جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Allen McCulloughمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Music Composition
• Classical Music
• Orchestral Composition
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Allen McCullough is an Assistant Professor of Music at Purdue University's Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, and Performance, teaching courses including Music Appreciation and maintaining an active career as a composer and pedagogue. His educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Music from Brown University, a Master's in Composition from the Manhattan School of Music (studying with Giampaolo Bracali), and dual Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Composition from the University of Pennsylvania (studying with James Primosch, Jay Reise, and Anna Weesner). McCullough's creative research spans multiple compositional domains with particular emphasis on instrumental and vocal expression. His work demonstrates technical mastery across diverse formats including solo piano, string quartets, orchestral compositions (notably a five-movement symphony and piano concerto), and extended vocal forms. The composer exhibits consistent exploration of contemporary classical idioms while maintaining strong connections to traditional structures. Analysis of his recent compositions reveals concentrated development in chamber music and vocal genres over the past decade, with significant contributions to viola-piano repertoire, art song cycles, and innovative piano works that bridge historical forms with modern harmonic language. Scientific awards and honors include: Selection for drift – vol.34 of the Society of Composers, Inc. new music CD series Selection for inclusion in the scores library for the American Viola Society for Sonata for Viola and Piano (c.2019) Finalist for the National Association of the Teachers of Singing (NATS) Song Cycle competition for The Blue Symphony song cycle (c.2014) Inclusion in RMN Classical’s album Modern Music for Piano 3 Selection for inclusion in RMN Classical’s album Modern Music for Piano 4 for Preludes 2-4 (c.2011) Inclusion in the Sound and Music Archive of the British Library for Preludes 2-4 McCullough has secured significant research funding through grants from the Indiana Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Mercer University, and Purdue University. His collaborative practice involves prominent international artists including Van Cliburn gold medalist Yekwon Sunwoo, Czech Philharmonic concertmaster Josef Spacek, soprano Jennifer O’Loughlin, and the Aeolus, Harlem, and Daedalus String Quartets. While maintaining no formal laboratory, McCullough operates within a dynamic network of performance collaborators and commissioning organizations including the Tippecanoe Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Yellow Springs, Eakins Vocal Consort, and Lotte Lehman Foundation, facilitating the realization of new works through close artist-composer partnerships.

• Musicology
• Orchestration
• Symphonic Music
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Fredrica Roos is an Affiliated Researcher in the Department of Musicology at Uppsala University, with her office located at Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3H in Uppsala. She can be reached via email at fredrica.roos@musik.uu.se. Her research is deeply rooted in Musicology, focusing on orchestration techniques and symphonic analysis. She has a particular interest in the works of Gustav Mahler, exploring how orchestration contributes to expressive meaning in his symphonies. This specialization places her within the broader contexts of late Romantic music and music theory, with specific attention to compositional strategies that generate vivid musical imagery through instrumental color and texture. Recent scholarly output demonstrates a concentrated effort on Mahler's symphonies, specifically examining the Fourth and Fifth, which indicates a trend toward detailed case studies of major symphonic works to uncover structural and expressive devices. Her 2023 monograph represents a methodical approach to analyzing orchestral writing as a narrative tool within the late Romantic tradition. No scientific awards or student advising activities were documented in the available information, and no laboratory or research team affiliations were specified.

• Classical Composition
• Jazz Composition and Arrangement
• Contemporary Music
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Dieter Ammann is a renowned Swiss composer and professor at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, where he leads the composition class at the Institute for New Music, Composition and Theory. He also lectures at the Bern University of Arts and has conducted masterclasses at prestigious institutions worldwide including universities in Cologne, Weimar, Karlsruhe, St. Petersburg, and New York University. His research interests focus on contemporary classical composition with emphasis on meticulous notation techniques, structural development, and innovative approaches to orchestration. Ammann's work bridges traditional classical forms with modern compositional techniques, exploring the relationship between silence and sound, mathematical structures in music, and the expressive potential of contemporary instrumental techniques. His compositions often feature complex rhythmic structures and innovative timbral explorations that challenge conventional performance practices. Ammann's recent works demonstrate a consistent focus on structural complexity and innovative approaches to musical form. His compositions span from intimate chamber works to large-scale orchestral pieces, with a particular emphasis on the exploration of sound textures and rhythmic complexity. The recurring themes in his work include structural transformation, the relationship between silence and sound, and the exploration of musical networks and interconnections. Aargau Board of Trustees grants Canton of Lucerne grants Franz Liszt Scholarship from the Weimar European Capital of Culture Foundation Main prize of the IBLA Foundation New York (in honor of L. Berio) Young Composers in Europe Competition (Leipzig) Swiss Music Prize Ernst von Siemens Prize for Composition AZ Media Prize for Culture As an educator, Ammann has significantly influenced the next generation of composers through his teaching at Lucerne and Bern, as well as through international masterclasses. His meticulous approach to composition, which often takes two years or more to complete a commissioned work, has established him as one of Switzerland's most respected contemporary composers. Ammann has received invitations as composer-in-residence at major festivals including the Lucerne Festival and the Witten Days for New Chamber Music, collaborating with ensembles such as Ensemble Intercontemporain and Klangforum Wien.