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Music Theory / History and Literature / Composition

Loris Chobanian
Professor of Composition and Guitar and Composer-in-Residence
Ph.D., Michigan State University
B.M., M.M. Louisiana State University

lchobani@bw.edu

Kent Cleland
Associate Professor of Music Theory 
Chair of the Music Theory Department
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
M.L.S., Duke University; M.M., Indiana University
B.M., Ohio University School of Music
kcleland@bw.edu

Jennifer Conner
Lecturer in Music Theory
D.M.A, M.M., Composition from the Cleveland Institute of Music
B.A., Music, Dance and Fine Arts Interdisciplinary from the University of California Irvine
jconner@bw.edu

Mary Dobrea-Grindahl
Assistant Professor of Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Instructor of Solfege and Dalcroze Eurhythmics
B.M., Ithaca College
M.M., Diplome Jaques-Dalcroze, Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Geneva, Switzerland
mdobrea@bw.edu

James Feldman
Professor of Music Theory
Ph.D., Kent State University
M.M., B.M., Eastman School of Music
jfeldman@bw.edu
James Hirt
Lecturer in Music Theory and Composition
D.M.A., M.M., University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
B.M., Capital University
jhirt@bw.edu
Beth Hiser
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
Ph.D., M.M., The University of Texas at Austin
B.M., The University of Florida
bhiser@bw.edu

Jodie Ricci
Lecturer in Piano
MM, Kent State University
BME, Baldwin-Wallace College
jricci@bw.edu

Michael Strasser
Assistant Professor of Music History
Ph.D. in Musicology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A. in Musicology, Louisiana State University
B.A. in Music Education, University of West Florida
mstassse@bw.edu

Melvin Unger
Director of Riemenschneider Bach Institute
Professor of Music History
D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.M., University of Oregon at Eugene
B.M., University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon
munger@bw.edu

Gregory Upton
Lecturer in Music History, Appreciation
M.M., College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
B.M.E., Bradley University  
gupton@bw.edu                         

Gene Willet
Ph.D.., University of Texas, Austin
M.M., Baylor University
B.S., The College of Idaho
gwillet@bw.edu