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Boston University
College of Fine Arts–School of Music
Department of Historical Performance
Peter Sykes, Chair
Degrees Offered:
M.M. in Historical Performance (2 years)
D.M.A. in Historical Performance (4-7 years beyond M.M.)
Artist’s Diploma in Historical Performance
(B.M., M.M. and Ph.D. in Musicology are also offered.)
Early Music Faculty:
Baroque flute (Christopher Krueger)
Recorder (Aldo Abreu)
Baroque oboe (Marc Schachman)
Baroque violin (Jane Starkman)
Baroque viola (Jane Starkman)
Baroque cello (Sarah Freiberg)
Viola da gamba (Laura Jeppesen)
Harpsichord, fortepiano, continuo (Peter Sykes)
Resident Ensemble: Boston Baroque
Artist in Residence: Martin Pearlman
Website:
www.bu.edu/cfa/music/departments/historical_performance.htm
Contact Person:
Peter Sykes, Chair
Department of Historical Performance
College of Fine Arts , Music Division
Boston University
855 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston , MA 02215
617/358-2786
fax 617/353-7455
psykes@bu.edu
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Music
Ross W. Duffin, Interim Chair
Degrees Offered:
B.A. in Music with concentration in Early Music Performance Practices
M.A. in Early Music Performance Practices (2-2 1/2 years)
D.M.A. in Early Music (3 years)
Ph.D. in Musicology with Specialization in Early Music Performance Practices (4 years)
Early Music Faculty:
Medieval and Renaissance performance practice (Ross W. Duffin)
Baroque Performance Practice (Peter Bennett)
Baroque chamber ensembles (Peter Bennett)
Medieval and Renaissance music (David Rothenberg)
Medieval and Renaissance ensembles (Debra Nagy)
Baroque orchestra, historical dance (Julie Andrijeski)
Artists in Residence for 2007-2008 (Ellen Hargis, voice; Greg Ingles, sackbut; Cynthia Roberts, violin; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord; Scott Metcalfe, medieval strings)
Instruction in other instruments by arrangement
Website:
http://music.case.edu/prospective/earlymusic
Contact Person:
Ross W. Duffin
Department of Music
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland OH 44106-7105
216/368-2412
fax 216/368-6557
ross.duffin@case.edu
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Claremont Graduate University
Department of Music
Robert Zappulla, Chair
Degrees Offered:
D.M.A. in Historical Performance Practices
M.A.in Music/Concentration in Historical Performance Practices
Claremont Graduate University also offers a Ph.D. degree in Musicology, D.M.A. and M.A. degrees in Performance and Composition, and Doctor/Master of Church Music degrees.
Early Music Faculty:
Voice (Carol Lisek)
Baroque violin (M. Anne Rardin)
Renaissance/Baroque flute (Janet Beazley)
Renaissance/Baroque recorder (Janet Beazley)
Natural trumpet (Raymond Burkhart)
Harpsichord (Robert Zappulla)
Lute (Dirk Freymuth)
Baroque guitar (Dirk Freymuth)
Mandolino (Dirk Freymuth)
Viola da gamba (Shanon Zusman)
Violone (Shanon Zusman)
Musicology/Historical Performance Practices (Nancy van Deusen, Robert Zappulla)
The performers listed above comprise C.G.U.'s resident early-music ensemble, Concordia Clarimontis (Robert Zappulla, Director). C.G.U. lists a number of other Associated and Studio faculty members in its bulletin and on its web site.
Website: http://www.cgu.edu/music
Contact Person:
Robert Zappulla, Chair
Department of Music
Claremont Graduate University
925 North Dartmouth Avenue
Claremont , CA 91711
Tel.: 909-607-9664
Fax: 909-607-3694
robert.zappulla@cgu.edu
Cornell University
Department of Music
Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Chair
Judith Peraino, Director of Graduate Studies
Degrees Offered:
D.M.A. in Performance Practice (3 years)
(Ph.D. in Musicology also offered)
Early Music Faculty:
Fortepiano (Malcolm Bilson)
Organ, harpsichord, clavichord (Annette Richards, David Yearsley)
French Baroque music & dance (Rebecca Harris-Warrick)
Medieval music (Judith Peraino)
18th- and 19th-century music (James Webster)
17th- & 18th-century music, Mozart (Neal Zaslaw)
Website:
www.arts.cornell.edu/music
Contact Person:
Judith Peraino
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Music
Cornell University
Lincoln Hall
Ithaca , NY 14853
607/255-9078
fax 607/254-2877
grad_music@cornell.edu
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Duke University
Stephen Jaffe, Chair of Music Department
Degree(s) Offered:
M.A. in Performance Practice (3 semesters; students can continue toward Ph.D. in Musicology)
(M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology are also offered)
Early Music Faculty:
Harpsichord, organ (Robert Parkins)
Baroque/Classical Flute (Rebecca Troxler)
Fortepiano (Randall Love)
Voice (Penelope Jensen)
Other performers on an ad hoc basis
Musicology: Medieval, Renaissance (Thomas Brothers, Kerry McCarthy)
Website:
www.music.duke.edu
Contact person:
Robert Parkins
Duke University Department of Music
Box 90666
Durham , NC 27708-0666
919/660-3308
Fax: 919/660-3301
duke-music@acpub.duke.edu
Eastman School of Music
James Undercofler, Dean/Director
Degrees Offered:
M.M., D.M.A. in Early Music with Emphasis on Lute and Historical Plucked Instruments
(M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology are also offered)
Early Music Faculty:
Lute (Paul O’Dette)
Organ (Hans Davidsson, David Higgs)
Harpsichord (William Porter)
Fortepiano (Malcolm Bilson)
Viola da gamba (Christel Thielmann)
Website:
www.esm.rochester.edu
Contact Person:
Paul O’Dette
Eastman School of Music
26 Gibbs St.
Rochester, NY 14604
585-274-1446
paulrodette@gmail.com
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Florida State University
College of Music
Don Gibson, Dean
Jeffery Kite-Powell, Director of Early Music Activities & Musicology Area Coordinator
Degrees Offered:
B.M. and M.M. in Harpsichord Performance
B.A. in Music History and Literature (with emphasis in early music)
M.M. and Ph.D. in Historical Musicology (with emphasis in early music)
Certificate in Harpsichord Performance
Certificate in Early Music
Website:
www.music.fsu.edu/early-ensembles.htm
Contact Person:
Jeffery Kite-Powell
College of Music
Florida State University
Tallahassee , FL 32306-1180
850/644-3890
fax 850/644-2033
jkp@ fsu.edu
Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music
Early Music Institute
Michael McCraw, Director
Wendy Gillespie, Department Chair
Degrees Offered:
B.M. in Early Music (Instrumental or Vocal)
M.M. in Early Music (Instrumental or Vocal) or Recorder Pedagogy
D.M. in Early Music (Instrumental or Vocal) or Ensemble Direction Emphasis (to be phased out in the near future)
Also offered are Artist Diploma, Performer Diploma, and Visiting Student status.
(M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology are also offered.)
