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Faculty

Eric Chasalow

Department Chair (Spring 2023)

Irving G. Fine Professor of Music

781-736-3312 chasalow@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 236

Website: ericchasalow.com

Expertise: Composition, analysis, electronic and computer music.

Mark Berger

Viola, Lydian String Quartet

Associate Professor of the Practice of Music

781-736-3329 mberger@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 126A

Expertise: Chamber music, contemporary performance techniques, music theory, music analysis, counterpoint, composition.

Yu-Hui Chang

Director of Graduate Studies in Composition and Theory

Professor of Composition

781-736-3317 ychang@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 225

Website: yuhuichang.com

Expertise: Composition, theory and analysis.

Karen Desmond

Department Chair (on leave AY 2022-2023)

Associate Professor of Music

781-736-3211 kdesmond@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 237

Website: blog.arsmusicae.org

Expertise: History of music notation, late medieval French and English music and theory, paleography, music and ideas, digital editions, digital musicology.

Robert Duff

Undergraduate Advising Head; Undergraduate Advisor, Vocal Performance Track

Associate Professor of the Practice of Music; Conductor, University Chorus and Chamber Singers

781-736-3324 rduff@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 210

Expertise: Choral music, conducting, vocal pedagogy, vocal repertoire.

Emily Frey

Director of Graduate Studies in Musicology (on leave fall 2022)

Assistant Professor of Music

781-736-3321 eafrey@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 216

Expertise: Music of the "long" nineteenth century; Russian music, literature, and cultural history; history of opera; music and literature; music, politics, and law; Romanticism and realism; voice studies; music criticism; operatic acting.

Bradford Garvey

Director of Graduate Studies in Musicology (fall 2022)

Undergraduate Advisor, History & Culture Track; Assistant Professor of Music

781-736-3334 bradfordgarvey@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 218

Website: bradfordjgarvey.com

Expertise: Ethnomusicology, Middle Eastern/Arab music, music and language (linguistic anthropology), Iraqi Maqām, analysis of rhythm and timbre, economic ethnomusicology.

Erin Gee

Department Chair (Fall 2022)

Associate Professor of Composition

781-736-3335 eringee@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 220

Website: erin-gee.com

YouTube: youtube.com/@Erin-Gee

Expertise: Composition, theory and analysis.

Julia Glenn

Violin, Lydian String Quartet

Associate Professor of the Practice of Music

781-736-3315 juliaglenn@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 222

Expertise: Chamber music, contemporary performance techniques, Chinese contemporary music, performance and analysis.

Joshua Gordon

Undergraduate Advisor, Instrumental Performance Track

Cello, Lydian String Quartet; Professor of the Practice of Music

781-736-3338 gordon@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 126B

Expertise: Chamber music, teamwork and ensemble interaction, performance psychology and preparation for concerts and auditions, music appreciation and understanding (theory, structure, character, expression, ear training, rhythm, intonation), educational outreach.

Neal Hampton

Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra

Associate Professor of the Practice of Music

781-736-3328 hampton@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 235

Official Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Website

Expertise: Conducting, musical theater composition, jazz history.

Sarah Mead

Director, Early Music Ensemble

Professor of the Practice of Music

781-736-2935 mead@brandeis.edu Slosberg Music Center, 229

Website: nb-viols.org

Expertise: Historical performance practice, sixteenth-century music theory, viola da gamba, lyra-viol, renaissance ensembles, Baroque chamber music, choral conducting.