Bertil van Boer

Bertil Van Boer is an active musicologist, composer, conductor, and violist.  He has published articles in the International Brass Society Journal, Journal of Musicology, Journal of Musicological Research, Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning, a host of Festschriften and symposium reports, and he has regularly contributed to the Grove Dictionary of Opera and Grove Dictionary of Music. He is also the author of several books and numerous musical editions.  As a composer, his works have been performed in Nicaragua, Austria, Sweden, and the United States.  He serves as a musical consultant for Naxos Records, and has been involved with the Royal Opera and Royal Swedish Academy of Music on various projects.  He has served on the faculty of several universities including the Conservatorio Nacional of Nicaragua, Shasta College, and Brigham Young University.  Dr. Van Boer received his Bachelor Degree from the University of California Berkeley and his Master of Music History Degree from the University of Oregon. Subsequent music education included the Mozarteum, where he was a composition student of Cesar Bresgen. Following work at Cornell University, he was awarded a PhD in Musicology from Uppsala University in Sweden.  Currently, he serves as Professor of Musicology and Theory at Western Washington University where he previously held the post of Dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts.