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List of Professors
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Years at Michigan | Position | |
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Alice Mahler Kern |
1949 - 1976 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Anton Nel |
1992 - 2000 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Ava Comin Case |
1929 - 1963 | Professor of Piano |
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Barton L. Polot |
2001 | Assistant Professor of Music (Music Education, Piano Pedagogy, Music Technology) |
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Benning W. Dexter |
1949 - 1985 |
Professor of Music (Piano) Chair Department of Piano |
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Carl J. Alexius |
1962 - 1984 | Associate Professor of Music |
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Charles R. Fisher |
1953 - 1991 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Dickran Atamian |
1992 - 1996 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Edward L. Parmentier |
1976 - 2015 |
Professor of Music (Harpsichord) Arthur F. Thunau Professor of Music Director of Early Music Ensemble |
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Gyorgy Sandor |
1961 - 1982 | Earl V. Moore Distinguished School Professor of Music |
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Helen Titus |
1936 - 1959 | Associate Professor of Piano |
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Jeffrey P. GIlliam |
1989 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Joanne A. Smith |
1983 - 2001 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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John Lloyd Kollen |
1934 - 1976 | Professor of Music |
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Jonathan Shames |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Piano & Conducting |
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Joseph Brinkman |
1931 - 1961 |
Professor of Piano Chair Department of Piano |
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Kurt Wilhelm Pickut |
1957 - 1977 |
Associate Professor of Music (Piano Technology) Director of Piano Technology |
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Louis B. Nagel |
1969 - 2016 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Lynne K. Bartholomew |
1966 - 2000 | Associate Professor of Music (piano) |
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Mabel Ross Rhead Field |
1904 - 1948 | Professor of Piano |
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Margo Halsted |
1987 - 2003 |
Associate Professor of Music (Campanology) University Carillonneur |
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Marian Anderson Owen Hunt |
1946 - 1978 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Mary S. Fishburne |
1948 - 1955 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Maud Zencia Okkelberg |
1930 - 1949 | Associate Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Philip Bush |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Robert W. Hord |
1955 - 1984 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Samuel P. Lockwood |
1900 - 1933 |
Professor of Music (Piano) Chair Department of Piano |
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Sean Brett Duggan |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Piano |
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Sergio De Los Cogos |
1999 - 2000 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
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Theodore Lettvin |
1977 - 1987 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
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William E. Bolcom |
1977 - 2009 | William E. Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Music |