Directory - Music
Department Chair
Timothy Fitzpatrick, MM
Choral conductor
PA 271
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PA 271
Composition & Theory
Charles Halka, DMA
Associate Professor of Composition and Theory, Composition Area Coordinator
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Bruce Hamilton, DM
Professor, Theory, Electroacoustic Music, Composition
PA 133
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PA 133
James Ray, DMA
Associate Professor, Music Education
PA 58
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PA 58
Todd Smith
Senior Instructor, Popular Music History, Music Theory, Composition
High Street Hall 18
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High Street Hall 18
Lesley Sommer
Senior Instructor, Theory
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Jordan Watson, MFA
Instructor, Music Technology
he/him/his
PA 173
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he/him/his
PA 173
Music Education
Patricia Bourne, EdD
Professor, Coordinator of Music Education
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James Ray, DMA
Associate Professor, Music Education
PA 58
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PA 58
Angela Kasper, PhD
Director of Choral Activities
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Music Library
Robert L. Bussard, MA
Library Supervisor
Music Library PA 376C
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Music Library PA 376C
Marian Ritter, BME, MLS
Head of Music Library
Music Library PA 356A
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Music Library PA 356A
Musicology
Haley Nutt, PhD
Instructor of Musicology
she/her
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she/her
Lucas G Senger, MBA
Senior Instructor
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Todd Smith
Senior Instructor, Popular Music History, Music Theory, Composition
High Street Hall 18
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High Street Hall 18
Jeanette Wickell, MM
Instructor
She/her/hers
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She/her/hers
Felicia Youngblood, PhD
Associate Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Musicology Area Coordinator
she/her/hers
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she/her/hers
Band
Paul Bain, MM
Director of Bands
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Jazz
Kevin Woods
Associate Professor, Director of Jazz Studies
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Cat Toren
Instructor
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Orchestra
Ryan Dudenbostel, DMA
Associate Professor, Director of Orchestral Studies, Graduate Advisor
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James Ray, DMA
Associate Professor, Music Education
PA 58
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PA 58
Voice and Choirs
Richard Hodges, DMA
Assistant Professor, Director of Voice Studies
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Holly Alcorn, MM
Senior Instructor, Voice
PA 039
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PA 039
Mark Davies, MM
Senior Instructor, Voice, Opera
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Heather Dudenbostel, MM
Assistant Professor of Voice and Dramatic Arts | Opera Theater Director
PA 63
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PA 63
Timothy Fitzpatrick, MM
Choral conductor
PA 271
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PA 271
Angela Kasper, PhD
Director of Choral Activities
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Melissa Plagemann
Instructor, Voice
PA 174
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PA 174
Jay Rozendaal, MM
Senior Instructor, Voice
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Kathryn Weld, MM
Senior Instructor, Voice
PA 060
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PA 060
Brass
Gustavo Camacho, DMA
Associate Professor of Music | Horn | Brass Area Coordinator
PA 143
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PA 143
Gregory Cox
Instructor, Trombone
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Vincent Green, MM
Senior Instructor, Trumpet
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Amy Kavanagh
Instructor, tuba and euphonium
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Peder MacLellan
Instructor, tuba and euphonium
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Percussion
Gunnar Folsom, MM
Instructor, Drums and Percussion
PAC 12
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PAC 12
Patrick Roulet, DMA
Professor of Percussion, Percussion Area Coordinator
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Piano and Keyboard
Jeffrey Gilliam
Professor of Music
PA 052
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PA 052
Milica Jelača Jovanović, DMA
Professor, Piano, Coordinator of Keyboard Area
PA 172
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PA 172
Rebecca Manalac
Collaborative Pianist
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Rachel Roulet
Head Collaborative Pianist
PA 140
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PA 140
Judith Widrig, MM, PhD
Senior Instructor
PA 101
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PA 101
Kay Zavislak, DMA
Senior Instructor, Piano and Keyboard Skills
PA 101
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PA 101
Strings and Guitar
Laura Camacho, DMA
Senior Instructor
PA 174
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PA 174
Grant Donnellan, MM
Professor, Violin, Youth Orchestra
PA 135
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PA 135
Ryan Dudenbostel, DMA
Associate Professor, Director of Orchestral Studies, Graduate Advisor
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Joseph Gottesman
Instructor, Viola
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Dylan Palmer
Instructor, bass
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Heather Ray, MM
Instructor
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James Ray, DMA
Associate Professor, Music Education
PA 58
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PA 58
Eli Schille-Hudson, MM
Instructor, Guitar
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Janet Steinberg, BA, MA
Instructor, Cello
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Jill Whitman, MM
Instructor, Harp
PA 119
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PA 119
Woodwinds
Mehrdad Gholami, DMA
Assistant Professor of Flute | Woodwinds Area Coordinator
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Pat Nelson, MM
Instructor, Bassoon
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Jennifer Weeks
Oboe Instructor
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Fred Winkler
Instructor, Saxophone
PA 056
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PA 056
Rachel Yoder
Instructor, Clarinet
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Staff
Catherine Brown
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
PA 263
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PA 263
Anne Melo
Department Manager
PA 273
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PA 273
Rax Organa, MS
Office Coordinator
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Michelle Stranges
Piano Technician
PA 061
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PA 061
Emeritus
David Feingold, MM
Professor Emeritus, Guitar
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Leslie Guelker-Cone, DMA
Professor, Emeritus
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Ford Hill
Professor of Piano, Emeritus
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Carla Rutschman, PhD
Professor, Tuba
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Bertil Van Boer, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Musicology, Theory, Collegium Musicum
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Gene Zoro, BMus, MM
Professor Emeritus
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Roger Briggs, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Composition
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Phil Ager -- MA, University of Washington; BAEd, Western Washington State College
Jack Morris -- MM, Indiana University; BA, Brigham Young University
Edward Rutschman -- PhD, University of Washington; MM, Arizona State University; BM, University of Northern Colorado
Walter Schwede
Albert Shaw (deceased)
Mary Terey-Smith (deceased) -- DM, Eastman School of Music; MM, University of Vermont; BM, Liszt Academy of Music
David Wallace -- DMA, Eastman School of Music; MM, University of Wisconsin; BM, University of Michigan