CCM Directory

Tondra V. Holt, 

Assistant to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies

Stephanie P. Schlagel, 

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Musicology

John W Martin, 

Interim Assistant Dean of Admissions; Assistant Dean of Preparatory and Community Engagement

Kandice J. Odister, 

Graduate Admissions Counselor

Emilee A. Suchomski, 

Admissions Counselor

Jeanette Marie Graham, 

Business Officer

TJ _ Hizer, 

Sr HR Manager

Alison K Tritschler, 

Business Administrator

Jeanne M. Rose, 

Box Office Manager

Joshua Chal, 

Academic Advisor

Patricia S. Rencher, 

Senior Academic Advisor

Gabriel Guy-Duane Saba, 

Academic Advisor

Trina Lynette Williams, 

Program Coordinator

Stephanie Taylor Dumais, 

Assistant to the Dean

Stanley E. Romanstein, 

Dean and Thomas James Kelly Professor of Music

Libby Coletta, 

Assistant Director of Development

Sarah M. Mizelle, 

Director of Development and External Relations

Jamie R Muenzer, 

Associate Director of Alumni Relations, CCM and DAAP

Jenny _ Doctor, 

Head of the CCM Library, Associate Professor of Musicology

Sharon Louise Downing, 

Library Associate

David L. Sandor, 

Senior Library Associate

Rebecca Lee Butts, 

Assistant Public Information Officer

Mikki Clare Graff, 

Graphic Designer

Melissa R. Neeley-Nicolini, 

Digital Content Specialist

Curt P. Whitacre, 

Director of Marketing and Communications

Anne Cushing-Reid, 

Interim Director Preparatory and Community Engagement Division; Director of Engagement, Special Programs and Partnerships; Adjunct Instructor of Arts Administration

Amy F. Dennison, 

CCM Prep Director of Education/Instructor

Lauren Beth Magee, 

Program Coordinator, Registrar and Student Accounts

John W Martin, 

Interim Assistant Dean of Admissions; Assistant Dean of Preparatory and Community Engagement

Anne Cushing-Reid, 

Interim Director Preparatory and Community Engagement Division; Director of Engagement, Special Programs and Partnerships; Adjunct Instructor of Arts Administration

Rayburn B. Dobson, 

Senior Director of Performance Operations

Clarence M. Brown, 

IT Manager

Rashad L Robinson, 

Computer User Support Specialist

Jody A. York, 

Procurement Coordinator

Gregory S. Falcione, 

Master Electrician; Adjunct Instructor of Lighting Design and Technology

Rebekah J. Whitacre, 

Piano Technician

Eric L. Wolfley, 

Director of Piano Services

Simón D. Sotelo, 

Director of Recording Production; Adjunct Instructor of Digital Audio

Eric P. Louie, 

Scheduling Manager

Michael D. Fiday, 

Professor of Composition

Ellen R. Harrison, 

Adjunct Associate Professor of Composition; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Theory and Composition

Mara M. Helmuth, 

Professor of Composition

Douglas Knehans, 

Norman Dinerstein Professor of Composition Scholar

Miguel A. Roig-Francoli, 

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music Theory and Composition

James N Bennett

David Carson Berry, 

Professor of Music Theory

Steven Joel Cahn, 

Professor of Music Theory

Soo Kyung Chung, 

Adjunct Instructor of Music Theory

C. Catherine Losada, 

Professor of Music Theory

Samuel Y. Ng, 

Associate Professor of Music Theory

Miguel A. Roig-Francoli, 

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music Theory and Composition

