Andrew Baker

Lecturer, Jazz Studies

a-baker2@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7228
BMus, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Jazz trombone specialist. Former Archer Scholar at Trinity College of Music. Served as principal of the Covent Garden Festival Orchestra (London). Performed with the Philharmonic of the Nations, Ray Gelato Giants, Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, the Hard Art Ensemble, Liquid Soul, and Broadway in Chicago. Appears on many recordings, including Porgy and Bess (with Clark Terry and the CJO), The Ted Hogarth Collective, and the Hard Art Ensemble.

William Barnewitz

Lecturer, Horn

w-barnewitz@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7609
Principal horn, Milwaukee Symphony and Santa Fe Opera Orchestras.

Former associate principal horn, Utah Symphony Orchestra. Performances with Summit Brass, New York Chamber Soloists, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival as well as with Music in the Mountains, Vermont Mozart Festival, and Peninsula and Grand Teton Music Festivals. Frequent solo, chamber music, and lecture appearances. Numerous solo recordings. Grand prize winner, American Horn Competition. Studied with James Chambers at the Juilliard School and Frederick Bergstone at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Janet R. Barrett

Associate Professor, Music Education

j-barrett3@northwestern.edu - 847-467-1258
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Recent Activity

Coordinator, Music Education Program. General music specialist and researcher. Research interests in teacher education, curriculum, and interdisciplinary studies. Co-author of Looking In On Music Teaching (McGraw-Hill/Primis, 2000) and Sound Ways of Knowing: Music in the Interdisciplinary Curriculum (Schirmer, 1997). Contributor to the New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning, Music Educators Journal, Bulletin of the Council of Research in Music Education, Update, and The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning. President of the North Central Division of the Music Educators National Conference. Editorial board member of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education and the Mountain Lake Reader. Taught elementary general and middle school choral music in Iowa and Wisconsin. Former professor of music education and music department chair at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Thomas Bauman

Professor, Musicology

t-bauman@northwestern.edu - 847-467-2031
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Specialist in opera, cultural studies, Mahler. Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, ACLS Grant-in-Aid, Pew Foundation Grant, Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellowship (Harvard University). Author, North German Opera in the Age of Goethe (Cambridge University Press, 1985), W. A. Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Cambridge University Press, 1987). Contributor, The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera (Oxford University Press, 1993), New Grove Dictionary of Opera (Macmillan, 1992). Former board member, American Musicological Society.

J. Lawrie Bloom

Assistant Professor, Clarinet

l-bloom@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7228
MMus, Arizona State University

Solo bass clarinet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1980-present). Artistic codirector of Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival in St. Michael's, Maryland. Former member, Vancouver, Phoenix, and Cincinnati Symphonies and Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra.

Richard Boldrey

Senior Lecturer, Opera

847-467-3963
Chicago Music College

Member of Lyric Opera of Chicago staff since 1981. Served as maestro and assistant to Carlo Bergonzi at the Bel Canto Festival, Busseto, Italy. Former music director of Colorado Lyric Theatre Festival. Former music director of Opera Southwest (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Reestablished the Opera Workshop program at North Park College. Former assistant conductor, Opera Midwest (Evanston, Illinois). Co-directed the Bold Lion Center for the Performing Arts. Former head of University of Illinois' opera department. Former music director of the University of Iowa's opera department. Currently music editor of Singer's Edition, a multi-volume opera anthology. Author, Guide to Operatic Roles and Arias and Guide to Operatic Duets.

Marcia Bosits

Associate Professor, Piano Pedagogy

m-bosits@northwestern.edu - 847-491-5735
DMus, Northwestern University
Recent Activity

Director, Doctor of Music program. Director of piano pedagogy. Internationally recognized performance and pedagogy specialist. Has presented master classes and seminars throughout the United States, Canada, and the Far East. Officer, Music Teachers National Association and National Conference on Piano Pedagogy. Chamber musician; author of articles in national music journals.

Robert Boyd

Lecturer, Music Education

r-boyd@northwestern.edu
MMus, Northwestern University

Specialist in Secondary Choral Music Education. Taught choral music and music theory for 33 years at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, IL. Previously served as choral division vice president of the Illinois Music Educators Association, a position he held from 1991-97. Served the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association in various capacities, and is currently secretary of the state organization. Honored in 2003 by the National Federation Interscholastic Music Association as Outstanding Music Educator of Illinois—the first Illinois choral director in the state to be so honored. Awarded in 2006 the Harold A. Decker Award for career choral excellence by the Illinois chapter of the ACDA. His choral groups have been invited to perform at the IMEA, ACDA-Illinois, and ACDA Central Division conventions. Frequent guest choral conductor/clinician. 

