Sam Bivens
Associate Dean of the Conservatory
Music Theory Faculty, Conservatory
Music Theory Faculty, Joint Music Program
Music Theory Department
Introduction
Sam Bivens received his doctorate in music theory from the Eastman School of Music in 2018 with a dissertation on form in Wagner’s Die Walküre. Alongside his extensive work on all things Wagner, current research interests include the music of Dvořák, the late-nineteenth century more generally, music theory pedagogy, and problems of data visualization in both teaching and scholarship. He has presented on a number of these topics both in the United States and abroad.
Education
- BM in Tuba Performance, Butler University (2009)
- MA in Music Theory Pedagogy, Eastman School of Music (2013)
- Ph.D. in Music Theory, Eastman School of Music (2018)
Teaching Experience
- Cleveland Institute of Music, 2017–present
- Eastman School of Music, 2010–2017