Christopher M Segall, 

Associate Professor of Music Theory

Daniel L. Batchelder, 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology

Shelina Louise Brown, 

Assistant Professor of American Music

Jenny _ Doctor, 

Head of the CCM Library, Associate Professor of Musicology

Stefan P Fiol, 

Professor

Megan Steigerwald Ille, 

Assistant Professor-Educator of Musicology

Jeongwon Joe, 

Associate Professor of Musicology

Jonathan Kregor, 

Professor of Musicology; Division Head, Composition, Musicology, and Theory

Scott V. Linford, 

Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology

Stephen Conrad Meyer, 

Professor of Musicology

Matthew G. Peattie, 

Associate Professor of Musicology

Stephanie P. Schlagel, 

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Musicology

Jewel A. Smith, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Musicology

Kristy   Swift, 

Assistant Professor of Musicology – Educator

Darlene Y. Miller, 

Executive Staff Assistant

L. Brett Scott, 

Professor of Ensembles and Conducting

Joe M Miller, 

Professor of Choral Studies/Chair of Choral Studies

Kimberly A. Buczek, 

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Brian D. Cashwell, 

Adjunct Instructor of Jazz and Commercial Music Production

Nick Martin Fryer, 

Adjunct Instructor of Guitar

Ellen V. Graham, 

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Thomas A. Haines, 

Professor of Commercial Music Production

Richard Hordinski, 

Adjunct Professor in General Studies (Commercial Music)

Aaron Jacobs, 

Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Studies (Bass and Combos)

Dan Karlsberg, 

Adjunct Instructor; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Jazz Piano

Brad Thomas Myers, 

Adjunct Instructor

Kim C. Pensyl, 

Director of Commercial Music Production; Professor of Commercial Music Production and Jazz Studies; Division Head, General Studies

John W. Taylor, 

Instructor - Adj

Andrew C Villemez, 

Assistant Professor-Educator

Craig Bailey, 

Assistant Professor of Music in Jazz Saxophone

Scott B. Belck, 

Professor and Director of Jazz Studies (Trumpet)

Russell D. Burge, 

Professor of Percussion; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion Department

Marc E. Fields, 

Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Trombone and Combos

Art Gore, 

Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Drums

Sarah Elizabeth Herbert

Aaron Jacobs, 

Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Studies (Bass and Combos)

Brad Thomas Myers, 

Adjunct Instructor

Sergio Pamies, 

Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano

Kim C. Pensyl, 

Director of Commercial Music Production; Professor of Commercial Music Production and Jazz Studies; Division Head, General Studies

Rick _ VanMatre, 

Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies and Saxophone; Professor Emeritus

John Zappa, 

Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Studies (Trumpet)

Jiannan Cheng, 

Adjunct Instructor of Orchestral Conducting

Mark I. Gibson, 

Professor of Music; Director, Orchestral Studies

Aik Khai Pung, 

Assistant Professor of Music

Thomas P Gamboa, 

Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Wind Studies

Kevin Michael Holzman, 

Assistant Professor and Director of Wind Studies; Interim Division Head, Ensembles and Conducting

Rose Anna Hensley, 

Program Manager

Joe J. Brackman, 

Assistant Professor of Multi-Camera Production

Kevin F. Burke, 

Professor of Electronic Media and Electronic Media Division Head

Peter DePietro, 

Full Professor of New Media | International Award-Winning Author | Founding Director of the Digital Innovation Lab: A Technology & Education Incubator | First Official Executive Director of UC's Emeriti Center

Donald A. Hancock, 

Assistant Professor of Film and Television Production

John M. Hebbeler, 

Assoc Professor

John W. Owens, 

Associate Professor of Electronic Media

Hagit L Limor, 

Broadcast News Journalism & Media Professor, Division of Media Production, CCM

Matthew Curtis Alexander

Kenneth D Allen, 

Technical Production Manager, Adjunct Instructor of Electronic Media

Chad Ashmore, 

Adjunct Instructor of Electronic Media

Clayton I. Belcher, 

Adjunct Instructor of E-Media

Nicholas Belperio, 

Instructor - Adj

Bevin Blankenbuehler, 

Instructor - Adj

Steve E. Gillen, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electronic Media

Christopher Joseph Hagan

Douglas John Lillibridge

Kemp B Lyons

Norma J. Rashid, 

Adjunct Instructor of Electronic Media

Michael Joespeh Sauer, 

Adjunct Instructor of Electronic Media

Yvonne M. Starkey-Posey, 

Adjunct Instructor of Electronic Media

Kenneth D Allen, 

Technical Production Manager, Adjunct Instructor of Electronic Media

David R. Colussi, 

Computer User Support Specialist 1

Anne Ruth Barr, 

Student Worker

Steve L Beirens, 

Adjunct Instructor in General Studies (Dance)

