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Jennifer Smolos Steele

Dean; Professor (Beginning July 1, 2025)

Jeffrey Marlatt

Interim Dean; Charlotte A. & Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship; Professor, Music (Music Education)

Ting-Yu Chen

Associate Dean for Academic Success; Professor, Dance

Carolyn Coulson

Associate Dean for Curriculum & Assessment; Professor, Theatre

Jennifer Green-Flint

Assistant Dean for Administration & Finance; Executive Director of Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy; Adjunct Associate Professor, Performing Arts Leadership & Management; Adjunct Associate Professor, Education & Leadership

Shaun Evans

Director of Athletic Bands; Senior Coordinator of Conservatory Recruitment; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Conducting

Courtney Reilly

Executive Director, Performances & Engagement; Artistic Director, Performing Arts Live; Adjunct Associate Professor, Conservatory Academics

Arts Management

David Edelman

Director of Performing Arts Leadership & Management Program; Professor, Performing Arts Leadership & Management

Jennifer Green-Flint

Assistant Dean for Administration & Finance; Executive Director of Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy; Adjunct Associate Professor, Performing Arts Leadership & Management; Adjunct Associate Professor, Education & Leadership

Sanja Petričić-Kapeliou

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Leadership & Management

Carly Rapaport-Stein

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Leadership & Management

Anne Smith

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Leadership & Management

Christine Stanley

Adjunct Associate Professor, Performing Arts Leadership & Management

Composition

Jia Yi Lee

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Composition

Jonathan Newman

Director of Composition; Coordinator of New Music; Associate Professor, Composition

Dance

Jiaxi (Jessie) Li (Lee)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance

Eddis M. Brown

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance – Technical Director/ Production Manager

Lindsay Browning

Adjunct Instructor, Dance

Tiffanie Carson

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance

Ting-Yu Chen

Associate Dean for Academic Success; Professor, Dance

Karen Follett

Dance Accompanist; Music Coordinator for Dance Division; Assistant Professor, Dance

Maurice Fraga

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

Brianna Freeman

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance

Ruddy A. Frias

Adjunct Associate Professor, Dance

Erica M. Helm

Coordinator for Theatre & Dance Recruitment; Associate Professor, Dance

Ben Howard

Assistant Professor, Dance (Beginning Fall 2025)

Daniel Kelly II

Instructional Assistant, Dance Accompanist (Percussion)

Madeline Kurtz

Adjunct Associate Professor, Dance

Shylo M. Martinez

Coordinator of Musical Theatre Dance; Associate Professor, Dance & Musical Theatre

Daniel Padierna

Assistant Professor, Dance

Sarah Philabaum

Adjunct Lecturer, Dance

Mary Robare

Adjunct Auxiliary Associate Professor, Dance

Katherine Zukeri

Adjunct Instructor, Dance

Instrumental

Emanuele Andrizzi

Director of Orchestral Studies; Associate Professor, Conducting

Mary Elizabeth Bowden

Associate Professor, Trumpet

Darryl Brenzel

Adjunct Associate Professor, Jazz Saxophone & Jazz

Zachary Bridges

Adjunct Associate Professor, Tuba & Euphonium

Jeff Cortazzo

Adjunct Associate Professor, Bass Trombone, Euphonium & Tuba

Julietta Curenton

Assistant Professor, Flute

Colin Davin

Director of Guitar Studio; Associate Professor, Guitar

William Dunn

Adjunct Associate Professor, Trumpet

Lynnelle Ediger

Adjunct Associate Professor, Harp

Shaun Evans

Director of Athletic Bands; Senior Coordinator of Conservatory Recruitment; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Conducting

Craig Fraedrich

Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Trumpet & Jazz

Luis Hernandez

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jazz Saxophone

Schuyler Jackson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bassoon

Kathy Judd

Adjunct Associate Professor, Violin

Stephen Key

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Oboe

Doris Lederer

Director of Chamber Music; Professor, Viola & Chamber Music

Matthew Niess

Director of Jazz & Commercial Music; Associate Professor, Trombone

Geoffrey Pilkington

Adjunct Associate Professor, Horn

Timothy J. Robblee

Director of Bands; Associate Professor, Conducting

Timothy Roberts

Chair of Instrumental Division; Coordinator for Conservatory in the Community; Professor, Saxophone

