Department Chair

Margaret (Midge) Thomas, Sylvia Marx Professor of Music, Chair of the Music Department

Margaret (Midge) Thomas

Sylvia Marx Professor of Music, Chair of the Music Department

Tonal and non-tonal music theory • Issues of rhythm and time in contemporary music • Music theory pedagogy • Analysis of jazz and popular music


Faculty

John P. Anthony, Professor Emeritus of Music, Adjunct Professor of music

John P. Anthony

Professor Emeritus of Music, Adjunct Professor of music

Piano • Organ


Emily Boyer, Adjunct Instructor of Music

Emily Boyer

Adjunct Instructor of Music

French Horn


Gary A. Buttery, Adjunct Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Jazz Ensembles

Gary A. Buttery

Adjunct Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Jazz Ensembles

Tuba • Euphonium • Conductor • Arranger/Composer


John Clark, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

John Clark

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Jazz • American music • History of western music


Grace Edgar, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Grace  Edgar

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Musicology • U.S. Music • Film Music • Feminist and Queer Theories


Ryan Foley, Adjunct Instructor of Music

Ryan Foley

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Flute


Ian Frenkel, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Ian Frenkel

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Jazz piano


Andrew Greenwald, Assistant Professor of Music

Andrew Greenwald

Assistant Professor of Music

Music Theory • Composition • Algorithmic Music • Hip-Hop • Rock and Roll • American Music • Experimental Music • Electronic Music, Intermedia, Jazz


Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh, Adjunct Professor of Music

Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh

Adjunct Professor of Music

Voice


Katie Kennedy, Adjunct Instructor of Music

Katie Kennedy

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Cello


Nathan Lassell, Adjunct Instructor of Music

Nathan Lassell

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Percussion


Jaroslaw Lis, Adjunct Instructor of Music

Jaroslaw  Lis

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Violin • Viola


Shou Ping Liu, Assistant Professor of Music

Shou Ping Liu

Assistant Professor of Music

Conducting • Orchestral Studies • Opera Directing • Choir • Class Piano • Music and the Holocaust


Wes Mayhew , Adjunct Instructor of Music

Wes Mayhew

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Trombone


Mark McCormick, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Mark McCormick

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Jazz • Double bass


James McNeish, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

James McNeish

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Classical guitar • Acoustical recording engineer


Patrice Newman, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Patrice  Newman

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Piano


Rebecca Noreen, Adjunct Professor of Music

Rebecca Noreen

Adjunct Professor of Music

Bassoon


Kelli O'Connor, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Kelli O'Connor

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Clarinet


Kumi Ogano, Adjunct Professor of Music

Kumi Ogano

Adjunct Professor of Music

Piano • Composers Toru Takemitsu and Akira Miyoshi


Megan Sesma, Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Megan Sesma

Adjunct Associate Professor of Music

Harp


Joshua Thomas, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Joshua Thomas

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

Saxophone


Libby Van Cleve, Adjunct Professor of Music

Libby Van Cleve

Adjunct Professor of Music

Oboe


Gino  Villarreal

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Trumpet

Jurate Švedaite Waller, Adjunct Professor of Music

Jurate Švedaite Waller

Adjunct Professor of Music

Vocal instruction • Opera


James Dale Wilson, Associate Professor of Music

James Dale Wilson

Associate Professor of Music

Ethnomusicology • Jazz Composition • Guangdong ritual and ritual music • Southeast Chinese perspectives on migration and transnationalism


Snow Wilson, Adjunct Instructor of Music

Snow Wilson

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Piano



Staff

Erin Todisco

Academic Department Assistant

Paul Althouse, Professor Emeritus of Music

Paul Althouse

Professor Emeritus of Music

Choral music • Recordings


In Memoriam

Frank Church

Thomas Labadorf

Thomas Stoner

Arthur Kreiger