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Faculty

 Kelly J. Burke, Director

Brass

Robert Sears, Trumpet

Albert Houde, Horn

Hakeem Bilal, Trombone

Carson McTeer, Tuba/Euphonium


Keyboard

Peter Amstutz, Classical Piano
Lucy Mauro, Classical Piano
Alton Merrell, Jazz & Popular Piano
William Haller, Organ, Emeritus
Sun Jung Lee, Staff Accompanist


Percussion

George Willis, Percussion
Brian Wolfe, Drumset
Michael Vercelli, World Music

Strings

Mary Grace Johnson, Violin
Andrea Priester Houde, Viola
Erin Ellis, Cello
Andrew Kohn, Double Bass
Brittany Blair, Harp
Jonathan Epley, Guitar

Voice

Thomas Erik Angerhofer, Voice
Hope Koehler, Voice
William Koehler, Voice
Laura Knoop Very, Voice

Woodwinds

Nina Assimakopoulos, Flute
Cynthia Anderson, Oboe
Andy Sledge, Bassoon
John Weigand, Clarinet
Jeffrey Siegfried, Saxophone

Conducting

Rotem Weinberg, Director of Orchestral Activities
Kym Scott, Director of Choral Activities
Scott Tobias, Director of Bands

Composition and Theory

Alan Hankers
Matthew Heap
Andrew Kohn
Jake Sandridge
Andy Sledge
Jay Chattaway, Distinguished Composer in Residence

Ensembles

Rotem Weinberg, Director of Orchestral Activities

Cheldon Williams, Associate Director of Bands

Kym Scott, Director of Choral Activities
Jared Sims, Director of Jazz
Scott Tobias, Director of Bands
Michael Vercelli, Director of World Music

Karen Verm, Director of Opera and Vocal Coaching


Jazz

Jared Sims

Alton Merrell

Brian Wolfe

Robert Sears

Paul Thompson


Musicology & Ethnomusicology

Katelyn Best

Michael Vercelli

Jennifer Walker


Music Education

Jason Gossett

Angela Munroe


Music Industry

Joshua Swiger
Darko Velichkovski

Music Therapy

Hannah Ivey Bush
Emily Lambert
Erin Rosen

Recording Technology

Mark Benincosa

Lecturers

Chanler Bailey
Adam Osmianski
Renee Wyatt
Hooi Yin Boey
Timothy DeWitt
Judith Hudnall
Rebecca Kreider

Staff

Mattie Jones, Administrative Associate
Tim Richards, Piano Technician
Kirill Tyulkov, Piano Technician
Eftihia Arkoudis, Community Music Program Director
Brandon Lojewski, Program Assistant, Bands


A listing of Faculty Emeriti is included in the WVU Catalog.

Books and Recordings by School of Music faculty