
Dana Marsh
Chair, Department of Historical Performance
Our historical performance programs offer you the highest standard of instrumental and vocal training along with a thorough grounding in the academic reference tools of the profession so you can study, interpret, and perform period-specific music of the past millennium through to the early twentieth century.
By the time you graduate, you’ll have a wealth of performance experience, the scholarly tools of historical performance, access to a network of dedicated alumni, and the entrepreneurial skills and support required to build a successful career.
The Historical Performance Institute has been the pioneering, leading program of its kind in the United States since we were founded by Thomas Binkley in 1980. Our six full-time and nine part-time faculty have exerted a defining influence on the profession.
You’ll take private lessons with your faculty mentor in voice, recorder, traverso, historical clarinet, cornetto, natural horn, sackbut, viola da gamba, lute and theorbo, historical guitars, harpsichord, fortepiano, and Baroque oboe, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, or cello.
Chair, Department of Historical Performance
Associate Professor of Music (Baroque Cello/Viola da gamba)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Fortepiano, Harpsichord)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Historical bassoons)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Recorder)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Harpsichord)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Natural Trumpet, Cornetto)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Historical Voice Performance)
Visiting Associate Professor of Music (Historical Performance: Baroque Violin)
Professor of Music (Lute)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music (Historical Performance: Historical Keyboards)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Historical oboes)
Professor of Music (Horn, Natural Horn)
Adjunct Lecturer in Music (Traverso)
As a historical performance student, you’ll perform as part of an ensemble throughout your time at Jacobs.
There are seasonal ensemble opportunities open to all music school students, including the Recorder Consort, Viol Consort, and student ad-hoc ensembles. In addition, you can participate in a wide variety of official Jacobs School of Music ensembles, including the Baroque/Classical Orchestra and Concentus.