Music Theory, History, and Composition

Mary I. Arlin, professor, music theory.

  • Ph.D., M.M., Indiana University Bloomington; B.S., Ithaca College.
  • Editor, coauthor, Music Sources, 2nd edition (Prentice-Hall, 1989); author, Interval Tutor: A Computer Program for Ear Training; Frustrating Fundamentals: A Computer Program for Theory; and Esquisse de l'histoire de l'harmonie: An English-Language Translation of the François-Joseph Fétis History of Harmony, Harmonologia Series no. 7 (Pendragon Press); coauthor, Supplement, Sightsinging I and II (Lyceum Press).
  • Formerly, violist, Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, Broome County Pops, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra.
  • Former, editor, Society for Music Theory Newsletter .
  • Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.
  • Arranger and editor, viola music published by International Music Co.
  • Presenter at national and international conferences on history of music theory and music theory pedagogy.
  • Articles in Journal of Music Theory and Société belge de musicologie; program committee Society for Music Theory (1984, 1993).
  • Contributor, Karel Husa: A Composer's Life in Essays and Documents (Edwin Mellen Press, 2002).
  • Chair, nominating committee Society for Music Theory (1996); editor, Society for Music Theory Newsletter (1999–2004).
  • Chair, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy (2006–8).
  • Former president, Music Theory Society of New York State; former treasurer, American Viola Society.
  • Member, Society for Music Theory, Music Theory Society of New York State, College Music Society, Association for Technology in Music Instruction
    arlin@ithaca.edu
 

Les A. S. Black, assistant professor, music theory

  • Ph.D., Yale University; B.A. honours Music, University of Western Ontario.
  • Formerly, faculty, University of Missouri, University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State University, McGill University.
  • Author, articles in, Studies in Music from the University of Western Ontario, Conference Report of the Third and Fourth International Jean Sibelius Conference.
  • Presenter, Society for Music Theory, Third International Jean Sibelius Conference, College Music Society, Canadian University Music Society, Music Theory Society of New York State, American Mozart Society.
  • Contributor, Studies in Music (forthcoming), Report for the Third International Jean Sibelius Conference
    lblack@ithaca.edu
Leslie Black

Kevin Clifton, assistant professor, music theory.

  • Ph.D., M.M., University of Texas at Austin; B.A., Austin College
  • Theory Studies with Roger Graybill, Jim Buhler, Stefan Kostka
  • Formerly, faculty, University of Virginia, Lawrence University, Colby College.
  • Presenter, Feminist Theory and Music Conference, Music Theory Midwest, International Bartòk Conference, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Texas Society for Music Theory, American Culture Associations Conference, CUNY Graduate Students in Music Conference, Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory.
  • Author, essays, International Journal of Musicology, Gay/Lesbian Newsletter of the American Musicological Society.
  • Member, College Music Society, Society for Music Theory
Kevin Clifton

Craig Cummings, associate professor, music theory; chair, Department of Music Theory, History, and Composition.

  • Ph.D., M.M., B.M.E., Indiana University Bloomington.
  • Theory studies with Marianne Kielian-Gilbert, David Neumeyer, Lewis Rowell, Mary Wennerstrom, and Gary Wittlich.
  • Formerly, lecturer and associate instructor, Indiana University Bloomington.
  • Author of articles and reviews in Indiana Theory Review, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, ex tempore, Music Perception.
  • Contributor, Karel Husa: A Composer's Life in Essays and Documents (Edwin Mellen Press, 2002).
  • Presenter at conferences on Schenkerian analysis, history of music theory, and music theory pedagogy.
  • Member, College Music Society, Society for Music Theory, Music Theory Society of New York State.
    cummings@ithaca.edu
Craig Cummings

 Rebecca Jemian, assistant professor, music theory.

  • Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington; M.M., University of Texas at Austin; B.M., Peabody Conservatory, John Hopkins University.
  • Formerly faculty, University of Louisville, Lamar University-Beaumont and Port Arthur; visiting lecturer, University of Houston; associate instructor, Indiana University.
  • Author, articles on John Adams.
  • Formerly, editor and associate editor, Indiana Theory Review
  • Member, College Music Society, Society for Music Theory, Music Theory Midwest, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi.
    rjemian@ithaca.edu
Rebecca Jemian

 Timothy A. Johnson, associate professor, music theory (Leave, 2005–6).

