Inna Naroditskaya

Associate Professor, Musicology

in-narod@northwestern.edu - 847-467-2034
PhD, University of Michigan

Specialist in Azerbaijanian and Eastern music cultures, Russian music, gender studies, and diasporas. Author, articles and reviews in Ethnomusicology and Asian Music as well as essays and articles in Azerbaijanian and Russian publications; producer of numerous radio programs. Recipient of Center for the Education of Women prize, Rackham research grant, and funding from the International Institute and School of Music at the University of Michigan.

Ryan Nelson

Assistant Professor, Conducting and Ensembles

rtnelson@northwestern.edu - 847-491-3412
DMusA, University of North Texas
Recent Activity

Associate director of bands. Director, Contemporary Music Ensemble. Conductor, Symphonic Band. Coordinates undergraduate conducting curriculum and teaches courses in music education and wind literature. Guest conductor, clinician, and arranger. Former director of bands and music department chair, Beaver Area School District (Pennsylvania) and assistant conductor, Bach Choir of Pittsburgh. Contributor, Teaching Music through Performance in Band (GIA Publications). Saxophonist and pianist, North Texas Klavier Wind Project and GIA TMPB recordings. Member, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference. Studied conducting with Brady Allred and Eugene Migliaro Corporon.