Department of Music Contact Information
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
Faculty & Staff
Ensemble
Marc Decker, Ph.D., DMA
Associate Professor of Music | Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands
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Patricia Fleitas, Ph.D., DMA
Professor
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Music
Laura Joella, Ph.D., DMA
Professor of Music | Director of Orchestral Studies
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Courtney Jones, Ph.D., DMA
Associate Professor of Music
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Boca Raton Campus | AL 252
Kyle Prescott, Ph.D.
DMA The University of Texas | Director of Bands | Professor of Music
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Music
Stacie Rossow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Music, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies
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Music
Bands
Marc Decker, Ph.D., DMA
Associate Professor of Music | Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands
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Kyle Prescott, Ph.D.
DMA The University of Texas | Director of Bands | Professor of Music
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Music
Winds
Erin Gittelsohn, Ph.D., DMA, MM, BM
Adjunct Instructor
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Boca Raton Campus | AH 119
Elissa Lakofsky, MM
Adjunct Instructor
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Ana Mattos-Lebron
Professor
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Music
Laura Winters, MM
Adjunct Instructor
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Music
Brass
Courtney Jones, Ph.D., DMA
Associate Professor of Music
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Boca Raton Campus | AL 252
Jose Leonardo Leon, Ph.D., DMA
Assistant Professor of Music
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Horby Lopez
Adjunct Professor
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Music
Boca Raton Campus
Kyle Mechmet
Adjunct Professor of Saxophone
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Music
Stan Spinola, Ph.D, DMA
Adjunct Professor
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Music
Percussion
Matthew Nichols, M.M.
Senior Instructor
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Voice
Monica Berovides-Hidalgo
Director of Worship
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Music
Susan Dorchin, M.A.
University Instructor
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Music
Dorothy Gal
Vocal Educator
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Music
Boca Raton Campus
Mitchell Hutchings, D.M.A.
Associate Professor of Voice | Applied Performance Area Coordinator | Director of FAU Opera Theatre
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
Music
Boca Raton Campus | AL 251
Stacie Rossow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Music, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies
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Music
Piano
Eerang Ahn
Adjunct Professor, piano
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Kuo-pei Cheng-Lin, M.M.
Adjunct Professor
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Music
Phil Hinton
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Music
Irena Kofman, Ph.D., DMA
Director of Piano Studies | Professor
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Music
Strings
Cornelia Brubeck, M.M.
Adjunct Instructor
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Music
Greg Diamond, Ph.D.
Professor
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Music
Boca Raton Campus
Laura Joella, Ph.D., DMA
Professor of Music | Director of Orchestral Studies
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Angela Kratchmer, MM
Adjunct Instructor
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Music
Boca Raton Campus | AH 119
Mei Mei Luo, M.M.,BM
Adjunct Instructor
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Amy Nickler
Bass Professor
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Music
Juan Antonio Peña, Ph.D., DMA, MM
Adjunct Instructor
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Ian Stewart
Professor
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Music
Boca Raton Campus
Commercial Music
Ira Abrams
Adjunct Instructor
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Music
Matt Baltrucki, Master of Music
Assistant Professor of Music
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Commercial Music
Salvatore Fazio
Professor
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Music
Boca Raton Campus
Alejandro Sánchez Samper
Professor of Music
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Commercial Music
Kevin Wilt, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Music | Associate Professor | Composer-in-Residence
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Michael Zager, Ph.D.
Professor
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Music
Music Education
Monica Berovides-Hidalgo
Director of Worship
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Music
DaLaine Chapman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Music Education | Coordinator of Music Education
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Marc Decker, Ph.D., DMA
Associate Professor of Music | Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands
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Courtney Jones, Ph.D., DMA
Associate Professor of Music
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Boca Raton Campus | AL 252
Claudia Lusararian
Adjunct Instructor
Matthew Nichols, M.M.
Senior Instructor
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Ethnomusicology, History, and Theory
Michael Broder, Ph.D., D.M.
Adjunct Professor
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Music
James Cunningham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | Professor of Music
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Music
Andrés Espinoza Agurto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | DAA Committee
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Music
Juan Antonio Peña, Ph.D., DMA, MM
Adjunct Instructor
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David Rossow, M.A.
Senior Instructor
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Administration
Marc Decker, Ph.D., DMA
Associate Professor of Music | Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands
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Stacie Rossow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Music, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
Music
Kevin Wilt, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Music | Associate Professor | Composer-in-Residence
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Professors Emeriti
Judith Burganger
Professor Emeritus
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Music
Stuart Glazer, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
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Music
Boca Raton Campus