Department of

Music

Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

Scot Hanna-Weir
Associate Professor
Director of Choral Activities, Conducting

Academic Department Manager

Elizabeth Kelley
Academic Department Manager
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Faculty

Jon Dryden
Quarterly Lecturer
Jazz Piano
Dan Fister
Quarterly Lecturer
Jason Gallardo
Lecturer
Assistant Director of Choral Activities
Teresa McCollough
Professor
Piano, Music Theory, New Music
Alec Nunes
Quarterly Lecturer
Isaac Raven
Quarterly Lecturer
Anthony Rivera
Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Instrumental Activities, Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Music Theory, Music Appreciation
Bruno Ruviaro
Associate Professor
Composition & Theory, Electronic Music, Laptop Orchestra
On leave 2025-2026
Carl Schultz
Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Jazz Studies, Saxophone
Bill Stevens
Teaching Professor
Musicianship, Jazz Piano
Kaori Suzuki
Lecturer
Electronic Music
Nancy Wait-Kromm
Associate Professor
Head of Vocal Studies, Opera Cultures and Ideas, Voice
Christina Zanfagna
Associate Professor
Ethnomusicology, Pop Culture & Race, Global Music

Applied Faculty and Staff

Debra Lambert
Director of Musical Performance

Jimmy Biala
Cuban/Brazilian Percussion
Dan Cromeenes
Staff Pianist
Basma Edrees
Violin
Ráyo Furuta
Flute
Jeff Hanson
Recording Arts
Tamami Honma
Piano, Staff Pianist
Rebecca Jackson-Picht
Violin
Shawn Jones
Bassoonist
Julie Kim
Oboe
Aleksey Klyushnik
Double Bass
Ginger Kroft
Clarinet
Leroy Kromm
Voice
Alexandra Leem
Viola
Menghua Lin
Collaborative Pianist
Elizabeth Neff
Piano, Staff Accompanist
Yeseul (Stella) Park
Oboe
Michele Rivard
Voice
Dan Robbins
Jazz Bass
Richard Roper
Trumpet
Amr Selim
French Horn
Kristen Strom
Saxophone
Spencer Sussman
Trombone
Yingying Wang
Flute
James Witzel
Guitar
John Worley
Jazz Trumpet
Frank Wyant
Percussion
Sun Ha Yoon
Staff Pianist
Katie Youn
Cello
Shenshen Zhang
Pipa

Emeriti Professors

Hans Boepple

Lynn R. Shurtleff, Professor Emeritus

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