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Music Faculty

The Department of Music has numerous full-time and part-time faculty and instructors. Please contact us at for personal contact information.


Over 130 students in our degree programs benefit from the expertise of 45+ full-time and part-time faculty and instructors, many of whom are recognized leaders in their field.  Please contact us to receive more information or to request personal contact information for any of our music faculty and/or staff.


Travis Alford
B.M. East Carolina University
M.M. New England Conservatory
Ph.D. Candidate Brandeis University
composition, counterpoint,
20th-century techniques
composers' guild advisor
 

Soo Bae
B.M. The Curtis Institute
M.M., Artist's Diploma The Juilliard School
cello

Carol Barnett
B.A., M.A. University of Minnesota
composer-in-residence

C. Thomas Brooks
B.M. Houghton College
M.M. New England Conservatory
Artist's Diploma The Hartt School
director of choral activities
director of college choir
professor of music

voice

Susan Brooks
B.M. Houghton College
M.M. Eastman School of Music
Artist's Diploma The Hartt School
director of performance activities
professor of music
voice

Norma Brunner
B.S.M. Grace University
M.M.  University of Nebraska
piano, piano class

Mary Bulger
B.S., B.A. William Jewel College
M.M., Boston University, Oxford University
voice

Mia Chung
B.A. Harvard College
M.M. Yale University School of Music
D.M.A. The Juilliard School
artist-in-residence
piano

Heidi Clark
B.A. Dartmouth College
B.M., M.M. Indiana University
Artist's Diploma, The Hartt School
voice

Mary Correia
co-director of summer music academy
music education

Steve Correia
woodwinds class

Nancy Dimock
oboe

Gerald Dolan
B.F.A. Saint Michael's College
M.M. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Conducting Study: Frank Battisti 
faculty, graduate music education

Sandra Doneski
B.M. Gordon College
M.M.Ed., Ph.D. The Hartt School
director of undergraduate music education
director of graduate program in music education
artistic director of children’s choir
associate professor of music

Piper Runnion-Bareford
harp 

Sara Gassert
B.M. Gordon College
co-director of summer music academy
assistant conductor of children's choir
professional development liason for graduate music studies

William Gray
tuba, brass class

Susan Hagen
B.M., M.M. Boston University
string bass

Bruce Hangen
conductor of orchestra

Kristen Harrington
program coordinator for graduate music education & community programs

Liana Hill
B.M. Gordon College
M.M. Longy School of Music
music education,
voice, voice class, 
director of men's ensemble

Peter Iltis
B.S., M.S. Indiana University
Ph.D. University of Kansas
horn

Jessica Kelley
B.M. Gordon College
assistant conductor of women’s choir

Susan Kim
B.M., M.M. The Juilliard School
Ed.D. Teachers College Columbia University 
music history,  chamber music
violin, viola

William Kirkley
B.M. University of Arkansas
Artist's Diploma, Southern Methodist University
clarinet

Gregory Lowther
B.M. Gordon College
director of music operations
coordinator of music technology
assistant conductor of children's choir
accompanist

Faith Lueth
B.M. Boston University
M.M. Boston Conservatory
Artist's Diploma, C.M.E. Institute
director of women’s choir
ACDA student chapter advisor
world music

Douglas Marshall
organ

Amy McGlothlin
saxophone

Jessica Modaff
B.M. Wheaton College (IL)
M.M Boston University
music theory
piano, coaching

Michael Monroe
B.M. University of Arkansas
M.M. University of Maryland
D.M.A. New England Conservatory
assistant professor
faculty, graduate music education
music history, musical production,
special studies
piano, coaching


David Patterson
B.M., M.M. New England Conservatory
guitar class, guitar

Walter Pavasaris
strings class

Kenneth Phillips
B.M. Westminster College
M.M. West Virginia University
Ph.D. Kent State University
faculty, graduate music education

Alina Polyakov
M.A., Ph.D. Gnessin's Conservatory of Music
piano

David Rox 
B.M. Gordon College
M.M., Ed.D. Boston University
director of bands
professor of music
trombone

Wren Saunders
B.M. University of Southern Maine
M.M. New England Conservatory
bassoon

Frederick Sienkiewicz
B.M. University of Massechusetts, Amherst 
M.M. New England Conservatory
trumpet

Nathan Skinner
B.M. Gordon College
piano, coaching
accompanist

Aaron Trant
percussion

Joan Wendt
administrative assistant

Martin Wittenberg
B.M., B.M.E. Trossingen Hochschule für Musik 
M.M. Yale University
trombone

Eileen Yarrison
B.M. University of New Hampshire
M.M. The Pennsylvania State University
D.M.A. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
flute

Todd Young
B.M. Berklee College of Music
M.S.M. Boston University
percussion class,
music education