Faculty

Department: conservatory
Gwen Robertson, PhD
Humanities Faculty
Focuses on teaching that centers around rethinking the role of the arts in contemporary life
Brandon J. Rolle, PhD
Music Theory and Ear Training Faculty
Dr. Brandon J. Rolle is a composer whose work fuses traditional methods with research in acoustics, psychoacoustics, and computer-assisted approaches to composition. He was a student of pioneering composers Pauline Oliveros at Mills College and Clarence Barlow at UC Santa Barbara.
Dr. Tammy S. Yi
Music Pedagogy
Dr. Yi’s research focus is on ethnic studies, culturally responsive pedagogy, and EDIA (equity, diversity, inclusion, and access) initiatives as they pertain to music performance and education.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Director of Conducting, Negaunee Conducting Program; Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies
Esa-Pekka Salonen is Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Conductor Laureate of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the faculty of the Colburn School, he directs the pre-professional Negaunee Conducting Program and holds the Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies.
Deborah Smith
Library Director, Director of Academic Programs
Colburn Conservatory of Music's Library Director and Director of Academic Programs
Aaron Tindall
Tuba Faculty
Aaron Tindall is a frequent soloist, guest artist/clinician, and orchestral tubist throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has been featured at all of the International Tuba and Euphonium Conferences since 2006, performed in England with the National Champion Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band, and his solo playing has been heard on NPR’s Performance Today.