 season, Fagen is the principal guest conductor of the Haydn Orchestra in Bolzano, Italy. He has conducted in opera houses throughout the U.S. and Europe. He has recorded for BMG, Bayerischer Rundfunk, SFB and WDR Cologne and records regularly for Naxos, for whom he has completed the six symphonies of Bohuslav Martinu.   Biography >>

Fishell is a recitalist and teacher of international standing. She has performed in many of the world's greatest concert venues, including Suntory Hall, Tokyo; King's College, Cambridge; Berlin's Schauspielhaus; the Liszt Academy, Budapest; and the Prague Spring Festival, and has been a featured recitalist and lecturer at five national conventions and five regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists (AGO).   Biography >>

Jorja Fleezanis was concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1989 to 2009 —the longest-tenured concertmaster in the orchestra's history and only the second woman in the U.S. to hold the title of concertmaster in a major orchestra when appointed. Prior to Minnesota, she was associate concertmaster with the San Francisco Symphony for eight years.   Biography >>

Phil Ford previously taught at the University of Texas and Stanford University, where he was a fellow of the Stanford Humanities Fellows Program. His work deals with American popular music in the cold war, performance and auditory culture studies, and the intellectual history of counterculture.   Biography >>

Don Freund has recieved a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2005) two NEA Awards, 25 ASCAP Awards, and the AGO/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition. He has been honored with awards at the Rodrigo Riera International Competition for Guitar Composition, the Washington International String Quartet Composition Competition, the ISCM/League of Composers International Piano Music Competition, and received a Macgeorge Fellowship.   Biography >>

Professor Fuks graduated from the Julliard School and studied with Ilia Fidlon, Joseph Fuchs, Ivan Galamian, and Jascha Heifetz.   Biography >>

Glenn Gass teaches a series of courses on the history of rock & roll and popular music. Professor Gass is the recipient of the Herman B Wells Lifetime Achievement Award, the Indiana University Sylvia Bowman Distinguished Teaching Award, the IU Student Alumni Association Student Choice Award, the Society of Professional Journalists Brown Derby Award, and other teaching awards and honors.   Biography >>

Brent Gault has taught elementary and early childhood music courses in Texas, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.   Biography >>

Gershman is a respected professional conductor and clinician. In addition to his teaching and conducting responsibilities, he has been active in several different areas of research, presenting lectures at numerous clinics and conferences. A committed advocate of new music, Gershman has led or participated in consortia for new works by many composers.   Biography >>

John Gibson's acoustic and electroacoustic music has been presented in the US, Canada, Europe, South America and Asia. His instrumental compositions have been performed by many groups, including the London Sinfonietta, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Seattle Symphony, the Music Today Ensemble, Speculum Musicae, Ekko!, and at the Tanglewood, Marlboro and June in Buffalo festivals.   Biography >>

An active performer of jazz and classical piano music, Luke Gillespie is the recipient of numerous awards, including best performance from Indianapolis Star in 1993; the 1990 Copland Piano Concerto Competition at Indiana University; and the 1994 Indianapolis Jazz Festival Competition.   Biography >>

A performer of medieval, renaissance, baroque and contemporary music, Wendy Gillespie teaches early bowed strings, early music performance, and notation. She has performed with ensembles worldwide ranging from the English Concert to Ensemble Sequentia. Ms. Gillespie has participated in more than 80 recordings for Harmonia Mundi, EMI, Virgin Classics, BIS, Channel Classics, and other recording companies.   Biography >>

Connie Cook Glen teaches courses on the American Musical, Opera Theatre, Music Appreciation and Music Theory. She serves as Coordinator and Lecturer for the Music in General Studies program, is the recipient of the 2004 "Blue Ribbon Award for Outstanding Instructors" given by the IU Disability Student Services Office, and received a 2008 Active Learning Grant awarded by Instructional Support Services.   Biography >>

Goldberg's research includes Chopin, music in Poland and Eastern Europe, performance practice, reception, and national constructs.   Biography >>

Assistant Professor William Jon Gray has served as Associate Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival in California. In addition, he has served as Interim Conductor of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Artistic Director of the Bach Chorale Singers, Artistic Director of the Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra of Washington, D.C., Assistant Conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, and has appeared as guest conductor with the National Chamber Orchestra, the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, and the Handel and Haydn Society.   Biography >>

Jean-Louis Haguenauer, a former faculty member of the Strasbourg Conservatorie in France, was awarded first prizes at the Geneva Conservatorie and at the Ecole Normale de Paris.   Biography >>

In addition to appearances as leader, Patrick Harbison's recording credits include the PsychoAcoustic Orchestra, the Blue Wisp Big Band, and David Baker's 21st Century Bebop Band.   Biography >>

Robert Harrison performed as a freelance chorister in New York City under Leonard Bernstein, Shaw, Stokowski, Brubeck, Gregg Smith, and Eve Queler.   Biography >>