Ryan D. Romine

Associate Professor, Bassoon

Julian Schwarz

Associate Professor, Cello

Andrew Skaggs

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Trombone

Donovan Stokes

Coordinator of Strings; Professor, Bass

Akemi Takayama

Akemi Takayama

Victor Brown Endowed Chair in Violin; Professor, Violin

Rod Vester

Director of Contemporary Music; Assistant Professor, Contemporary Music

Karlyn R. Viña

Assistant Professor, Percussion

Richard Whitehead

Adjunct Associate Professor, Jazz Guitar

Alphonso Young

Adjunct Associate Professor, Jazz Percussion

Garrick Zoeter

Anna Lee van Buren Endowed Chair in Clarinet; Coordinator of Winds & Percussion; Professor, Clarinet

Keyboard

Marika Bournaki

Assistant Professor, Piano & Piano Pedagogy

Heidi Hau

Assistant Professor of Music, Piano

Robert Larson

Professor Emeritus, Jazz Piano; Adjunct Professor, Jazz Piano

Minji Lee

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Piano

John O’Conor

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

Wayne L. Wold

Director of Church Music Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Organ

Music Education

Tristan Blankenship

Visiting Assistant Professor, Music Education

Cameron Elliott

Assistant Professor of Music Education (Instrumental) (Beginning Fall 2025)

Alán Saúl Saucedo Estrada

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Education (Strings)

Jeffrey Marlatt

Interim Dean; Charlotte A. & Verne E. Collins Endowed Professorship; Professor, Music (Music Education)

Rebecca Moseley

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Education

Hillary Ridgley

Associate Professor, Music Education (Choral)

Stephanie Standerfer

Director of Music Education; Professor, Music Education

Keith Taylor

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Ben Casey

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Production & Recording Technology

Paul DiFranco

Distinguished Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Production & Recording Technology, Film Studies

Juli Finn

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Songwriting

Golder O’Neill

Director of Music Production & Recording Technology; Professor, Music Production & Recording Technology

Richard Ridgell

Instructional Assistant, Music Production & Recording Technology

Daniel Shores

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Production & Recording Technology

Graham Spice

Director of Collaborative Audio Arts; Associate Professor, Music Production & Recording Technology

James E. Welsh

Adjunct Instructor, Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Theory & History

Clair Cangialosi

Adjunct Instructor, Music Theory

David Chávez

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Theory

Nathan Cobb

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Theory

Matthew Herman

Adjunct Professor, Music Theory

Sarah McCown

Adjunct Instructor, Music Theory

Laurie McManus

Coordinator of Music Literature; Associate Professor, Music History & Literature

Marco Pflanzen

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music History

Carla Ponti

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Literature

Christopher Ruth

Associate Professor, Music History

Keith P. Salley

Coordinator of Music Theory; Professor, Music Theory

Shannan Schmidt

Adjunct Instructor, Musicianship

Rachel Short

Coordinator of Embedded Music Theory Tutors; Associate Professor, Music Theory

Alanna Ropchock Tierno

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Literature

Music Therapy

DeLyn Celec

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Therapy

Thomas Creek

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Therapy Musicianship (Guitar)

Kerry Devlin

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Therapy

Fredrica Dooley-Brown

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Therapy Musicianship

Jennifer Hudson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Therapy

Leigh Jenks

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music Therapy

Bronwen Landless

Associate Professor, Music Therapy

Hakeem Leonard

Assistant Provost for Inclusion, Diversity & Equity; Associate Professor, Music Therapy

Anthony Meadows

Director of Music Therapy; Coordinator of Graduate Music Therapy; Professor, Music Therapy

Miho Sato

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Therapy Musicianship

Zoe Simon-Levine

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Therapy

Allison Terrell

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Therapy

Theatre

Jennifer Flitton Adams

Costume Designer; Associate Professor, Costume Design

Nancy Anderson

Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Musical Theatre

John J. Bonanni

Associate Professor, Theatre, Production Management/Stage Management

Patrick Brady

Harold Herman Chair in Musical Theatre; Music Director; Professor, Theatre

Jenny Ravitz Brightman

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Acting

Andrew Carson

Lighting Designer; Associate Professor, Theatre & Lighting Design

Carolyn Coulson

Associate Dean for Curriculum & Assessment; Professor, Theatre

Kevin Covert

Charles B. Levitin Chair in Musical Theatre; Director of Musical Theatre; Coordinator for Musical Theatre Recruitment; Associate Professor, Theatre

Matt Edwards

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

Kathryn Green

Executive Director of CCM Institute; Chair of Vocal/Choral Division; Director of Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Programs; Professor, Voice (Contralto)

Matthew Hapeman

Assistant Technical Director, Shop Supervisor

Aubrey Deeker Hernandez

Associate Professor, Acting

Stephanie Higgins

Assistant Professor, Voice & Musical Theatre

Jessica Lynn Hightower

Scenic Charge; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Scenic Design

Scott Hudson

Director of Acting; Associate Professor, Theatre

Shylo M. Martinez

Coordinator of Musical Theatre Dance; Associate Professor, Dance & Musical Theatre

