Current Graduate Students
Music Composition and Theory (PhD)
BA Music Composition and Theory and Bassoon Performance, University of Florida; MFA Music Composition and Theory, Brandeis University
Performance Activities: Bassoonist; New Philharmonia Orchestra, American Chamber Winds
Instruments: bassoon, piano
Musicology (PhD)
BA (Anthropology/Music) Amherst College; MM (Vocal Performance) University of North Texas
Research interests: Soviet popular music, the relationship between composer and opera diva, aesthetics of kitsch and irony
Performance activities: Opera North, Nashoba Valley Chorale, Vox Futura, et al., Boston Choral Ensemble, Vocal Academy of Orvieto
Instrument: voice (soprano)
Composition and Theory (PhD)
BM Composition, National Taipei University of Art (TNUA), Taiwan; MM Composition, Boston University
Performances include: Tak Ensemble, Splinter Reeds, France (CNSMDL), Musicacoustica- Beijing
Instrument: piano
Musicology (PhD)
BA (Theology) Yonsei University; BM Berklee College of Music (Jazz Composition & Film Scoring); MM (Jazz Studies–Composition) New England Conservatory; DMA Candidate (Jazz Studies-Composition & Musicology minor) New England Conservatory
Research Interests: "Jazz Criticism (Classical and Ethnic Idioms in Jazz)" and "Music and Religion"
Professional Activities: Pianist and Composer; Faculty at Emerson College; Director of Contemporary Music at Somerville Community Baptist Church; Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra; NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra; Mina Cho Jazz Group & Fusion Jazz Orchestra; Former Piano Faculty and Ensemble Coach at Winchester Community Music School
Musicology (PhD) and Women, Gender, and Sexuality (MA)
MM in Music History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; GPD in Violin Performance, Boston Conservatory at Berklee; BA in Music, Conservatorio Arrigo Boito, Italy.
Professional Activities and Academic Service: Intern at Brandeis University Press, Writing Consultant at Writing Center, Editor for JURM (Journal of Undergraduate Research in Music), Event-organizing committee member for SMT Scholars for Social Responsibility Interest Group (SSRIG).
Instruments: violin, voice
Musicology (PhD)
Licenciado in Modern Languages/Linguistics; Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela.
Performance Activities: El Sistema, National Youth Orchestra System of Venezuela. Latin American Flute Academy. Merida State Symphony Orchestra.
Instruments: flute, piccoloComposition and Theory (PhD)
BM Jazz Studies, Conservatorio “Licinio Refice” di Frosinone (ITA); MM Saxophone, Conservatorio “Licinio Refice” di Frosinone (ITA); MM Composition, Royal Academy of Music, London (UK)
Performances: Dario Calderone, Anna Clementi, Hugh Watkins, Alexandra Wood, Septura Brass Septett, Mise-en Festival, EmuFest, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Festival Artescienza
Instrument: saxophone
Musicology (PhD)
BM Bassoon Performance and Musical Arts, Eastman School of Music; MM, GD Bassoon Performance, New England Conservatory
Academic interests: the Italian madrigal, Renaissance vocal polyphony, Monteverdi, 19th Century opera
Undergraduate Thesis: The Importance of Text, An Exploration of antithesis in Petrarch's Il Canzoniere and the Italian Madrigal
Performances: Bassoonist; Fiati Five Wind Quintet, Phoenix (Boston, MA), Callithumpian Consort, Boston Philharmonic
Instrument: bassoon
Musicology (PhD)
BM in Jazz and Commercial Music, Roosevelt University; MA in Jazz History and Research, Rutgers University; MFA in Musicology, Brandeis University
Academic interests: Music theory and analysis; music and meaning; history of music theory; music theory pedagogy; Viennese music; ragtime and early 20th-c. American popular music
Awards: Hollace Anne Schafer Memorial Award, American Musicological Society, New England Chapter; Best Paper Award, GAMuT 2016, University of North Texas
Master’s theses: Reading Rudolph Reti: Toward a New Understanding of The Thematic Process in Music; A Cultural Reappraisal of Jazz History: Some Preliminary Researches and Analyses on American Vernacular Music
Instruments: harpsichord, clarinet
Composition and Theory (MFA)
AB (Music and Political Science), Brown University
Performances include: Ensemble Dal Niente, Momenta Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Luna Nova New Music Ensemble, Tracy Silverman, Daniel Steppeler, Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Other professional activities: freelance performance, unaccompanied recital series
Other research interests: Gustav Mahler, Jewish identity and music, music and politics
Instrument: trumpet
Website: mfriedmanmusic.me
Music Composition and Theory (MFA)
BM Music Theory and Composition, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Recent Activities: Choral piece Prelude to Water Tune commissioned by Lingnan Normal University.
