Faculty Chairs

Since the 1990s donors have endowed chairs to honor Curtis’s outstanding faculty. A complete list of chairs funded to date is below.

Eight chairs have been established since summer 2008 in response to Curtis Board Chairman H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest’s generous $17 million challenge grant to establish additional faculty chairs while raising funds for Curtis’s endowment (* indicated below).

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Herbert D. and Evelyn Axelrod Head-of-Department Chair in Violin Studies*

Established by Herbert D. and Evelyn Axelrod
To be appointed

Maryjane Mayhew Barton Chair in Harp Studies

Established by Maryjane Mayhew Barton
Held by Elizabeth Hainen

A. Margaret Bok Chair in Double Bass Studies*

Established by A. Margaret “Stormy” Bok
Held by Harold Hall Robinson

Fondation Charidu Chair in Guitar Studies*

Established by Fondation Charidu and Baroness Nina von Maltzahn
To be appointed

Orlando Cole Chair in Cello Studies

Established by Bruce Jay Gould, M.D.
Held by Peter Wiley

Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies

Established by the Otto Haas Charitable Trust #2
Held by Alan Morrison

Rita and Gustave Hauser Chair in Conducting Studies

Established by Rita and Gustave Hauser
Held by Otto Werner-Mueller

Hirsig Family Head-of-Department Chair in Vocal Studies*

Established by Alan and Nancy Hirsig
Held by Mikael Eliasen

Gie and Lisa Liem Artistic Chair of Performance Studies*

Established by Gie and Lisa Liem
Held by David Ludwig

James and Betty Matarese Chair in Viola Studies

Established by James and Betty Matarese
Held by President Roberto Díaz

Rock Chair in Composition*

Established by Dr. Milton L. Rock
Held by Jennifer Higdon

Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies

Established by the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Held by Aaron Rosand

Penelope P. Watkins Chair in Piano Studies*

Established by Penelope Watkins
Held by Robert McDonald

Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Chair of Liberal Arts*

Established by Ruth and Morris Williams
Held by Jeanne M. McGinn

Contact

Charles Sterne III, director of principal gifts and planned giving, (215) 717-3126