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The School of Music is home to approximately 300 students. Hone your skills in an intimate environment where you have access to a host of resources.
Conservatory style curriculum — 80% of course work is in music.
BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN REQUIRES TALENT AND COMMITMENT. IT ALSO TAKES THE RIGHT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: THE CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
The 2011 Fiske Guide to Colleges ranked Carnegie Mellon School of Music as a top music program.
Pittsburgh is home to a dynamic arts, cultural, and technology community.
All courses and lessons are taught by School of Music Faculty members, not graduate students.
National Geographic Traveler named Pittsburgh one of the best places in the world to experience in 2012.
From performance ensembles and opera productions to chamber music and recitals, the School of Music has over 250 events each year.
WHO WE ARE Founded in 1912 as one of the five schools of the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon School of Music offers conservatory level programs within a world-class university environment.
Times Higher Education of London ranked Carnegie Mellon University No. 22 in the world, and No. 15 among U.S. universities.
22 members on the School of Music’s faculty are members of the world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck.
FACULTY STRINGS Violin Andrés Cárdenes
former Concertmaster, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Cyrus Forough Christopher Wu
Saxophone Eric DeFade Curtis Johnson
VOICE Douglas Ahlstedt
MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY Dr. Richard Randall
Bagpipe Andrew Carlisle
Jennifer Aylmer soprano
Riccardo Schulz
Director of Piping
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
BRASS
Viola David Harding
Horn William Caballero
Trio Verlaine
Isaias Zelkowicz
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Cello Anne Martindale Williams
Principal Cello, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
David Premo
Associate Principal Cello, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Double Bass Peter Guild
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Principal Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Kostyniak
Associate Principal Horn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Trumpet Neal Berntsen
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
George Vosburgh
Principal Trumpet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Trombone Rebecca Cherian
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Co-Principal Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Harp Gretchen Van Hoesen
Principal Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Micah Howard
Principal Harp, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Classical Guitar James Ferla John Marcinizyn Staff Pianists Donna Amato Sung-Im Kim Rodrigo Ojeda WOODWINDS Flute Alberto Almarza
former Principal Flute, Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago
Jeanne Baxtresser
former Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic
Lorna McGhee
Principal Flute, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Schultz Baroque flute
Vahan Sargsyan Staff Pianist
Oboe Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida Principal Oboe, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Clarinet Michael Rusinek
Principal Clarinet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Thompson
Co-Principal Clarinet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Bassoon Nancy Goeres
Principal Bassoon, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Peter Sullivan
Bass Trombone Murray Crewe
Principal Bass Trombone, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Euphonium Lance LaDuke Tuba Craig Knox
Principal Tuba, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
PERCUSSION Christopher Allen
Associate Principal Percussion, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Jeremy Branson
Associate Principal Percussion, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Paul Evans
tenor
Mildred Miller Posvar
Teaching Professor, Director of Recording Activities
Maria Spacagna
Professor of Electrical Engineering
mezzo-soprano soprano
Daniel Teadt baritone
Vocal Coaching Raymond Blackwell Mark Carver Roseanna Irwin Karen Roethlisberger Verm
Dr. Thomas Sullivan
Associate Teaching Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
INTEGRATIVE DESIGN, ARTS, AND TECHNOLOGY (IDeATe) Benjamin Opie
Professor of Drama & Music
MOVEMENT & DANCE Michele de la Reza Attack Theatre
Peter Kope
Attack Theatre
ENSEMBLES Andrés Cárdenes
Music Director of Orchestral Studies
Daniel Nesta Curtis
Music Director, Contemporary Ensemble
Eric DeFade
Director, Jazz Orchestra
Thomas W. Douglas
Director of Choral Activities, Director of Opera Studies
James Ferla
Director, Guitar Ensemble
Elizabeth Lawrence Director, JIVE
Stephen Schultz
Director, Baroque Ensemble Associate Director, Wind Ensemble Co-Director, Wind Ensemble
George Vosburgh
Co-Director, Wind Ensemble
COMPOSITION Leonardo Balada Nancy Galbraith Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas Dr. Reza Vali MUSIC EDUCATION Robert Dell Paul Gerlach
Director of the Kiltie Band
John McCarthy Dr. Natalie Ozeas
Director of Graduate Studies
GUEST ARTISTS recent and upcoming
Artist Lecturer
Nancy Allen
David Macbride
Assistant Teaching Professor of Sound Media
Areon Flutes
Matka Ensemble
ACTING Kelly Trumbull Gregory Lehane
Thomas Thompson
