University Catalog

Faculty - College of Music

DANIEL SHER, dean; professor (piano). BM, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; MS, Julliard School; EdD, Columbia University.

PHILIP AAHOLM, professor emeritus

KWASI AMPENE, associate professor (ethnomusicology). Diploma, University of Ghana; MM, West Virginia University; PhD, University of Pittsburgh.

JAMES R. AUSTIN, associate dean for undergraduate studies, associate professor (music education). BME, University of North Dakota; MAEd, PhD, University of Iowa.

GRETCHEN HIERONYMUS BEALL, professor emerita.

MARGARET BERG, associate professor (music education). BS, Case Western Reserve University; BM, Cleveland Institute of Music; MME, University of Cincinnati; PhD, Northwestern University.

GIORA BERNSTEIN, professor emeritus.

PATRICK BIANCHI, instructor (jazz piano).

DANA BIGGS, assistant director marching band (instructor). BM, University of Kentucky, Lexington; MM, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond; DMA, University of Kentucky, Lexington.

JAMES BRODY, associate professor (oboe). BM, Ohio State University; MM, Indiana University.

STEVEN M. BRUNS, associate dean for graduate studies, associate professor (theory/composition). BME, Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD; MM, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

JOEL BURCHAM, assistant professor (voice). BM, Southern Illinois University; MM, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville; DMA, ABD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

MARK BURDITT, instructor (jazz trombone). BA, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

CARLO CABALLERO, associate professor (musicology). BA, Pomona College; PhD, University of Pennsylvania.

NICHOLAS CARTHY, associate professor (opera). Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and the Mozarteum Salzburg.

PHILIP CHANG, instructor (music theory). BA, Florida State University; MA, PhD, Eastman School of Music.

JOAN CATONI CONLON, professor (choral). BA, MA, DMA, University of Washington.

PETER COOPER, instructor (oboe). BM, Northwestern University.

ANDREW COOPERSTOCK, professor (piano). BM, University of Cincinatti; MM, Julliard School; DMA, Peabody Conservatory of Music.

DAVID CORBUS, instructor (jazz guitar). BM, New York University.

ALEJANDRO CREMASCHI, assistant professor (piano pedagogy). BA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; MM, DMA, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

JOHN DAVIS, associate professor (jazz studies). BA, Metropolitan State College; MM, University of Denver; Darts, University of Northern Colorado.

JOHN DRUMHELLER, instructor (theory/composition). BME, Montana State Univeristy; MM, DMA, University of Colorado at Boulder.

J. MICHAEL DUNN, assistant professor (tuba). BS, Tennessee Technological University; MM, DMA, Arizona State University.

CHARLES EAKIN, professor emeritus.

ERIKA ECKERT, associate professor (viola). BM, Eastman School of Music.

WILLIAM ELLIOTT, senior instructor (theory). BA, Rice University; MA, MM, University of Colorado at Boulder.

OLIVER ELLSWORTH, professor emeritus.

AKIRA ENDO, director of orchestras; professor. BM, MM, University of Southern California.

PAUL ERHARD, associate professor (double bass). BM, Eastman School of Music; MM, DMA, Julliard School.

ANNE EPPERSON, professor (collaborative piano). BM, Julliard School; BA, College of Notre Dame; MM, University of Southern California; MM, Louisiana State University.

ELIZABETH FARR, associate professor (organ, harpsichord). BM, Stetson University; MM, Julliard School; DMA, University of Michigan.

ROBERT FINK, dean emeritus and professor emeritus.

JOHN GALM, professor emeritus.

JUDITH GLYDE, professor (cello). BM, Hartt College of Music; MM, Manhattan School of Music.

BRADLEY M. GOODE, assistant professor (jazz trumpet). BM, University of Kentucky; MM, DePaul University.

LUIS GONZALEZ, professor emeritus.

LARRY GRAHAM, professor emeritus.

JOHN GUNTHER, assistant professor (jazz studies, saxophone). BM, MA, Berklee College of Music; MA, University of Miami.

WILLIAM GUSTAFSON, director of opera studies, associate professor (voice). BM, University of Connecticut; MM, DMA, University of Michigan.

KEVIN HARBISON, professional exempt (recording technology). BM, Cleveland Institute of Music.

JANET HARRIMAN, instructor (harp). BM, College of Wooster; MM, Cleveland Institute of Music.

KUNIAKI HATA, professor emeritus.

CAREY HARWOOD, instructor (guitar). BM, MM, University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

DEBORAH HAYES, professor emeritus.

HSING AY HSU, instructor (artistic director, Pendulum: New Music at CU). BM, Julliard School of Music; MM, Yale School of Music.

JUDITH INGOLFSSON, assistant professor (violin). BM, Curtis Institute of Music; MM, Artist Diploma, Professional Studies, Cleveland Institute of Music

YOSHIYUKI ISHIKAWA, professor (bassoon). BME, MM, Northwestern University; DMA, University of Michigan.

MAMI ITASAKA, instructor (assistant director, Japanese ensemble). BA, English literature, Komazawa University, Tokyo.

