Faculty
Conducting & Ensemble Directors
Dr. Marc Decker, Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor
Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting
Dr. Patricia Fleitas, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies
Winds, Brass, & Percussion
Dr. Marc Decker, Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor
Dr. Erin Gittelsohn, Oboe
Laura Winters, Bassoon
Dr. Stan Spinola, French horn
Dr. Jose Leonardo Leon, Trombone, Arts Entrepreneurship
Matthew Nichols, Percussion
Voice
Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting
Dr. Mitchell Hutchings, Applied Performance Area Coordinator; Voice, FAU Opera Theatre,
FAU Opera in Italy
Piano
Kuo-pei Cheng-Lin, Collaborative and Class Piano
Strings
Dr. Laura Joella, Director of Orchestral Studies
Mei Mei Luo, Violin
Dr. Juan Antonio Pena, Classical Guitar
Dr. Greg Diamond, Electric Guitar
Ian Stewart, Electric Bass
Commercial Music
Alejandro Sánchez-Samper, Commercial Music
Ira Abrams, Legal Issues and Artist Management
Salvatore Fazio, Music Publishing and Copyright
Jennifer Appel, Commercial Music Faculty
Dr. Kevin Wilt, Department Chair, Music Composition and Music Theory
Music Education
Claudia Lusararian, Elementary Music
Monica Berovides-Hidalgo, Voice
Ethnomusicology, History, and Theory
Dr. Juan Antonio Pena, Music Appreciation
David Rossow Music Theory
Administration
Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting
Dr. Marc Decker, Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor