Dr. Paul Berry

Biography

Associate Professor Adjunct of Music History at Yale School of Music since 2010, Paul Berry specializes in the compositional process and interpersonal communication in chamber music and songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms, as well as performance practices of the nineteenth century. He received his BA in humanities music from Yale College in 2000 and completed his PhD in musicology from Yale Department of Music in 2007. His scholarly contributions include the book 'Brahms Friends: Listening, Performance, Rhetoric Allusion,' published by Oxford University Press in 2014, along with essays and reviews in various scholarly journals in the United States and United Kingdom. A tenor, Berry has worked with several acclaimed collaborators, including fortepianist Christoph Hammer and pianists Boris Berman and Charles Rosen. Prior to his position at Yale, he was a faculty member at the University of North Texas College of Music from 2007 to 2010. In his teaching, he aims to help students find meaningful connections with music through courses like 'Poetry and Meaning in Vocal Music' and 'Text, Form, Narrative in Instrumental Music.' Berry also lectures at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and other concert series.

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