John Kapusta Assistant Professor of Musicology DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor KapustaBIOGRAPHY I am a historian of music and culture with a focus on the postwar United States. I received my PhD in music history and literature from the University of California, Berkeley and my AB from Harvard College. Before completing my PhD, I studied voice…
Cory Hunter Assistant Professor of Musicology James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor of Music, University of Rochester DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Hunter585-275-5190BIOGRAPHY Cory Hunter holds a dual appointment as the James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Rochester and Assistant Professor of Musicology at Eastman School of Music. He received his…
Roger Freitas Professor of Musicology Faculty associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Acting Chair, Musicology Department, Fall 2023 DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor Freitas585-274-1458BIOGRAPHY Roger Freitas received his PhD in music history from Yale University. He had previously earned an MM (with performer’s certificate) in early music, vocal performance, from Indiana University; and…
Melina Esse Associate Professor of Musicology DEPARTMENTMusicologyCONTACT INFOEmail Professor EsseBIOGRAPHY In her writing, teaching, and personal practice, Melina Esse enacts her longstanding fascination with the connections between gender, materiality, and performance. A scholar of opera in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, she has published widely—on voice and technological mediation, on opera and film, and on…
Darren Mueller Associate Professor of Musicology Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Academic Leave Spring 2026 DEPARTMENTSMusicologyJazz Studies & Contemporary MediaSound Arts and EngineeringCONTACT INFOEmail Professor MuellerBIOGRAPHY Darren Mueller received his PhD from Duke University in 2015 after completing an MA in Jazz History and Research at Rutgers, The State University in Newark and…