Sara Pavlak McGuire

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Acting

Fern Middleton

Lighting Shop Manager & Designer; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lighting Design

Jesse Robinson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Acting

Ben Shaver

Instructional Assistant, Musical Theatre

David Steinmetz

Technical Director; Associate Professor, Theatre

R. Eric Stone

Scenic Designer; Director of Theatre Design & Production; Associate Professor, Scenic Design

Kirsten Trump

Professor, Theatre

Edrie Means Weekly

Co-Founder, CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute; Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice

Laura Whittenton

Costume Shop Manager; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Costume Design

Kit Wilder

Adjunct Instructor, Theatre

Shelbi Wilkin

Assistant Professor, Costume Design (Beginning Fall 2025)

Cheryl Yancey

Costume Designer; Professor, Theatre and Costume Design

Nicholas Yovina

Sound Supervisor for Theatre Facilities; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sound Design

Jacqlyn Zito-Edwards

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice (CCM)

Vocal/Choral

Nancy Anderson

Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Musical Theatre

Diane Atherton

Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice

Carly Baron

Adjunct Instructor, Voice (Classical)

Jacqueline Bayne

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice

LaSaundra Belcher

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music (CCM)

Melissa Jean Chávez

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice

Alison Crockett

Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice (CCM)

Josh Eaves

Adjunct Instructor, Voice

Matt Edwards

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

Kate Elmendorf

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice (CCM)

David M. Glasgow

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice

Kathryn Green

Executive Director of CCM Institute; Chair of Vocal/Choral Division; Director of Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Programs; Professor, Voice (Contralto)

Maevon Gumble

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice

Nancy Gustafson

Adjunct Artist-in-Residence, Voice (Soprano)

Christian T. Herbst

Visiting Adjunct Professor, Voice Science

Stephanie Higgins

Assistant Professor, Voice & Musical Theatre

Mark Irchai

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Vocal Coaching

Byron Jones

Professor, Voice

Karen Keating

Professor Emerita, Voice, Choral Conducting & Choral Music; Adjunct Professor, Music (Conducting)

Ella Marchment

Director of Opera; Associate Professor

David Meyer

Adjunct Professor, Voice (Baritone) & Voice Pedagogy

Fotina Naumenko

Associate Professor, Voice (Soprano)

Hillary Ridgley

Associate Professor, Music Education (Choral)

Richard W. Robbins

Choral Artist-in-Residence; Director of Choral Activities; Associate Professor

Kevin Rose

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Maja Tremiszewska

Assistant Professor, Music, Vocal Coaching

Rod Vester

Director of Contemporary Music; Assistant Professor, Contemporary Music

Edrie Means Weekly

Co-Founder, CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute; Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice

Jacqlyn Zito-Edwards

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice (CCM)

Lori Şen

Assistant Professor, Vocal Pedagogy

Emeriti

Charlotte Nelson Aiosa

Professor Emerita, Voice

Thomas Albert

Professor Emeritus, Composition & Musical Theatre; Producing Artistic Director (retired), Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre

Frances Lapp Averitt

Professor Emerita, Flute

William Averitt

Professor Emeritus, Composition

Donald Black

Professor Emeritus, Music Theory

Sue Marston Boyd

Professor Emerita, Piano

Elizabeth Caluda

Professor Emerita, Piano

Glenn Caluda

Professor Emeritus, Guitar

Charlotte Collins

Dean Emerita

Verne E. Collins

Professor Emeritus

Steven Cooksey

Professor Emeritus, Organ & Church Music

William Ingham

Professor Emeritus, Theatre

Stephen Johnston

Professor Emeritus, Conducting & Clarinet

Karen Keating

Professor Emerita, Voice, Choral Conducting & Choral Music; Adjunct Professor, Music (Conducting)

Robert Larson

Professor Emeritus, Jazz Piano; Adjunct Professor, Jazz Piano

James H. Laster

Professor Emeritus, Conducting

Scott Nelson

Professor Emeritus, Trumpet & Conducting

Janette Ogg

Professor Emerita, Voice

William Pierson

Professor Emeritus, Theatre, Scenic & Lighting Design

Philip Sargent

Professor Emeritus, Voice (Bass-Baritone)

Robert Shafer

Professor Emeritus, Choral Conducting

Clyde Thomas Shaw

Professor Emeritus, Cello

Elizabeth Temple

Professor Emerita, Piano

Jan Wagner

Professor Emeritus, Conducting

Karen Walker

Professor Emerita, Piano

Earl R. Yowell

Professor Emeritus, Percussion

David Zerull

Professor Emeritus, Music Education