Lee Carter

Professor of Music

OFFICE
Emily Lowe Hall 201

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(516) 463-4932

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(516) 463-6393

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Degrees

PHD, 1995, CUNY Gr Sch & Univ Cnt; MM, 1986, Boston Univ; BA, 1984, Univ North Carolina Chapel Hil

Bio

Chandler Carter holds a Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York, where he studied with Thea Musgrave and David Del Tredici and received the 1995 Barry Brook award for best music dissertation. Carter also holds master's degrees in composition and vocal performance from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina.
His music — which includes over 50 songs, choral, chamber and orchestral works and three operas — has been performed throughout the United States and in Canada and Europe by numerous distinguished recitalists and ensembles. He has received several awards, including two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and prizes for his Mass, Symphony for Winds and Canticle I for tenor and orchestra.

Teaching Interests

music theory, 20th-century music, opera, orchestration

Research Interests

composition, opera, Stravinsky

Recent Courses Taught

Course	Title	Level
HUHC 014	(LT) C & E SPRING HUMANITIES	Undergraduate
MUS 020P	(CP) COMPOSITION	Undergraduate
MUS 063	ADV EARTRAINING	Undergraduate
MUS 071	HARMONY	Undergraduate
MUS 120C	ADV PRIVATE INSTRUCT	Undergraduate
MUS 166	ORCHESTRATION	Undergraduate
MUS 167	SCORING FOR INSTRMNTL & VOCAL	Undergraduate
MUS 2071	HARMONY	Graduate