Jody Rockmaker
Associate Professor,
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
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Phone: 480-965-2534
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MUSIC E519 TEMPE, AZ 85287-0405
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Mail code: 0405Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Jody Rockmaker (born 1961, New York City) received his doctorate in composition from Princeton University. He has studied at the Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory and the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. His principal teachers have been Erich Urbanner, Edward T. Cone, Milton Babbitt, Claudio Spies, Malcolm Peyton and Miriam Gideon. Professor Rockmaker is also the recipient of numerous awards including a Barlow Endowment Commission, Fulbright Grant, two BMI Awards for Young Composers, an ASCAP Grant, the George Whitefield Chadwick Medal from New England Conservatory, and a National Orchestral Association Orchestral Reading Fellowship. He has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program and Villa Montalvo, and has been a Composition Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center. He taught at Stanford University and is currently an associate professor at Arizona State University's School of Music.
Education
Ph.D. Composition, Princeton University
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 321 | Tonal Counterpoint |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
| MTC 429 | Canon and Fugue |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
| MTC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 321 | Tonal Counterpoint |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
| MTC 429 | Canon and Fugue |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 123 | Beginning Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
| MTC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| MTC 320 | Modal Counterpoint |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 321 | Tonal Counterpoint |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
| MTC 430 | 20th- & 21st-Cent Counterpoint |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 321 | Tonal Counterpoint |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
| MTC 429 | Canon and Fugue |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 123 | Beginning Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 294 | Special Topics |
| MTC 593 | Applied Project |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 321 | Tonal Counterpoint |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
| MTC 430 | 20th-Century Counterpoint |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 792 | Research |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MTC 323 | Composition |
| MTC 495 | Final Project |
| MTC 592 | Research |
| MTC 321 | Tonal Counterpoint |
| MTC 523 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 723 | Advanced Composition |
| MTC 799 | Dissertation |
| MTC 599 | Thesis |
| MTC 792 | Research |
| MTC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| MTC 590 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| MTC 598 | Special Topics |
| MTC 429 | Canon and Fugue |