Faculty:
Recorder (Eva Legêne)
Traverso (Barbara Kallaur)
Early Clarinet (Eric Hoeprich)
Baroque & Classical oboe (Washington McClain)
Baroque & Classical bassoon (Michael McCraw)
Cornetto (Kiri Tollaksen)
Natural horn (Richard Seraphinoff)
Violin ( Stanley Ritchie)
Viola da gamba, Medieval bowed strings (Wendy Gillespie)
Lute (Nigel North)
Harpsichord, Fortepiano (Elisabeth Wright)
Voice (Paul Elliott)
Visiting Faculty:
Voice (Ellen Hargis, Drew Minter)
Recorder (Han Tol, Marion Verbruggen)
Flute (Wilbert Hazelzet)
Cello (Jaap ter Linden)
Harpsichord (Jacques Ogg)
Baroque Dance (Sandra Hammond)
Website:
www.music.indiana.edu/som/emi/
Contact Person:
Administrative Assistance
Early Music Institute
School of Music
Indiana University
Bloomington , IN 47405
812/855-4088
emi@indiana.edu
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Longy School of Music
Karen Zorn, President
Robert Shay, Academic Dean
Early Music Department
Frances Conover Fitch, Chair
Degrees Offered:
Diploma (undergraduate, 4 years)
Performance Diploma (graduate, 2 years)
Artist Diploma in Early Music Performance (2 years)
M.M. in Early Music Performance (2 years)
Early Music Faculty:
Recorder (Sonja Lindblad-Wise)
Renaissance winds (Daniel Stillman)
Baroque flute (Carol Epple, Na’ama Lion)
Baroque oboe (Stephen Hammer)
Baroque bassoon (Andrew Schwartz)
Cornetto (Michael Collver)
Natural horn (Jean Rife)
Baroque violin (Dana Maiben, Kinloch Earle)
Baroque cello (Phoebe Carrai)
Viola da gamba (Jane Hershey)
Violone, Bass (Anne Trout)
Lute (Douglas Freundlich)
Harpsichord (Frances Conover Fitch, James Nicolson, Peter Sykes)
Fortepiano (Peter Sykes)
Organ (Frances Conover Fitch, Peter Sykes)
Voice (Laurie Monahan)
Historical dance (Ken Pierce)
Website:
www.longy.edu/
Contact Person:
Frances Conover Fitch, Chair
Douglas Freundlich, Acting Chair, Fall 2007
Early Music Department
Longy School of Music
One Follen Street
Cambridge , MA 02138
617/876-0956 x721
fax 617/876-9326
ffitch@long y.edu
Mannes College
Joel Lester, Dean
Mannes Extension Division
David Tcimpidis, Director
Degrees Offered:
Undergraduate Diploma, Professional Studies Diploma in Harpsichord
Extension Diploma in Historical Performance
Early Music Faculty:
Harpsichord (Arthur Haas, Gwendolyn Toth)
Baroque Dance (Thomas Baird)
Viola da gamba (Martha McGaughey)
Lute (Grant Herreid)
Valerie Horst
Website:
www.mannes.edu/index.jsp
Contact Person:
David Tcimpidis, Director, Extension Division
Mannes College
150 W. 85 th St.
New York, NY 10024
212-580-0210, x 244
mannesemail@newschool.edu
mannesextension@newschool.edu
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McGill University
Faculty of Music
Don McLean, Dean
Degrees Offered:
B.M. in Early Music Performance (4 years)
B.M. with Honours in Early Music Performance (4 years)
Licentiate in Music (L.M.), B.M.-level performance diploma program for advanced students available in early music instruments and voice (3 years)
M.M. in Early Music Performance (2 years)
Artist Diploma, M.M.-level performance diploma for advanced students in Early Music Performance (2 years)
D.Mus. in Performance (Early Music instruments and voice) (3 years)
(It is also possible to earn a B.M. in Music Theory or Musicology using an early instrument for the performance component. McGill also offers an M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology.)