John T. Bell, 

Adjunct Instructor of Ballet, CCM Prep Ballet Instructor

Jonathan M Brink, 

Adjunct Instructor in General Studies (Jazz)

Shelina Louise Brown, 

Assistant Professor of American Music

Joshua Chal, 

Academic Advisor

Isabele Melo Elefson, 

Adjunct Instructor of Dance, CCM Prep Ballet Instructor

James J Feist, 

Adjunct Instructor

Stephen Gerard Ferre, 

Assistant Professor/Educator, Composition, General Music

Stefan P Fiol, 

Professor

Jeri Deckard Gatch, 

Instructor - Adj

Samantha Iris Grant, 

Instructor - Adj

Ellen R. Harrison, 

Adjunct Associate Professor of Composition; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Theory and Composition

Owen David Hopper, 

Instructor - Adj

Richard Hordinski, 

Adjunct Professor in General Studies (Commercial Music)

Jonnie L. Jacobs, 

Adjunct Instructor of Ballet, CCM Prep Ballet Director

Julius Edward Jenkins, 

Instructor - Adj

Roger Klug, 

Associate Professor; Educator in General Studies (Music)

Will ‎ Kuhn, 

Music Technology Instructor

Matthew Rush McAllister, 

Instructor - Adj

David B McDonnell, 

Adjunct Instructor in General Studies (Music)

Kim C. Pensyl, 

Director of Commercial Music Production; Professor of Commercial Music Production and Jazz Studies; Division Head, General Studies

Holly B Pratt, 

Associate Professor of Music - Educator; Director of Music Minor Program

Karen E Shiota, 

Adjunct Instructor of General Studies (Music)

Kazuaki Shiota, 

Adjunct Instructor in General Studies (Music)

Allyson Jean West, 

Instructor - Adj

Christopher Eugene Wilke, 

Instructor of Classical Guitar

Darlene Y. Miller, 

Executive Staff Assistant

Kim C. Pensyl, 

Director of Commercial Music Production; Professor of Commercial Music Production and Jazz Studies; Division Head, General Studies

Kenneth R. Griffiths, 

Professor of Collaborative Piano; Director of Collaborative Piano Activities

Donna H. Loewy, 

Field Service Professor of Collaborative Piano; Accompanist-in-Residence

Sandra M. Rivers, 

Professor of Collaborative Piano

Stephan Anthony Casurella, 

Adjunct Instructor of Liturgical Organ

John Deaver, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Keyboard Studies

Michael S Unger, 

Associate Professor of Keyboard (Organ and Harpsichord)

Jane Michelle Conda, 

Professor of Piano; Coordinator of Secondary Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Division Head, Keyboard Studies; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Piano

Andrew C Villemez, 

Assistant Professor-Educator

Dror Biran, 

Associate Professor of Piano

Michael S. Chertock, 

Professor of Piano; Piano Department Chair

Ran Dank, 

Assistant Professor of Piano

Soyeon Kate Lee, 

Associate Professor of Music in Piano

Awadagin K.A. Pratt, 

Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence

Andrew C Villemez, 

Assistant Professor-Educator

Suzanne M Wright, 

Executive Staff Assistant for Music Education and Keyboard Studies

Amy C. Beegle, 

Associate Professor of Music Education (General Music)

Jane Michelle Conda, 

Professor of Piano; Coordinator of Secondary Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Division Head, Keyboard Studies; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Piano

Eva G. Floyd, 

Associate Professor of Music Education, Director of CCM Community Women's Choir

Betty Anne Gottlieb, 

Associate Professor of Music Education (Strings), Director of New Horizons Orchestra

