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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Music


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207 VARNER HALL (248) 370-2603

Fax: (248) 370-2041

Department Website

 

Chairperson: Deborah VanderLinde

Assistant Department Chair: Jeffrey Heisler

Professors emeriti: Robert Facko, Marvin D. Holladay, Flavio Varani

Distinguished Professor: John-Paul White, Jacqueline Wiggins, emerita

Professors: Gregory Cunningham, Kenneth Kroesche, Michael Mitchell

Associate professors: Drake Dantzler, Jeffrey Heisler, Melissa Hoag, David Kidger, Jessica Payette, Joseph Shively, George Stoffan, Mark Stone, Tian Tian, Deborah VanderLinde

Assistant professors: Alta Boover, Jennifer Fox Oliverio

Visiting assistant professor:  Pamela Klena, Enrique Rios-Ellis

Artist-in-residence: Regina Carter

DSO affiliate applied faculty: Una O’Riordan (cello), Jaquain Sloan (bassoon), Jeffrey Zook (flute)

Special lecturers: Timothy Blackmon, Jr., Patrick Fitzgibbon, Ben Fuhrman, Scott Gwinnell, Bret Hoag, Lois Kaarre, Stephen Komer, Victoria Shively, Kristin Tait, Phyllis White

Lecturers: Laura Blanchard, Barbara Bland, Dennis Curry, Rebecca Happel, Marion Hayden, Terry Herald, Lauri Hogle, Sam Jeyasigham, Sarah Komer, Brandon LePage, Melissa Maloney, Daniel Maslanka, Gayelynn McKinney, Zeljko Milicevic, Stephen Molina, Elizabeth Rowin, Jaquain Sloan, Alex Sellers, Angela Theis, Carly Uhrig, I-Chen Yeh, Jeff Zook.

Applied music instructors:

Brass: David Denniston (French horn), Kenneth Kroesche (low brass), James Long (tuba), Jennifer Fox Oliverio (trumpet)

Woodwind: Jeffrey Heisler (saxophone), Timothy Michling (oboe), Jaquain Sloan (bassoon), George Stoffan (clarinet), Brandon LePage (flute), Jeffrey Zook (flute)

Strings: Marion Hayden (double bass), Roman Kosarev (viola), Stephen Molina (double bass), Una O’Riordan (cello), Elizabeth Rowin (violin)

Percussion: Gayelynn McKinney, Daniel Maslanka, Mark Stone

Guitar: Bret Hoag

Keyboard: Rebecca Happel (piano), Tian Tian (piano), I-Chen Yeh (piano), Jeremy Tarrant (organ), Dennis Curry (carillon)

Voice: Barbara Bland, Alta Dantzler, Drake Dantzler, Melissa Maloney, Stephanie Michaels, Angela Theis, John-Paul White

Jazz: Timothy Blackmon, Jr. (trumpet), Scott Gwinnell (piano), Marion Hayden (double bass), Mark Kieme (saxophone), Gayelynn McKinney (percussion)

World Music:  Patrick Fitzgibbon (African and Caribbean percussion), Sam Jeyasingam (Indian percussion), Mark Stone (African percussion)

Vocal Coach: Victoria Shively

Collaborative pianists: Joonghum Cho, Scott Gwinnell (jazz), Lois Kaarre, Aran Kim, Amanda Sabelhaus (vocal accompanying coordinator), Marina Stojanovski, Amy Suave, Joe Walters, Hannah Watson, I-Chen Yeh (instrumental accompanying coordinator)

 

Programs

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Music

Certificate

Non-degree

Multi-disciplinary course

Schedule of classes

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes

 

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