Dr. Stefan Eckert received a Diploma from the Staatliche Hochschule für Music in Trossingen (Germany) and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Music Theory from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His research focuses on the History of Music Theory, especially on compositional theory in the 17th–19th-centuries, on Musical Form, and Music Theory Pedagogy. 

He has presented papers at local, national and international conferences, published an Edition of Joseph Riepel's Violin Concertos, and articles and reviews in Musiktheorie, Ad Parnassum, Theoria, Music Theory Spectrum, ZGMTH (Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie), and MTO (Music Theory Online).  At the moment, he is working on a book entitled “Compositional Theory in an Era of Taste - An interpretative context for Joseph Riepel’s Anfangsgründe zur musicalischen Setzkunst.”