Faculty
Performing Arts Department | Music

Areas of expertise:

• Choral Conducting
• Vocal Pedagogy
• Musicians' Wellness

Education:

• M.M., Conducting, Eastman School of Music, 2024
• B.M.E., Vocal Music Education, Eastman School of Music, 2022

Expertise

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

Education:

• D.M.A., Arizona State University; 2020
• M.M., Wind Band Conducting, University of Nevada, Reno; 2017
• B.M.E., 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

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

Expertise

• Voice
• Acting through song

Education

• B.A., Music Theater, Oklahoma City University, 1991

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.M., Flute Performance, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
• B.M., Music, California State University - San Juan José, CA

Education

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

Expertise

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