Collaborative Pianist and Music Theorist, Dr. Joshua Tanis holds a joint faculty position in the Departments of Music Theory and Conducting at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. He received the Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory and Composition from Florida State University, the dual Master’s Degree in Music Theory and Collaborative Piano from the City University of New York—Hunter College, and the dual Bachelor’s Degree in Music and Biology from the State University of New York at Albany.
As a Collaborative Pianist, Dr. Tanis routinely works with singers from the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, the Vienna State Opera, the Paris Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Sydney Opera House, the New York City Opera, the Teatro Real, the Teatro di San Carlo, and the Broadway community. In addition to maintaining a private coaching studio, he has accompanied singers in the studios of Marilyn Horne, Harolyn Blackwell, and others. In all, Dr. Tanis’s credits include multiple performances at Carnegie Hall, off-Broadway theatres, and international concert venues.
As a Music Theorist and faculty member at the University of Michigan, Dr. Tanis directs the undergraduate and graduate aural skills, keyboard harmony, and score-reading curricula. Before joining the University of Michigan faculty, Dr. Tanis held a Music Theory faculty position at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. His primary research focuses on the intersection of musical and poetic forms in Richard Strauss’s songs for voice and piano. His research has been presented at numerous national and international conferences, in addition to appearing in several award-winning publications. www.JoshuaTanis.com
