Conservatory

Administration

Michael Stepniak

Dean; Professor, Music

Karen Walker

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies; Associate Professor, Piano

Aimé Sposato

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies; Professor, Voice (Soprano)

Erica M. Helm

Assistant Dean for Recruitment; Associate Professor, Dance

Jeffrey Marlatt

Assistant Dean for Student Learning; Charlotte A. & Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship; Director of Music Education; Associate Professor, Music Education

Jennifer Green-Flint

Assistant Dean of Administration; Director of Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Leadership and Management

Conservatory Academics

Brian Abrams

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Therapy

Marsha Barley

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Education

Amanda Bono

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Theory

David Chavez

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Theory

Larry Correll

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Education

Paul DiFranco

Distinguished Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Production and Recording Technology

David Edelman

Director of Performing Arts Leadership and Management Program; Associate Professor, Performing Arts Leadership and Management

Linda Jean Gammon

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Education

Rosemary Green

Graduate Programs Librarian; Adjunct Professor, Conservatory Academics

Matthew Herman

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Theory

Farid Javidan-Samani

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music Theory

Leigh Jenks

Adjunct Instructor, Music Therapy

Bronwen Landless

Adjunct Instructor, Music Therapy

Linda Leonard-Pell

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Education

Hakeem Leonard

Assistant Professor, Music Therapy

Anne Lipe

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Therapy

David T. Little

Distinguished Guest Composer; Senior Lecturer, New Music

Michael Maher

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Theory and Jazz Piano

Jeffrey Marlatt

Assistant Dean for Student Learning; Charlotte A. & Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship; Director of Music Education; Associate Professor, Music Education

Laurie McManus

Associate Professor, Music History and Literature

Anthony Meadows

Director of Graduate Music Therapy Studies; Associate Professor, Music Therapy

Jonathan Newman

Director of Composition; Coordinator of New Music

Golder O’Neill

Director of Music Production and Recording Technology; Associate Professor, Music Production and Recording Technology

Dudley Oakes

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Theory

Adam Olson

Assistant Professor, Music Production and Recording Technology

Lynn M. Rechel

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Education

Courtney Reilly

Managing Director; Artistic Director for Performing Arts Live; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Leadership and Management

Alanna Ropchock

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music History

Keith P. Salley

Coordinator of Music Theory; Associate Professor, Music

Daniel Shores

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Production and Recording Technology

Rachel Short

Assistant Professor, Music Theory

Mike Sokol

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Production and Recording Technology

Stephanie Standerfer

Associate Professor, Music Education

Christine Stanley

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Leadership and Management

Thomas Sweitzer

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Therapy

Daniel Tague

Director of Undergraduate Music Therapy Studies; Assistant Professor, Music Therapy

James Tucker

Adjunct Lecturer, Music Education

Ryuji Ueno

Distinguished Adjunct Lecturer, Conservatory Academics

David Zerull

Chair of Conservatory Academics Division; Professor, Music Education

Dance

Jacob Brent

Assistant Professor, Jazz Dance

Robert Cardana

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance

Taylor Carper

Adjunct Lecturer, Dance

Tiffanie Carson

Assistant Professor, Dance

Ting-Yu Chen

Associate Professor, Dance

Kathryn DeBord-Peter

Instructional Assistant, Dance

Stephanie Dorrycott

Adjunct Lecturer, Dance

Karen Follett

Dance Accompanist; Musical Coordinator for Dance; Lecturer, Dance

Maurice Fraga

Christina Halpin Chair in Dance; Chair of Dance Division; Assistant Professor, Dance

