Faculty Listings by Research Interests for Music and Performing Arts Professions

Research Interests Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

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Barbara Bashaw - Teacher of Dance and Dance Education: Associate Director
- Teaching and Learning in Dance Education
- Critical Theory and Pedagogy
- Laban Movement Analysis/Theory
Juan Pablo Bello - Assistant Professor of Music and Music Education
- Music Signal Processing
- Audio-based Music Information Retrieval
- Digital Audio Effects
- Interactive Music Systems
Cathy Benedict - Assistant Professor of Music Education
- Social Justice, Equity and Music Education
- Urban Education: Place and Pedagogy
- National Standards
- Critical Theory: Transgression and Resistance
- Pedagogy and "methods"
Meg Bussert - Master Teacher of Music Theatre
- Music Theatre History (particularly 19th Century America)
- Acting for the Lyric Stage (the singing actor)
- A Life in the Arts: creating a balance between work and life
David J. Elliott - Professor of Music and Music Education
- Music Education Philosophy
- Community Music
- Curriculum
- Creativity
- Multicultural Music Education
Lawrence Ferrara - Professor of Music and Music Education; Department Chair
- Music Copyright
- Music History
- Music Theory/Analysis
- Music Research Methodologies
- Philosophy of Music
Catherine M. Fitterman - Clinical Assistant Professor of Music Business: Director, Undergraduate Music Business Program
- Entrepreneurial Education
- International Music Touring
Dinu Ghezzo - Professor of Music and Music Education
- Ethnomusicology
- Interrelated Arts
- Director, International New Music Consortium (INMC) Inc
Brian Gill - Clinical Assistant Professor of Vocal Performance
- Vocal Pedagogy
- Vocology and Voice Science
- Language/Diction: French, Italian, German, English, and Mandarin
- Philosophies of Teaching
- Neapolitan Song Literature
Barbara Hesser - Professor of Music Therapy with a joint appointment in Applied Psychology: Director of Music Therapy and the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at NYU
- Music Therapy with all Clinical Populations
- Music Psychotherapy, Group and Individual
- Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy
- Guided Imagery and Music
Susan Koff - Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance and Dance Education
- Teaching and Learning in Dance Education
- Integrated Curriculum
- Qualitative Research
- Arts Education
- Arts Education Curriculum Design, Implementation and Evaluation
Esther Lamneck - Clinical Associate Professor of Music and Music Education
- Contemporary Music Performance
- Electronic Music with Acoustic Instruments
- Interactive Works with Acoustic Instruments and Ensembles
- Visuals in Multi Media Production
Robert J. Landy - Professor of Educational Theatre and Applied Psychology
- Drama Therapy
- Musical Theatre
- Theatre in Prisons
- Perceptions of Children through Art and Drama
- Psychoanalysis and Action Psychotherapy
Christina Marin - Assistant Professor of Educational Theatre
- Human Rights Education
- Theatre of the Oppressed
- Applied Theatre
- Critical Pedagogy
- Latina Adolescent Identity
- Arts-Based Research Methods
- Third World Feminism in the First World
- Border Theory
Panayotis Mavromatis - Assistant Professor of Music and Music Education: Director of Music Theory
- Music Cognition
- Computational Modeling
- Schenkerian Theory
- Post-Tonal Theory
- Byzantine Chant
- Ethnomusicology
David Montgomery - Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Theatre
- Drama Pedagogy
- Arts Partnerships
- Integrated Arts
- Teacher Education
- Qualitative Research
Catherine Moore - Clinical Associate Professor of Music and Music Education
- Strategic music marketing
- Analysis of current trends in the entertainment industry
- Cultural trade politics
- 17th-century Italian music
- Professional education -- from high school to executive education
- Global business
Marilyn Nonken - Assistant Professor of Music and Music Education
- 20th and 21st Century Music
- Piano Music: Literature, Reception, and Performance Practice
- Ecological Psychology
- The Body in Music and Theatre
Kenneth Peacock - Professor of Music and Music Education
- Musical Perception
- Multimedia Digital Processing
- Computer Music Composition
- Linear Analysis/Music Theory
Agnieszka Roginska - Assistant Professor of Music and Music Education
- 3D Sound
- HRTF Measurement Techniques
- Auditory Displays
- Virtual Environment Simulation
- Geometric Acoustic Reconstruction
- Acoustic Sensing
- Augmented Hearing
Robert Rowe - Professor of Music and Music Education
- Interactive Music Systems
- Algorithmic Composition
- Music and Cognition
Ronald Sadoff - Associate Professor of Music and Music Education: Composer
- Film Music/Film Scoring
- Music Theory/Analysis
- Music History
- Expressive Performance Analysis
Joe Salvatore - Teacher of Educational Theatre
- Directing practice, Dramaturgy/Play analysis, Queer theory and performance, Self-assessment and portfolio review, Performing arts curriculum development
- Teaching and directing Shakespeare
David Schroeder - Clinical Assistant Professor of Music and Music Education: Director of Jazz Studies
- Jazz Education
- Jazz Performance
- Jazz Composition
- Jazz History
- World Music
- Career Development as Performers
Nancy Smithner - Teacher of Educational Theatre
- Contemporary Acting and Directing Styles
- Physical and Experimental Theatre
- Integrated Arts in the Curriculum
- Feminist Theory
- Teacher Training and Preparation
Philip Taylor - Associate Professor of Educational Theatre
- applied theatre
- arts education
- qualitative research
- reflective praxis
- educational inquiry
Brann J. Wry - Associate Professor of Arts Administration
- Marketing the Performing Arts, the New Demographic
- Governance: Best Practices For Boards of Trustees of Performing Arts Organizations
- Transitions and Successions in Arts Organizations: Board and Staff Succession Planning

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