Theresa Brancaccio

Senior Lecturer, Voice/Vocal Pedagogy

tbrancaccio@northwestern.edu - 847-491-4518
MMus, Northwestern University

Mezzo-soprano. Solo appearances with Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Bach Society, Colorado Mahler Festival, DuPage Symphony, New Oratorio Singers, Elgin Symphony, Sacramento Bach Festival. Leading operatic roles with Central City Opera, Chattanooga Opera, DuPage Opera Theater, Madison Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, and Light Opera Works. First prizes, Union League Civic Arts Foundation, Bel Canto Foundation, Louis Sudler Oratorio Competition, Chicago Women's Musical Club, Crescendo Club, and Italian Cultural Center. Featured in recordings of Janowski, Giles, Mahler, Cathedral Brass.

Karen Brunssen

Associate Professor, Voice and Opera

kab180@northwestern.edu - 847-467-1628
BMus, Luther College
Recent Activity

Co-chair, Department of Music Performance. Mezzo-soprano. Solo appearances with Cleveland Orchestra and Chicago, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Houston, St. Louis, National, San Diego, Seattle, Milwaukee, Netherlands Radio, and Mexico City Symphony Orchestras. Appearances with Buffalo Philharmonic, Cincinnati Opera, Music of the Baroque, Blossom Festival, Waterloo Festival, Grant Park Festival, Chicago Opera Theatre, Carmel Bach Festival, Colorado Music Festival, and Prague Autumn Festival. Recordings of Telemann's Day of Judgment, Mozart's Mass in C Minor, and Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 with Music of the Baroque. Other recordings on Decca and Vox MMG.

Elizabeth Buccheri

Senior Lecturer, Piano and Collaborative Arts

e-buccheri@northwestern.edu - 847-491-3242
DMusA, Eastman School of Music
Recent Activity

Chamber musician and vocal coach. Assistant conductor, Lyric Opera of Chicago (1987-present). Founder and music director, Chamber Music at North Park concert series. Previously collaborative pianist, Ravinia Festival's Steans Institute for Young Artists, and pianist, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Performances with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vermeer and Shanghai String Quartets, Midori, Gil Shaham, Pawel Berman, Suzanne Mentzer, Samuel Ramey, and Sherrill Milnes. Solo and chamber music recordings on CRI, Spectrum, Sony, Cedille, Boston, and Albany. Musical preparation for numerous performances and recordings by Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Studied with Brooks Smith at the Eastman School of Music. First American musician to receive the Sir Georg Solti Foundation Award.

Michael Burritt

Professor, Percussion

mjb@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7228
MMus, Eastman School of Music

Co-Coordinator, Winds and Percussion. Has presented recitals and master classes throughout United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Numerous recordings, including Carnegie Hall solo recital. Soloist with Dallas Wind Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, Ju Percussion Group (Taiwan), Percussion Art Quartet (Germany), Amores Percussion Group (Spain), Peaux (Sweden), and Tempus Fugit Percussion Ensemble (Pittsburgh). Featured artist at seven Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. Composer of published works for marimba, solo percussion, and percussion ensemble. Contributing editor, Percussive Notes. Member, Percussive Arts Society board of directors. Product designer adn consultant for Malletech; artist and educational clinician for Zildjian Company.

Barbara Butler

Professor, Trumpet

b-butler@northwestern.edu - 847-491-7228
BMus, Northwestern University

Soloist with Music of the Baroque, Chicago Chamber Musicians, and Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. Former member, Eastman Brass, Eastman Virtuosi, and Vancouver and Grant Park Symphony Orchestras. Performances, recordings, and broadcasts with St. Louis, Chicago, and Houston Symphony Orchestras and New York Philharmonic. Solo appearances with major orchestras and festivals. Recitals and master classes presented worldwide. Recordings and international broadcasts with Eastman Brass, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Chamber Musicians, and CBC Radio. Former faculty member, Eastman School of Music and University of British Columbia. Studied with Vincent Cichowicz and Adolph Herseth.