University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance is an undergraduate and graduate institution for the performing arts in the United States. It is part of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and is one of the most prestigious performing arts schools in the nation. The School of Music, Theatre & Dance is headed by Christopher Kendall, dean. Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity was founded at the School of Music on June 12, 1903.
The School is located on the University of Michigan's North Campus, which is also home to the College of Engineering, the School of Information, and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
The school was named "School of Music", until July 1, 2006, when it was changed to "School of Music, Theatre & Dance". [1]
[edit] Academics and faculty
Fifteen departments make up the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. They include:
- The Department of Composition - Faculty include Michael Daugherty, William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, Erik Santos, Bright Sheng, Susan Botti and Danel Worley. Recent Visiting Professors of Composition have included Betsy Jolas and Karen Tanaka.
- The Department of Conducting - A graduate-only program. Faculty include Jerry O. Blackstone, Scott Bersaglia, Andrew George, Michael Haithcock, Kenneth Kiesler, Theodore Morrison, Jamie Nix, Paul Rardin, Susan Walton, and Marianne Ploger Hill.
- The Department of Dance - Faculty include Bill DeYoung, Melissa Beck Matjias, Mary Martha Cole, Gay Ann Delanghe, Sandra Torijano DeYoung, Jessica Kimlat Fogel, Beth Genne, Linda D. Goodrich-Weng, Christian Matjias, Judy Rice, Stephen J. Rush, Peter Sparling, Robin Wilson, Jean-Claude Biza, and Christine Naughton.
- The Department of Jazz and Improvisation Studies - Faculty include Edward W. Sarath, Geri Allen, Michael Gould, Robert Hurst, Ellen H. Rowe, Roland Vazquez, Donald Walde, Dennis Wilson, Steven Carryer, Marion Hayden, Mark Kirschenmann, William Lucas, and Martha Travers.
- The Department of Music Education - Faculty include BettyAnne Younker, Colleen M. Conway, Robert Culver, Herbert Marshall, Carol P. Richardson, and Julie Skadsem
- The Department of Music Theory - Faculty include Walter T. Everett, Gavin Chuck, Ellwood Derr, Karen Fournier, Marion A. Guck, Nadine Hubbs, Kevin E. Korsyn, Andrew W. Mead, Wayne C. Petty, and Ramon Satyendra.
- The Department of Musical Theatre - Faculty include Brent Wagner, Gerald DePuit, Linda D. Goodrich-Weng, Cynthia Kortman Westphal, Mark Madama, Melody Lynn Racine, Joan Clair Morris, and Elizabeth Schmidt.
- The Department of Musicology - Faculty include Joseph S. C. Lam, Judith Becker, James M. Borders, Christi-Anne Castro, Mark Clague, Charles Garrett, Jason Geary, Stefano Mengozzi, Lester P. Monts, Louise K. Stein, Steven M. Whiting, James Wierzbicki, John Wiley, Guido Oliveri, and Heather Wiebe.
- The Department of Organ - Faculty include Marilyn Mason, Robert Glasgow, James W. Kibbie, and Michele Johns.
- The Department of Performing Arts Technology - Faculty include Mary Simoni, Jason Corey, Andrew Kirshner, Stephen Rush, Erik Santos, Alicyn Warren, and Virgil Moorefield.
- The Department of Piano
- The Department of Strings - Faculty include, Lynne Aspnes (Head), Richard Aaron, Anthony Elliott, Yehonatan Berick, Aaron Berofsky, Diana Gannett, Andrew Jennings, Yizhak Schotten and Stephen Shipps. Associated Faculty includes, Caroline Coade, Robert Culver and Kathryn Votapek. In the Fall of 2006, the Takacs Quartet will be the visiting ensemble-in-residence.
- The Department of Theater and Drama - Faculty include John Neville-Andrews, Malcolm Tulip, Philip Kerr, Vincent Mountain, Robert Murphy III, Christianne Myers, Jessica Hahn, Gary Decker, Leigh Woods, Mbala Nkanga, Janet Maylie, Erik Fredrikson, and OyamO.
- The Department of Voice- Faculty include Freda Herseth, George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, Martha Sheil, Carmen Pelton, Stephen Lusmann, Melody Racine, Rico Serbo, John Pierce, Daniel Washington and Caroline Helton.
- The Department of Winds and Percussion - Faculty include Nancy Ambrose King, Amy Porter, Fred Ormand, Deborah Chodacki, William Campbell, David Jackson, Fritz Kaenzig, Jeffrey Lyman, and Donald Sinta.
[edit] Research
- American Music Institute
[edit] External link
| The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