Instrument: piano
Musicology (PhD)
BM Jazz Double Bass Performance, Sydney Conservatory, MM, Jazz Double Bass Performance, New England Conservatory.
Academic Interests. Jazz Pedagogy, Jazz: Hard bob, Modal Jazz, Bebop, The Swing Era.
Undergraduate Thesis: All In the Family – The Legacy of Ray Brown and his Influence on Jazz Bassist Christian McBride
Notable Performances: Maria Schneider, Aaron Goldberg, Kurt Elling, Monty Alexander, Terence Blanchard, Donny McCaslin, George Garzone, Miguel Zenon, Dave Douglas, Bob Moses, Jason Palmer, Ernie Watts and Will Vincent.
Instrument: double bass
Musicology (PhD)
BM Viola Performance at The Boston Conservatory; MA Writing and Publishing (with poetry focus) at DePaul University.
Academic Interests: Oral tradition and improvisation, The influence of literary forms on music, semiotics and musical notation.
Past Research: Henry James, Renku and Haikai no Renga form poetry, Traditional Irish folk music, 20th and 21st Century String Quartet repertoire.
Performance Experience: Lucerne Festival Academy (2013, 2015, 2017), Academy of Irish Music (Chicago), Houndstooth String Quartet (Chicago), Liturgical Choral Director (Archdiocese of Chicago), Haiga Duo, Focus Group LLC., 100 Ducks.
Publications: “Hidden Channel” (Sligo), “Crook and Folly” (Chicago), “Farm Town Magazine”, “Easy Magazine” (Chicago), “The Garden” (Boston).
Instrument: viola
Musicology (PhD)
BM, Piano Performance, Music Theory and Composition Minor (academic honors), New England Conservatory; MM, Piano Performance (academic honors), New England Conservatory; pre-college program, Piano Performance, Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía.
Academic Interests: philosophy of music; music and narrative; Wagner; Mahler; Scriabin; Platonic and German Idealist aesthetics in 19th-century music; musical thought in Ancient Greece; Chopin. Undergraduate Thesis: Western Art Music Inspired by Oral Tradition: A Semiotic Interpretation of Works by Bach, Mozart, Liszt and Bartók.
Awards and Honors: New England Conservatory Concerto Competition, winner; Pietro Argento International Music Competition, first prize and grand prize "Premio Critica;" Panhellenic Delphic Poetry Games, first prize; Gina Bachauer International Music Association, scholar.
Titles: President, Anafæos Charity Foundation (Cyprus, 2015-present); Ambassador, Fundación Nicos & Manuella Vardinoyannis (Spain, 2009-2011).
Published Work: Atrapos ("Trail"), poetry collection, Poema Editions & Magazine (2016); eight selected poems, Great Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature of Haris Patsis (2017).
Performances: Jordan Hall; Grand Hall of Laeiszhalle; St. Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace; Athens Concert Hall; Auditorio Sony; Mirabell Palace; Hohensalzburg Castle; Weissenstein Castle. Rising Stars in the Kremlin International Music Festival; Steinway & Sons International Music Festival; Collegium Musicum International Music Festival; Mozarteum International Summer Academy.
Instrument: piano
Music Composition and Theory (PhD)
BM Piano Performance, New York University; MA Music Composition and Piano Performance, CUNY Hunter College.
Recent Activity: recipient of "The Kintsugi Spirit" 2021 Artist Grant from the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (Los Angeles); performances for Porto Pianofest's 2019 New Music Series, 2020 Digital Edition, and 2021 Arts in Dialogue Series (Porto, Portugal); performance of new original works for "The Illustrated Pianist" celebrating the centennial of Ray Bradbury (NYC); selected performer for Manhattan School of Music's "Lives of the Piano" Series (NYC); premiere of one-act chamber opera by American Opera Projects, Hunter Opera Theater and the Talia Ensemble for the 2018 New York Opera Fest.
Other Professional Activities: Co-Founder and Associate Director of Porto Pianofest; Program Coordinator of the Hunter Mellon Arts Fellowship; Adjunct Professor of Music Theory and Adjunct Lecturer for the Arts Management & Leadership Certificate at CUNY Hunter College; freelance performer and accompanist; private piano instructor.
