Carmelo Peter Comberiati, Ph.D.

Manhattanville College
Department of Music
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
comberiatic@mville.edu
(914) 323-5260

Administrative Experience

bulletManhattanville College: Director of Music, 2002-2009
bulletAssistant Dean of Special Projects, 1984-1995.
bulletCoordinator, Program in Music-Management, 1985-89.

Teaching Experience

bulletManhattanville College: Professor of Music History (promoted 1995) -- Responsible for undergraduate music history curriculum. 1984-2001, involved with the reconstruction of the Freshman Preceptorial into a full-year interdisciplinary course. Joined faculty September, 1983.
bulletThe University of Michigan: Instructor - 1983, History of Opera and Early Music; Teaching Assistant--1977-80; Summer 1979, Music Director of the Ann Arbor Medieval Festival, and Assistant to the Collegium Musicum.
bulletSUNY Binghamton: Graduate Student Teaching Assistant--1975-1976, Music Theory for Non-Majors, Elementary and Advanced Ear Training, Laboratory Assistant and Assistant in the Electronic Music Studio.

Services to the Profession

bulletJournal of Musicological Research: Board of Editors - 1987-2002, Book Review Editor - 1981-1987. Responsibilities include soliciting and editing articles and book manuscripts for the series Studies in Musicology. Recent works include Monographs on Renaissance Children's Music and Sacred, and essays on Gender Studies for a Special Issue on Women's Studies.
bulletAmerican Arts and Letters Network: Advisory Board - 1995-1998. Responsibilities include soliciting and editing music and musicology materials for inclusion on the Internet website/sub-network, working with the advisory board to pursue and execute grants for support of the AALN, and contribute to the assessment and review of the interaction online.
bulletAmerican Musicological Society: Exhibitor Host at the 1982 AMS/SMT Meeting in Ann Arbor.

Education

bulletThe University of Michigan, 1976-1983, Ann Arbor, MI: Ph.D. in Music History-Musicology, Specialization: Renaissance; Subfields: Middle Ages and Twentieth Century.
bulletUniversität Wien, 1980-1982, Vienna, Austria: Supplemental coursework as part of a Fulbright-Hays Graduate Fellowship.
bulletState University of New York, 1975-1976, Binghamton, NY: M.A. in Music Theory.
bulletNew York University, 1971-1974, New York: B.S. in Music Performance (tuba), minor in Education.

Academic Honors and Scholarships

bulletWho's Who Among America's Teachers 2006.
bulletManhattanville College Faculty Member of the Year 2004.
bulletNational Endowment for the Humanities Grant: 1994, Summer Seminar for College Teachers at Columbia University, "Music and German Modernism, 1885-1915," paper presented, The Case for Habermas's Modernism in German Lieder by Hugo Wolf, Hans Pfitzner and Max Reger."
bulletWestchester Consortium for International Studies: 1990, Faculty Seminar, "Art and Culture of East Asia: The Formative Millennium, 400-1400."
bulletNew York University Faculty Resources Network: 1989-90, University Associate, worked with Professor Kaye Shelemay on curriculum project for African Music development.
bulletManhattanville: 1989, Nominated by the Academic Committee of the College Student Government for the Faculty of the Year Award.
bulletVienna: 1988, Manhattanville College Junior Faculty Grant allowed travel to Vienna to work on a publication for the Czech Academy of Science of Carolus Luython's 1609 print of nine polyphonic Masses.
bulletManhattanville: 1987-88, Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for junior faculty member, which entailed various appearances for the Alumni Association, including an address at the Charter Day Ceremony.
bulletPrague and Vienna: 1987, American Council of Learned Societies Travel Grant to deliver paper at an interdisciplinary conference on Late Renaissance Arts and History.
bulletVienna: 1980-1982, Fulbright-Hays Graduate Fellowship to Vienna, Austria, under the auspices of the Austrian-American Educational Commission--nine month grant and full-year renewal.
bulletAnn Arbor: 1976-1978, Rackham Block Grant Scholarship for Graduate Studies.
bulletBinghamton: 1975-1976, New York State Regents Scholarship; Fall 1975-1976, Teaching Graduate Student Representative to Harpur College Council, for the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts.
bulletNew York University: 1971-1974, Dean's List; 1973-1974, Ne Collins Fellowship; 1974, Founder's Day Award for Academic Excellence; 1974, All-University Honors Scholar; 1974, B.S. cum laude.

