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Peter Hesterman

Music Theory, Composition, History/Theory/Composition Division Director, Graduate Coordinator

Peter Hesterman, professor of music theory and composition at Eastern Illinois University since 1978, is the director of the Music Theory and Composition division and the coordinator of the Master of Arts in Music program. He teaches music theory, aural training, composition, analysis, orchestration, and counterpoint. He holds degrees in music from the Conservatory of Music at Capital University and the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. Dr. Hesterman is a composer and a computer consultant and programmer, with interests in music notation, computer-assisted instruction, computer-assisted analysis and MIDI. He is the coauthor of computer software that accompanies two recent publications by W.W. Norton & Company: Tom Manoff's The Music Kit, Computer-Assisted Version, Fourth Edition and The Study of Orchestration, Third Edition, by Samuel Adler.



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