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Denise Elshoff

Denise ElshoffAssistant Teaching Professor, Music Theory
DMA, Eastman School of Music
office: 16 Fine Arts Annex
phone: 573-884-4683
fax: 573-884-7444
email: ElshoffD@missouri.edu
mailing address: 140 Fine Arts Building, Columbia, MO 65211

Denise Elshoff, music theory, received her M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in music theory from Yale University and a B.M. degree in violin performance and music theory from The Ohio State University.

Before joining the MU faculty, she taught briefly at her alma mater. She has given research presentations from her dissertation, which is entitled "Melody, Counterpoint, and Tonality in Shostakovich's String Quartets Nos. 1–8," at meetings of Music Theory Midwest, Music Theory Southeast, Boston Area Graduate Symposium, and the New England Conference of Music Theorists. Her research interests include the theory and analysis of Russian music, especially works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and Gubaidulina, as well as the theoretical issues posed by tonal music of the twentieth century.