Early Music Faculty:
Recorder (Matthias Maute, Nathalie Michaud)
Baroque flute (Claire Guimond)
Baroque oboe (Bruce Haynes, Matthew Jennejohn)
Baroque bassoon (Mathieu Lussier)
Cornetto, historic brass (Douglas Kirk)
Sackbut (Dominique Lortie)
Baroque violin (Chantal Remillard, Hélène Plouffe)
Baroque viola (Hélène Plouffe)
Baroque 'cello (Suzie Napper)
Viola da gamba (Betsy MacMillan)
Lute (Sylvain Bergeron)
Harpsichord (Hank Knox, Kenneth Gilbert)
Continuo (Hank Knox)
Improvisation (William Porter)
Organ (John Grew, Kenneth Gilbert, William Porter)
Fortepiano (Tom Beghin)
Voice (Valerie Kinslow)
Renaissance Music, Performance Practice, Notation (Julie Cumming)
Analysis of Early Music, Modal Counterpoint, and History of Theory (Peter Schubert)
Eighteenth-century studies, Performance Practice (Tom Beghin)
Choral music (Julian Wachner)
Website:
http://www.mcgill.ca/music/performance/early/
Contact Person:
Hank Knox, Chair
Early Music Area
Schulich School of Music
McGill University
555 Sherbrooke Street West
Montréal, QC H3A 1E3 CANADA
514/398-4535 ext. 00230
fax 514/398-8061
hank.knox@mcgill.ca
New England Conservatory of Music
Historical Performance Department
John Gibbons, Chair
Degrees Offered:
B.M. in Historical Performance (4 years)
Undergraduate Diploma (3 years)*
M.M. in Historical Performance
Graduate Diploma (3 semesters)*
D.M.A. in Historical Performance (2-3 years)
Artist Diploma (2 years): a tuition-free program open by audition to unusually accomplished solo performers.
*These degrees have more emphasis on performance.
(B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. in Music History and Musicology are also offered)
Early Music Faculty:
Recorder (Aldo Abreu, John Tyson)
Baroque flute (Christopher Krueger)
Harpsichord (John Gibbons)
Website:
www.newenglandconservatory.edu/
Contact Person:
John Gibbons, Chair
Historical Performance Department
New England Conservatory of Music
290 Huntington Avenue
Boston , MA 02115
617/585-1100
fax 617/262-0500
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Oberlin College
Conservatory of Music
Historical Performance Program
David Breitman, Director
Degrees Offered:
B.M. in Historical Performance (4 years)
M.M. in Historical Performance (2 years)
B.M. in a modern instrument and M.M. in Historical Performance (5 years) (students may audition for this program in their third year)
Artist Diploma in Historical Performance (2 years)
Early Music Faculty:
Recorder, Baroque flute (Michael Lynn, Alison Melville, Kathie Lynn Stewart)
Baroque violin (Marilyn McDonald)
Baroque cello, viola da gamba (Catharina Meints)
Harpsichord (Webb Wiggins)
Fortepiano (David Breitman)
Organ (David Boe, James David Christie)
Lute (Michael Manderen)
Collegium musicum, historical winds, research methods (Steven E. Plank)
Performance practice (David Breitman)
Website:
www.oberlin.edu/con/divinfo/histperf/
Contact Person:
David Breitman, Director
Historical Performance Program
Oberlin College
Conservatory of Music
Oberlin , OH 44074
440/775-8215
fax 440/775-8942
David.Breitman@oberlin.edu
Peabody Conservatory of Music
of the Johns Hopkins University
Early Music Program
Mark Cudek, Director
Degrees Offered:
B.M. in Performance (4 years)
M.M. in Performance for early instruments and voice
D.M.A. in Performance for harpsichord (other instruments pending)
Performer’s Certificate for harpsichord (other instruments pending)
Graduate Performance Diploma for early instruments and voice
(M.M. in Musicology also offered)
Ensembles:
Peabody Renaissance Ensemble
Baltimore Baroque Band
Baroque Opera
Renaissance & Baroque Chamber Music
Recorder Consort
Early Music Faculty:
Recorder (Gwyn Roberts)
Baroque flute (Colin St. Martin)
Baroque oboe (Stephen Bard)
Renaissance lute (Mark Cudek)
Baroque lute, theorbo (Richard Stone)
Baroque violin, viola (Risa Browder)
Baroque cello, viola da gamba (John Moran)
Harpsichord (Adam Pearl)
Voice (Ah Hong, William Sharp)
Organ (Donald Sutherland)
Music history (Susan Weiss, Piero Weiss, Ray Sprenkle, Andrew Talle)
Opera (Roger Brunyate)
Website: www.peabody.jhu.edu
Contact Person: Mark Cudek, Director
Early Music Program
Peabody Conservatory
Johns Hopkins University
One East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore , MD 20212
410/659-8100
fax 202/332-3881
mcudek@jhu.edu
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SUNY Stony Brook