DENNIS JACKSON, professor emeritus.

CHRISTINA JENNINGS, assistant professor (flute). BM, MM, Julliard School; DMA, Rice University.

LAWRENCE KAPTEIN, associate professor (choral). BME, Willamette University; MA, Portland State University; DMA, University of Southern California.

WILLIAM KEARNS, professor emeritus.

JAY KEISTER, assistant professor (ethnomusicology). BA, California State University, Fullerton; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.

DANIEL KELLOGG, assistant professor (composition). BM, Curtis Institute of Music; MM, MMA, Yale School of Music.

DAVID KOREVAAR, associate professor (piano). BM, MM, DMA, Julliard School.

DAWN KRAMER, instructor. BA, University of Colorado at Boulder.

IMADE LASMAWAN, instructor (director, gamelan ensemble). SMKar, Skar, Indonesian Traditional Performing Arts College.

MARGARET LATTIMORE, assistant professor (voice). BM, State University of New York at Potsdam; Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington.

DORIS PRIDONOFF LEHNERT, professor (piano). Attended University of Southern California, Julliard School, and University of Connecticut.

OSWALD LEHNERT, professor (violin, viola). Special Studies, Chicago Musical College; Julliard School, University of Connecticut.

DAPHNE LEONG, assistant professor (theory). BM, University of Saskatchewan; MA, MM, PhD, Eastman School of Music.

ALAN LUHRING, professor emeritus.

REBECCA MALOY, assistant professor (musicology). BM, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; MM, PhD, Cincinatti College Conservatory of Music.

PATRICK MASON, professor (theory). BM, Peabody Conservatory of Music, MM, University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

KEVIN MCCARTHY, professor emeritus.

MARGARET MCDONALD, instructor (collaborative piano). BM, MM, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

ALLAN MCMURRAY, director of bands; Robert and Judith Charles Professor (trumpet). BA, California State University, Long Beach; MM, University of Wisconsin. Additional study, University of Michigan.

PETER MIKSZA, assistant professor (music education). BM, College of New Jersey; MME, PhD, Indiana University.

MARTINA MIRANDA, assistant professor (music education). BA, Trinity International University; MA, San Francisco State University; PhD, Musical Arts in Music Education, Arizona State University.

MUTSUMI MOTEKI, associate professor (vocal coach, accompanist). BA, Kunitachi College of Music; MM, Westminster Choir College; DM, University of Michigan.

TOM MYER, associate professor (saxophone). BS, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; MM, North Texas State University.

CARTER PANN, instructor (theory). BM, Eastern School of Music; MM, DMA, University of Michigan.

PATTI PETERSON, associate professor (voice). BM, Salem College; MM, DMA, University of Colorado at Boulder.

DAVID PINKOW, associate professor (horn and theory). BM, Performer's Certificate, Eastman School of Music; MFA, Carnegie Mellon University; DMA, University of Maryland.

THOMAS RIIS, director, American Music Research Center; professor (musicology). BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, University of Michigan.

FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, instructor.

MATTHEW ROEDER, assistant professor, associate director of bands. BM in Music Education, Miami University; MM, Music Education/Conducting, Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University; DMA (wind conducting), University of Colorado at Boulder.

PAUL ROMAINE, instructor (jazz, drum set). BS, University of Colorado Denver.

BRENDA ROMERO, associate professor (musicology, ethnomusicology). BM, MM, University of New Mexico; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.

BARBARA KINSEY SABLE, professor emerita.

TERRY SAWCHUK, associate professor (trumpet). BM, MM, University of Michigan.

F. WAYNE SCOTT, professor emeritus.

DANIEL SILVER, associate professor (clarinet). BM, Northwestern University; MM, University of Michigan.

MARK SIMON, instructor (jazz bass).

JULIE SIMSON, professor (voice). BM, Western Michigan University; MM, University of Illinois.

JEREMY SMITH, associate professor (musicology). BA, Washington College; MFA, University of California, Irvine; PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.

ROBERT SPILLMAN, professor emeritus.

WILLIAM STANLEY, associate professor (trombone). BME, University of Kansas; MM, DMA, University of Illinois.

MICHAEL THEODORE, associate professor (theory/composition). BA, Amherst College; MM, Yale School of Music; PhD, University of California, San Diego.

MICHAEL THORNTON, assistant professor (horn). BM, Temple University; additional studies at Manhattan School of Music and Julliard School.

RICHARD TOENSING, professor emeritus.

DOUGLAS WALTER, professor (percussion). BM, University of North Texas; MM, University of Michigan; DMA, Temple University.

KEITH WATERS, associate professor (theory/composition). BM, University of North Caroline, Greensboro; MM, New England Conservatory of Music; PhD, Eastman School of Music.

LYNN WHITTEN, professor emeritus.

SUSAN WILLIAMSON, assistant professor (music education). BME, Ball State University, MME, University of Colorado at Boulder; PhD, University of Washington.

CHARLES WOLZIEN, professor emeritus.

CHRIS ZEMLIAUSKAS, instructor (vocal coach, accompanist). BM, Ithaca College; MM, University of Minnesota.

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