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Fields of Study:<\/strong> Music Theory<\/span><\/p>\n Degrees & Studies: <\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/10\/Roy-Nitzberg.png” alt=”David Schober, Associate Professor, Composition” title_text=”Roy Nitzberg” align=”right” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”73.7%” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”60.4%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”25px” custom_margin=”-21px|||12px|false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Biographical Information: <\/strong>
PhD, City University of New York<\/span><\/p>\n
Roy Nitzberg received his PhD in music theory from the CUNY Graduate Center in 1999, with a dissertation titled <\/span>Voice Leading and Chromatic Techniques in Expositions of Selected Symphonies of Joseph Haydn, Introducing a New Theory of Chromatic Analysis.<\/span><\/i> He studied Schenker analysis with Carl Schachter and Charles Burkhart and coauthored a book with QC Professor Henry Burnett titled <\/span>Chromaticism and the Developmental Process: A New Theory of Tonality. <\/span><\/i>He coedited <\/span>Hogaku,<\/span><\/i> the journal of the Traditional Japanese Music Society between 1984 and 1989 and was the Associate Director of The Center for Preparatory Studies in Music, a children\u2019s music program at Queens College, from 1987 until 1995. <\/span>Dr. Nitzberg has also taught music theory, ear training, and music appreciation at Hunter College and Hofstra University.\u00a0 He has been teaching as a full-time Lecturer at Queens College since 2008. He is the Senior US Correspondent for Labourstart (<\/span>www.labourstart.org<\/span><\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n