  • Ph.D., University at Buffalo (SUNY); M.M., University of Connecticut; BM, University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
  • Music theory studies with John Clough, Martha Hyde, Charles Smith, Avo Somer.
  • Presently, Frederick and Alice Slee Visiting Professor Music Theory, University at Buffalo (2005–6)
  • Formerly faculty, Mount Holyoke College
  • Author, articles in Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, Musical Quarterly, Theoria, Music Theory OnLine.
  • Author, Foundations of Diatonic Theory (Key College Publishing, 2003), Baseball and the Music of Charles Ives: A ProvingGround (Scarecrow Press, 2004).
  • Presenter, Society for Music Theory, Mathematical Association of America, National Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Member, Society for Music Theory, Society for American Music, Music Theory Society of New York State.
    tjohnson@ithaca.edu
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Timothy Johnson

Sandra Meyer, assistant professor, theory

  • M.F.A., M.A., University of Iowa; B.M., University of Missouri–Kansas City
  • Master classes, Barbara Lister-Sink, Rebbeca Penneys, Vachiaslav Gabrielov.
  • On leave, Oklahoma Baptist University
  • Formerly faculty, Dakota State College
  • Member, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Iota, CMS, MTNA, Oklahoma Music Teachers Association
    smeyer@ithaca.edu

Louise Mygatt, lecturer, music history

  • D.M.A., Columbia University; M.A., Princeton University; M.F.A., Columbia University; B.F.A., University of Connecticut.
  • Formerly, faculty, University of Michigan.
  • Participant, The First Eastman Wind Ensemble Composition Symposium; Fellowship, The Composers Conference (Johnson, VT).
  • Performances with Mother Mallard, Herterian Musicism, Cornell University Symphonic Band.
  • Recordings, Hesteria Records, Centaur Records.
    lmygatt@ithaca.edu
Louise Mygatt

Merilee Nord, lecturer, music theory

  • M.M., B.M.E., University of Nebraska–Lincoln; National Certification in Theory and Piano, Music Teachers National Association.
  • Formerly, faculty, Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; teacher, elementary schools in Wisconsin.
  • Presentations, New York State Music Teachers Association Annual Convention. and New Publications workshops.
  • Member, College Music Society, Music Teachers National Assocation, New York State Music Teachers Assocation, National Piano Guild, National Federation of Music Clubs.
    mnord@ithaca.edu
Merilee Nord

 David E. Pacun, assistant professor, music theory.

  • Ph.D., MA, The University of Chicago; B.A., Swarthmore College.
  • Music theory studies with Richard Cohn.
  • Formerly, visiting assistant professor, University of Connecticut; lecturer, University of Vermont.
  • Author, articles in Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, International Dictionary of Opera, Newsletter of the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble.
  • Member, American Musicological Society, Society for Music Theory, American Brahms Society.
    dpacun@ithaca.edu
David Pacun

Marjorie S. Porterfield, visiting associate professor, music theory

  • M.M., Indiana University; B.S., SUNY Fredonia; Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics..
  • Formerly, public school in Michigan.
  • Author, Involvement with Music: An Integrated Approach to Basic Musicianship (Prentice-Hall, 1990), coauthor, Music Sources: A Collection of Excerpts and Complete Movements, 2d edition (Prentice-Hall, 1989); coauthor, Rhythm and Pitch: An Integrated Approach to Sightsinging (Prentice-Hall, 1986), coauthor, Supplement, Sightsinging I and II, 3d ed. (Lyceum Press).
  • Dana Teaching Fellow (1993–4).
  • Member, American Musicological Society, College Music Society, Music Theory Society of New York State, Music Educator's National Conference.
    mporterf@ithaca.edu

 Mark A. Radice, professor, music history

  • Ph.D., Eastman School of Music; M.M., University of Cincinnati Conservatory; BM, Boston University.
  • Formerly, music department chair, San Francisco State University; faculty, University of Rochester; teacher, Cincinnati public schools.
  • Contributor, Music Review, The American Organist, Choral Journal, Musical Quarterly, Bach: The Journal of the Riemenschneider-Bach Institute and the American Bach Society, and Ars Musica Denver, an anthology of American music of the 18th century for Lawson-Gould Music Publishers; liner notes for numerous recordings.
  • Editor and contributor, Opera in Context: Essays on Historical Staging of Opera from the Late Renaissance to the Time of Puccini (Amadeus Press, 1998); Irvine's Writing about Music, 3d edition, Revised and enlarged (Amadeus Press, 1999); editor, Karel Husa: A Composer's Life in Essays and Documents (Edwin Mellen Press, 2002); author, Concert Music of the 20th Century: Its Personalities, Institutions, and Techniques (Prentice Hall, 2003).
  • Original composition published by Lawson-Gould and Warner Brothers.
  • Curator, Karel Husa Archive and Gallery.
    mradice@ithaca.edu
Mark A. Radice

 Peter Rothbart, professor; director, electroacoustic music and recording studies.

  • DMA, Cleveland Institute of Music; M.M., Ithaca College; BM, Eastman School of Music; BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
  • Composition studies with Donald Erb, Joseph Schwantner, William Penn; arranging with Bill Dobbins, John LaBarbera, Fred Tillis; recording studies with George Massenburg, Bob Ludwig, and John Eargle at the Banff National Centre for the Arts.
  • Performance studies with Ray Ricker, Max Roach, Archie Shepp, Steven Mauk, Matt Ruggiero, Sandy Sharoff.
  • Reviews and features published in Journal SEAMUS, Down Beat, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Saxophone Symposium, Electronic Music Educator, Music and Computer Educator.
  • Former, editor, SEAMUS [Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States] Newsletter.
  • Numerous intermedia collaborations, including computer art and music shows in New York City, Rochester, and the Netherlands; radio dramas; stage productions; film music.
  • Advisory committee, U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment.
  • Performances at Music Alternativa and Art Réalité Festivals in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.
  • Lectures at Moscow Conservatory, Theremin Institute for Electro-Acoustic Music, University of Paris, University of Miami.
  • Patent holder, mixed meter metronome.
  • Works published by Seesaw Music Corp., International Trumpet Guild, Roger Dean Music.
    rothbart@ithaca.edu

 Kristina Shanton, music librarian; lecturer, music history.

  • M.S., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.M., Washington University (St. Louis); B.M., Ithaca College.
  • Formerly, music librarian, California State University, Long Beach.
  • Formerly, flute, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Nittany Valley Symphony.
  • Flute studies with Jacob Berg, Georgetta Maiolo.
  • Member, Music Library Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda.
    kshanton@ithaca.edu
 

 Edward Swenson, professor, music history.

  • Ph.D., Cornell University; M.A., University of Kentucky; M.A., University Mozarteum, Salzburg; B.M., Oberlin College.
  • Fulbright grant (Rome), Lilli Lehmann Medallion, Verein Freunde des Mozarteums scholarships.
  • Dana teaching fellow at Ithaca College.
  • Author, numerous articles on the history, development, and restoration of the pianoforte.
    swensone@ithaca.edu
Edward Swenson

John W. White, assistant professor; music theory 

  • Ph.D., Indiana University; M.M., Ithaca College; B.M., University of Northern Colorado.
  • Formerly, faculty, Duquesne University; SUNY, Geneseo; lecturer and associate instructor, Indiana University.
  • Performances with New York Voices at Monteux and North Sea Jazz Festivals.
  • Article in College Music Symposium, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.
  • Authro, articles and papers of rhythm pedagogy, vernacular music, analysis of free improvisation.
  • Jazz clinician and vernacular music specialist.
  • Performances with Barbara Baker, Rhiannon, the New York Voices.
    jwhite@ithaca.edu
John W. White

 Dana Wilson, Dana Professor of Music; composition.

  • Ph.D., Eastman School of Music; M.A., University of Connecticut; B.A., Bowdoin College.
  • Composition studies with Samuel Adler.
  • Works published by Boosey and Hawkes, Ludwig, Dorn, Kendor, Columbia Pictures; several pieces on Summit, Mark, Klavier, Albany, Open Loop, Summit, Redwood, Kosei (Japan), and Musical Heritage Society Recordings.
  • Coauthor, Contemporary Choral Arranging (Prentice-Hall, 1986).
  • Composition grants from National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Arts Midwest, New York State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, and others; many commissions.
  • Yaddo, Cornell, Dana, and Wye Institute fellowships.
  • Recipient, Sudler International Wind Band Competition and the Ostwald Composition Prize.
  • First Prize, International Trumpet Guild Composition Competition, 2001, 1998.
    wilson@ithaca.edu
 Dane Wilson

Gregory Woodward, professor, music composition and theory; dean, division of graduate studies.

  • D.M.A., Cornell University; M.M., Ithaca College; B.M., University of Connecticut.
  • Composition studies with Karel Husa, John Corigliano, Charles Whittenberg, Donald Martino.
  • Analytical studies with Pierre Boulez.
  • Formerly, faculty, Valparaiso University; director of music admission, Ithaca College.
  • Guest lecturer, Sanford Visiting Professorship Program, Yale University; visiting associate professor of music, Cornell University.
  • Papers and presentations on structure in atonal music.
  • Composition grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer.
  • Commissioned composer-in-residence for several public and private and public schools with support from arts-in-the-schools grants from New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
  • Numerous commissions and performances of concert works and music for the theater.
    gwoodward@ithaca.edu
Gregory Woodward

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