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Chair
Neely Bruce
Professor of MusicShow Bio and Photo
Professor of Music
Music Studios 310
860-685-2578
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music
Chair, Music
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
Faculty
Abraham Adzenyah
Adjunct Professor of MusicShow BioAdjunct Professor of Music
Rehearsal Hall 106
860-685-2623
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
Jane Alden
Associate Professor of MusicShow Bio and Photo
Associate Professor of Music
Music Studios 306
860-685-2604
Associate Professor, Medieval Studies
860-685-2604
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
B. Balasubrahmaniyan
Adjunct Assistant Professor of MusicShow Bio and PhotoBA 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
Anthony Braxton
Professor of MusicShow BioProfessor of Music
Music Studios 308
860-685-2624
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music
MUSC270 - 01
Mus Of Coltrane, Mingus & Cole
MUSC459 - 01
Materials & Principles Jazz Im
Personal Homepage:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton
Eric Charry
Professor of MusicShow Bio and PhotoBMU 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/
Ronald Ebrecht
University OrganistShow Bio and Photo
University Organist
Chapel 015
860-685-2282
Artist-in-Residence, Music
860-685-2282
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
Peter Hadley
Visiting Assistant Professor of MusicShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Music
Music Studios 216
BM University of Western Australi
MA Wesleyan University
PHD Wesleyan University
I. Harjito
Artist in Residence, MusicShow Bio and PhotoMA Akademi Seni Karavitan
MUSC451 - 01
Javanese Gamelan--Beginners
MUSC452 - 01
Javanese Gamelan--Advanced
Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 9:15-10:00
Jay Hoggard
Adjunct Professor of MusicShow BioAdjunct Professor of Music
Rehearsal Hall 102
860-685-2625
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
Ronald Kuivila
University Professor of MusicShow BioUniversity Professor of Music
Rehearsal Hall 101
860-685-2626
Director of the Electronic Music and Recording Studios
860-685-2626
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.
Elizabeth Lindau
Visiting Assistant Professor of MusicShow BioVisiting Assistant Professor of Music
BMU University of Illinois Urbana
MA University of Virginia
PHD University of Virginia
Paula Matthusen
Assistant Professor of MusicShow BioAssistant Professor of Music
Rehearsal Hall 103
860-685-2583
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
Marichal Monts
Conductor of Ebony SingersShow BioConductor of Ebony Singers
Music Studios
860-685-2455
BA Wesleyan University
MUSC448 - 01
Ebony Singers: Gospel Music
MUSC448 - 01
Ebony Singers: Gospel Music
Personal Homepage:
www.TheCitadelOfLove.org
David Nelson
Adjunct Assistant Professor of MusicShow BioAdjunct Assistant Professor of Music
Music Studios 202
860-685-3731
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
Nadya Potemkina
Adjunct Assistant Professor of MusicShow BioAdjunct Assistant Professor of Music
860-685-5383
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
Mark Slobin
Winslow-Kaplan Professor of MusicShow Bio and Photo
Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music
Professor of Music
Music Studios 205
860-685-2606
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
Prof. Sumarsam
University Professor of MusicShow Bio and PhotoBA 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)
Su Zheng
Associate Professor of MusicShow Bio and Photo
Associate Professor of Music
Music Studios 216
860-685-2582
Associate Professor, East Asian Studies
Music Studios 216
860-685-2582
BA Central Conservatory of Music
MA New York University
PHD Wesleyan University
MUSC261 - 01
Music and Modernity
MUSC519 - 01
Current Issues/Ethnomusicology
Emeriti
Jon Barlow
Professor of Music, EmeritusShow BioProfessor of Music, Emeritus
BA Cornell University
MA Cornell University
MAA Wesleyan University
Alvin Lucier
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, EmeritusShow Bio and PhotoBA Yale University
MAA Wesleyan University
MFA Brandeis University
Personal Homepage:
http://alucier.web.wesleyan.edu
Richard Winslow
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, EmeritusShow BioJohn Spencer Camp Professor of Music, Emeritus
BA Wesleyan University
BS Juilliard School
MAA Wesleyan University
MS Juilliard School





