Alfred Cochran

Alfred Cochran serves as a Professor in the Department of Music within Kansas State University's School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, teaching core courses including Music History, Symphonic Literature, Graduate Theory Review, Introduction to American Music, Jazz History, and Introduction to Music.

His research spans film music analysis, jazz historiography, and saxophone performance practice, with scholarly contributions published in premier references like New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, and Oxford University Press anthologies.

Cochran maintains an international academic presence through lectures at the Museum of Modern Art, New York University, Eisenhower Library, and multiple UK institutions including Oxford University, Cardiff University, and Durham University.