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Robert Cutietta
Robert Alan Cutietta (born 1953) is an best known as music educator and arts leader. He is the author or co-author of five books and over fifty referereed research articles in the area of music psychology and education.
Cutietta began his musical career performing as a bassist in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He later completed a bachelor's and master's degree from Cleveland State University in choral music education (1974 & 1978). He became the choir director at Horace Mann Middle School and Lakewood High School, both in Ohio. In 1973 he became a minister of music within the Methodist Church, a position he maintained continuously in a variety of congregations until 2003.
In 1979 he left teaching to earn a doctorate in music education and psychology at Pennsylvania State University (1982). It was during this time that he began his career as a researcher and author.
He has held professorships at Montana State University, Kent State University, The University of Arizona, and The University of Southern California.
Dr. Cutietta's many books include "What Music Schools Learned from the Pandemic" [Routledge Books, 2025]" "Who Knew?! Questions you never thought to ask about Classical Music" [Oxford University Press, 2017] "Raising Musical Kids: A Parent's Guide (Oxford University Press, 2013), Encountering the Fundamentals of Music (Mayfield Publishing. 1989) and Spin-offs: The Extra-Musical Advantages of a Musical Education (UMI, 1998). He is also an author of chapters in both of the Handbooks on Music Learning and Teaching as well as author of multiple articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Psychology of Music, the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, and a host of other national and international journals. He is a regular contributing author to the PBS Parent's Website.
In 2003, upon moving to Los Angeles, he began composing for television and movies. His first endeavor was Lost Legends of the West, a 13-episode folk history of the American West. In 2006, he researched, composed, and orchestrated original and historic music for the documentary Welcome Back Riders.
Cutietta has been a professor of Music at Montana State University, Kent State University, The University of Arizona, and The University of Southern California.
He served as Dean of the Thornton School of Music for 20 years (four terms) before stepping down in 2022. During his time as dean, he was credited with leading the creation of many innovative degrees including a Popular Music, a Redesign of how classical Music is taught, song writing, music production, and Arts Leadership. In 2012, he was asked to create the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, the first new school at USC in 41 years and was appointed as the inaugural Dean. He held that position simultaneously with the Thornton Deanship until 2022.
Robert Cutietta
Robert Alan Cutietta (born 1953) is an best known as music educator and arts leader. He is the author or co-author of five books and over fifty referereed research articles in the area of music psychology and education.
Cutietta began his musical career performing as a bassist in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He later completed a bachelor's and master's degree from Cleveland State University in choral music education (1974 & 1978). He became the choir director at Horace Mann Middle School and Lakewood High School, both in Ohio. In 1973 he became a minister of music within the Methodist Church, a position he maintained continuously in a variety of congregations until 2003.
In 1979 he left teaching to earn a doctorate in music education and psychology at Pennsylvania State University (1982). It was during this time that he began his career as a researcher and author.
He has held professorships at Montana State University, Kent State University, The University of Arizona, and The University of Southern California.
Dr. Cutietta's many books include "What Music Schools Learned from the Pandemic" [Routledge Books, 2025]" "Who Knew?! Questions you never thought to ask about Classical Music" [Oxford University Press, 2017] "Raising Musical Kids: A Parent's Guide (Oxford University Press, 2013), Encountering the Fundamentals of Music (Mayfield Publishing. 1989) and Spin-offs: The Extra-Musical Advantages of a Musical Education (UMI, 1998). He is also an author of chapters in both of the Handbooks on Music Learning and Teaching as well as author of multiple articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Psychology of Music, the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, and a host of other national and international journals. He is a regular contributing author to the PBS Parent's Website.
In 2003, upon moving to Los Angeles, he began composing for television and movies. His first endeavor was Lost Legends of the West, a 13-episode folk history of the American West. In 2006, he researched, composed, and orchestrated original and historic music for the documentary Welcome Back Riders.
Cutietta has been a professor of Music at Montana State University, Kent State University, The University of Arizona, and The University of Southern California.
He served as Dean of the Thornton School of Music for 20 years (four terms) before stepping down in 2022. During his time as dean, he was credited with leading the creation of many innovative degrees including a Popular Music, a Redesign of how classical Music is taught, song writing, music production, and Arts Leadership. In 2012, he was asked to create the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, the first new school at USC in 41 years and was appointed as the inaugural Dean. He held that position simultaneously with the Thornton Deanship until 2022.