Mark Sallmen

Mark Sallmen

Professor, Teaching Stream

Music Theory

Education

  • PhD, University of Rochester
  • MA, University of Rochester

Biography

Dr. Mark Sallmen teaches tonal and post-tonal music theory courses in the undergraduate core curriculum, as well as upper-level undergraduate and graduate seminars in the Theory and Analysis of Atonal Music, Extended Tonal Techniques, Music of Ligeti and Lutoslawski, Current Compositional Practices and Pedagogy of Music Theory. He has advised independent research projects on the music of Chen, Dutilleux, Husa, Lutoslawski, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Rubbra, Schnittke, Sondheim, Togni, Tournemire, Vivier and Wolpe. In 2014, Professor Sallmen received the Faculty of Music’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Professor Sallmen has published articles in Music Theory Online, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Theory and Practice, Indiana Theory Review, and Intégral and has presented scholarly papers at conferences of the Society for Music Theory, Canadian University Music Society, Music Theory Society of New York State, Music Theory Midwest, Music Theory Southeast and the College Music Society. This work has involved the music of Schoenberg, Webern, Carter and Debussy, as well as the pedagogy of twentieth-century music. Professor Sallmen’s current interests include atonal voice leading and the development of music theory instructional videos.