Maeve Gillen (she/her) is a bassoonist, conductor, and second-year PhD student in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. Her varied research interests include theories of meter, rhythm, and temporality; ska music, and intersections between music theory and continental philosophy and critical theory, particularly psychoanalysis. In addition to her research, she serves as a teaching assistant for the Eastman Music Theory Department as well as Social Media Manager for Volume 37 of the music theory publication Intègra: The Journal of Applied Musical Thought.

Prior to her studies at Eastman, Maeve earned a BFA in bassoon performance from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as a Master’s of Music in bassoon performance from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. As a bassoonist, she has performed in Europe, across the United States, and has appeared as soloist with the Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble as winner of their 2016 Concerto Competition. Her principal teachers are Benjamin Kamins, Nancy Goeres, and Anthony Georgeson. Maeve plays on a 10,000 series Heckel bassoon. As a conductor, Maeve has studied under Daniel Nesta Curtis as well as at the Pierre Monteux School and Festival under the late Michael Jinbo.

In addition to her music studies, Maeve is an avid home barista, enthusiastic candy consumer, and napper extraordinaire.