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theorist/organist Diane Luchese joined the Towson faculty in fall 1999,
and has since been teaching courses in music theory, aural skills,
counterpoint, and analysis. Before coming to Towson University, she
taught music theory at the Ohio State University, the Chicago Musical
College, New England Conservatory, and DePaul University's Community
Music Division. She previously held positions as an organist/choir
master in the New York, Boston, and Chicago metropolitan areas, and
currently freelances as a church organist in the Baltimore area.Among Prof. Luchese’s special interests are counterpoint; pedagogy as informed by cognition research; rhythm, time and motion; and the musics of Bach, Hildegard, Messiaen and Ligeti. Accordingly, she has presented papers at numerous conferences, which include meetings of the Society for Music Theory, the International Society of Hildegard von Bingen Studies, the First International Congress on Messiaen Studies, the International Congress on Medieval Studies, and the Bridges Conference. In 2010, she contributed a chapter to Olivier Messiaen: The Centenary Papers, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Her articles have been published in Sonus and The American Organist. Luchese has performed recitals throughout the northeast, and especially enjoys performing contemporary works. In 2009 she performed John Cage’s Organ2/ASLSP in a fifteen-hour concert at Towson University, setting the world record for the longest uninterrupted performance of this work by a single human. Luchese earned a PhD in music theory from Northwestern University, MM degrees from the New England Conservatory in both music theory and organ performance, and a BM degree in organ performance from the Manhattan School of Music. Her organ teachers include Yuko Hayashi, Frederick Swann, and Paul-Martin Maki. She also studied composition privately with M. William Karlins and Robert Cogan. Office: CA 2096 |