Department of Music

Faculty

Taylor Ackley plays the mandolin
Taylor Ackley
Assistant Professor of Music
Director, Brandeis Roots Ensemble
Slosberg Music Center, 224

Expertise: Composition, ethnomusicology

Mark Berger
Mark Berger
Viola, Lydian String Quartet
Associate Professor of the Practice of Music
781-736-3329 Slosberg Music Center, 126A

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

Yu-Hui Chang
Yu-Hui Chang
Department Chair
Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Music
781-736-3317 Slosberg Music Center, 225

Expertise: Composition, theory and analysis

Eric Chasalow
Eric Chasalow
Undergraduate Advisor, Composition Track
Irving G. Fine Professor of Music
781-736-3312 Slosberg Music Center, 236

Expertise: Composition, analysis, electronic and computer music

Robert Duff
Robert Duff
Undergraduate Advising Head; Undergraduate Advisor, Vocal Performance Track
Professor of the Practice of Music; Conductor, University Chorus and Chamber Singers
781-736-3324 Slosberg Music Center, 210

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

Emily Frey
Emily Frey
Assistant Professor of Music
Undergraduate Advisor, History & Culture Track (spring 2025); Assistant Professor of Music
781-736-3321 Slosberg Music Center, 216
  • Expertise: Music of the "long" 19th 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 poses in a garden
Bradford Garvey
Musicology Graduate Advisor and Department Director of Graduate Studies
Undergraduate Advisor, History & Culture Track (fall 2024); Assistant Professor of Music
781-736-3334 Slosberg Music Center, 218
  • Expertise: Ethnomusicology, Middle Eastern/Arab music, music and language (linguistic anthropology), Iraqi Maqām, analysis of rhythm and timbre, economic ethnomusicology.

Erin Gee
Erin Gee
Professor of Composition
Composition Graduate Advisor
781-736-3335 Slosberg Music Center, 220
Julia Glenn
Julia Glenn
Violin, Lydian String Quartet
Associate Professor of the Practice of Music
781-736-3315 Slosberg Music Center, 222
  • Expertise: Chamber music, contemporary performance techniques, Chinese contemporary music, performance and analysis.

Joshua Gordon
Joshua Gordon
Undergraduate Advisor, Instrumental Performance Track
Cello, Lydian String Quartet; Professor of the Practice of Music
781-736-3338 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
Neal Hampton
Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
Associate Professor of the Practice of Music
781-736-3328 Slosberg Music Center, 235
Michael Heller
Michael Heller
Associate Professor of Music
781-736-3211 Slosberg 237

Expertise: Jazz studies, sound studies, archival theory, affect theory, 20th-century music, the American avant garde, improvisation, music and race, music and diaspora, academic journal editing

Young white woman with violin
Clara Lyon
Violin, Lydian String Quartet
Associate Professsor of the Practice of Music
Slosberg Music Center 125
Robert Nieske
Robert Nieske
Director, Jazz Ensemble
Professor of the Practice of Music
781-736-3325 Slosberg Music Center, 235
  • Expertise: Jazz improvisation, composition, arranging and history, instrumental study.

David Rakowski
David Rakowski
On leave 2024-25
Walter W. Naumburg Professor of Composition
781-736-3339 Slosberg Music Center, 217
  • Expertise: Composition, theory and analysis, orchestration, teaching music

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