Kyle Gann's Teaching History
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Adjunct Professor, 1987-1989Music before 1800 19th-Century Music 20th-Century Music Institute for Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College:
Fall 1991:Numbers and New Music (Ives, Cowell, Johnston, La Monte Young, Partch, Nancarrow) Bucknell University:
Kushell Lecturer, Fall 1989Heart and Brain in 20th-Century Music (Aesthetics)
Adjunct Professor, 1990-1995
Visiting Professor, Fall 1995 - Spring 1997Medieval and Renaissance Music Baroque and Classical Music Romantic and 20th-Century Music First-Year Theory Analytical Techniques Orchestration Intro to Theory for Non-Music-Majors Class Composition Freshman Seminar: Music, Math, and Mysticism Columbia University
Adjunct Professor, Spring 1996Analytical Studies in Music Since 1945 Bard College:
Assistant Professor of Music, Fall 1997 to Spring 2002
Associate Professor of Music (tenured), Fall 2002 to Spring 2013
The Taylor Hawver and Frances Bortle Hawver Professor of Music, Fall 2013 to the presentFall 1997:
The Evolution of the Sonata (C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Clementi, Mozart, Dussek, Beethoven, Hummel, Schubert) Beethoven Renaissance Counterpoint Private Composition Spring 1998:
The Arithmetic of Listening (Theory and History of Alternate Tunings) Analysis of the Classics of Modernism (Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps, Satie's Socrate, Ives'sThe Fourth of July, Webern's Symphony, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, and others) Fundamentals of Music II Private Composition Fall 1998:
The Symphony from Sammartini to Branca New Musical Currents Since Minimalism 19th-Century Harmony Ear-Training Private Composition Spring 1999:
Medieval Music Fundamentals of Music II Ear-Training III Private Composition Fall 1999:
Franz Liszt and the Romantic Century Renaissance Counterpoint Advanced Analysis Seminar: Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Winds, Feldman's Why Patterns? Ear-Training III Private Composition Spring 2000:
The Arithmetic of Listening (Theory and History of Alternate Tunings) Fundamentals of Music II Ear-Training III Private Composition Fall 2000:
Charles Ives and the Definition of an American Classical Music 19th-Century Harmony Fundamentals of Music I Private Composition Spring 2001:
on sabbatical Fall 2001:
Analysis of the Classics of Modernism Renaissance Counterpoint Literature and Language of Music Private Composition Spring 2002:
The Arithmetic of Listening (Theory and History of Alternate Tunings) Fundamentals of Music II Music After Minimalism (Seminar tutorial) Private Composition Fall 2002:
The Operas and Ideas of Richard Wagner 19th-Century Harmony Advanced Analysis Seminar (Liszt, B-Minor Sonata; Messiaen, Turangalila Symphony; Ashley, Improvement: Don Leaves Linda) Private Composition Spring 2003:
The Evolution of the Sonata (C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Clementi, Mozart, Dussek, Beethoven, Hummel, Schubert) Fundamentals of Music II 20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program) Private Composition Fall 2003:
Analysis of the Classics of Modernism Renaissance Counterpoint Fundamentals of Music I Private Composition Spring 2004:
The Arithmetic of Listening (Theory and History of Alternate Tunings) Fundamentals of Music II 20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program) Private Composition Fall 2004:
Fundamentals of Music I 19th-Century Harmony Writing about Music (techniques of criticism) Private Composition Spring 2005:
Fundamentals of Music II Advanced Analysis Seminar (Brahms Clarinet Trio Op. 114; Carter Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord; Duckworth The Time Curve Preludes) 20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program) Private Composition Fall 2005:
Fundamentals of Music I Analyzing Beethoven Analysis of the Classics of Modernism Private Composition Spring 2006:
Fundamentals of Music II The Arithmetic of Listening (Theory and History of Alternate Tunings) 20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program) Private Composition Fall 2006:
Music Theory I Renaissance Counterpoint Populism Versus Progress in 20th-Century Music Open Instrumentation Ensemble Private Composition Spring 2007:
On sabbaticalFall 2007:
On leaveSpring 2008:
Music Theory II Analysis of the Classics of Modernism Private Composition Fall 2008:
Music Theory I Evolution of the Sonata Advanced Analysis Seminar: Minimalism Private Composition Spring 2009:
Music Theory II 19th-Century Harmony 20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program) Private Composition Fall 2009:
Music Theory I The Arithmetic of Listening (Theory and History of Alternate Tunings) Renaissance Counterpoint Private Composition Spring 2010:
Music Theory II Analysis of the Classics of Modernism 20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program) Private Composition Fall 2010:
Music Theory I
Twelve-Tone Analysis Seminar
Analyzing BeethovenPrivate Composition Spring 2011:
Music Theory II
Concord Sonata Seminar
20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program)Private Composition Fall 2011:
Music Theory I
19th-Century Harmony
Renaissance CounterpointPrivate Composition Spring 2012:
On sabbaticalFall 2012:
Arithmetic of ListeningAnalysis of the Classics of Modernism Private Composition Spring 2013:
Evolution of the Sonata
20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program)Private Composition Fall 2013:
Advanced Analysis Seminar: Minimalism
Literature and Language of Music III: Since 1900Private Composition Spring 2014:
Renaissance CounterpointPrivate Composition Fall 2014:
Analyzing Late Beethoven
Analysis of the Classics of ModernismPrivate Composition Spring 2015:
Theory 2Private Composition
20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program)Fall 2015:
The Arithmetic of Listening
19th-Century Harmony
Private CompositionSpring 2016:
Advanced Analysis Seminar: Charles Ives
Music Theory 2
Private CompositionFall 2016:
Advanced Analysis Seminar: Minimalism
Analysis of the Classics of ModernismPrivate Composition Spring 2017:
American Opera Narratives
Renaissance Counterpoint
20th-Century Orchestral Repertoire (MFA Conducting program)Private Composition Fall 2017:
Postmodern Music, Postmodern Listening Evolution of the Sonata Private Composition Spring 2018:
On sabbaticalFall 2018:
The Arithmetic of Listening
Analysis of the Classics of ModernismPrivate Composition Spring 2019:
Renaissance Counterpoint
19th-Century HarmonyFall 2019:
The American Symphony: An Analytical Survey
Advanced Analysis Seminar: MinimalismSpring 2020:
John Cage and the 1960s Avant-Garde
Literature and Language of Music IV: Music since 1900Fall 2020
The Arithmetic of Listening
Imaging America in MusicSpring 2021
Analysis of 20th-Century Music
20th-CenturyOrchestral Repertoire
Music Theory 2Fall 2021
Understanding Beethoven
Renaissance Counterpoint
Private CompositionSpring 2022
Minimalist Music
Music Theory 2
Private CompositionFall 2022
The Arithmetic of Listening
Music Theory 1
Private CompositionSpring 2023
Analysis of 20th-Century Music
Analysis of 19th-Century Music
20th-CenturyOrchestral Repertoire <
Private CompositionFall 2023
On sabbaticalSpring 2024
The Arithmetic of Listening
Music Theory 2
Graduate seminar: The American Symphony
Private CompositionFall 2024
The Arithmetic of Listening
Minimalist Music
Private Composition
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