Faculty

Conducting & Ensemble Directors

Dr. Kyle Prescott
Dr. Kyle Prescott, Director of Bands

 

>Dr. Marc Decker
Dr. Marc Decker,  Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor

 

Dr. Laura Joella
Dr. Laura Joella, Director of Orchestral Studies

 

Dr. Stacie Rossow
Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting

 

Courtney Jones
Dr. Courtney Jones, Trumpet; Artistic Director, Jazz and Chamber Ensembles

 

Dr. Patricia Fleitas
Dr. Patricia Fleitas, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies

 

Winds, Brass, & Percussion

Dr. Kyle Prescott
Dr. Kyle Prescott, Director of Bands

 

>Dr. Marc Decker
Dr. Marc Decker,  Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor

 

 

Stojo Miserlioski

 

Dr. Carlos Felipe Vina
Laura Winters, Bassoon

 

Kyle Mechmet
Kyle Mechmet, Saxophone

 

Dr. Stan Spinola
Dr. Stan Spinola, French horn

 

Courtney Jones
Dr. Courtney Jones, Trumpet; Artistic Director, Jazz and Chamber Ensembles

 

 

Calvin Jenkins
Calvin Jenkins, Low Brass

 

Matthew Nichols
Matthew Nichols, Percussion 

 

Voice

Dr. Patricia Fleitas
Dr. Patricia Fleitas, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies

 

Dr. Stacie Rossow
Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting

 

Susan Dorchin

 

 

 

Piano

Dr. Irena Kofman
Dr. Irena Kofman, Director of Piano Studies

 

David Hammer
David Hammer, Jazz Piano

 

Feruza Dadabaeva

 

Phil Hinton
Phil Hinton, Piano 

 

Eerang Ahn
Eerang Ahn, Collaborative and Class Piano

 

Kuo-pei Cheng-Lin
Kuo-pei Cheng-Lin, Collaborative and Class Piano

 

Strings

Dr. Laura Joella
Dr. Laura Joella, Director of Orchestral Studies

 

Rebecca Lautar

 

Mei Mei Luo
Mei Mei Luo, Violin

 

 

Cornelia Brubeck

 

Jeff Adkins
Jeff Adkins, Double Bass

 

Juan Antonio Pena
Dr. Juan Antonio Pena, Classical Guitar

 

Lindsey Blair
Lindsey Blair, Electric Guitar

 

Rob Rimmington
Rob Rimmington, Music Technology

 

 

Commercial Music 

Michael Zager
Michael Zager, Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Performing Arts, Commercial Music

 

Alejandro Sánchez-Samper
Alejandro Sánchez-Samper, Commercial Music

 

Matt Baltrucki
Matt Baltrucki, Commercial Music

 

Ira Abrams
Ira Abrams, Legal Issues and Artist Management

 

Richard Asher
Richard Asher, Music Publishing

 

Jennifer Appel
Jennifer Appel, Commercial Music Faculty

 

Rob Rimmington
Rob Rimmington, Music Technology

 

Carl Spagnuolo
Carl Spagnuolo, Music Publishing and Copyright

 

Dr. Kevin Wilt
Dr. Kevin Wilt, Department Chair, Music Composition and Music Theory

 

Music Education  

Dr. DaLaine Chapman
Dr. DaLaine Chapman, Coordinator of Music Education

 

Claudia Lusararian
Claudia Lusararian, Elementary Music

 

Richard A
Richard Andreacchio, Choral Music Education

 

>Dr. Marc Decker
Dr. Marc Decker,  Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor

 

Rebecca Lautar

 

Matthew Nichols
Matthew Nichols, Percussion 

 

Courtney Jones
Dr. Courtney Jones, Trumpet; Artistic Director, Jazz and Chamber Ensembles

 

 

Ethnomusicology, History, and Theory 

 

Dr. James Cunningham
Dr. James Cunningham, Ethnomusicology and World Music Ensembles

 

Dr. Daniel Copher
Dr. Daniel Copher, Music Appreciation

 

Marlena Niewczas
Marlena Niewczas, Music Appreciation

 

David Rossow
David Rossow, Sight Singing

 

Dr. Michael Broder
Dr. Michael Broder, Music Theory

 

Dr. Andres Espinoza
Dr. Andres Espinoza Agurto, Ethnomusicology and Latin Music Ensemble

 

Administration

Dr. Kevin Wilt
Dr. Kevin Wilt, Department Chair, Music Composition and Music Theory

 

Dr. Stacie Rossow
Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting
>Dr. Marc Decker
Dr. Marc Decker,  Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor

 

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