Instrument: piano
Musicology (PhD)
BA Music, Brigham Young University, Chemistry minor; MM Organ Performance, Brigham Young University
Academic Interests: Baroque of North and Central Germany; J. S. Bach; intersections of theology and music in the Reformation and Counter Reformation; history of tonality, temperament, and tuning systems
Instrument: organ
Composition and Theory (MFA)
BM in Classical Composition, Manhattan School of Music.
Performances include: Longleash, Unheard-Of//Ensemble, Ensemble Linea, Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, Hanoi New Music Ensemble, Ripieno Ensemble, Ajax Quartet.
Other research interests: Vietnamese traditional and folk music, contemporary visual arts.
Instrument: piano
Website: nmnhat.squarespace.com
Composition and Theory (PhD)
BM The University of Akron; MM Cleveland State University.
Recent performances and projects: “Almost a New Man” (April 15th, 16th & 20th 2011) a piece for film, electronic sounds and cello commissioned by the No Exit New Music Ensemble for performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland; “Ascent” (September 15th, 16th & 17th) a live soundtrack for saxophone and piano joint commissioned by the Cleveland Ingenuity Festival and NASA for performance at IngenuityFest 2011, Cleveland
Instrument: piano
Composition and Theory (PhD)
BA/MA Violin Performance, Robert Schumann Hochschule, Dusseldorf, Germany. M.M. Music Composition, Thornton School of Music USC.
Instrument: violin
Website: alicanpuskulcu.com
Composition and Theory (PhD)
BM, MM (Composition) Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington
Performances include: Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Von Quartet, Indiana University Concert Band, New Music Ensemble featured China Remixed Festival, Quartetto di Chitarre ÁPEIRON, attendees of Aspen Music Festival and School, Composers Conference at Wellesley College (2015 and 2016), Midwest Composers Symposium (2014 and 2016), Freie Universit ät Berlin Music Composition Program with Samuel Adler, HighSCORE Festival
Honors: 2017 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Top Award-The ASCAP Foundation Leo Kaplan Award
Instrument: piano
Website: soundcloud.com/composer-liqi
Composition and Theory (PhD)
BA Music and Politics, Swarthmore College; MFA Composition and Music theory, Brandeis University
Performances include: Orchestra 2001, Sound Icon, So Percussion, Guerilla Opera, Duo Cortona, Lydian String Quartet, CollisionSeries, Philly Composer's Ink, Swarthmore College Orchestra, members of JACK Quartet, ekmeles, Yarn/Wire, Eighth Blackbird, American Modern Ensemble
Instruments: cello, piano
Website: jeremyrapaportstein.com
Composition and Theory (PhD)
MM Music Composition, Bowling Green State University; BM Music Composition, San Jose State University
Performances include: ICMC, SEAMUS, NYCEMF, EMM, SICPP, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, SPLICE Ensemble (Sam Wells & Keith Kirchoff), San Jose Chamber Orchestra
Instruments: percussion, piano
Musicology (PhD)
BM Piano Performance, University of Connecticut; MM Piano Performance, SUNY Purchase
Academic interests: History of music theory, modes and languages of analysis in the 18th and 19th centuries, chamber music of the common practice period, piano works of Aaron Copland
Activities: Music Director, Christ Church Episcopal (Waltham)
Instruments: piano, organ, voice
Musicology (PhD) and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (MA)
BA (History) Lawrence University; BM (Vocal Performance) Lawrence University; MM (Vocal Performance) University of North Texas.
Research Interests: Witchcraft and demonology in German Lieder, fantasy and the occult in music, Czech women composers, Viennese operetta.
Performance activities: The Dallas Opera, Toledo Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera, Opera MODO, Ann Arbor Opera, Joliet Symphony, Michigan Philharmonic.
Instrument: voice (soprano)
Music Composition and Theory (PhD)
B.Mus Composition & Theory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.Mus Composition, Rice University.
Master's thesis: sound.field for large orchestra.
Research interests: sonology, electroacoustic music, Japanese folk art, design.
Instruments: bassoon, electronics, piano.
Portfolio: www.NikoYamamoto.com
Composition and Theory (PhD)
MA Music Composition, State University of New York at Buffalo; MFA Music Composition, National Taiwan Normal University; BFA Piano Performance, National Kaohsiung Normal University
Performances include: ICMC, NYCEMF, Ecoles d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau in France, June in Buffalo, World Saxophone Congress, World Harp Congress, Shanghai Conservatory of Music New Music Week.
Instrument: piano
Website: soundcloud.com/ying-ting-lin