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

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

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

voice

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

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

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

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

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

Mary Correia
M.Ed. Fitchburg State College
B.M.Ed. University of Lowell
co-director of summer music academy
music education

Stephen Correia
M.Ed. Fitchburg State College
B.M.Ed. University of Lowell
woodwinds class

Nancy Dimock
M.M. New England Conservatory
B.M. The Manhattan School of Music
oboe

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

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

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
M.Ed. Lesley University
B.M.Ed. Gordon College
tuba, brass class

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

Bruce Hangen
conductor of orchestra

Kristen Harrington
program coordinator for graduate music education & community programs

Jamie Hillman
D.M.A. candidate Boston University
M.M. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.M. University of Western Ontario
Assoc. diploma Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto
choral methods and literature, diction, voice class, voice, director of men's choir

 

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

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

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

Gregory Lowther
director of music operations
coordinator of music technology

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

Douglas Marshall
organ

Amy McGlothlin
D.M.A. candidate Boston University
M.M. Longy School of Music
B.F.A. Marshall University
saxophone

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

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


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

Walter Pavasaris
Ed.D. Boston University
M.M. The University of Michigan
B.M.Ed. The Hartt School
strings class

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

David Rox 
Ed.D., M.M. Boston University
B.S. Gordon College
department co-chair
director of bands
professor of music
trombone

Piper Runnion-Bareford
M.Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
B.M. Curtis Institute of Music
Performance Degree, Royal College of Music, London
harp
 

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

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

Nathan Skinner
M.S.M. Boston University
B.M. Gordon College
piano, coaching
accompanist

Aaron Trant
M.M. New England Conservatory
B.A. University of Oregon
percussion

Joan Wendt
administrative assistant

Martin Wittenberg
D.M.A. candidate Boston University
M.M. Yale University
B.M., B.M.E. Trossingen Hochschule für Musik 
trombone

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

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