The Eastman School of Music is organized in the academic and applied fields by departments, reflecting more or less the various areas of instruction at the School. Departments by their very nature establish boundaries that are often administrative in nature, important to ensure proper governance within given areas, but these boundaries can also become divisions that limit comprehensive perspectives on the profession. A number of faculty members at our School, however, reach out across those departmental boundaries through their performance, research, teaching, and administrative activities. In fact, such activities may very well be viewed as our proudest achievements, because they overcome the narrow confines of individual fields and ultimately provide communicative links and coherence in our school.
Records show that the first Affiliate Faculty appointments were made in 1995, based on a proposal from Professor Jürgen Thym, now Emeritus Professor of Musicology.
Background on Affiliate Faculty Appointments
The Eastman School of Music will honor faculty members who have created synergisms across departments and disciplines with affiliate appointments in a department other than their home department. We encourage departments to identify faculty members who have significantly contributed through their activities to the well-being of another department.
Activities that qualify as synergisms include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Teaching or team-teaching in another department
- Notable performances in an area other than one’s home department
- Notable publications in an area crossing one’s home department
- Advisory and tutorial duties that significantly provide guidance to another department.
There are no obligations for the honored individual connected with an affiliate appointment. It is hoped, however, that the affiliate may continue on the trajectory established by activities for which s/he is honored.
Affiliated departments are encouraged to invite affiliated faculty to participate in departmental functions, instruction, team-teaching, masterclasses, ensembles, etc. The affiliate may be invited, at the discretion of the chair of the affiliated department, to departmental meetings and be consulted formally and informally on appropriate issues.
Nominations of Affiliate Faculty must take the form of (1) a letter of recommendation from the Chair of the affiliate (inviting) department, outlining the reasons to support for this nomination; and (2) a copy of or link to the nominee’s curriculum vitae. The nomination may be in email format. The Dean will make a decision about Affiliate appointments no later than May 1 of the current academic year, and the Academic Affairs Office will send a notice to the faculty member as well as to the Chairs of both the home and affiliate departments.
The initial appointment as Affiliate Faculty will have a term of four (4) years; faculty may be re-appointed but require a new letter of recommendation for a new term to update the relationship between the department and the affiliate faculty member. Department Chairs should expect to include a report of Affiliate Faculty involvement in the annual review of the Department. There is currently no limitation on the number of Affiliate Faculty.
The Affiliate Faculty appointment is purely honorary; it comes with no substantial obligations or tangible rewards. Affiliate Faculty will be announced to the Eastman community in the spring semester when decisions are made. Affiliates may be indicated as such on department websites, and in department ads, newsletters, etc.
Affiliate Faculty Appointment/Reappointment Spring 2023:
Juliana Athayde, STR; Affiliate in Conducting and Ensembles (2023-27)
Christopher Azzara, MTL; Affiliate in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media (2007-23; reappointed 2023-27) and Affiliate in Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion (2023-27)
Tony Caramia, PNO; Affiliate in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media (2002-23; reappointed 2023-27)
Robert Morris, CMP; Affiliate in Music Theory (1999-23; reappointed 2023-27)
Darren Mueller, MUY; Affiliate in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media (2019-23, reappointed 2023-27)
Mark Scatterday, CND/ENS; Affiliate in Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion (2023-27)
Holly Watkins, MUY; Affiliate in Music Theory (2019-23; reappointed 2023-27)
Emeritus Librarian Daniel Zager, SML; Affiliate in Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards (2003-23; reappointed 2023-27)
Continuing Affiliate Faculty Appointments:
Christina Curren, HUM; Affiliate in Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching (2014-26)
Robert Doran, FR/School of Arts & Sciences; Affiliate in Music Theory (2017-25)
Andrew Harley, ACM; Affiliate in Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching (2020-24)
Mark Kellogg, WBP; Affiliate in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media (2004-16, 2021-25)
Mark Kellogg, WBP; Affiliate in Music Teaching & Learning (2018-22; reappointed 2022-26)
Paul O’Dette, CND/ENS and STR; Affiliate in Musicology (1996-2024)
Paul O’Dette, CND/ENS and STR; Affiliate in Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching (2018-26)
Masumi Rostad, STR; Affiliate in Chamber Music (2018-26)
Philip Silvey, MTL; Affiliate in Conducting & Ensembles (2014-26)
Emerita Kerala Snyder, MUY; Affiliate in Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards (1997; reappointed 2012-24)
Dariusz Terefenko, JCM; Affiliate in Music Theory (2010-26) and Affiliate in Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards (2022-26)
William Weinert, CND/ENS; Affiliate in Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching (2018-26)
Previous Affiliate Faculty Appointments:
Emeritus Robert Wason, TH; Affiliate in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media (1998-23)
Beryl Garver, ACM; Affiliate in Voice, Opera and Vocal Coaching (2016-22)
Bradley Lubman, CND/ENS; Affiliate in Composition (2012-21)
Emeritus Jürgen Thym, MUY; Affiliate in Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards (2012-20)
Emeritus Ramon Ricker, WBP; Affiliate in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media (2010-18)
Edoardo Bellotti, ORG/HPC; Affiliate in Musicology (2014-18)
William Marvin, TH; Affiliate in Musicology (2013-17)
Mark Bocko, Engineering/Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences; Affiliate in Music Theory (2007-15)
Celia Applegate, HIS/School of Arts & Sciences; Affiliate in Musicology (2011-12)
Robert Morris, CMP; Affiliate in Musicology (2000-12)
Hans Davidsson, ORG/HPC; Affiliate in Musicology (2002-11)
Steven Laitz, TH; Affiliate in Chamber Music (2003-11)
Susan Conkling, MUE; Affiliate in Conducting & Ensembles (2007-10)
Malcolm Bilson, ORG/HPC; Affiliate in Musicology (1996-08)
Gabriela Ilnitchi, MUY; Affiliate in Music Theory (2003-07)
Martin Scherzinger, MUY; Affiliate in Music Theory (2003-07)
Daniel Albright, ENG/School of Arts & Sciences; Affiliate in Musicology (1998-03)
Elizabeth Marvin, TH; Affiliate in Voice and Opera (2000-04)
Ellen Koskoff, MUY; Affiliate in Humanities (1998-02)
Arthur Haas, HPC; Affiliate in Musicology (1996)
Douglas Dempster; HUM (Philosophy), Affiliate in Music Theory and Musicology (1995)
Revised, July 2023