Department Chair

Peter Silberman

Associate Professor and Chair, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music Theory

Faculty and Staff

Les Black

Associate Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music Theory

Nicolas Chuaqui

Assistant Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Composition, Electroacoustic Music

Jorge Grossmann

Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Composition

Sara Haefeli

Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music studies, experimental music, and musicology pedagogy

Julia Hamilton-Louey

Assistant Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music History

Sally McCune

Lecturer, Composition and Music Studies

Elizabeth Medina-Gray

Associate Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music theory, music and sound in video games

Crystal Peebles

Associate Professor, Composition and Music Studies

Russell Posegate

Lecturer, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music Theory, Piano

Alex Reed

Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Musicology, Music Theory, Popular Music

Deborah Rifkin

Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music Theory, Music Studies, Musical Theatre, Pedagogy

Kristina Shanton

Music Librarian, Library

John White

Associate Professor, Composition and Music Studies
Specialty: Music Theory

Faculty Emeriti

Mary Arlin

Professor Emerita, Music Theory, History&Composition

Peter Rothbart

Professor Emeritus, Music Theory, History Composition
Specialty: Electroacoustic Music, Film Music

Dana Wilson

Dana Professor Emeritus, Music Theory, History&Composition

Timothy Nord

Associate Professor Emeritus, Music Theory, History Composition
Specialty: Music Technology