Directory - Music

Department Chair

Composition

Charles Halka, DMA

Associate Professor of Composition and Theory, Composition Area Coordinator

he/him

360-650-3868

PA 141

Bruce Hamilton, DM

Professor, Theory, Electroacoustic Music, Composition

360-650-3711

PA 133

Todd Smith

Senior Instructor, Popular Music History, Music Theory, Composition

360-650-7138

High Street Hall 18

Lesley Sommer

Senior Instructor, Theory

Jordan Watson, MFA

Instructor, Music Technology

he/him/his

PA 173

Music Education

Patricia Bourne, EdD

Professor, Coordinator of Music Education

James Ray, DMA

Associate Professor, Music Education

PA 58

Gail Ridenour

Instructor

she/her/hers

Angela Kasper, PhD

Director of Choral Activities

She/her/hers

360-650-7290

PAC 043

Music Library

Robert L. Bussard, MA

Library Supervisor

360-650-7607

Music Library PA 376C

Marian Ritter, BME, MLS

Head of Music Library

360 650 3696

Music Library PA 356A

Theory, History, and Literature

Haley Nutt, PhD

Instructor of Musicology

she/her

360-650-3688

James Ray, DMA

Associate Professor, Music Education

PA 58

Lucas G Senger, MBA

Senior Instructor

he, him

360-650-4439

High Street Hall 19

Jeanette Wickell, MM

Instructor

She/her/hers

Felicia Youngblood, PhD

Associate Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Musicology Area Coordinator

she/her/hers

Band

Paul Bain, MM

Director of Bands

Jazz

Marina Albero

Instructor, Jazz

Emily Asher, MM

Instructor, Jazz

She/Her/Hers

Greg Williamson

Drum Set and Percussion Instructor

He/Him

360-650-3130

Kevin Woods

Associate Professor, Director of Jazz Studies

he/him/his

5038996152

PA 111

Orchestra

Ryan Dudenbostel, DMA

Associate Professor, Director of Orchestral Studies, Graduate Advisor

he, him, his

360-650-7712

PA 137

James Ray, DMA

Associate Professor, Music Education

PA 58

Voice and Choirs

Richard Hodges, DMA

Assistant Professor, Director of Voice Studies

Holly Alcorn, MM

Senior Instructor, Voice

360-650-3130

PA 039

Mark Davies, MM

Senior Instructor, Voice, Opera

He, Him, His

360-650-2015

PA 054

Heather Dudenbostel, MM

Assistant Professor of Voice and Dramatic Arts | Opera Theater Director

PA 63

Angela Kasper, PhD

Director of Choral Activities

She/her/hers

360-650-7290

PAC 043

Melissa Plagemann

Instructor, Voice

360-650-3130

PA 174

Jay Rozendaal, MM

Senior Instructor, Voice

he/him

360-650-2015

PA 060

Kathryn Weld, MM

Senior Instructor, Voice

360-650-2706

PA 060

Brass

Gustavo Camacho, DMA

Associate Professor of Music | Horn | Brass Area Coordinator

360-650-3259

PA 143

Gregory Cox

Instructor, Trombone

Amy Feeney

Instructor, tuba and euphonium

Vincent Green, MM

Senior Instructor, Trumpet

Peder MacLellan

Instructor, tuba and euphonium

Percussion

Gunnar Folsom, MM

Instructor, Drums and Percussion

206-931-1190

PAC 12

Haley Nutt, PhD

Instructor of Musicology

she/her

360-650-3688

Patrick Roulet, DMA

Professor of Percussion, Percussion Area Coordinator

He/Him

360-650-3404

PA 023

Piano and Keyboard

Jeffrey Gilliam

Professor of Music

36-650-3709

PA 052

Milica Jelača Jovanović, DMA

Professor, Piano, Coordinator of Keyboard Area

360-650-2870

PA 172

Rebecca Manalac

Collaborative Pianist

Rachel Roulet

Head Collaborative Pianist

443-797-7665

PA 140

Judith Widrig, MM, PhD

Senior Instructor

360-650-3235

PA 101

Kay Zavislak, DMA

Senior Instructor, Piano and Keyboard Skills

360-650-3235

PA 101

Strings and Guitar

Laura Camacho, DMA

Senior Instructor

360-650-6856

PA 174

Grant Donnellan, MM

Professor, Violin, Youth Orchestra

360-650-3718

PA 135

Ryan Dudenbostel, DMA

Associate Professor, Director of Orchestral Studies, Graduate Advisor

he, him, his

360-650-7712

PA 137

Joseph Gottesman

Instructor, Viola

Dylan Palmer

Instructor, bass

James Ray, DMA

Associate Professor, Music Education

PA 58

Eli Schille-Hudson, MM

Instructor, Guitar

he/they

360-650-6414

PA 145

Janet Steinberg, BA, MA

Instructor, Cello

Jill Whitman, MM

Instructor, Harp

360-650-4119

PA 119

Woodwinds

Mehrdad Gholami, DMA

Assistant Professor of Flute | Woodwinds Area Coordinator

He/Him

360-650-2320

PA 056

Pat Nelson, MM

Instructor, Bassoon

she, her

360-650-2689

PA 031

Jennifer Weeks

Oboe Instructor

She, Her, Hers

360-650-2689

PA 031

Fred Winkler

Instructor, Saxophone

360-650-7740

PA 056

Rachel Yoder

Instructor, Clarinet

Staff

Catherine Brown

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

Anne Melo

Department Manager

360-650-7352

PA 273

Rax Organa, MS

Office Coordinator

he/him, they/them

360-650-2368

PA 273

Michelle Stranges

Piano Technician

360-650-2485

PA 061

Emeritus

David Feingold, MM

Professor Emeritus, Guitar

Leslie Guelker-Cone, DMA

Professor, Emeritus

Ford Hill

Professor of Piano, Emeritus

Bertil Van Boer, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Musicology, Theory, Collegium Musicum

Gene Zoro, BMus, MM

Professor Emeritus

Roger Briggs, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Composition

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