Bill Gustafson
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gustafson@newschool.edu
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An award-winning stage director, teacher, and administrator, William Gustafson has been praised by the Denver Post for staging that was “a success in every way,” by The Boston Globe for productions that were “lively, amusing, and well worked out,” and as having showed “a well–judged sense of theater” by Opera News.
In his time at Mannes, Gustafson has produced and directed a number of productions including the academic premiere of Dust by Robert Ashley at the College of Performing Arts. Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times hailed this production of Dust as “the most tantalizing operatic offering by a New York conservatory this season” and one of “The Best Opera and Vocal Performances of 2017.” Other productions at Mannes have included the Philip Glass opera, The Fall of the House of Usher, Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, and Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.
Gustafson has held positions at the New England Conservatory of Music, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Long Island University. As Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Mannes, he is deeply involved with faculty and curricular development, strategic planning, assessment, faculty recruitment, and enrollment management.
Current Courses
Independent Study: CoPA
COPA 4999, Summer 2024
Mobility CoPA
CMOB 3900, Summer 2024
Future Courses
1 Semester Theory Review
CATM 5200, Fall 2024
Brass Ensemble Class
CAPR 5521, Fall 2024
Brass Ensemble Class
CAPR 2500, Fall 2024
Entrepreneurial Musician
COPA 5000, Spring 2025
Entrepreneurial Musician
COPA 2000, Spring 2025
ESL: Performance Workshop
CAPR 0500, Fall 2024
ESLM 7 Add'l Lesson Fee
CAML 0700, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
ESLM 7 Lesson Fee
CAML 0500, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
ESLM Music Coursework
CAPR 0100, Fall 2024
Form and Analysis
CATM 3260, Fall 2024
GR 2 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 5000, Fall 2024
GR 4 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 5550, Fall 2024
GR 5 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 5560, Fall 2024
GR Dictation Placement
CATM 5011, Fall 2024
GR Ear Training Placement
CATM 5009, Fall 2024
GR Music Theory Placement
CATM 5010, Fall 2024
Introduction to GR Studies
CBMH 5000, Fall 2024
Mannes Small Ensemble
CAPR 5003, Fall 2024
Mannes Small Ensemble
CAPR 1500, Fall 2024
New Opera Lab 2
CCMP 5221, Spring 2025
Orchestration 1A
CCMP 3155, Fall 2024
Orchestration 1B
CCMP 3156, Spring 2025
Percussion Repertory
CAPR 5550, Fall 2024
Percussion Repertory
CAPR 3550, Fall 2024
Performance Class Double Bass
CAPR 5508, Spring 2025
Performance Class Double Bass
CAPR 3503, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Bassoon
CAPR 3508, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Bassoon
CAPR 5511, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Cello
CAPR 5504, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Cello
CAPR 3502, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Flute
CAPR 5509, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Flute
CAPR 3504, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Fr. Horn
CAPR 5513, Fall 2024
Performance Class: Fr. Horn
CAPR 3510, Fall 2024
Performance Class: Low Brass
CAPR 3512, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Low Brass
CAPR 5515, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Oboe
CAPR 5510, Fall 2024
Performance Class: Oboe
CAPR 3507, Fall 2024
Performance Class: Trumpet
CAPR 3511, Fall 2024
Performance Class: Trumpet
CAPR 5517, Fall 2024
Performance Class: Viola
CAPR 5503, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Viola
CAPR 3501, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Violin
CAPR 3500, Spring 2025
Performance Class: Violin
CAPR 5502, Spring 2025
Text, Score, Gesture, Sound
CAOV 5750, Spring 2025
Theory 1A
CATM 1205, Fall 2024
Theory 1B
CATM 1206, Spring 2025
Theory 2A
CATM 2205, Fall 2024
Theory 2B
CATM 2206, Spring 2025
TOM since 1900
CATM 3270, Spring 2025
UG 2 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 3000, Fall 2024
UG Dictation Placement
CATM 0003, Fall 2024
UG Ear Training Placement
CATM 0002, Fall 2024
UG Music Theory Placement
CATM 0001, Fall 2024
Wind Ensemble Class
CAPR 5520, Fall 2024
Wind Ensemble Class
CAPR 2508, Fall 2024
Past Courses
ESLM 7 Add'l Lesson Fee
CAML 0700, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
ESLM 7 Lesson Fee
CAML 0500, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
ESLM Music Coursework
CAPR 0100, Fall 2023
GR 2 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 5000, Spring 2024
GR 4 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 5550, Spring 2024
GR 5 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 5560, Spring 2024
GR Dictation Placement
CATM 5011, Fall 2023
GR Ear Training Placement
CATM 5009, Fall 2023
GR Music Theory Placement
CATM 5010, Fall 2023
Independent Study: CoPA
COPA 4999, Spring 2024
Mannes Small Ensemble
CAPR 1500, Spring 2024
Mannes Small Ensemble
CAPR 5003, Spring 2024
UG 2 cr. Major Lessons
CAML 3000, Spring 2024
UG Dictation Placement
CATM 0003, Fall 2023
UG Ear Training Placement
CATM 0002, Fall 2023
UG Music Theory Placement
CATM 0001, Fall 2023