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Charles F. Leinberger

Coordinator
Undergraduate Program Coordinator (Music)

Professor
Music

Office Building: Fox Fine Arts Center
Office Room: M401B
Phone: (915) 747-7800
Email: charlesl@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

Charles Leinberger is an Professor of Music at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he teaches various classes in music theory and film musicology.

Awards and Honors

Twenty Years of Service Certificate - The University of Texas at El Paso (02/21/2019)
Award in Recognition of Induction - Pi Kappa Lambda (05/01/2015)
Fifteen Years of Service Certificate - The University of Texas at El Paso (09/23/2013)
Ten Years of Service Certificate - The University of Texas at El Paso (09/25/2008)

Education

Ph D in Music Theory, The University of Arizona (1996)
M.Mus. in Music Theory, The University of Miami (1979)
BMus in Trumpet Performance, Northern Arizona University (1977)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - The Prom (02/02/2023-02/12/2023). The University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, Texas, USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Sunday Mass (08/08/2021). Trumpet Soloist and Vocal Soloist. Saint Luke Catholic Church. El Paso, Texas USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Sunday Mass (04/24/2011-03/15/2020). Saint Luke Catholic Church. El Paso, Texas USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - Chrism Mass (03/25/2024). The Diocese of El Paso. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Taps Across America (11/11/2023). Trumpet Soloist. Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - Heroes Among Us (11/10/2023). El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Per un pugno di dollari (09/08/2023). Departmental Faculty Recital. El Paso, Texas USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - Ordination Mass (06/07/2023). The Diocese of El Paso. El Paso, Texas USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Taps Across America (05/29/2023). Trumpet Soloist. Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - UTEP Jazz Band 2 in Concert (05/04/2023). UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - UTEP Jazz Bands in Concert (05/02/2023). UTEP Department of Music. El Paso, Texas, USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member - Ordination Mass (03/31/2023). The Diocese of El Paso. El Paso, Texas USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - New Year's Day Morning Mass (01/01/2023). Trumpet Soloist. Saints Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church. Orting, Washington USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Christmas Morning Mass (12/25/2022). Trumpet Soloist. Saints Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church. Orting, Washington USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Christmas Eve Mass (12/24/2022). Trumpet Soloist. Saints Cosmas and Damian Catholic Church. Orting, Washington USA. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Veterans Day Flag Service (11/11/2022). Trumpet Soloist. Knights of Columbus. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Taps Across America (05/30/2022). Trumpet Soloist. Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Memorial Day Flag Service (05/27/2022). Trumpet Soloist. Knights of Columbus. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Trumpet Reunion (03/13/2022). Trumpet Ensemble Performance. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Taps Across America (11/11/2021). Trumpet Soloist. Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Giving Voice (09/21/2021). Trumpet Soloist. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Student Ensemble Performance - Opera UTEP: Giving Voice Concert (09/21/2021). Opera UTEP and El Paso Opera. El Paso. Cherry Duke. Diana Esparza Sapien. Hiram Rodriguez. Charles Leinberger. Odalis Aguirre. Undergraduate. Juan Rivera. Undergraduate. Aylin Franco. Undergraduate. Taelon Stonecipher. Graduate. Ana Cristina Pedraza. Graduate. Rebeca González Maldonado. Undergraduate. Abigail Talavera. Undergraduate. Alberto Torres. Undergraduate. Abel Baez. Graduate. Maria Fernanda Jaquez. Undergraduate. Jessica Broaddus. Undergraduate. Consuelo Gonzales. Undergraduate. Sohini Mukhopadhyay. Undergraduate. Erin Zuzunagha. Undergraduate.
Music - Performance, Other - Taps Across America (06/14/2021). Trumpet Soloist. Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
Music - Performance, Other - Taps Across America (05/31/2021). Trumpet Soloist. Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
- Taps Across America (11/11/2020). Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
- Taps Across America (06/14/2020). Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.
- Taps Across America (05/25/2020). Taps for Veterans. El Paso, Texas. Charles Leinberger.

