Faculty

Professor of Music
Music Studios 310
860-685-2578

John Spencer Camp Professor of Music

Chair, Music

nbruce@wesleyan.edu

BMU University of Alabama
DMU University of Illinois Urbana
MAA Wesleyan University
MMU University of Illinois Urbana

MUSC274 - 01
Hymnody In US Before Civil War

MUSC203 - 01
Chromatic Harmony

MUSC207 - 01
Orchestration

MUSC300 - 02
Seminar for Music Majors

BA Goddard College
MA Wesleyan University

MUSC445 - 01
West African Music & Cultr-Beg

MUSC447 - 01
W. African Music & Culture-Adv

MUSC446 - 01
W. African Music & Culture-Int

MUSC447 - 01
W. African Music & Culture-Adv

Personal Homepage:
aadzenyah.web.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
Monday/Wednesday: 12:30 - 2:30 pm Tuesday/Thursday : 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Research Interests:
I specialize in the music of Ghana, spanning the Fanti, Volta, Ashanti, Northern Ghana, Ga, and Adambe regions. I am also familiar with the Yoruba and Ijo music of Nigeria and the music of Togo. I am interested in the social/recreational, religious/ceremonial, and warrior musics. Over my forty years at Wesleyan, I have taught and continue to teach performing groups of students. The musical pieces I teach include Gahu, Kumdum, Kpanlogo, Akom, Bamaya, Damba Takai, Aitsiagbekor, Adowa, Kete, Bawa, Bima, Gota, Nagala, Tokoe, Patsa, Sikyi, Bobobo, Asaadua, Apreda, Ntwese, Asafo, Adgzobo, and many others.

Scholarly Keywords:
West African Music and Culture; master drummer of Ghanaian and neighboring countries' dance musics;

Academic Associations:
Former member of AAUP

Publications:
http://aadzenyah.web.wesleyan.edu/cv.html#pub

Associate Professor of Music
Music Studios 306
860-685-2604

Associate Professor, Medieval Studies
860-685-2604

jalden01@wesleyan.edu

BMU Manchester University
MMU King's College
PHD University of North Carolina

MUSC103 - 01
Materials and Design

MUSC103 - 02
Materials and Design

MUSC202 - 01
Theory and Analysis

MUSC438 - 01
Collegium Musicum

Office Hours:
M/W, 2:40-4pm

Lab URL:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/ensembles/collegium/

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music
Music Studios 313
860-685-2577

balu@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Madras
MA University of Madras
MPHIL University of Madras

MUSC110 - 01
Intro to South Indian Music

MUSC430 - 01
South Indian Voice-Beginning

Office Hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00-12:00 noon

MUSC270 - 01
Mus Of Coltrane, Mingus & Cole

MUSC459 - 01
Materials & Principles Jazz Im

Personal Homepage:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton

Professor of Music
Music Studios 201
860-685-2579

echarry@wesleyan.edu

BMU New England Conservatory of Mu
MFA Princeton University
MMU New England Conservatory of Mu
PHD Princeton University

MUSC125 - 01
Music and Downtown New York

MUSC295 - 01
Global Hip-Hop

MUSC300 - 01
Seminar for Music Majors

ARTS617 - 01
Music & New York, 1950-70

MUSC108 - 01
History of Rock and r&b

MUSC275 - 01
Music and Downtown New York

Personal Homepage:
http://echarry.blogs.wesleyan.edu/

Scholarly Keywords:
Music of Africa, Improvisation, Music in the Americas.

Publications:
http://echarry.blogs.wesleyan.edu/my-publications/

University Organist
Chapel 015
860-685-2282

Artist-in-Residence, Music
860-685-2282

rebrecht@wesleyan.edu

BM Southern Methodist University
MM Yale University

MUSC243 - 01
Music of the 19th Cent.

MUSC441 - 01
Pipe Organ:Theory and Practice

MUSC441 - 01
Pipe Organ:Theory and Practice

BM University of Western Australi
MA Wesleyan University
PHD Wesleyan University

Artist in Residence, Music
Music Studios 315
860-685-2603

iharjito@wesleyan.edu

MA Akademi Seni Karavitan

MUSC451 - 01
Javanese Gamelan--Beginners

MUSC452 - 01
Javanese Gamelan--Advanced

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 9:15-10:00

BA Wesleyan University
MA Wesleyan University

MUSC210 - 01
Theory of Jazz Improvisation

MUSC457 - 01
Jazz Orchestra I

MUSC456 - 01
Jazz Improvisation Performance

MUSC458 - 01
Jazz Orchestra II

Personal Homepage:
http://jhoggard.web.wesleyan.edu

Lab URL:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/jazz_orchestra/

BA Wesleyan University
MFA Mills College

MUSC223 - 01
Music, Recording, & Sound Desi

MUSC510 - 01
World Music Studies

MUSC530 - 01
Colloquium

MUSC220 - 01
Com, Perf, & Listening to Exp

MUSC509 - 01
Special Studies in Comtemp Mus

MUSC530 - 01
Colloquium

Office Hours:
Wednesday 3:00 - 4:15 p.m.

BMU University of Illinois Urbana
MA University of Virginia
PHD University of Virginia

BM University of Wisconsin
MA New York University
PHD New York University

MUSC109 - 01
Intro To Experimental Music

MUSC508 - 01
Grad Seminar In Composition

MUSC201 - 01
Tonal Harmony

MUSC464 - 01
Laptop Ensemble

Office Hours:
Tuesday 3:30-5:00 p.m. or by appointment

BA Wesleyan University

MUSC448 - 01
Ebony Singers: Gospel Music

MUSC448 - 01
Ebony Singers: Gospel Music

Personal Homepage:
www.TheCitadelOfLove.org

BA Kalamazoo College
MFA California Institute of Arts
PHD Wesleyan University

MUSC110 - 01
Intro to South Indian Music

MUSC433 - 01
South Indian Music--Percussion

MUSC212 - 01
South Indian Music-SOLKATTU

MUSC433 - 01
South Indian Music--Percussion

Personal Homepage:
http://dpnelson.web.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
By Appointment

Research Interests:
I am interested in digitization of historic recordings of South Indian music, particularly video recordings when available. I am also undertaking a self-study of jazz harmony on the piano, a study that has gone on for the last two years.

Scholarly Keywords:
Music of South India, South Indian drumming

Publications:
http://dpnelson.web.wesleyan.edu/publications.html

BA
MM Ball State University
MM University Nthrn Iowa

MUSC436 - 01
Wesleyan Concert Choir

MUSC439 - 01
Wesleyan Orchestra

MUSC436 - 01
Wesleyan Concert Choir

MUSC439 - 01
Wesleyan Orchestra

MUSC440 - 01
Conducting: Instrum. & Vocal

Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music

Professor of Music
Music Studios 205
860-685-2606

mslobin@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Michigan
MA University of Michigan
PHD University of Michigan

MUSC251 - 01
The Study of Film Music

MUSC507 - 01
Practicing Ethnomusicology

MUSC121 - 01
Writing About Music

MUSC300 - 01
Seminar for Music Majors

Office Hours:
Fall 2012 Tuesday 10:30-12:00Wednesday 3:00 - 4:00 or by appointment

Research Interests:
music of afghanistan and central asia music of eastern european jews in europe and north america general theory of ethnomusicology ethnomusicology of film

Scholarly Keywords:
ethnomusicology

Leadership Positions:
former president, Society for Ethnomusicology, Society for Asian Music, former editor "Asian Music" journal

University Professor of Music
Music Studios 303
860-685-2599

sumarsam@wesleyan.edu

BA Akademi Seni Karavitan
MA Wesleyan University
PHD Cornell University

MUSC451 - 01
Javanese Gamelan--Beginners

MUSC452 - 01
Javanese Gamelan--Advanced

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Research Interests:
Recent research topic: Islam in Indonesian performing arts. Fortcoming book: JAVANESE GAMELAN AND THE WEST. University of Rochester Press, 2013.

Scholarly Keywords:
Indonesian music and theater, focusing on the performance, history and theory of gamelan and wayang.

Academic Associations:
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) Society for Asian Music (SAM) International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Koninklijk Instituut voor Tall., Land- En Volkenkunde (KITLV) Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

Lab URL:
http://gamelan.blogs.wesleyan.edu

Associate Professor of Music
Music Studios 216
860-685-2582

Associate Professor, East Asian Studies
Music Studios 216
860-685-2582

szheng@wesleyan.edu

BA Central Conservatory of Music
MA New York University
PHD Wesleyan University

MUSC261 - 01
Music and Modernity

MUSC519 - 01
Current Issues/Ethnomusicology

BA Cornell University
MA Cornell University
MAA Wesleyan University

John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, Emeritus

alucier@wesleyan.edu

BA Yale University
MAA Wesleyan University
MFA Brandeis University

Personal Homepage:
http://alucier.web.wesleyan.edu

BA Wesleyan University
BS Juilliard School
MAA Wesleyan University
MS Juilliard School