Dr. Anthony D. Villa directs the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo at Loyola University Maryland and teaches courses in theory, digital recording, songwriting, composition, arranging, applied music: piano, and directs the Music at Loyola Concert Series. He is an active jazz musician performing regularly with his trio, and as founder and director of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance Big Band, which performs original jazz by Baltimore-area composers and arrangers. The Washington Post has praised his work as “the rare piece that sounds fresh while hinting at the near past” and as “deserv[ing] a lasting place in the musical firmament.” To learn more about Dr. Villa, go to arditomusic.com.


Prof. Ronald Pearl, Associate Professor
Fine Arts Department Chair, Music Program Director, Guitar Studies, Music History, Music Theory
rpearl@loyola.edu

Associate Professor Ronald Pearl is the Chair of the Fine Arts Department and Director of the Music Program. He teaches courses in Music Fundamentals, Mozart to Mahler, Music Theory, World Music, and others. As a classical guitarist, he has given concerts and masterclasses across the US, Canada, and England, and released four critically acclaimed Cds on the Dorian label. As a composer, his works have been heard throughout the US, South America, and Europe. Of Be Not Afeard: Music from Prospero’s Island, American Record Guide wrote, “this is truly beautiful music”, and “this disc is worth acquiring for this work alone (it’s also the longest). The recurring rising scale of ‘The Clouds Methought Would Open’ creates a purely magical, and so beautiful, world.” For more information, go to ronaldmpearl.com.

Renaissance Music History, Musicology, Core Music Courses

rchiu@loyola.edu