About Our Faculty

Music Department

Expertise

• Professional and freelance music performance
• Trombone instruction
• Tuba instruction 

Education

• B.M., Bachelors of Music, studied under Ardash Marderosian, Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1978

Expertise

• Composing
• Music history
• Music theory
• Piano instruction
• Piano performance

Education

• D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, 2002
• M.M., University of Maryland, 1993
• B.M., Indiana University, 1991

Expertise

• Choral conducting
• Choral music of the American Southwest
• Vocal performance
• Vocal technique
• Music theory
• Music history
• Music education
• Opera

Education

• D.M.A., Arizona State University, 2012
• M.M., University of Wyoming, 2004
• B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Expertise

• Violin
• Viola

Areas of Expertise

• Vocal Performance
• Vocal Pedagogy and Vocology
• Lyric Diction 
• Historical Performance Practice
• Opera, Oratorio, Art Song
• Music History

Education

• Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
• Master of Sacred Music, University of Notre Dame, 2016
• Bachelor of the Arts with Distinction in German Studies and Music, Stanford University, 2013

Expertise

• Cello pedagogy
• Cello performance
• Contemporary techniques in string literature
• Music theory

Education

• D.M.A., The Florida State University, 2002
• M.M., The Florida State University, 1993
• B.M., East Carolina University, 1991

Areas of Expertise

• Trumpet Performance and Pedagogy
• Brass Performance and Pedagogy
• Brass Ensembles
• Chamber Music
• New Music Collaborations

 
Education

• D.M. Doctor of Music in Performance, The Florida State University, 2015
• M.M. Master of Music in Performance, The University of Michigan, 2012
• M.M. Master of Music in Chamber Music, The University of Michigan, 2012
• B.M. Bachelor of Music in Performance, Brigham Young University, 2010

Expertise

• Piano instruction
• Piano learning methods
• Piano performance
• Piano proficiency

Education

• B.A., Music, Piano Performance, Fort Lewis College, 2002

Expertise

• Jazz instruction
• Percussion instruction
• Percussion performance

Education

• Ph.D., Percussion Performance, University of Northern Texas, 2015
• M.M., Florida State University, 2005
• B.M., University of Kansas, 2003

Areas of expertise

• Blues/Jazz/Rock instruction
• Percussion instructor
• Percussion performance 

Education

• D.M.A., Percussion Performance, University of Arizona, 2019
• M.M. Belmont University, Tennessee, 2010
• B.M. Fort Lewis College, Colorado, 2007

Expertise

• Flute instruction
• Flute performance
• Suzuki flute instructor

Education

• M.A., Flute Performance, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
• B.A., Music, California State University - San Juan José, CA

Expertise

• Applied jazz
• Jazz composition
• Jazz improvisation
• Jazz performance

Expertise

• Music education
• Vocal jazz
• Choral
• Jazz
• Music theory
• Orchestration

Education

• Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University
• M.A., University of San Francisco
• B.A., San Francisco State University

Expertise

• Classical guitar
• Jazz guitar
• Music composition
• Music instruction
• Music performance

Education

• B.M., Classical and Jazz Composition, Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts

Expertise

• Classical education and music performance
• Oboe/English Horn
• Bassoon
• Woodwind Ensembles
• Reed making
• Celtic music

Education

• B.M., Bachelor of Music in Oboe Performance, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado