Dr. Peter Knapp, Music Theory & History, Dpt. Chair, 938-4838

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Brief Bio

Peter Knapp completed his Bachelor's in Music in Education in 1992 from Elmhurst College. In 1996, he finished his first Master's degree in Music Theory at Ohio State University with a study on absolute pitch. Two years later, he completed his Master's in Music Composition with a dramatic setting of Mark Twain's "The War Prayer." In 2001, he completed his Ph.D. in Music Theory at OSU, a translation and commentary on the treatise, Brevissima Theoriae Musicae, by Johann Fricker and Friedrich Oetinger, 1753. His special interests include music psychology, history of theory, computer assisted instruction, and pedagogy. He is currently serving as department chair.