Thomas Croke V, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor, Applied Music Manager
Department: Music
Office: 211 VM
Phone: (610) 647-4400 Ext: 3036
Email: tcroke@immaculata.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Musicology, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
M.F.A., Musicology, Brandeis University
B.A., Music, Immaculata University
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Croke is a musicologist and pianist with expertise in the life and music of composer Frederic Chopin.
Selected Publication:
“Stirring the Corpses: Re-evaluating Chopin’s Daguerreotype in the Context of Post-mortem Photography” featured in ‘Through the Prism of Chopin: Reimagining the 19th Century’ Published by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw, Forthcoming.
Review of New Franz Liszt Edition score “De Profundis (Psaume Instrumental)” in Journal of the American Liszt Society. 75 (2024). 53-54.
Courses Taught:
MME 605 Graduate Introduction to Musicology
MUSC 230 Music Theory III
MUSC 232 Music Theory IV
MUSC 239 Counterpoint
MUSC 344 Seminar in Music
MUSC 404 Semester Performance
MUSC 102 World Music
MUSC 135 Piano Laboratory
MUSC 140 Music Technology
MUA 427 Piano