biography.

​Rich Pellegrin is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Florida and Affiliate Associate Professor in the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. 

Dr. Pellegrin is the composer of numerous choral works. In the choral realm he has served as Organist and Choirmaster of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in the Seattle area, Organist and Choirmaster of Faith Lutheran Church in the Cleveland area, Musician and Assistant Choir Director of the Center for University Ministry at Indiana University, and has volunteered and performed at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Choir School in Chicago. He was a member of the professional cathedral choir at the Episcopal Church of the Atonement in Chicago, and in the Chicago area has sung with the North Shore Choral Society and the West Suburban Choral Union. At Indiana University he performed with the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, the University Chorale, and the Summer Festival Choir. At Oberlin Conservatory he performed with the Collegium Musicum and the College Choir. He taught Renaissance vocal counterpoint for five years at the University of Missouri, and has taught sight-singing at the University of Washington, the University of Missouri, and the University of Florida.

As a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, he has released six albums. His record Down was reviewed in Downbeat Magazine, which described “moments of absolute bliss” and wrote, “Pellegrin does as the great pianists do, supplying encouragement and graceful touches in the background, before diving forward to take solos that are by turns florid and cracked, balletic and modern.” He recently completed a multi-volume solo project, which was released on Origin Records.

Pellegrin’s research examines the significance of the Salzerian analytical tradition with respect to both the classical and jazz idioms. His research has been presented at conferences around the world and featured on the NPR segment The Academic Minute. His writings have been published in Jazz Perspectives, Intégral, ZGMTH (Journal of the Society for Music Theory, Germany), Engaging Students, the Journal of Schenkerian Studies, and The Conversation, and in volumes by the University of Florida Press (forthcoming), Vernon Press, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, and KFU Publishing House. Pellegrin recently served as Guest Editor of a special issue of Jazz Perspectives devoted to John Coltrane.

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