Piano Literature & Repertoire Alec Chien
Assistant Teaching Professor of Sound Media
MUSIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP Monique Mead Lance LaDuke
Director of Opera Studies
KEYBOARD
Secondary Piano Carla LaRocca
Jesse Stiles
Jesse Stiles
Stephen Story
Collaborative Piano Mark Carver Luz Manriquez
Dr. Richard Stern
Opera Thomas W. Douglas
River City Brass
Piano Hanna Wu Li Sergey Schepkin
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
MUSIC THEORY Mark Domencic Nancy Galbraith Dr. John Paul Ito Dr. Richard Randall Dr. Marilyn Taft Thomas Dr. Reza Vali R. James Whipple MUSICOLOGY Dr. Robert Fallon Paul Johnston Dr. Kenneth Keeling Associate Head
Dr. Christopher Ruth Stephen Schultz Dr. Franco Sciannameo SOLFÈGE Judith Cagley Anne Jakovic Dr. Natalie Ozeas Colette Wilkins EURHYTHMICS Dr. Annabelle Joseph, Professor Emerita
Director of the Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center
Stephen Neely
Associate Director of the Marta Sanchez Dalcroze Training Center
LIBRARY Kristin Heath CHAMBER MUSIC David Harding Dimitri Papadimitriou Meng Wang R. James Whipple Chamber Music is coached by all studio faculty
Full faculty bios and contact information: music.cmu.edu/profiles
harp
chamber music for the next generation
Pablo Amorós piano
Julian Bliss clarinet
Cello Fury
rock chamber ensemble
Dale Clevenger
composer
contemporary music ensemble
Daniel Mobbs voice
David Allen Moore double bass
Del Sol Quartet string quartet
Djordje Nesic
horn
collaborative piano, vocal coaching
entrepreneurship
voice
John Colby
Marianne Cornetti voice
Christine Noll
Barbara Paver voice
Arturo Delmoni
Anthony Plog
Maximilian Dimoff
Dan Rigazzi
Barry Douglas
John Sampen
David Effron
Gary Schocker
Mohammad Ferguson
Yizhak Schotten
Brook Ferguson
Sergiu Schwartz
Firm Roots Jazz Sextet
Gerard Schwarz
Alessandro Fossi
Yan Pascual Tortelier
Andre Fouts
Carl Topilow
violin
double bass
conductor and piano conductor composer flute
jazz ensemble tuba
Baroque violin, Chatham Baroque
Philip Glass composer
Kathryn Greenbank oboe
Manfred Honeck
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
trumpet
opera director saxophone flute
viola
violin
conductor conductor conductor
Trio Verlaine
chamber music
William van der Sloot violin
Ilana Vered piano
Philip Walsh
Richard King
conductor, opera
Norman Lebrecht
English horn
horn
Robert Walters
musicology
Gary Wedow
Christopher Larkin conductor, opera
Jens Lindeman trumpet
conductor, opera
PL AY
PERFORMANCE Performance plays a central role in your Carnegie Mellon education. From ensembles and opera productions to chamber music and recitals, you will find yourself surrounded by world-class talent. Our orchestra program runs on a professional cycle schedule. The orchestra rehearses for two weeks, performs, and then is off for two weeks. This provides time for individual practice, recital, and chamber music. Additionally, our wind ensemble program is rooted in the orchestral tradition, one musician per part, and performs a wide range of transcriptions, standards, and contemporary works from the wind repertoire. While freshman and sophomore voice majors are in choral ensembles, juniors and seniors are enrolled in Opera Workshop as their major ensemble. The School of Music produces two fully staged productions with orchestra a year as well as semi-staged opera scenes with piano. In addition, all voice majors participate in two major choral events with orchestra each year. Composers have ample opportunity to hear their music in performance. Each composer has a string quartet played by a professional ensemble and an orchestral piece played by our Philharmonic. There is a clear commitment to new music on campus and in the Pittsburgh community. Pianists have a unique set of performance opportunities depending on their interests. Students are exposed to competitions, major ensembles, collaborative piano, and chamber music as well as piano pedagogy and maintenance courses.
ENSEMBLES
Philharmonic Opera Orchestra Wind Ensemble Baroque Ensemble Contemporary Ensemble Guitar Ensemble Jazz Orchestra JIVE Chorus Chamber Choir Men’s Chorus Women’s Chorus
RECENT/UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
2015-2016 ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE HIGHLIGHTS
Britten: The Beggar’s Opera
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Haydn: Il mondo della luna Chabrier: L’étoile Glass: Hydrogen Jukebox (1990)
Cavalli: La Calisto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Poulenc: Gloria
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Gershwin: An American in Paris Copland: Appalachian Spring
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Berg: Violin Concerto
COMPETITIONS
Baroque Ensemble Concerto Competition Concerto Competition Contemporary Ensemble Competition (for composers) Rembacher Competition Silberman Chamber Music Competition Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition
ALUMNI Our distinguished alumni populate the ranks of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, opera companies, and faculties including: New York Philharmonic Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Metropolitan Opera Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Prague Philharmonia
Oberlin College & Conservatory Harvard University Boston Pops BBC Orchestras Lyric Opera of Chicago and many more
APPLY NOW Get in touch:
Application Deadlines:
Online: music.cmu.edu
Undergraduate Early Decision - November 1 Regular Decision - December 1
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