Faculty

Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi, Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ghazi@nyu.edu
Education: BA SUNY-Purchase College; MA New York University; PhD New York University

Research Interests: Kuwaiti pearl-diving music; Global jazz; Music and sea trade in Indian Ocean; Aesthetics; Philosophy

Gwyneth Bravo, Assistant Professor of Music; Global Network Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: gwyneth.bravo@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, MA, University of California, Los Angeles (Historical Musicology); Fulbright Scholar Musicologi...

Research Interests: Musicology; music and politics; nationalism; exile; German aesthetic theory; 20th-century German and...

Warren Churchill, Senior Lecturer of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: warren.churchill@nyu.edu
Education: BM Crane School of Music, SUNY; MA, EdM, EdD Teachers College, Columbia University

Research Interests: childhood development, disability studies, music therapy, exceptionalities, inclusion, music philoso...

Joe Davies, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: Visiting
Email: joe.davies@nyu.edu
Education: BMus King's College London; MSt University of Oxford; DPhil University of Oxford

Research Interests: Nineteenth-Century Studies; Aesthetics; Gender; Women in Music; Piano Culture; Global Musicology

Andrew J. Eisenberg, Program Head, Music; Associate Professor of Music; Global Network Associate Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aje2000@nyu.edu
Education: BMus New York University; MA, PhD Columbia University

Research Interests: anthropology of music; anthropology of sound; African popular music; sound and space; ethnicity and ...

Mary Syretha Gatchell, Visiting Lecturer of Music Affiliation: Visiting
Email: msg2162@nyu.edu
Education: Bachelor of Music New York University; Master of Music New York University

Research Interests: Piano, voice, singer, oboe, composition, songwriting, Broadway, classical music, jazz, pop/rock, sou...

Carlos Guedes, Associate Professor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cag204@nyu.edu
Education: BM Polytechnic of Porto, School of Music and Performing Arts; MA, PhD New York University

Research Interests: analysis and preservation of music, automatic music generation, interactive music systems

Matteo Marciano, Associate Arts Professor of Practice of Music Technology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: matteo.marciano@nyu.edu
Education: BA Business Administration Bachelor from L.U.M.S.A. University in Rome, MMB Master Degree in Music B...

Research Interests: sound recording, music production, sound mixing, and music cognition

Jesse Boere, Instructor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: jesse.boere@nyu.edu
Education: MSc, SOAS University of London; MM, Berklee College of Music; BM, Codarts Rotterdam

Elizabeth Yoonjung Han, Adjunct Collaborative Piano Accompanist Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yjh1@nyu.edu
Education: BM Seoul National University, South Korea; MM Seoul National University; Graduate Diploma New Englan...

Research Interests: Music performance, collaboration with diverse artists and musicians

Cristina Ioan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Affiliation: Visiting
Email: ci9@nyu.edu
Education: PhD, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Joao Menezes, Senior Manager, Arts Technical and Equipment; Instructor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: joao.menezes@nyu.edu

Klaudia Olborska-Szymanska, Adjunct Instructor of Music Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: klaudia.olborska@nyu.edu
Education: MA Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

Research Interests: Violin, Viola, Chamber Music, Orchestra, Arabic Music, Violin Literature, Classical Music, Performin...

Ioannis Potamousis, Adjunct Instructor of Music Performance (Piano) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ioannis.potamousis@nyu.edu
Education: Musikhochshule Cologne, BM and MM, Manned college of Music Professional Studies, Doctor of Musical A...

Research Interests: Piano Literature, Greek Piano composition, Piano Pedagogy, Active performance activity as a concert ...

Yarub Smarait, Adjunct Instructor of Music Performance Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: yms8613@nyu.edu
Education: MA Berklee Valencia

Research Interests: Music; Music Education; Music Productiion

Thaddeus Stegall, Instructor of Music and Producer Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: thaddeus@nyu.edu
Education: MA, Michigan State University; BS, Florida A&M University (FAMU) ;

Chara Steliou, Adjunct Instructor of Music Performance (Piano) Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: steliou.c@nyu.edu
Education: BMus University of Sheffield; MMus Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama; PhD candidate Durham Univ...

Research Interests: Music memory, music psychology, piano pedagogy, piano memorisation techniques