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Neil B. Minturn

Neil B. MinturnAssociate Professor, Music Theory
Coordinator, Composition and Theory
PhD, Yale University
office: 15 Fine Arts Annex
phone: 573-882-7680
fax: 573-884-7444
email: MinturnN@missouri.edu
mailing address: 140 Fine Arts Building, Columbia, MO 65211

Dr. Neil B. Minturn teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Music Theory. Before joining the MU music faculty in August 1997, he taught music theory at the Eastman School of Music for eight years. Prior to that he taught briefly at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and for several years at Columbia-Greene Community College in New York State. He has specialized in the study and analysis of 20th-century music. His book entitled The Music of Sergei Prokofiev was published by Yale University Press in 1997. Minturn holds a bachelor of arts degree in music from Reed College and the master of philosophy and doctor of philosophy degrees from Yale University.