Donna Dee Hamlin

Dianne Kronour, 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education

Ann M. Porter, 

Professor of Music Education; Chair, Division of Music Education

Suzanne M Wright, 

Executive Staff Assistant for Music Education and Keyboard Studies

Elizabeth Ann Freimuth, 

Adjunct Instructor of Horn

Karen Shane Schneider, 

Instructor - Adj

Denise Kay Tryon, 

Associate Professor of Horn

Margaret Tung, 

Instructor - Adj

Timothy Anderson, 

Associate Professor of Trombone

Peter K. Norton, 

Adjunct Instructor in Trombone

Joseph Weston Rodriguez

Philip R. Collins, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Trumpet

Michael Patrick Mergen, 

Associate Professor of Trumpet

Timothy J. Northcut, 

Professor of Music (Tuba and Euphonium)

Russell D. Burge, 

Professor of Percussion; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion Department

James F. Culley, 

Professor of Percussion

Christopher Eugene Wilke, 

Instructor of Classical Guitar

Rachel L. Calin, 

Associate Professor of Double Bass

Owen C. Lee, 

Adjunct Associate Professor of Double Bass

Gillian Benet Sella, 

Adjunct Associate Professor of Harp

Amit Even-Tov, 

Assistant Professor, Ariel Quartet member (cello)

Ilya Finkelshteyn, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cello

Alan B. Rafferty, 

Assistant Professor- Educator of Violoncello

Jan S. Grüning, 

Assistant Professor, Ariel Quartet member (viola)

Catharine   Carroll Lees, 

Professor of Viola, Geraldine B. Gee Chair of Viola

Gershon Gerchikov, 

Assistant Professor, Ariel Quartet member (violin)

Alexandra Kazovsky, 

Assistant Professor, Ariel Quartet member (violin)

Kristin I. Lee, 

Assistant Professor of Violin

Timothy Lees, 

Assistant Professor, Educator of Violin

Stefani _ Matsuo, 

Asst Professor - Adj

Kurt Sassmannshaus, 

Professor of Violin; the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Classical Violin

Won-Bin Yim, 

Associate Professor of Violin; Chair, String Department

Quinn Patrick Ankrum, 

Assistant Professor of Voice

Thomas E. Baresel, 

Professor of Voice

Gwendolyn M. Coleman, 

Professor of Voice

Amy S. Johnson, 

Associate Professor of Voice (Soprano)

Karen S. Lykes, 

Professor of Voice; Dieterle Chair of Music in memory of George Andreas and Elsa Fishcher Dieterle

Kenneth B. Shaw, 

Professor of Voice

Stuart L. Skelton, 

Professor of Voice

Mary Southworth Shaffer, 

Adjunct Instructor of Voice

Daniel Weeks, 

Associate Professor of Voice

Martin Garcia, 

Adjunct Instructor of Bassoon

Christopher Brandon Sales, 

Adjunct Instructor of Bassoon

Ronald G. Aufmann, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clarinet; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Clarinet

Ixi Chen, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clarinet

Christopher Pell, 

Instructor - Adj

Demarre McGill, 

Associate Professor of Flute

Heather D. Verbeck, 

Adjunct Instructor of Flute/Piccolo

Dwight R Parry, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oboe

Craig Bailey, 

Assistant Professor of Music in Jazz Saxophone

James Bunte, 

Associate Professor of Saxophone; Division Head, Performance Studies

Om V Srivastava, 

Adjunct Instructor of Saxophone

Rick _ VanMatre, 

Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies and Saxophone; Professor Emeritus

Claudia C. Penn, 

Executive Staff Assistant

Tracy Jean Connor, 

Adjunct Instructor

Denise M. Dal Vera, 

Adjunct Instructor - Business Skills for the Actor

Susan M Felder, 

Assistant Professor of Acting and Movement

Richard E. Hess, 

Professor of Acting and Directing

k. Jenny Jones, 

Professor of Acting

Wendy LeBorgne, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor

d. Lynn Meyers, 

Adjunct Instructor - Audition Techniques

Susan R. Moser, 

Adjunct Instructor of Dance

Robert G. Pavlovich, 

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Acting

Brant Russell, 

Assoc Professor

Chaslee Michelle Schweitzer

DArcy Smith, 

Professor of Acting; A.B., Dolly, Ralph and Julia Cohen Chair of Dramatic Performance

