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• Brent Auerbach, Theory
• Eric Berlin, Trumpet, Conductor
• Norman Bolter, Trombone
• John Bottomley, Tuba & Euphonium
• T. Dennis Brown, Music Education, Graduate Program Coordinator
• Elizabeth Chang, Violin, Opus One Coordinator
• Fredric T. Cohen, Oboe
• Jeff Cox, Chair of the Department of Music & Dance
• Robert Eisenstein, Early Music, Conductor
• Robert Ferrier, Guitar
• Robert Gullotti, Drumset
• Thomas Hannum, Conducting, Percussion
• Beverly G. Hill, Music Education
• Willie L. Hill, Director of the Fine Arts Center, Music Education
• William Hite, Voice
• Jeffrey W. Holmes, Director of Jazz Program, Conductor, Composition
• Jason Hooper, Aural Skills
• John Jenkins, Associate Chair, Music Education
• Miriam Jenkins, General Education
• Catherine Jensen-Hole, Vocal Jazz, Undergraduate Composition/Arranging
• Amy Johnson, Voice
• Gary S. Karpinski, Music Theory (Coordinator)
• Ayano Kataoka, Percussion
• Laura Klock, Horn (Studio website)
• Lynn Klock, Saxophone (Studio website)
• Ludmila V. Krasin, Piano
• Christopher Krueger, Flute
• Lisa Lehmberg, Music Education
• Paul Lieberman, Jazz, Flute, Saxophone
• Kathryn Lockwood, Viola
• Salvatore Macchia, Contrabass, Composition
• Bruce MacCombie, Composition
• Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr., Director of Orchestral Activities (Orchestra website)
• Ernest May, Musicology, Organ
• Marjorie Melnick, Voice
• James Patrick Miller, Director of Wind Studies
• Estela Kersenbaum Olevsky, Piano
• George Parks, Minuteman Marching Band Conductor, Tuba
• Rob Schultz, Music Theory
• Astrid Schween, Cello
• Nadine Shank, Piano, Coordinator of Piano Dept.
• Lawrence Shuster, Music Theory
• Benedict Smar, Music Education, Conducting, Trombone/Euphonium
• Steven Sonntag, Jazz Trumpet
• Nikki Stoia, Associate Dean of Advising, Accompanist
• Michael Sussman, Clarinet
• Tony Thornton, Director of Choral Activities
• Stephen Walt, Bassoon
• Miriam Whaples, History/Musicology, Keyboard Continuo

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