Mezzo-soprano Mary Ann Hart has won numerous song competitions, including the Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition, Concert Artists Guild, and NATS Artist Awards; she also received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.   Biography >>

Jeffrey Hass's compositions have been premiered by the Louisville Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, and the Concordia Chamber Orchestra, and have been performed at Lincoln Center, and at national conferences of the Society of Composers, International Computer Music Conference, International Double Reed Society, SEAMUS, and the College Music Society.   Biography >>

Robert Hatten is a former faculty member of the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Michigan, and Pennsylvania State University.   Biography >>

Mezzo-soprano, Professor Havranek has performed with the Cleveland Opera, New Orleans Opera Association, the Kennedy Center, Berkshire Festival, Ohio Light Opera, Nashville Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Portland Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, New Orleans Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, and the National Symphony of Mexico.   Biography >>

Professor C. David Higgins is a master scenic artist and staff designer for Indiana University Opera Theater, and has worked with the Opera Theater since the Musical Arts Center opened in 1971.   Biography >>

Andrew Hollinden developed and teaches courses in the history of rock music of the 1970s and 1980s and the music of Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, the Beach Boys, Captain Beefheart, and the Residents.   Biography >>

Julian ("Jay") Hook, Assistant Professor of Music Theory, holds advanced degrees in mathematics, architecture, and piano performance as well as music theory. He has taught mathematics at Florida International University in Miami, and music theory at Penn State University.   Biography >>

Soprano Alice Hopper has performed such roles as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata, Puccini's Tosca and Madame Butterfly, and Ellen Orford in Britten's Peter Grimes.   Biography >>

Dr. Gretchen Horlacher has taught at the University of California-Riverside and at UC-Santa Barbara, and became chair of the Music Theory Department in 2008. She has a special interest in the study of rhythm and meter; her recent work deals with the music of Stravinsky and Steve Reich.   Biography >>

Brian Horne teaches studio voice, diction, and pedagogy. He holds degrees from Hiram College (Ohio) and Indiana University, and is a former faculty member of Shorter College (Georgia) and the University of Missouri. He continues to perform and presents master classes across the country.   Biography >>

An internationally acclaimed jazz drummer, percussionist, clinician, author, and educator, Steve Houghton teaches in the Departments of Percussion and Jazz Studies.   Biography >>

Lawrence Hurst is a former faculty member of Southern Methodist and Eastern Michigan Universities and former faculty member, associate dean, and chair of the string department at University of Michigan School of Music.   Biography >>

Prof. Isaacson is coordinator of the Music Information Technology graduate minor program, holds an adjunct appointment in the School of Informatics, and is a core faculty member in IU's Cognitive Science Program.   Biography >>

Dr. Ivanovich's research interests include continued study of musical form in the late-eighteenth century and listener-based approaches to music analysis.   Biography >>

Wayne Jackson has served as sound designer for IU Opera Theater productions including Bernstein's Mass, Nixon in China, and numerous others.   Biography >>

Since Petar Jankovic began his performance career in 1985, he has performed numerous concerts and given masterclasses in both the United States, and Europe. Having garnered numerous national and international prestigious awards, Jankovic is currently a very active performer.   Biography >>

Blair Johnston earned his Ph.D. in 2009 from the University of Michigan, where he taught courses in tonal analysis, atonal analysis, figured bass, and musicianship.   Biography >>

As a teacher of graduate courses in the foundations of music education, Estelle Jorgensen also serves as editor for Philosophy of Music Education Review, and is the founding chair of Philosophy SRIG of MENC. She is the author of In Search of Music Education (University of Illinois Press, 1997), Transforming Music Education (Indiana University Press, 2003), and frequent contributor to leading research journals in music education internationally.   Biography >>

Professor Kallaur has held recitals throughout Canada and the United States, as well as Russia, the Netherlands, and Great Britain, and taught master classes for the Moscow Conservatory of Music, the National Flute Association, the University of Victoria, the National Concert Band Association, and many others.   Biography >>

Professor Kaplan has performed in all the principal cities of Europe, including London, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Prague, Zurich, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Milan, as well as the Far East and Australia.   Biography >>

Raised in Alexandria, VA, violinist Alexander Kerr balances an orchestral career with solo and chamber engagements throughout Europe, North America, and the Far East. In 1996, at the age of 26, he was appointed concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, where he served before coming to IU. He has also served as concertmaster of the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra and Chamber Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.   Biography >>

Marianne C. Kielian-Gilbert served as vice president of the Society of Music Theory, and was a member of its executive board, program and nominating committees, and committee on the status of women.   Biography >>

Professor Kiesgen is a member of the Chicago Singing Teachers Guild and is listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. He has performed in operas and concerts in North America, Europe, Israel and China, and has taught master classes and guest lectures throughout the United States, Italy, and China. Mr. Kiesgen teaches studio voice and graduate classes in vocal pedagogy.   Biography >>

