School of Music

• School of Music
• Graduate Programs

• Graduate Faculty
• Composition, M.M.
• Conducting, M.M.
• Education, M.M.
• Performance, M.M.

Graduate Faculty

Dean

• Duane Funderburk, DMA
  Dean and Professor

Professors

• Rodney Cathey, DMA
  Chair of Undergraduate Studies; Conductor of University Choir and Orchestra; Professor of Music
• Tao Chang, DMA
  Professor of Music
• Donavon Gray, DMA
  Director of Winds, Brass, and Percussion Studies; Conductor of Wind Ensemble and Handbells; Associate Professor of Music
• Dennis Royse, Ph.D.
  Chair of Graduate Programs; Associate Professor of Music
• Robert Sage, DMA
  Professor of Music
• Phil Shackleton, DMA
  Director of Music Theory, Director of Music Technology; Professor of Music
• Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA
  Adjunct Professor of Music: Cello and Chamber Music

Associate Professors

• David Beatty, M.M.
  Director of Commercial Music, Director of Jazz Ensemble; Assistant Professor of Music
• Kimasi Browne, Ph.D.
  Director of Ethnomusicology; Associate Professor of Music
• Harold Clousing, M.A.
  Conductor of Men's Chorale; Associate Professor of Music
• Melanie Galloway, DMA
  Associate Professor of Music
• Marvin McKissick, M.M.
  Director of Church Music; Associate Professor of Music
• Donald Neufeld, M.A.
  Associate Dean of the School of Music; Associate Professor of Music

Assistant Professors

• Joel Clifft, DMA
  Director of Keyboard Studies; Assistant Professor of Music
• Claire Fedoruk, DMA
  Assistant Professor of Music
• David Hughes, DMA
  Conductor of Bel Canto Women's Choir; Assistant Professor of Music
• Alexander Koops, M.M.
  Director of Undergraduate Music Education, Conductor of Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Marching Band; Assistant Professor of Music
• Michael Kozubek, M.M.
  Director of Guitar Studies; Assistant Professor of Music
• Michael Lee, M.A.
  Director of Music Technology; Director of Small Group Ensembles; Assistant Professor of Music
• Alex Russell, M.M.
  Director of Chamber Music; Assistant Professor
• John Sutton, DMA
  Director of Choral Activities, Conductor of Oratorio Choir; Assistant Professor of Music
• Roza Kostrzewska Yoder, M.A.
  Artistic Director of the International Piano Institute; Assistant Professor of Music

Instructors

• William Boocock, M.A.
  Instructor of Music
• Timothy Eckert, M.M.
  Instructor, Double Bass
• Patricia Edwards, M.M.
  Director of Vocal Studies; Director of Opera Workshop; Instructor of Music
• Janet Harms, Ed.D.
  Instructor of Music
• Michelle Jensen, M.M.
  Conductor of Chamber Singers; Instructor of Music
• Eniko St. Clair, M.M.
  Instructor of Music

Adjunct Professors

• Eric Mathis, M.M., M.Div.
  Adjunct Professor of Music
• Jonathan Moerschel, M.M.
  Adjunct Professor, Viola and Chamber Music
• Christopher Russell, M.M.
  Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; Adjunct Professor
• Charles Stegeman, M.M.
  Director of Strings
• Jonathan Thomson, M.M.
  Adjunct Professor of Music

“The greatest strength of the School of Music is its faculty and their strong desire to help people recognize their God-given talents and help them understand their responsibility in the development of those talents.”

– Dennis Royse, Ph.D.
Chair of Graduate Programs; Assistant Professor of Music History and Music Theory