Music Theory and Composition Faculty
Full Time Faculty
Steve Rouse
Marc Satterwhite
Krzysztof Wolek
Anne Marie de Zeeuw
Adjunct Faculty
Paul Dell Aquila
Jeremy Podgursky
Steve Rouse
(D.M.A., University of Michigan)
Winner of the 1987 Rome Prize, Steve Rouse holds among his awards a three-year Meet The Composer residency, a National Endowment for the Arts Composition Fellowship, two major awards from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, two major fellowships from the Kentucky Arts Council, numerous ASCAP awards, and the 1999 Research and Creative Achievement Award from the University of Louisville. Rouse’s works have been performed around the globe, and his music is recorded on the Telarc, Delos, Summit, and Coronet labels. He is included in the new millennium edition of Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Musicians, Ninth Edition. His music is published by C. F. Peters, MMB, Manhattan Beach Music, and Primal Press.
Visit Dr. Rouse's Web Site
Email Dr. Rouse
Marc Satterwhite
(D.M., Indiana University)
Works by Marc Satterwhite have been performed in diverse venues all over the United States, as well as in Latin America, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Africa by such groups as the Boston Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, The London Composers Ensemble, the Verdehr Trio, eighth blackbird, Tales & Scales, the Pittsburgh New Ensemble, and the Core Ensemble. He has received residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. His music is recorded on the Summit and Coronet labels and published by Southern Music Company.
Visit Dr. Satterwhite's Web Site
Email Dr. Satterwhite
AnneMarie de Zeeuw
(M.M. & Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin)
Anne Marie de Zeeuw, Professor of Music Theory, studied at Michigan State University (B.Mus. in applied violin) and The University of Texas at Austin (M.M. and Ph.D. in music theory). She has taught theory and analysis at the School of Music since 1985.
Dr. de Zeeuw's articles on analytical and pedagogical topics have appeared in College Music Symposium, the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, the Journal of Musicology, and the Teacher's Guide to the Advanced Placement Program in Music Theory; she has also contributed reviews to Notes and Music Theory Spectrum. She has collaborated with Rebecca Jemian on interviews with Grawemeyer Award recipients, the first of which has been published in Perspectives of New Music, and she is the co-author of two sight-singing books. She served as a member of the College Board's Test Development Committee for the Advanced Placement Examination in Music Theory from 1991 to 1998 and as the chair of the committee from 1995 to 1998. In 2000 she received the University of Louisville Distinguished Teaching Professor award.
Email Anne Marie de Zeeuw
Paul Dell Aquila
(B.A., Hofstra University)
Paul Dell Aquila was born on Long Island, New York. There, he began his musical studies on the guitar under the direction of esteemed music educator Al Lacausi. Dell Aquila earned a bachelor's degree in music theory and composition from Hofstra University in 1988. While living in New York, Paul was active composing, teaching guitar, and performing with his wife Grace. In addition to composing serious music as a member of the Long Island Composers'; Guild, Paul wrote many pop songs and radio jingles, some of which are still aired today. Dell Aquila and his wife relocated to Louisville in the nineties, and soon, Paul was elected president of the Louisville Area Songwriters' Association. He earned a master's degree in music theory from the University of Louisville. Today, Paul is enjoying teaching music at the university, composing, and performing around town with his wife in a music duo called Another Colour.
Email Paul Dell Aquila
Jeremy Podgursky
(M.M., University of Louisville)
Jeremy recently finished the Grawemeyer Fellowship in music composition (M.M.) at the University of Louisville where he studied with Steve Rouse (acoustic) and John Gibson (electronics). His music has been featured in venues and festivals in the United States, the Netherlands and Japan. Along the way, he studied privately and in masterclasses with the likes of John Adams, Tan Dun, Simon Bainbridge, Ivan Tcherepnin, Karel Husa, Pierre Boulez, George Tsontakis, Sebastian Currier, and Steven Stucky. Jeremy’s music has been performed by professional groups such as Trio Arsenal and the North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra, which recently chose his piece “O Dance! O Light! Onami!” for inclusion on their upcoming CD. Jeremy is the regional winner of the 2007 SCI/ASCAP award, and has advanced to the final round of the national competition.
During his bachelors program in music school, Jeremy started the critically acclaimed psychedelic rock band THE PENNIES (www.thepennies.com) with fellow music students at the university. THE PENNIES toured the US and part of Europe, recorded multiple releases on CD and vinyl, the most recent of which was released in 2006 on Ear X-Tacy Records. “Ivy”, a song Jeremy wrote for THE PENNIES, earned him a spot as finalist in the 2005 International Songwriter’s Competition.
In early 2005, Jeremy released a 60-minute CD of ambient chamber music for meditation and relaxation. The CD is entitled SUBTLE BODIES and is available on www.cdbaby.com, www.earx-tacy.com, www.amazon.com, and through the website at www.subtlebodies.com. The CD is further proof of Jeremy's belief that beautiful, thoughtful music can live and breathe outside of the concert hall.
Email Jeremy Podgursky