Erica M. Helm

Assistant Dean for Recruitment; Associate Professor, Dance

Shylo M. Martinez

Auxiliary Adjunct Lecturer, Jazz/Tap Dance

Stephanie Parkinson

Adjunct Lecturer, Dance

Mary Robare

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance

Dorcas Román Rodríguez

Visiting Assistant Professor, Modern Dance

Robyn Hart Schroth

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance

Lisa Startsman

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance

Instrumental

Darryl Brenzel

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jazz

Michael Bunn

Adjunct Associate Professor, Tuba and Euphonium

Craig Fraedrich

Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Jazz and Trumpet

Julian Gray

Director of Guitar Studies; Professor, Guitar

Joseph Grimmer

Adjunct Instructor, Bassoon

Luis Hernandez

Adjunct Lecturer, Jazz Saxophone

Alan Johnson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Conducting

Stephen Key

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Oboe

Michael Kramer

Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Guitar

Robert Larson

Harrison Endowed Chair in Piano; Associate Professor, Jazz Piano

Doris Lederer

Director of Instrumental Chamber Music; Professor, Viola and Chamber Music

Joseph Lovinsky

Adjunct Associate Professor, French Horn

Candice Mowbray

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Guitar

Scott Nelson

Professor, Trumpet and Conducting

Matthew Niess

Adjunct Associate Professor, Classical and Jazz Trombone

Timothy J. Robblee

Director of Bands; Associate Professor, Conducting

Timothy Roberts

Professor, Saxophone

Ryan D. Romine

Associate Professor, Bassoon and Music Theory

Julian Schwarz

Assistant Professor, Cello

Chuck Seipp

Adjunct Associate Professor, Trumpet

Brian Settles

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jazz

Clyde Thomas Shaw

Professor, Cello

Jonathan Snowden

Professor, Flute

Donovan Stokes

Coordinator of Strings; Professor, Bass

Bridgett Stuckey

Adjunct Associate Professor, Harp

Akemi Takayama

Victor Brown Chair in Violin; Associate Professor, Strings

Jan Wagner

Director of Orchestral Studies; Conductor; Chair of Instrumental Division; Professor, Conducting

Richard Whitehead

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jazz Guitar

Alphonso Young

Adjunct Associate Professor, Jazz Percussion

Earl R. Yowell

Professor, Percussion

Garrick Zoeter

Anna Lee Van Buren Chair in Clarinet; Coordinator of Winds and Percussion; Associate Professor, Clarinet

Keyboard

Elizabeth Caluda

Professor, Piano

Hsin-Yi Chen

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Piano

Lee Ann Dransfield

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Piano

Paul Gillies

Adjunct Instructor, Piano

Ieva Jokubaviciute

Assistant Professor, Piano

J. Thomas Mitts

Director of Organ and Church Music; Associate Professor, Organ and Church Music; Director, Church Music Institute

John O’Conor

Distinguished Artist-in-Residence; Chair of Keyboard Division; Professor, Piano

Israel Schossev

Lead Piano Technician; Adjunct Lecturer, Piano Technology

Karen Walker

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies; Associate Professor, Piano

Theatre

William Ingham

Technical Director; Chair of Theatre Division; Associate Professor, Theatre

Jennifer Flitton Adams

Costume Designer; Associate Professor, Costume Design

Sally Anderson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre

Paul Awad

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre

Thomas Brooks

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre

Andrew Carson

Assistant Professor, Lighting Design

Carolyn Coulson

Associate Professor, Theatre

Kevin Covert

Director of Musical Theatre; Assistant Professor, Theatre

Rick Edinger

Music Director; Assistant Professor, Theatre

Matthew Edwards

Associate Professor, Voice; Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice; Artistic Director, CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute

Michael “Jonz” Jones

Adjunct Instructor, Theatre

William Pierson

Scenic and Lighting Director; Associate Professor, Theatre, Scenic and Lighting Design

J.J. Ruscella

Director of Acting; Associate Professor, Theatre

Joachim Schirmacher

Adjunct Lecturer, Theatre

Larry Silverberg

Master Teacher in Acting; Professor, Theatre

Hank Stone

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre

Kirsten Trump

Professor, Theatre

Cheryl Yancey

Costume Designer; Associate Professor, Theatre

Vocal/Choral

Professors Emeriti