Faculty Directory by Area with Bios

Applied Faculty

Applied Music Studies Division

Woodwinds

• Don Gottlieb - Flute
• Kathy Karr - Flute
• Jennifer Potochnic  - Oboe
• Dallas Tidwell - Clarinet, Area Coordinator
• Michael Tracy - Saxophone, Mike Tracy's Website, Saxophone Studio Website
• Matthew Karr - Bassoon
• Margaret Nije - Clarinet
  

Brass and Percussion

• Bruce Heim - French Horn, Division Head, Bruce Heim's Website, Horn Studio Website
• Mike Tunnell - Trumpet, Area Coordinator, Tunnell Website, Trumpet Studio Website
• Herbert Koerselman - Trumpet, Dean Emeritus, Herb Koerselman Website, Trumpet Studio Website
• Brett Shuster - Trombone, Trombone Studio Website
• John Jones - Tuba, Euphonium
• Jeff Luft - Percussion
• Brian Kushmaul - Percussion
  

Keyboard & Piano Pedagogy - Piano Studio Website

• Dror Biran, Biran Website
  
• Vernon Cherrix - Piano, Piano Literature, Piano Ensemble
• Karen Griffin - Class Piano
• Naomi Oliphant - Associate Dean, Area Coordinator, Piano Ensemble
• Krista Wallace-Boaz - Class Piano, Piano Pedagogy
• Jack Ashworth - Harpsichord

Voice - Vocal Performance Website

• Edith Davis Tidwell - Soprano, Area Coordinator
  
• Dan Weeks - Tenor
• Donn Everette Graham - Baritone

Strings

• J. Patrick Rafferty - Violin
• Brittany MacWilliams - Violin
  
• Chien-Ju Liao - Viola
• Paul York - Cello, Area Coordinator, Cello Studio Website
• Sidney King - Double Bass
• Stephen Mattingly - Guitar, Guitar Studio Website
• Carol McClure - Harp
  

Ensembles & Conducting Division

Ensembles Website
Conducting Website
Band Website

• Amy Acklin - Assistant Director of Bands, Secondary Instrumental Music Education
  
• Jack Ashworth - Early Music Ensemble
• Greg Byrne - Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Band Website
• Kent Hatteberg - Choral Activities, Conducting, Graduate Studies
• Kimcherie Lloyd - Director of Orchestral Studies, Conducting, Graduate Studies
• Michael Ramach - Music History, Opera, Opera Website
• Fred Speck - Director of Bands, Conducting, Division Head, Composition, Graduate Studies, Band Website
  

Jazz Studies Division

Jazz Studies Website

• Ansyn Banks - Jazz Trumpet
• Jim Connerley - Jazz Piano
• Chris Fitzgerald - Jazz Piano/Bass, Jazz Theory
• John LaBarbera - Computer Technology, Music Industry, Jazz Studies, John LaBarbera's Website
• Jason Tiemann - Jazz Drum Set
• Jerry Tolson - Jazz History & Styles
• Michael Tracy - Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Repertoire,Division Head, Mike Tracy's Website
• Craig Wagner - Jazz Guitar
• Tyrone Wheeler - Jazz Bass
• Anderson Pessoa - Jazz Sax
  

Academic Faculty

Music Education & Music Therapy Division

Music Education

• Amy Acklin - Assistant Director of Bands, Secondary Instrumental Music Education
• Robert Amchin - General Music Education, Graduate Studies, Division Head
• Christopher Doane - General Music Education; Dean
• Robert Bertke - Public School Music
• John Jones - Euphonium; Tuba
• Linda Ratti - String Pedagogy
• Jerry Tolson - Instrumental Music Education, Jazz Studies
• Doug Elmore - String Methods
• Amy Ensel - Woodwind Methods
• Alexis Paxton - Choral Methods
  

Music Therapy
Music Therapy Website

• Shannon Bowles
• Jenny Branson
  
• Cheryle Lawrence
• Jennifer Potochnic
  
• Julia Purcell
  
• Linda Thieneman
• Barbara Wheeler - Area Coordinator

Music History Division

Music History Website

• Gregory Acker
  
• Jack Ashworth
• Jean Christensen - Division Head
• Jean Hutchinson
• John Kays
• Sean Mulhall
• Steve Noble
• Michael Ramach
• Seow-Chin Ong
• Jennifer Potochnic
  
• Julia Shinnick
• Michael Sprowles
• Christopher White

Music Theory & Music Composition Division

Music Composition Website

• Paul Dell Aquila
• Anne Marie de Zeeuw, Theory Area Coordinator, Music Theory Website
  
• Chris Fitzgerald
• Allison Ogden
• Lori Palamara
• John Ritz
  
• Steve Rouse -  Composition Area Coordinator
  
• Marc Satterwhite
• Krzysztof Wolek
• Daniel Worley