Core Studies: Skills and Theory

Dr. Brent Lee, Professor of Music Theory, Composition, Arranging & Sonic Arts

Dr. Brent Lee, associate professor of music

Courses: Music Theory I, II, Sonic Art
Office: Armouries, AM 222
Tel: (519) 253-3000 ext. 2790
Email: brentlee@uwindsor.ca

Professor of Sonic Arts and Music, School of Creative Arts, University of Windsor. Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.

Brent Lee is a Canadian musician, scholar and educator. He studied at McGill University and later the University of British Columbia, where he completed his doctoral degree in 1999. His compositions range from orchestral music to electroacoustic pieces, and include jazz and incidental music. He has received awards or commissions from CAPAC, SOCAN, the Canada Council, the Alberta Heritage Fund, The Gaudeamus Foundation (The Netherlands), the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France).

In addition to performances and broadcasts in many countries, several of his works have been commercially recorded. His compositions and improvisations often explore the relationship between acoustic instruments and digital sound processing; this interest has extended to his work as a performing member of a number of improvising ensembles including gems, Strictly Plutonic, Modus Vivendi, and the Noiseborder Ensemble.

In 2002, he accepted a position at the University of Windsor, and served as composer-in-residence with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra from 2003-06. He has been an associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre since 1991.

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Mr. Michael Karloff, Special & Sessional Instructor

Courses: Jazz/Pop Piano, Basic Skills I, II, Jazz Theory

Meeting room: Armouries, AM 204
Tel: (519) 253-3000 ext. 2828
Email: mkarloff@uwindsor.ca

Michael Karloff graduated from Wayne State University with a Masters Degree in Jazz Music. He has both performed and had original compositions/arrangements premiered at the Michigan Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Jazz on the River Festival in Trenton and Boblo Island Jazz Festival. He has worked in the pit for over 50 musical theatre productions, and has served as a Music Director for over 20 shows with Windsor Light Music Theatre, The Capitol Theatre, Theatre Intrigue, Lewscrew Productions, Korda Productions, Migration Hall, Windsor Feminist Theatre and St. Clair College. Michael currently works on the Faculty at Wayne State University as director of Jazz Combos. He also works in the Department of Music Theatre Performance at St. Clair College as an accompanist, music director, conductor, pit band arranger/orchestrator and teaches courses in Ear Training and Music Theory. Michael continues to work regularly as a freelance jazz pianist and accompanist, comfortable in any genre of music.

Bruce J. G. Kotowich, DMA, Associate Professor, Director of Choirs, Vocal Area Supervisor

Courses: Chamber Choir, University Singers, Conducting, Class Voice, Theory III, Special Topics courses
Dr. Kotowich is an Academic Advisor for Music students.

Office: Armouries, AM 216
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 2794
E-Mail: kotowich@uwindsor.ca
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