Faculty
Performing Arts Department | Music

Areas of Expertise

• Conducting
• Choral Literature & Methods
• Historical Performance Practice
• Music Theory & Ear Training
• Music History

Education

• Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022
• Master of Sacred Music, University of Notre Dame, 2015
• Bachelor of Science in Music Education, Duquesne University, 2013

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

• Wind Band Conducting
• Wind Band Performance
• Saxophone Performance and Pedagogy
• Clarinet Pedagogy
• Digital Music and Electronics
• Instrumental Pedagogy

Education:

• Doctor of Musical Arts, Arizona State University; 2020
• Master of Music in Wind Band Conducting, University of Nevada, Reno; 2017
• Bachelor of Music Education, Central Michigan University; 2009

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

Education:  

• BA, Jazz Studies, Fort Lewis College, 2011

Areas of expertise:    

• Guitar Instruction 
• Jazz Piano Instruction
• Jazz Performance
• Jazz Theory
• Improvisation

Expertise

• Acting Techniques
• Musical Theatre Techniques
• Musical Theatre History
• Directing
• Music Directing
• Stage Management
• Arts Management

Education

• D.M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 2004
• M.M., Southern Methodist University, 1991
• B.M., California State University at Northridge, 1989

Areas of Expertise

• Applied Brass and Brass Ensembles
• Orchestration
• New Music and Collaborative Projects
• Neurodiversity Awareness and Education

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

• D.M.A., Percussion Performance, University of North 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

Areas of Expertise

• Piano performance
• Collaborative piano
• Piano pedagogy
• Music history
• Music theory and ear training 

Education 

• D.M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023
• M.M., University of Missouri, 2018
• B.M., Western Michigan University, 2015

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

Education

• B.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 2013
• M.M., Indiana University Bloomington, 2016
• D.M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021

Expertise

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

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