Departments and Faculty School of Music Faculty Music professors are supportive and accessible, and take active interest in students, well beyond the classroom and studio. Faculty regularly attend student concerts, counsel and share feedback, help arrange performance dates and research opportunities, and assist students in building their future life in music.
Most faculty are full-time.
During any year, internationally celebrated concert artists and scholars are showcased in visits to the School, where they conduct master classes and meet with students and faculty. Recent visitors include pianist Rudolf Firkusny, violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Dimitry Sitkovetsky, cellist Janos Starker, jazz artists Eddie Daniels, and composers Peter Schickele, William Bolcom, and Jonathan Harvey. Faculty recordings represent many labels. Faclty composers and scholars have been recognized widely by numerous fellowships, including the Guggenheim and Fulbright, and through abundant grants and prizes from the N.E.A., N.E.H., Rockefeller and Ford foundations, and others. Faculty are widely published authors and editors of leading journals.