College of Arts & Sciences
Music Department
Daniel Weymouth, Chair
Degrees Offered:
M.M. and D.M.A. in Harpsichord
M.M. and D.M.A. in double bass with an emphasis on early bass instruments
Early Music Faculty:
Double bass, violone, early bass repertoire (Joseph Carver)
Harpsichord, continuo, Baroque Ensemble (Arthur Haas)
Website: http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/music.nsf
Contact Person:
Arthur Haas
SUNY Stony Brook
Music Department
3304 Staller Center
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5475
631/632-7330
Fax 631/632-7404
Ahaas61866@aol.com
Université de Montréal
Faculté de musique
Degrees Offered:
B.Mus. Interprétation [performance*] (3 years)
M.Mus. Interprétation (3 semesters)
D.E.S.S. Interprétation (1 year)
D.Mus. Interprétation (3-5 years)
*all degrees are in early instruments or keyboards
(Université de Montréal also offers a B.Mus., M.A., and Ph.D. in Musicology)
Early Music Faculty:
Recorder (Francis Colpron)
Baroque flute (Grégoire Jeay)
Baroque oboe (Bruce Haynes)
Baroque violin (Chantal Rémillard)
Viola da gamba (Margaret Little)
Lute, baroque guitar (Sylvain Bergeron)
Organ, harpsichord (Réjean Poirier)
Voice (Suzie Leblanc)
Music history (Maria-Alexis Colin)
Oratorio seminars (Mark Pedrotti)
Baroque ensembles (Luc Beauséjour)
Website:
www.musique.umontreal.ca
Contact Person:
Réjean Poirier
Faculté de musique
Université de Montréal
Case Postale 6128, succ. Centre-ville
Montréal , QC H3C 3J7
Canada
514/343-6061
fax 514/343-5727
rejean.poirier@umontreal.ca
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University of Michigan
School of Music
Karen Wolff, Dean
Degrees Offered:
M.M. in Harpsichord, Fortepiano, or Early Keyboard Instruments (2 years)
D.M.A. in Harpsichord Performance (3 years)
(The University of Michigan also offers an Early Music Major and Music History Major at the undergraduate level. The M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology are offered at the graduate level.)
Early Music Faculty:
Harpsichord (Edward Parmentier)
Cello, viola (Enid Sutherland)
Organ (Marilyn Mason, James Kibbie, Michele Johns)
Fortepiano (Penelope Crawford)
Medieval and Renaissance vocal music (James M. Borders)
Music theory, 18th-century compositional process (Ellwood Derr)
Baroque theory, analysis (Wayne Petty)
17th-century Spanish theater music (Louise K. Stein)
Website:
www.music.umich.edu
Contact Person:
Edward Parmentier
School of Music
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor , MI 48109
734/764-2506
fax 734/763-5097
eparment@umich.edu
University of North Texas
College of Music
James Scott, Dean
Degrees Offered:
M.M. in Musicology with a concentration in Early Music Performance (2-3 years)
Ph.D in Musicology with a concentration in Early Music Performance
B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. in harpsichord performance
Related field (Minor) in Early Music for M.M. and D.M.A. degrees
Early Music Faculty:
Baroque flute (Lee Lattimore)
Recorder (Sarah Funkhauser)
Baroque violin (Cynthia Roberts)
Baroque cello (Gyongy Erodi)
Baroque oboe (Sara Funkhouser)
Baroque bassoon (Keith Collins)
Natural trumpet (Keith Johnson and Nicholas Althouse)
Natural horn (William Scharnberg)
Lute (Lyle Nordstrom)
Harpsichord, organ (Lenora McCroskey)
Viola da gamba (Patricia Adams Nordstrom)
Voice (Lynn Eustis, Richard Croft, Jennifer Lane)
Sackbut, viola da gamba, recorder (graduate assistants)
Medieval and Renaissance Music (Lester Brothers)
Renaissance and Baroque Performance Practices (Lyle Nordstrom)
Ornamentation and improvisation; Directing Early Music Ensembles (Lyle Nordstrom)
Baroque and Classical performance practices (Deanna Bush)
History of Musical Instruments (Michael Cooper)
Baroque Music from the " New World" (Bernardo Illiari)
Baroque Performance Practices (Lenora McCroskey)
Website:
www.music.unt.edu/
Contact Person:
Lyle Nordstrom
Director of Early Music
College of Music
University of North Texas
PO Box 311367
Denton , TX 76203-1367
940/565-4655
fax 940/565-2002
nordstrom@music.unt.edu
or lnord@mindspring.com
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University of Oregon
Brad Foley, Dean
Degrees Offered:
Ph.D., D.M.A., supporting area in Historical Performance Practice
(Focussing on academic aspects such as rhetoric, treatise study,
history of performance practice, art and music history, etc.)
