Faculty by Area

The Department of Music faculty is a diverse group of musicians and educators.

• Applied Faculty
• Program Faculty

Applied Faculty

Voice, Voice Class, Pedagogy, and Diction

• Dr. Minnita Daniel-Cox, Soprano
• Dr. David Sievers, Tenor
• Dr. Linda J. Snyder, Soprano *
• Andrea Wells, Soprano
• Dr. James Arthur Williams, Baritone

Woodwinds

• Dr. Willie L. Morris, III, Saxophone *
• Wallis Vore, Clarinet
• Kristen Smith, Bassoon
• Eileen Whalen, Oboe
• Nicole Charles, Flute

Brass

• Dr. Richard Chenoweth, Horn
• Aaron Brant, Horn
• Dr. Patrick Reynolds, Trumpet *
• Daniel Grantham, Trumpet
• Dr. Michael Keener, Trombone
• Yukita Onitsuka, Tuba

Strings

• John Lardinois, Violin
• Kara Manteufel, Violin
• Dr. Phillip Magnuson, Viola *
• Jim McCutcheon, Guitar
• Jon Pascolini, Double bass
• Shelbi Wagner, Cello

Piano

• John Benjamin
• Phillip Farris
• Dr. Ingrid Keller
• Dr. Eric Street *

Percussion

• James Leslie *

Jazz Faculty

• Eddie Brookshire, Bass
• Phillip Burkhead, Piano
• James Leslie, Drums
• Dr. David McDonnell, Woodwinds
• Dr. Willie L. Morris, III
• Anthony Pepitone, Guitar
• Reginald Richwine, Trumpet

Choral Ensembles

• Dr. Donna Cox
• Dr. Sharon Davis Gratto, Department Chair
• Dr. Robert Jones

Instrumental Ensembles

• Dr. Samuel Dorf
• Tremon Kizer
• James Leslie
• Dr. Heather MacLachlan
• Dr. Willie L. Morris, III
• Dr. Patrick Reynolds

* indicates performance area coordinator

Program Faculty

Music Composition (MUC)

• Dr. Phillip Magnuson, Degree Coordinator
• Dr. Jerod Sommerfeldt
• Dr. David McDonnell

Music Education (MUE)

• Dr. Linda A. Hartley, Degree Coordinator
• Dr. Sharon Davis Gratto, Department Chair
• Dr. Robert Jones
• Julie Bernard
• Tremon Kizer
• Dianne Kronour
• James Leslie

Music Performance (MUP)

• Dr. Willie L. Morris, III  Degree Coordinator

Music Therapy (MUT)

• Dr. Susan Gardstrom, Degree Coordinator
• Dr. James Hiller
• Dorie Phillips
• Larisa McHugh, MA, MT-BC
• Mimi Sinclair
• Brenda Walleman, MT-BC

Bachelor of Arts in Music (MUS)

• Dr. Donna Cox, Degree Coordinator
• Dr. Willie L. Morris, III, Jazz Studies Concentration

Conducting

• Dr. Robert Jones, Choral conducting
• Tremon Kizer, Instrumental conducting
• Dr. Patrick Reynolds, Instrumental conducting

Theory, Aural Skills

• Dr. Phillip Magnuson
• Dr. Toby Rush
• Andrea Wells

Music Technology, Arranging

• Dr. David McDonnell
• Dr. Toby Rush
• Dr. Jerod Sommerfeldt

Musicology and Ethnomusicology

• Dr. Samuel Dorf, Historical Musicology
• Dr. Heather MacLachlan, Ethnomusicology