Rebecca Erin Bowman Bromels, 

Assistant Professor of Arts Administration

Anne Cushing-Reid, 

Interim Director Preparatory and Community Engagement Division; Director of Engagement, Special Programs and Partnerships; Adjunct Instructor of Arts Administration

Kristin M. Suess, 

Adjunct Instructor of Arts Administration

Denton J. Yockey, 

Professor of Arts Administration; Head, Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration (TAPAA)

John T. Bell, 

Adjunct Instructor of Ballet, CCM Prep Ballet Instructor

Suzette Boyer Webb, 

Adjunct Instructor of Ballet

Deirdre Carberry, 

Associate Professor of Dance

Gema Diaz Lugo, 

Adjunct Instructor of Dance

Isabele Melo Elefson, 

Adjunct Instructor of Dance, CCM Prep Ballet Instructor

Jeri Deckard Gatch, 

Instructor - Adj

Jonnie L. Jacobs, 

Adjunct Instructor of Ballet, CCM Prep Ballet Director

Qi Jiang, 

Professor of Dance

Molly Schneider Perez, 

Adjunct Instructor of Dance

Karen E Shiota, 

Adjunct Instructor of General Studies (Music)

Shauna L. Steele, 

Associate Professor of Dance; Chair of Dance Department

Tricia A. Sundbeck, 

Adjunct Instructor of Dance, CCM Prep Ballet Instructor

Michael J. Tevlin, 

Associate Professor of Dance

Angelika Bonyhati-Kovacs, 

Accompanist

Douglas V Sutton, 

Accompanist

Vincent DeGeorge, 

Associate Professor, Joseph Weinberger Chair of Acting for the Lyric Stage

Stephen Goers, 

Adjunct Instructor of Musical Theatre

Roger Grodsky, 

Professor of Musical Theatre

Katie Ann Johannigman, 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre

Diane Lala, 

Professor of Musical Theatre

Karen E. Olivo, 

Adjunct Instructor of Musical Theatre

Eric Daniel Santagata, 

Associate Professor and Patricia A. Corbett Distinguished Chair of Musical Theatre

Julie M. Spangler, 

Adjunct Instructor of Musical Theatre

Vincent DeGeorge, 

Associate Professor, Joseph Weinberger Chair of Acting for the Lyric Stage

Gregory S. Eldridge, 

Associate Professor of Opera Directing

Robin A. Guarino, 

Professor of Opera

Lisa Sarah Hasson, 

Instructor - Adj

Kathleen A. Kelly, 

Associate Professor of Opera Coaching

Marie-France Lefebvre, 

Professor of Opera/Voice Coaching

Laura Jane Molander, 

Theatre Costume Technician

Susan Patricia Morrison, 

Tech Theatre Specialist

Rebecca Senske, 

Associate Costume Designer

Regina Truhart, 

Associate Professor, Costume Technology

Gregory S. Falcione, 

Master Electrician; Adjunct Instructor of Lighting Design and Technology

Sharon Huizinga, 

Assistant Professor of Lighting Design & Technology

Daniel C. Townsend, 

Adjunct Instructor

Kelly A. Yurko, 

Associate Professor of Make-Up

Michael J. Blankenship, 

Scenic Artist

Mark A. Halpin, 

Associate Professor of Scenic Design

Kathryn M. Miller, 

Technical Theatre Specialist

Thomas Christopher Umfrid, 

Professor of Stage Design

Wendy J Dorn, 

Instructor - Adj

Michele A. Kay, 

Associate Professor of Stage Management; Chair, Department of Theater Design and Production

Matthew D. Tibbs, 

Assistant Professor of Sound Design

Steve R. Miller, 

Associate Director of Theatre Operations

Stirling S. Shelton, 

Professor of Technical Direction

William Sylvan Tucker, 

Adjunct Instructor of Technical Direction

Kyle Elder Wichman, 

Theatre Stage Technician/Shop Foreman

Colleen E. Condit, 

Program Manager

Deborah Lynn Neiheisel-DeZarn, 

TAPAA Program Manager

Amanda M. Powell, 

TAPAA Production Manager/Financial Administrator

Denton J. Yockey, 

Professor of Arts Administration; Head, Division of Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration (TAPAA)