CCM Divisional and Departmental Leadership

Composition, Musicology and Theory Division Head

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Jonathan Kregor

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


Ensembles and Conducting Division Head

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Kevin Michael Holzman

Division Head of Ensembles and Conducting; Director and Associate Professor of Wind Studies

Eminent Scholar of Chamber Music

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Nick Photinos

Professor of Chamber Music and Eminent Scholar

Director of Choral Studies

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Joe Miller

Director and Professor of Choral Studies

513-556-2696

Director of Commercial Music Production

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Kim C. Pensyl

Division Head - General Studies; Program Director - Commercial Music Production; Professor of Music

Director of Jazz Studies

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Craig Bailey

Interim Director of Jazz Studies; Associate Professor of Music in Jazz Saxophone

Director of Orchestral Studies

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Mark I. Gibson

Director of Orchestral Studies; Professor of Music

135-694-9420

Director of Wind Studies

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Kevin Michael Holzman

Division Head of Ensembles and Conducting; Director and Associate Professor of Wind Studies


General Studies Division Head

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Kim C. Pensyl

Division Head - General Studies; Program Director - Commercial Music Production; Professor of Music


Keyboard Studies Division Head

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Andy Villemez

Interim Division Head of Keyboard Studies; Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy

513-556-6825

Chair of Piano

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Michael S. Chertock

Chair of Piano Department; Professor of Piano

135-696-9650

Director of Collaborative Piano

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Kenneth R. Griffiths

Director of Collaborative Piano Activities; Professor of Collaborative Piano

135-695-9514


Media Production Division Head

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Kevin F. Burke

Division Head and Professor of Media Production

135-670-7029


Music Education Division Head

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BettyAnne Gottlieb

Division Head and Associate Professor Educator of Music Education (Strings), Director of New Horizons Orchestra


Performance Studies Division Head

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James Bunte

Division Head of Performance Studies; Professor of Saxophone

032-659-5900

Chair of Strings

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Rachel Calin

Chair of Strings Department; Professor of Double Bass

Chair of Voice

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Karen Lykes

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

135-695-9516

Chair of Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion

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Pavel Vinnitsky

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


Theatre Arts, Production and Arts Administration Division Head

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Rebecca Bromels

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

513-556-5803

Chair of Acting

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Brant Russell

A.B., Dolly, Ralph and Julia Cohen Chair of Dramatic Performance; Associate Professor of Acting; Artistic Director, CCM Playwrights Workshop; Drama Editor, Cincinnati Review

Chair of Arts Administration

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Rebecca Bromels

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

513-556-5803

Chair of Dance

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Shauna L. Steele

Chair and Associate Professor of Dance

Chair of Musical Theatre

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Vincent DeGeorge

Patricia A. Corbett Distinguished Chair of Musical Theatre and the Joseph Weinberger Chair of Acting for the Lyric Stage

Chair of Opera

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Amy S. Johnson

J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair of Opera; Professor of Voice (Soprano)

267-980-3956

Chair of Theatre Design and Production

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Matthew Daniel Tibbs

Chair of Theatre Design and Production; Assistant Professor of Sound Design

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