Faculty & Staff

Choral Music

Julia Thorn, University Choir, Chamber Singers, Women’s Choir and Men’s Chorus
Colin Armstrong, University Chorale

Composition

Conducting

Instrumental Music

Eric Hinton, Director of Bands, Symphonic Band, Stadium Band
Jennifer Sacher Wiley, University Orchestra
Joshua Davis, Jazz Ensemble

Brass

Tyler Ogilvie, horn
Eric Hinton, trumpet
Kevin Henry, trombone
Eric Henry, tuba and euphonium

Percussion

Gregory Alico
Patrick Long

Strings

Jennifer Sacher Wiley, violin, pedagogy
Marcus Smolensky, viola
Andrew Rammon, cello
Joshua Davis, bass
Ruth Hunter, harp
Jay Umble, guitar
Matthew Radspinner, string music education

Woodwinds

Leslie Cullen, flute
Jill Marchione, oboe
Colleen Hartung, clarinet
Anna Claire Ayoub, bassoon
Gail Levinsky, saxophone, instrumental pedagogy

Chamber Music

Kevin Henry
Jill Marchione
Andrew Rammon
Gail Levinsky, saxophone, instrumental pedagogy

Jazz Studies

Joshua Davis
Jay Umble

Keyboard

Naomi Niskala, piano
Marcos Krieger, organ, church music, university organist
Ilya Blinov, piano, collaborative piano
Diane Scott, piano class

Music Education

David Gadberry, coordinator
Colin Armstrong, choral methods
Eric Hinton, brass methods
Gail Levinsky, woodwind methods, instrumental methods
Ryan Pritchard, percussion methods
Matthew Radspinner, string methods

Music History

Marcos Krieger
Joshua Davis
Victor Boris
Ilya Blinov

Technology

Patrick Long
Paul Smith

Theory

Colin Armstrong, aural skills
Joshua Davis, aural skills
Marcos Krieger, aural skills
Patrick Long, written theory, counterpoint, orchestration
Naomi Niskala, written theory

Voice

David Steinau, voice, opera studio, vocal literature
Nina Tober, voice, diction, vocal pedagogy
Jeffrey Fahnestock, voice
Jonathan Hays, voice
Judith White, voice, voice class

Staff

Sara Adams, music admissions coordinator
Juli Boggs, academic assistant
Mary Lippert-Coleman, music preparatory program coordinator