Meet Our Faculty


Michael O'Brien
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology
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Nisan Ak
Adjunct Director of Wind Ensemble, Fundamentals of Music, and Aural Skills
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Lorna Barker
Instructor of Piano, Staff coach and accompanist
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Carrie Bates
Adjunct Professor of Trombone
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Yuriy Bekker
Director of Orchestra
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Amanda Castellone
Instructor, Voice/Opera
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Carlos Brown
Assistant Professor
Director of Choral Activities
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Saundra DeAthos-Meers
Assoicate Professor, Voice/Opera
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Frank Duvall
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Bass
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Gerald Gregory
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Piano
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Christian Hales
Adjunct Professor of Double Bass
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Julia Harlow
Adjunct Professor of Harpsichord and Pipe Organ
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Edward Hart
Professor of Music Theory and Compostion
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David Heywood
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Flute and Wind Ensemble
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Tom Hicks
Assistant Professor of Piano/Director of Piano Studies
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Gary Hill
Adjunct Professor of Music Theory
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Anne Holmi
Adjunct Professor of French Horn
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Jessica Hull Dambaugh
Adjunct Professor of Flute
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Tomas Jakubek
Adjunct Professor of Violin
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Abigail Kent
Adjunct Professor of Harp
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Natalia Khoma
Professor, Cello
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Robert Lewis
Visiting Assistant Professor, Saxophone/Jazz Studies
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Philip Lipton
Adjunct Professsor of Clarinet
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Antonio Marti
Adjunct Professor of Trumpet
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Sam McCoy
Adjunct Professor of Steelpan
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Nathan Michel
Adjunct Professor of Theory
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Wojciech Milewski
Adjunct Professor of Music/Opera Coach
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Tyler Ross
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Guitar
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Kim Sauberlich
Assistant Professor, Musicology
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Lee-Chin Siow
Associate Professor, Violin
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David Templeton
Associate Professor, Voice
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Yiorgos Vassilandonakis
Professor, Music Theory/Composition
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Volodymyr Vynnytsky
Director of Chamber Music
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Benjamin Weiss
Adjunct Professor of Viola
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Ron Wiltrout
Adjunct Professor of Drumset
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