Dr. Larry Lipkis is the Bertha Mae Starner ’27 and Jay F. Starner Professor of Music and Composer in Residence at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He has been a full time faculty member since 1979 and served as Chair of the Music Department from 1997-2000.
As Composer-in-Residence, Dr. Lipkis supervises the students in the Bachelor of Music program. This includes giving individual and group lessons in composition and directing the annual Moravian College Composers' Concert.
Dr. Lipkis' teaching schedule for the 2004-05 academic year:
Fall semester: Introduction to College Life, Form, Orchestration, 20th Century Music to 1945, Chromatic Harmony, practicum courses for composition majors, and composition lessons.
Spring semester: Modal Counterpoint and Contemporary Music since 1945, practicum courses for composition majors, and composition lessons.
Dr. Lipkis also directs the early music activities at the College, which include the Collegium Musicum (spring semester only) and the Mostly Monteverdi Ensemble (fall and spring semesters).