Faculty
The Curtis faculty includes a high proportion of eminent performing musicians who connect students to life as a successful professional musician today. Their unmatched musical lineage, in turn, links students to the classical masters. Curtis's 113-member faculty also includes highly credentialed instructors in musical studies, liberal arts, and career studies.
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Misha Amory
Thomas Apple
Foundations, Literature, Drama Workshop
Shmuel Ashkenasi
Violin, Chamber Music (Strings)
Stefano Baldasseroni
Italian Diction Coach
David Bilger
Trumpet, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass), Chamber Music (Winds)
Jonathan Biss
Neubauer Family Chair in Piano Studies
Piano, Chamber Music
Alfred Blatter
Acoustics, Orchestration, Sound Technology, The Musician as Writer
Blair Bollinger
Bass Trombone, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass), Chamber Music (Brass)
Katelyn Bouska
Keyboard Studies, Supplementary Piano
Carter Brey
Nina and Billy Albert Chair in Cello Studies
Cello
Paul Bryan
Dean
Elements of Conducting
Ke-Chia Chen
Core Studies, Young Artists Initiative
Mia Chung
Interpretive Analysis
Charles Conwell
Stage Combat
Jonathan Coopersmith
Chair of Musical Studies
Core Studies, Music History, and Advanced Conducting
David Cramer
Chamber Music (Woodwinds)
Jeffrey Curnow
Chamber Music (Brass)
Richard Danielpour
Composition
Roberto Díaz
President and CEO
Nina von Maltzahn President's Chair
James and Betty Matarese Chair in Viola Studies
Viola, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings)
Michael Djupstrom
Composition Department Coordinator
Mikael Eliasen
Hirsig Family Chair of Vocal Studies
Artistic Director, Curtis Opera Theatre
Opera and Voice Coach
Summerfest Program Director 2017
Norman Ellman
French
Tim Fitts
Foundations and Creative Writing
Pamela Frank
Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Chair in Violin Studies
Violin, Chamber Music (Strings)
Edward Gazouleas
Visiting Viola Faculty
Matthew Glandorf
Career Studies, Counterpoint, Preparatory Solfège, Madrigals, Sacred Music Seminar, Curtis Collegium
Gary Graffman
Piano, Chamber Music
Gordana-Dana Grozdanic
German, Literature, Ethics
Elizabeth Hainen
Maryjane Mayhew Barton Chair in Harp Studies
Harp, Chamber Music
Nitzan Haroz
Trombone
David Hayes
Staff Conductor
Jennifer Higdon
Milton L. Rock Chair in Composition Studies
Composition
Hsin-Yun Huang
Viola
Mary Javian
Chair of Career Studies
Elena Jivaeva
Staff Pianist
Philip J. Kass
Curator of String Instruments, History of the Violin
Ida Kavafian
Nina von Maltzahn Chair in Violin Studies
Violin, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings), Chamber Music (Strings)
Lisa Keller
Opera and Voice Coach
Jeffrey Khaner
Flute, Chamber Music
Jungeun Kim
Director of Instrumental Accompaniment
Craig Knox
Tuba, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass), Chamber Music (Brass)
Michael Krausz
Aesthetics
Paul Krzywicki
Tuba, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Ford Mylius Lallerstedt
Advanced Musical Studies Analysis Seminar
Jeffrey Lang
Horn, Chamber Music (Winds), Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Meng-Chieh Liu
Piano, Chamber Music
Don Liuzzi
Timpani and Percussion, Orchestral Repertoire (Percussion)
Grant Loehnig
Opera and Voice Coach
Mei Lu
English as a Second Language
David Ludwig
Gie and Lisa Liem Artistic Advisor to the President
Chair of Composition Studies
Director, Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Artistic Director, Curtis Summerfest
Tod Machover
Visiting Composition Faculty
Marlena Kleinman Malas
Daniel Matsukawa
Bassoon, Chamber Music (Woodwinds), Woodwind Ensemble Coordinator, Orchestral Repertoire (Woodwinds)
Robert McDonald
Penelope P. Watkins Chair in Piano Studies
Piano, Chamber Music
Daniel McDougall
Career Studies
Anthony McGill
Clarinet
Jeanne M. McGinn
Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Chair of Liberal Arts
Foundations, Literature, Creative Writing
Joseph P. McGinn
Philosophy and Ethics
Ghenady Meirson
Russian Repertoire Coach
Caroline Meline
Philosophy and Ethics
Mei-Mei Meng
Solfège, Dictation
Edgar Meyer
Double Bass
Midori
Violin (beginning in 2018–19 school year)
Eric Millstein
Percussion, Orchestral Repertoire (Percussion)
Jennifer Montone
Horn, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Rolando Morales-Matos
Percussion
Adrian Morejon
Chamber Music (Woodwinds)
Alan Morrison
Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies
Organ, Sacred Music Seminar
James F. Moyer
Philosophy, Literature
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Susan Nowicki
Opera and Voice Coach
Danielle Orlando
Principal Opera Coach
Jin Hyun Park
Vocal Studies Accompanist
Joan Patenaude-Yarnell
Voice
Thomas Patteson
Music History
Carla Puppin
Art History
Chas Rader-Shieber
Resident Stage Director
Miloš Repický
Opera and Voice Coach
Reese Revak
Vocal Studies Accompanist
Geraldine Rice
Artistry in Pedagogy
Harold Hall Robinson
A. Margaret Bok Chair in Double Bass Studies
Double Bass, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings)
Scott Robinson
Percussion
Chris Rogerson
Core Studies, Young Artists Initiative
Aaron Rosand
Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies
Violin
Michael Rusinek
Chamber Music (Woodwinds)
Harvey Sachs
Music History Seminars
Keiko Sato
Supplementary Piano
Leon Schelhase
Secondary Harpsichord, Curtis Collegium
Peter Schoenbach
Musical Studies and Liberal Arts Electives
Eric Sessler
Core Studies, Musical Form & Analysis, Post-Tonal Harmony, Analysis Electives
Ulrike Shapiro
German Diction
Noam Sivan
Improvisation, Advanced Counterpoint, Keyboard Studies, Supplementary Composition
Eleanor Sokoloff
Piano
Ignat Solzhenitsyn
Piano, Chamber Music
Manuel Sosa
Solfège, Dictation
David Starobin
Fondation Charidu Chair in Guitar Studies
Guitar, Chamber Music
Arnold Steinhardt
Violin, Chamber Music (Strings)
Jeffrey Stingerstein
Presentation and Oral Practice
Eva-Maria Swidler
History, Environmental and Social Sciences
Steven Tenenbom
Chamber Music Coordinator, Chamber Music (Strings)
Robert van Sice
Percussion, Chamber Music
Matthew Vaughn
Trombone, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Jason Vieaux
Guitar, Chamber Music
Yu Xi Wang
Keyboard Studies Coordinator, Supplementary Piano
Thomas Weaver
Core Studies, Keyboard Studies, Supplementary Piano
Eric Wen
Core Studies, Musical Form & Analysis, Music History Electives, Young Artists Initiative
Peter Wiley
Bruce Jay Gould, M.D. Chair, in honor of Orlando Cole
Cello, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings), Chamber Music (Strings)
Richard Woodhams
Oboe, Orchestral Repertoire
Amy Yang
Staff Pianist
Young Artist Initiative Chamber Music Mentor