Service to Manhattanville College

bulletClub Advisor of the Year (for Manhattanville Sound) - 2007
bulletStatus Committee - 2005-present
bullet1800 Committee for Strategic Planning - 2004-2007
bulletFaculty Advisor to Manhattanville Sound a cappella group - 2004-2009
bulletComposed updated version of the Manhattanville College Alma mater: On the Heights - 2003
bulletReview Committee-  2002-2005
bulletLibrary Facility Planning Committee - 2002-2004
bulletChairperson of Faculty - 1997-2000
bulletCompensation Committee – 2000-2001
bulletCampus Life Committee – 2000-2001
bulletFaculty Parliamentarian 1995-96; 1999-2000
bulletBudget Committee - 1993-1996: Chair
bulletCampus Technology Committee - (Chair of Subcommittee on Instructional Applications) 1995-1996 ; member 2000-2004
bulletBoard on Academic Standards - 1984-1992: Chair, 1988-92
bulletEditor of Manhattanville College Catalog: 1984-1994
bulletPreceptorial Planning Group - 1984-1992; 1999-2000
bulletTask Force of Global Perspective - Summer 1989
bulletAd Hoc Committee on Curriculum - Summer 1984
bulletFaculty Advisor to Media Center in Library - 1983-present
bulletFaculty Service Committee, Spring 1985
bulletFaculty Student Life Committee - 1987-1988
bulletFaculty Advisor to Sophomore and Junior Class - 1987-1989
bulletFaculty Advisor to Radio Station - 1988-1989, 1996-1998
bulletInternational Studies Committee - 1987-1992
bulletEditorial Board of Manhattanville Magazine - 1986
bulletFaculty Advisor to Quad Jam - 1985-1989

Publications and Papers Read

Books and Editions

bulletJournal Volume Co-editor, with Ralph Locke, Special Issue: Gender and Music. Journal of Musicological Research Vol. 14, no. 1-2 (1994).
bulletBook Revised Edition, Sidney Finkelstein's, Composer and Nation. New York: International Publishers, 1989. Provided a Preface on the "Sociology of Music" and a final chapter on music since 1960.
bulletBook Co-editor, with Matthew Steel, Music from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century: Essays in Honor of Gwynn S. McPeek. New York, London, Paris, Montreux, Tokyo, and Melbourne: Gordon and Breach, 1988.
bulletBook, Late Renaissance Music at the Habsburg Court: Polyphonic Settings of the Mass Ordinary at the Court of Rudolf II (1576-1612). New York, London, Paris, Montreux, and Tokyo: Gordon and Breach, 1987. Reviewed in Early Music, Fontis Artis Musicae, and Music and Letters.
bulletDissertation, The University of Michigan: "Polyphonic Settings of Mass Ordinaries at the Court of Rudolf II, Austria 1576-1612," December, 1982. Nominated for American Choral Directors Association's Julius Herford Award, advisor: Professor David Crawford.
bulletMusic Faculties in Colleges and Universities in U.S. and Canada, 1976-1978. Binghamton: College Music Society, 1976. (As member of the compilation staff.)

Articles and Reviews:

bulletCommissioned Article, "Carolus Luython" The New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. (2000); update for on line edition (2007).
bulletArticle, "Exchanges of Sacred Music at the Courts of Maximilian II and Rudolf II: Trade Routes for Printed Music Books and Manuscripts" Proceedings "Austria, 996-1996" Vienna: Austrian Gov., in preparation.
bulletArticle, "The Copying and Dissemination of Choirbooks Containing Settings of the Mass at the Court of Rudolf II" Studien zur Musikwissenschaft 80 (1994), 57-68.
bulletArticle, "Index to the Journal of Musicological Research Volumes 11-12 (1991-1993), 13 (1993-1994), 14 (1995), 15 (1995), and 16 (1997)" Journal of Musicological Research 12 (1993), 351-363, 13 (1994), 317-8, 14 (1995), 293-5, 15 (1995), 313-4, and 16 (1997), 327-8.
bulletArticle, "Index to the Journal of Musicological Research and Music and Man Volumes 1-10 (1973-1991)" Journal of Musicological Research 11 (1992), 1-28.
bulletArticle, "Conference Report: Music Culture of Central Europe up to the Year 1700, Prague Spring International Music Festival, 16-18 May 1989" Journal of Musicology 8 (1990): 444-449.
bulletArticles in Encyclopedia, six essays for Linda M. Fidler and Richard James, eds. International Music Periodicals. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Essays include: Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, Die Musik, Musik im Kriege, Studien zur Musikwissenschaft, Royal Musical Association Proceedings and Chronicle, and Monthly Musical Record.
bulletArticle, "Carl Luython at the Court of Emperor Rudolf II: Biography and His Polyphonic Settings of the Mass Ordinary" in Music from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century, (see above): 130-146.
bulletArticle, "Aspects of Renaissance Imitatio in Musical Settings of the Mass Ordinary at Rudolf's Chapel" in Prag um 1600: Beiträge zur Kunst and Kultur am Hofe Rudolfs II. Freren: Luca Verlag, 1988, 27-32.
bulletArticle, "On the Threshold of Homophony: Some Aspects of Texture in Sixteenth-Century Lute Music," Journal of Musicological Research 4 (1983), 331-352.
bulletReview of Walter Pass, Musik und Musiker am Hof Maximilians II. Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1980, in Journal of Musicological Research 4 (1982), 206-11.
bulletArticle, "The Modal Implications in Two Pieces of Organum from St. Martial and Notre Dame," Journal of Musicological Research 3 (1981), 203-22.
bulletReview of Douglas Jarman, The Music of Alban Berg. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1979, in In Theory Only: Journal of the Michigan Music Theory Society 4 (Jan. 1979), 34-8.
bulletRecording: "The Harpur Jazz Ensemble, 1976," Mark Records (bass).

Papers Read and Public Lectures

bulletPresentation and Panel, "A New Approach to Writing a History of Music," at American Musicological Society Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, November 3, 2007.
bulletPresentation, “Making Special Education a Primary Focus for Board Development,” at New York State School Boards Association Convention, Albany, August 11, 2001.
bulletPaper Session Chair, "It Can Happen to You: Defending Your District's Policies and Practices," at New York State School Boards Association Convention, Syracuse, October 22, 1999.
bulletInvitation to Panel Discussion, “Music and Musicians in Renaissance Austria: A Matter of Foreign Exchange,” at Music in Austria: The Renaissance, and the First and Second Viennese Schools. University of Ottawa, Canada, January 7, 1996.
bulletPre-Concert Lectures: Faculty Scholarship Concert Series -- Mozart at Manhattanville, "The Context of Mozart's Chamber Music," Feb. 24, 1991, and "Mozart's Musical Language," April 14, 1991.
bulletInvitation to Read Paper from Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Prague, Czechoslovakia, May 16-18, 1989 at Conference as part of Prague Spring International Music Festival: "Musical Culture of Central Europe Up To the Year 1700." Title, "The Copying and Dissemination of Choirbooks Containing Settings of the Mass at the Court of Rudolf II" (see Studien zur Musikwissenschaft (1994), above)
bulletPaper Session Chair, "Medievalism in Musical Practice and Performance," at Studies in Medievalism -- 4th General Conference. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 5-7 October 1989.
bulletInvitation to Read Paper, Czechoslovak Academy of Science, Prague, Czechoslovakia, June 7-14, 1987 at Conference on Arts at the Court of Rudolf II, "Aspects of Renaissance Imitatio in Musical Settings of the Mass Ordinary at Rudolf's Chapel"
bulletRecital, "Two Guitars in Concert: Faculty Artist Recital" with James Lorusso, Pius X Hall, Manhattanville, April 5, 1987.
bulletPaper, "Early Polyphony: An Approach to the Rhythm in Two Pieces of Organum," read at the meeting of the American Musicological Society, Midwest Chapter. Chicago, September 29, 1979.

Membership in Scholarly and Professional Organizations

bulletAmerican Musicological Society
bulletÖsterreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft
bulletNew York State Music Theory Association
bulletFulbright Alumni Community
bulletAircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
bulletNew York State School Boards Association

Research Interests and Hobbies

bulletMost interested in transitional periods in Music History and inter-disciplinary aspects of Music History as a liberal art, and in conjunction with a variety of disciplines including computing, sociology, and anthropology.
bulletElected twice to Bedford Central School District Board of Education: 1998-2004.
bulletRacing sailor, Little League and high-school age baseball coach, and private pilot.

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