Teaching
An award-winning teacher, Dr. Giarusso was previously Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Musicology at the Peabody Conservatory. In his current role as Dean of Academic Affairs at the New England Conservatory, he continues to support the personal and intellectual growth of students across the conservatory.
The breadth of his knowledge and expertise is demonstrated by the range of his teaching at Peabody, including three of four undergraduate survey courses, graduate seminars on Berlioz, Wagner, Brahms, Mahler, Venetian music, and English music of the twentieth century, undergraduate music appreciation courses at the Homewood campus of the Johns Hopkins University, and interdisciplinary classes on music and literature for the Master of Liberal Arts program at JHU. Dr. Giarusso received the Excellence in Teaching Award from JHU’s Division of Advanced Academic Programs. A dedicated and experienced mentor, Dr. Giarusso has advised dozens of doctoral students at both Peabody and NEC.
The breadth of his knowledge and expertise is demonstrated by the range of his teaching at Peabody, including three of four undergraduate survey courses, graduate seminars on Berlioz, Wagner, Brahms, Mahler, Venetian music, and English music of the twentieth century, undergraduate music appreciation courses at the Homewood campus of the Johns Hopkins University, and interdisciplinary classes on music and literature for the Master of Liberal Arts program at JHU. Dr. Giarusso received the Excellence in Teaching Award from JHU’s Division of Advanced Academic Programs. A dedicated and experienced mentor, Dr. Giarusso has advised dozens of doctoral students at both Peabody and NEC.
Courses
Berlioz and the Romantic Imagination
German Song in the Nineteenth Century
20th-Century Opera
Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus
Symphonies of Johannes Brahms
Symphonies of Gustav Mahler
Wagner
The English Musical Renaissance
Music in Venice
Between Romanticism and Modernism
The Symphonic Century
Introduction to Western Classical Music
German Song in the Nineteenth Century
20th-Century Opera
Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus
Symphonies of Johannes Brahms
Symphonies of Gustav Mahler
Wagner
The English Musical Renaissance
Music in Venice
Between Romanticism and Modernism
The Symphonic Century
Introduction to Western Classical Music