Cellist Eric Kim has a diverse career performing throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and the Middle and Far East as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra. Kim served as principal cello of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1989 to 2009 and has also held principal cello positions with the San Diego and Denver symphonies, appearing as soloist with each. He has collaborated with numerous renowned conductors and performed in recital in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.   Biography >>

Howard Klug is a chamber musician, soloist, and clinician who has performed throughout the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Venezuela, China, and Israel.   Biography >>

Professor Kowalski won the Jacob Gade Prize in Copenhagen, 1969; was a founding member of the European Trio in 1977; and has performed concerts throughout Europe, Latin America, and the United States.   Biography >>

Soprano Teresa Kubiak made her American debut at Carnegie Hall in 1970 and has performed operatic engagements throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and the Middle and the Far East.   Biography >>

In more than forty years before the public, Jaime Laredo's career has embraced the roles of soloist, conductor, recitalist and chamber musician. Since his orchestral debut at the age of eleven with the San Francisco Symphony, he has earned the admiration and respect of audiences, critics, and fellow musicians. His private coaches have included Josef Gingold, Pablo Casals, Ivan Galamian and George Szell.   Biography >>

Carl Lenthe served as the principal trombonist with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (1977-1994) and the Bamberg Symphony (1994-1998).   Biography >>

Vincent Liotta is co-founder of the Utah Festival Opera and a former faculty member of University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Washington in Seattle.   Biography >>

William Ludwig joined the faculty of the IU Jacobs School of Music in August of 2007. His orchestral experience includes principal bassoon with the Baton Rouge Symphony (1986-2007) and the Florida Orchestra (1980-1985). A noted chamber musician he has performed in a wide variety of settings in the United States and Europe.   Biography >>

Kathryn Lukas, a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music, London, is the former principal flute of the Santa Fe Opera Company and is currently a member of the Composers Ensemble and Music Theatre in Wales   Biography >>

A former concertmaster of the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Mardirossian performed as concerto soloist and recitalist throughout Bulgaria, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe before moving to Europe, where he developed an impressive solo career, with tours of England, Wales, Italy and the U.S., including debuts in London and New York's Carnegie Recital Hall in 1992. He has appeared as guest artist at international music festivals in Cheltenham, England; the European Cultural Months; the International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; the Czech Festival in Trento, Italy; and the Sofia Musical Weeks, Bulgaria.   Biography >>

A specialist in the history of music and music theory in the ancient worlds and the Middle Ages, Thomas Mathiesen is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is founder and former director of the Indiana University Center for the History of Music theory and Literature.   Biography >>

Lissa Fleming May teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, and places and supervises music student-teachers.   Biography >>

Washington McClain is a former member of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and current principal oboist of l'Ensemble Arion (Montreal) and Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra (Cleveland, Ohio). He has performed with many baroque orchestras in the United States and in Canada.   Biography >>

Michael McCraw is cited in the newest edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians as one of the most important early bassoon players and pedagogues of our time.   Biography >>

Susann McDonald has served as artistic director of the World Harp Congress since its inception and is honorary president of the Association Internationale des Harpistes in Paris, France.   Biography >>

Kathleen McLean is one of the most acclaimed orchestral bassoonists in North America. Internationally recognized, McLean was the associate principal bassoon of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra from 1992 to 2009 and is a sought-after chamber and orchestral musician, recitalist, and teacher.   Biography >>

Two-time Grammy Award-winner Sylvia McNair is equally at home on the stages of Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and in the intimate environs of the Rainbow Room and the Algonquin's legendary Oak Room, performing both classical and cabaret, opera and Broadway musicals. Her more than 70 recordings range from Mozart arias with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields to CDs with Andre Previn of music by Jerome Kern and Harold Arlen.   Biography >>

Daniel R. Melamed's research interests include J.S. Bach and the Bach family, performance practice, Mozart's operas, and problems of authenticity and attribution.   Biography >>

Tenor Carlos Montané has performed as leading tenor with the Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera and in Philadelphia, Houston, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Budapest, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Zagreb, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, and Singapore.   Biography >>

Otis Murphy has received numerous awards and prizes, including Second Prize in the Adolphe Sax International Saxophone Competition in Belgium in 1998; Third Prize in the Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition in France in 1996; First Prize in the Heida Hermanns Young Artist Competition; and Second Prize in the Saint Louis Symphony Young Artist Competition.   Biography >>

Kristina Muxfeldt's research interests include music history, biography, analysis, and reception, with particular emphasis on the cultural and social environment of early nineteenth-century music, as well as opera in Weimar and Vienna.   Biography >>

Emile Naoumoff's concert tours have taken him throughout the United States, Japan, and South America, and he has participated in international chamber music festivals and numerous concerts.   Biography >>

As one of the most sought after hornists throughout North America and abroad, hornist Jeff Nelsen is equally successful in both classical and contemporary genres and in the roles of both musician and mentor. As a performer Nelsen is best known as the hornist of the Canadian Brass. As a pedagogue. he teaches horn, chamber music, and coaches "Fearlessness" at the IU Jacobs School of Music.   Biography >>