Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Prior to his appointment at the University of Texas, Dempster was the Associate Director and Academic Dean at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, one of the top music conservatories in the world. He served for 18 years on the Eastman School faculty and in a variety of administrative roles, including founding director of Eastman’s Arts Leadership and Orchestral Studies programs, nationally leading examples of entrepreneurship training in a professional arts school. While at Eastman, Dempster held faculty appointments in the departments of Humanities, Music Theory, Musicology, and a joint appointment in Philosophy at the University of Rochester.Dean Dempster is a philosopher by training and profession with research and teaching specialties in philosophical aesthetics, music theory, cultural policy studies, and the philosophy of language. He is published eclectically and esoterically in all these areas. He currently holds the Marie and Joseph D. Jamail Senior Regents Professorship and the Effie Marie Cain Regents Chair in the Department of Theater and Dance.

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities

Performing Arts Universities