Diane Luchese, Associate Professor of Music Theory, joined the Towson faculty in Fall, 1999. Before coming to Towson, 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 worked as an organist and choir master in the New York, Boston, and Chicago metropolitan areas, and currently freelances as an organist in the Baltimore area.

Dr. Luchese earned a PhD in music theory from Northwestern University, Master of Music Degrees from the New England Conservatory in both music theory and organ performance, and a bachelor of music degree in organ performance from the Manhattan School of Music. Her organ teachers include Yuko Hayashi, Frederick Swann and Paul-Martin Maki.  Composition teachers include M. William Karlins and Robert Cogan. Her special interests include performing new music for organ, research on time and motion, the musics of Bach, Hildegard, Messiaen and Ligeti, and music theory pedagogy as influenced by music cognition research.

Office: CA 2096
Phone: 410-704-2823
email: dluchese@towson.edu