The Duke University Department of Music is home to a dynamic community of performers, composers, scholars, educators, and artists whose work shapes musical life at Duke and beyond.
Our faculty bring a wide range of perspectives, expertise, and creative practices to their teaching, research, performance, and mentorship. Browse faculty by category below to learn more about the people who help make the Department of Music a place for creating, exploring, and connecting through music.
Composition
Meet the composers whose creative work, teaching, and mentorship encourage students to develop distinctive musical voices and explore new possibilities in sound. View faculty in this area.
Ensemble Directors
Meet the faculty who lead Duke’s ensembles, bringing students together through rehearsal, performance, collaboration, and shared musical discovery. View faculty in this area.
Ethnomusicology
Explore the faculty whose research and teaching examine music within its cultural, social, historical, and global contexts. View faculty in this area.
Musicology
Discover faculty whose scholarship investigates music across history, culture, ideas, communities, and artistic traditions. View faculty in this area.
Music Theory
Meet the faculty who explore how music works — its structures, languages, analytical traditions, and the many ways we hear and understand it. View faculty in this area.
Performance: Brass and Percussion
Meet the brass and percussion faculty who guide students in developing artistry, technique, musicianship, and confidence in performance. View faculty in this area.
Performance: Keyboard
Meet our keyboard faculty, whose teaching and artistry support students in developing expressive, thoughtful, and accomplished approaches to performance. View faculty in this area.
Performance: Strings
Meet the string faculty who mentor students through individual study, collaborative music-making, and the exploration of a wide range of repertoire and traditions. View faculty in this area.
Performance: Voice
Meet the voice faculty who help students cultivate healthy technique, expressive artistry, and meaningful connections between music, text, and performance. View faculty in this area.
Performance: Woodwinds
Meet the woodwind faculty whose teaching combines technical development, musical exploration, and expressive performance. View faculty in this area.
Affiliated Faculty
Explore faculty from across Duke whose teaching, scholarship, and creative work intersect with and enrich the study of music. View faculty in this area.
Emeritus Faculty
Meet emeritus faculty whose distinguished teaching, scholarship, performance, and service have helped shape the Department of Music and its community. View faculty in this area.