Faculty
Full-Time Professors
Rob Bowman, Associate Professor: ethnomusicology
Karen Burke,
Associate
Professor: gospel choir, jazz vocals
Lisette Canton, Associate Professor: conducting, choirs, choral music
Mark Chambers, Assistant Professor: orchestra, conducting, string performance
Michael Coghlan, Associate Professor: digital music, composition, theory
Dorothy de Val: Associate Professor: musicology
Barry Elmes, Associate Professor: jazz
Al Henderson, Assistant Professor: jazz
Jacques Israelievitch, Assistant Professor: violin/viola performance
Arthur Levine, Assistant Professor: theory
Michael Marcuzzi, Associate Professor: music education
Stephanie Martin, Associate Professor: music history, harpsichord, organ
David Mott, Professor: composition, performance, jazz
Christina Petrowska Quilico, Professor: piano performance, musicology
Jay Rahn, Professor: theory
Catherine Robbin, Assistant Professor: classical vocal performance
Trichy Sankaran, Professor: ethnomusicology, performance
Robert Simms, Associate Professor: world music performance
Casey Sokol, Associate Professor: contemporary improvisation, musicianship
William Thomas, Assistant Professor: music education
Matt Vander Woude, Sessional Assistant Professor: popular music
Sundar Viswanathan, Associate Professor: jazz
Patricia Wait, Associate Professor: performance
Ron Westray, Assistant Professor & Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance
Louise Wrazen, Associate Professor: ethnomusicology; Chair, Department of Music
Contract Faculty
Barbara Ackerman - classical flute
Mim Adams - jazz Choir
Isaac Akrong - West African Drum Ensemble, kpanlogo, jembe, gyile, attenteben,
dance
William Beauvais - classical guitar
Susan Black - classical/collaborative piano
Stephanie Bogle - classical voice, vocal diction
John Brownell - classical percussion
Matt Brubeck - improvisation, strings, New Music Ensemble, Composer's World Music Ensemble
Gareth Burgess - Caribbean Ensemble
Lindy Burgess - Caribbean Ensemble
Norma Burrowes - classical voice
Corey Butler - Gospel Choir
Mike Cadó - music education, jazz guitar
Linda Caplan - Japanese Ensemble, koto, shamisen
Patty Chan - Chinese Orchestra, erhu
Judith Cohen - World Music Chorus, medieval music, Sephardic and Ashkenazi voice
Caroline Colenbrander - instrumental music education: strings
Tara Davidson - jazz vocals
Rita di Ghent - jazz vocals
Kwasi Dunyo - West African Drum Ensemble
Mark Eisenman - jazz piano, jazz workshop
Ruben Esguerra - Cuban Ensemble
Frank Falco - jazz piano, jazz workshop
Adrean Farrugia - jazz piano
Larry Graves - West African drums
Bob Hamper - Jazz Choir
Peggy Hills - violin, viola, string orchestra
Charles Hong - Korean Drum Ensemble
Kelly Jefferson - jazz saxophone, jazz workshop, jazz theory
Brian Katz - improvisation
Steve Koven - improvisation, jazz piano
Rick Lazar - Escola de Samba, Cuban Ensemble, world drums
Lorne Lofsky - jazz guitar, jazz workshop
David Lum - classical tuba & euphonium
James MacDonald - French horn, wind symphony
Irene Markoff - Balkan Music Ensemble, world music, history of western music, musicianship, theory
Sherie Marshall - jazz vocals
Lynn McDonald - jazz vocals
Anna Melnikoff - West African Drum Ensemble, djembe
Anthony Michelli - drums
Ravi Naimpally - tabla
Raisa Nakhmanovich - classical piano, piano pedagogy, collaborative piano
Ron Nelson - Black urban music
Janet Obermeyer - classical voice
Paul Ormandy - Cuban Music Ensemble, world drums
Roy Patterson - jazz workshop, jazz guitar, jazz composition
Barry Romberg - jazz percussion
Artie Roth - jazz bass
Daniel Rubinoff - classical performance, saxophone
Karen Rymal - classical voice, piano
Roger Scannura - flamenco guitar, guitar ensemble
Philip Seguin - classical trumpet
Bassam Bishara Shahouk - Middle Eastern Ensemble, oud
Terrol Sinclair - music pedagogy
Mélisande Sinsoulier – collaborative pianist
Phig Choy Sue - chin
Ed Tait -
classical double bass
Jennifer Taylor - Women and Popular Music
Lisa Toussaint - Gospel Choir
Kevin Turcotte - jazz trumpet, jazz workshop
Jim Vivian - jazz workshop, jazz bass
Sharlene Wallace - classical harp
Richard Whiteman - jazz piano, jazz vocal workshop
Ray Williams - soul, R & B
Sacha Williamson - jazz vocals
Ed Wilson - digital music
Bob Witmer - African-American traditional music
Vivian Xia - Chinese music
Gerrard Yun - shakkuhachi
Wen Xin Zhao - world music, pipa, Chinese Classical Ensemble
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Rob van der Bliek, Music Librarian, Sound and Moving Image Library, York University
Professors Emeriti
R. Sterling Beckwith
Austin Clarkson
John Gittins
David Lidov
Steven Otto
Philip Werren