Early Music Faculty:
Baroque cello (Marc Vanscheeuwijck)
Voice (Eric Mentzel)
Baroque bassoon (Steve Vacchi)
Website:
http://music.uoregon.edu/
Contact Person:
Marc Vanscheeuwijck
1225 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1225
541-346-5655
Fax 541-346-0712
marcovan@uoregon.edu
University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music
Robert Cutietta, Dean
Degrees Offered:
M.A. in Music with Emphasis in Early Music Performance (2 years)
D.M.A. in Early Music Performance (3 years)
Graduate Certificate in Early Music Performance (2 years)
(M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology are also offered)
Early Music Faculty:
Recorder (Rotem Gilbert)
Renaissance and Baroque flute (Janet Beazley)
Baroque oboe (Marianne Pfau)
Baroque bassoon, curtal (Charles Koster)
Baroque violin, viola (Elizabeth Blumenstock)
Baroque cello, viols (William Skeen)
Viola da gamba and Baroque bass (Shanon Zusman)
Lutes and guitars (James Tyler)
Harpsichord (Lucinda Carver - adm. by Keyboard Dept.)
Voice (Mary Rawcliffe)
Musicology: Medieval (Richard J. Wingell)
Musicology: Renaissance through early Baroque (Giulio Ongaro)
Musicology: Baroque (Gilbert Blount)
Musicology: High Baroque through Classical (Bruce Brown)
Giulio Ongaro
Websites:
School of Music : www.usc.edu/music
Early Music Performance Program:
www.usc.edu/music/academic/programs/early.html
Contact Person:
Adam Gilbert
Director, Early Music Performance Program
Thornton School of Music
University of Southern California
Los Angeles , CA 90089-0851
213/740-3228
fax 213/821-1865
adam.gilbert@usc.edu
Yale University
Yale Institute of Sacred Music
Martin D. Jean, Director
Yale School of Music Robert L. Blocker, Dean
M.M in Voice: Oratorio, Early Music, Song, and Chamber Ensemble
Additional degree options after 2 years
Full tuition scholarships for two years plus stipends awarded to all singers
Numerous opportunities for solo work with the Yale Schola Cantorum and elsewhere
Principal Faculty:
James Taylor
Program Advisor, Oratorio and Voice
Judith Malafronte
Early Music, Performance Practice, and Chamber Ensemble Coaching
Ted Taylor
Art Song Coaching
Marguerite L. Brooks; Choral Conducting
Director, Yale Camerata
Simon Carrington, Choral Conducting
Director, Yale Schola Cantorum; Ensemble Coaching
Margot E. Fassler, Music History and Liturgy
Robert Mealy, Lecturer in Music
Ilya Poletaev, Lecturer in Applied Music (Continuo)
Markus Rathey, Music History
Website:
www.yale.edu/ism/academics/voice.html
Admissions Office
Yale Institute of Sacred Music
409 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Tel 203/432-9753
Fax 203/432-9680
ism.admissions@yale.edu
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