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List of Professors

Namesort icon Years at Michigan Position

George Balch Wilson

1961 - 1994
Professor of Music (Composition)

Kristin P. Kuster

Assistant Professor of Composition

Leslie Raymond Bassett

1956 - 1992
Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor of Music (Composition)

Paul Andrew Rardin

2005 - 2011
Associate Profesor of Music

Stephen M. Newby

1993 - 1996
Assistant Professor of Music (Music/Media Technology and Composition)

Susan Botti

2000 - 2006
Associate Professor of Music (Composition)

William E. Bolcom

1977 - 2009
William E. Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Music

William H. Albright

1970 - 1998
Professor of Music (composition)