Publications

An Austrian in Hollywood: Self-Plagiarism and the “Love Theme” in Max Steiner’s Music for Now, Voyager and Mildred Pierce Journal of Film Music 9.1 2 (2021), Charles F. Leinberger.
Ministerial First Responders International Trumpet Guild Journal 44 3 (in press), Charles F. Leinberger.
Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone (Promotional Endorsement) Lexington Books (in press), Charles F. Leinberger.

Presentations

UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
Session Chair: Keynote Address: Cracking the Genetic Code of Jurassic Park's Score (2023), Volume Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2022), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
Music Theory for Brass Players (2022), Volume Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, UTEP, El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
Works by Rimsky Korsakov & Tchaikovsky and More… (2022), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
Works by Antonín Dvořák & Georg Phillip Telemann (2022), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
Beethoven’s 7th Symphony and works by Böhme & Sibelius (2021), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
A Night at the Opera (2021), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
Somewhere between Modality and Atonality: The Superset and Subset Tetrachords in Ennio Morricone’s Score for Disclosure (2020), Volume Online, moderated in New York City, Mew York, Charles F. Leinberger.
Somewhere between Modality and Atonality: The Superset and Subset Tetrachords in Ennio Morricone’s Score for Disclosure (2020), Volume Houston, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
February Concert (2020), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20692	Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	10343	Syllabus
Summer 2024	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	33428	Syllabus
Spring 2024	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20772	Syllabus
Spring 2024	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20786	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	10449	Syllabus
Fall 2023	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	10450	Syllabus
Spring 2023	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20843	Syllabus
Spring 2023	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20857	Syllabus
Spring 2023	MUST 3216 - Theory Seminar	20179	Syllabus
Fall 2022	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11013	Syllabus
Fall 2022	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11014	Syllabus
Summer 2022	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	31670	Syllabus
Spring 2022	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21099	Syllabus
Spring 2022	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21113	Syllabus
Spring 2022	MUST 5319 - Pedagogy of Music Theory	28320	Syllabus
Fall 2021	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11011	Syllabus
Fall 2021	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11012	Syllabus
Summer 2021	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	31666	Syllabus
Spring 2021	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21214	Syllabus
Spring 2021	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21228	Syllabus
Fall 2020	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11058	Syllabus
Fall 2020	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11059	Syllabus
Summer 2020	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	31816	Syllabus
Spring 2020	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21374	Syllabus
Spring 2020	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21388	Syllabus
Fall 2019	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11127	Syllabus
Fall 2019	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11128	Syllabus
Summer 2019	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	31961	Syllabus
Spring 2019	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21456	Syllabus
Spring 2019	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21470	Syllabus
Fall 2018	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11211	Syllabus
Fall 2018	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11212	Syllabus
Summer 2018	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	32095	Syllabus
Spring 2018	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21538	Syllabus
Spring 2018	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21553	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	10343	Evaluation
Summer 2024	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	33428	Evaluation
Spring 2024	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20772	Evaluation
Spring 2024	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20786	Evaluation
Fall 2023	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	10449	Evaluation
Fall 2023	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	10450	Evaluation
Spring 2023	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20843	Evaluation
Spring 2023	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	20857	Evaluation
Fall 2022	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11013	Evaluation
Fall 2022	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11014	Evaluation
Summer 2022	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	31670	Evaluation
Spring 2022	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21099	Evaluation
Spring 2022	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21113	Evaluation
Fall 2021	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11011	Evaluation
Fall 2021	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11012	Evaluation
Summer 2021	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	31666	Evaluation
Spring 2021	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21214	Evaluation
Spring 2021	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21228	Evaluation
Fall 2020	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11058	Evaluation
Fall 2020	MUST 1313 - Music Theory I	11059	Evaluation
Summer 2020	MUSL 3332 - Music and Film	31816	Evaluation
Spring 2020	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21374	Evaluation
Spring 2020	MUST 1314 - Music Theory II	21388	Evaluation

Bio

Charles Leinberger is an Professor of Music at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he teaches various classes in music theory and film musicology.

Awards and Honors

Twenty Years of Service Certificate - The University of Texas at El Paso (02/21/2019)
Award in Recognition of Induction - Pi Kappa Lambda (05/01/2015)
Fifteen Years of Service Certificate - The University of Texas at El Paso (09/23/2013)
Ten Years of Service Certificate - The University of Texas at El Paso (09/25/2008)

Ph D in Music Theory, The University of Arizona (1996)
M.Mus. in Music Theory, The University of Miami (1979)
BMus in Trumpet Performance, Northern Arizona University (1977)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2023-02-02

End Date

2023-02-12

Type

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member

Title

The Prom

Start Date

2021-08-08

End Date

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Sunday Mass

Start Date

2011-04-24

End Date

2020-03-15

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Sunday Mass

Start Date

End Date

2024-03-25

Type

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member

Title

Chrism Mass

Start Date

End Date

2023-11-11

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2023-11-10

Type

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member

Title

Heroes Among Us

Start Date

End Date

2023-09-08

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Per un pugno di dollari

Start Date

End Date

2023-06-07

Type

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member

Title

Ordination Mass

Start Date

End Date

2023-05-29

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2023-05-04

Type

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member

Title

UTEP Jazz Band 2 in Concert

Start Date

End Date

2023-05-02

Type

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member

Title

UTEP Jazz Bands in Concert

Start Date

End Date

2023-03-31

Type

Music - Performance-Orchestra Section Member

Title

Ordination Mass

Start Date

End Date

2023-01-01

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

New Year's Day Morning Mass

Start Date

End Date

2022-12-25

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Christmas Morning Mass

Start Date

End Date

2022-12-24

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Christmas Eve Mass

Start Date

End Date

2022-11-11

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Veterans Day Flag Service

Start Date

End Date

2022-05-30

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2022-05-27

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Memorial Day Flag Service

Start Date

End Date

2022-03-13

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Trumpet Reunion

Start Date

End Date

2021-11-11

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2021-09-21

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Giving Voice

Start Date

End Date

2021-09-21

Type

Student Ensemble Performance

Title

Opera UTEP: Giving Voice Concert

Start Date

End Date

2021-06-14

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2021-05-31

Type

Music - Performance, Other

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2020-11-11

Type

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2020-06-14

Type

Title

Taps Across America

Start Date

End Date

2020-05-25

Type

Title

Taps Across America

Publications

An Austrian in Hollywood: Self-Plagiarism and the “Love Theme” in Max Steiner’s Music for Now, Voyager and Mildred Pierce Journal of Film Music 9.1 2 (2021), Charles F. Leinberger.
Ministerial First Responders International Trumpet Guild Journal 44 3 (in press), Charles F. Leinberger.
Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone (Promotional Endorsement) Lexington Books (in press), Charles F. Leinberger.

Presentations

UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2023), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
Session Chair: Keynote Address: Cracking the Genetic Code of Jurassic Park's Score (2023), Volume Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.
UTEP Symphony Orchestra in Concert (2022), Volume El Paso, Texas, Charles F. Leinberger.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20692

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

10343

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

33428

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20772

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20786

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

10449

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

10450

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20843

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20857

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MUST 3216 - Theory Seminar

Section

20179

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11013

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11014

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

31670

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21099

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21113

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MUST 5319 - Pedagogy of Music Theory

Section

28320

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11011

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11012

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

31666

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21214

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21228

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11058

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11059

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

31816

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21374

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21388

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11127

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11128

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

31961

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21456

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21470

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11211

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11212

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

32095

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21538

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21553

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

10343

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

33428

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20772

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20786

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

10449

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

10450

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20843

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

20857

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11013

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11014

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2022

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

31670

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21099

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21113

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11011

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11012

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2021

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

31666

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21214

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21228

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11058

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

MUST 1313 - Music Theory I

Section

11059

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2020

Course

MUSL 3332 - Music and Film

Section

31816

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21374

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

MUST 1314 - Music Theory II

Section

21388

Evaluation

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