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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Foundations, Literature, Drama Workshop
Violin, Chamber Music (Strings)
Italian Diction Coach
Trumpet, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass), Chamber Music (Winds)
Bass Trombone, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass), Chamber Music (Brass)
Keyboard Studies, Supplementary Piano
Nina and Billy Albert Chair in Cello Studies
Cello
Piano
Dean
Elements of Conducting
Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies
Piano
Core Studies, Young Artists Initiative
Chamber Music Coordinator, Chamber Music (Piano)
Voice (adjunct)
Chair of Musical Studies
Core Studies, Music History, Advanced Conducting
Chamber Music (Brass)
Composition
Voice (adjunct)
President and CEO
Nina von Maltzahn President's Chair
James and Betty Matarese Chair in Viola Studies
Viola, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings)
Voice (adjunct)
Foundations and Creative Writing
Field-McFadden Chair in Digital Studies
Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy and Innovation
Executive Director, Performance Innovation Lab
Career Studies
Herbert R. and Evelyn Axelrod Chair in Violin Studies
Violin, Chamber Music (Strings)
Visiting Viola Faculty
Career Studies, Counterpoint, Preparatory Solfège, Madrigals, Sacred Music Seminar, Curtis Collegium
Piano, Chamber Music
German, Literature, Ethics
Maryjane Mayhew Barton Chair in Harp Studies
Harp, Chamber Music
Trombone
Staff Conductor
Milton L. Rock Chair in Composition Studies
Composition
Career Studies
Musical Studies
Viola
Chair of Career Studies
Staff Pianist
Curator of String Instruments, History of the Violin
Nina von Maltzahn Chair in Violin Studies
Violin, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings), Chamber Music (Strings)
Master Opera Coach
Flute, Chamber Music
Director of Instrumental Accompaniment
Tuba, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass), Chamber Music (Brass)
Tuba, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Advanced Musical Studies Seminar
Horn, Chamber Music (Winds), Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence
Chamber Music
Voice (adjunct)
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence
Chamber Music
Piano, Chamber Music
Timpani and Percussion, Orchestral Repertoire (Percussion)
Master Opera Coach
English as a Second Language
Gie and Lisa Liem Artistic Advisor to the President
Chair of Composition Studies
Director, Ensemble 20/21
Artistic Director, Curtis Summerfest
Bassoon, Chamber Music (Woodwinds), Woodwind Ensemble Coordinator, Orchestral Repertoire (Woodwinds)
Voice (adjunct)
Penelope P. Watkins Chair in Piano Studies
Piano, Chamber Music
Career Studies
Clarinet
Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. Chair of Liberal Arts
Senior Associate Dean, Academics
Foundations, Literature, Creative Writing
Philosophy and Ethics
Russian Repertoire Coach
Philosophy and Ethics
Double Bass
Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies
Violin, Career Studies
Percussion, Orchestral Repertoire (Percussion)
Horn, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Percussion
Chamber Music (Woodwinds)
Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies
Organ, Sacred Music Seminar, Career Studies
Master Opera Coach
Career Studies
Director, Vocal Studies and the Curtis Opera Theatre
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence
Chamber Music
Staff Pianist
Voice, Opera
Music History
Art History
Voice (adjunct)
Resident Stage Director
Master Opera Coach
Opera and Voice Coach, Staff Pianist
A. Margaret Bok Chair in Double Bass Studies
Double Bass, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings)
Core Studies, Young Artists Initiative
Chamber Music (Woodwinds)
Music History Seminars
Supplementary Piano
Secondary Harpsichord, Curtis Collegium
Voice (adjunct)
Core Studies, Musical Form & Analysis, Post-Tonal Harmony, Analysis Electives
German Diction Coach
Dover Quartet, Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence
Chamber Music
Piano, Chamber Music
Solfège, Dictation
Fondation Charidu Chair in Guitar Studies
Guitar, Chamber Music
Presentation and Oral Practice
Violin, Chamber Music (Strings)
History, Environmental and Social Sciences
Chamber Music Coordinator, Chamber Music (Strings)
Percussion, Chamber Music
Trombone, Orchestral Repertoire (Brass)
Guitar, Chamber Music
Director of Keyboard Studies, Supplementary Piano
Core Studies, Keyboard Studies, Supplementary Piano
Core Studies, Musical Form & Analysis, Music History Electives, Young Artists Initiative
Bruce Jay Gould, M.D. Chair, in honor of Orlando Cole
Cello, Orchestral Repertoire (Strings), Chamber Music (Strings)
Career Studies
Staff Pianist
Oboe, Orchestral Repertoire
Program Director, Young Artist Summer Program
Young Artist Initiative Chamber Music Mentor
Solfège, Dictation