Faculty
An unparalleled faculty is the cornerstone of the academic experience at the School of Music. Our vibrant and personable faculty is comprised of nationally and internationally known musicians and scholars. They are also master teachers with centuries of collective experience in pedagogy and learning.
The faculty includes more than 50 full-time professors and more than 30 affiliated teachers, many of whom are principals with the Minnesota Orchestra or the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra or established teacher-performers in the Twin Cities. Regardless of their specialty, each faculty member cares about the students and delights in seeing them develop as scholars, teachers, composers, and performers.
For more information about the School of Music faculty, please choose a faculty member or a division of specialty below.
Interim Director
| Name | Contact | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|
|
Gwendolyn Freed |
200E Ferguson Hall |
By appointment |
Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akosua Addo Associate Professor |
150 Ferguson Hall 612-624-8516 addox002@umn.edu |
Music Education Music Therapy |
|
| Stephanie Arado Assistant Professor |
212 Ferguson Hall |
Strings (Violin) | By appointment |
|
Thomas Ashworth |
22 Ferguson Hall 612-624-4148 ashwo001@umn.edu |
Brass (Trombone) | By appointment |
| Alyssa Barna Assistant Professor |
124 Ferguson Hall 612-624-9049 barna@umn.edu |
Theory | Hours: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (M) By appointment |
| Marissa Benedict Assistant Professor |
24 Ferguson Hall 612-624-7877 marissab@umn.edu |
Brass (Trumpet) | By appointment |
| Dean Billmeyer Professor |
234 Ferguson Hall 612-624-3307 dwb@umn.edu |
Keyboard (Organ/Harpsichord) Theory |
As posted outside office or by appointment |
| Alexander Braginsky Professor |
270 Ferguson Hall 612-624-3572 bragi001@umn.edu |
Keyboard (Piano) | By appointment |
| Matt Bribitzer-Stull Professor |
130 Ferguson Hall 612-625-9896 mpbs@umn.edu |
Theory | By appointment |
| Gabriela Currie Professor |
166 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0261 ilnit001@umn.edu |
Global Creative Studies | By appointment |
| Scott Currie Associate Professor |
132 Ferguson Hall 612-624-7512 scurrie@umn.edu |
Global Creative Studies | By appointment |
| David Damschroder (Spr '23 Leave) Professor |
120 Ferguson Hall 612-624-8043 damsc001@umn.edu |
Theory | By appointment |
| Immanuel Davis (Spr '23 Leave) Professor |
210 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0582 davis210@umn.edu |
Woodwinds (Flute) | By appointment |
| John De Haan Associate Professor |
248 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5270 dehaa006@umn.edu |
Voice | By appointment |
| Preston Duncan Senior Lecturer |
260 Ferguson Hall 612-624-3875 dunca119@umn.edu |
Woodwinds (Saxophone) | By appointment |
| Sivan Cohen Elias Assistant Professor |
226 Ferguson Hall cohen751@umn.edu |
Global Creative Studies | By appointment |
| Sumanth Gopinath Associate Professor |
114 Ferguson Hall 612-624-1829 sumanth@umn.edu |
Theory | By appointment |
| Keitha Lucas Hamann Associate Professor |
152 Ferguson Hall 612-624-9819 haman011@umn.edu |
Music Education Music Therapy |
By appointment |
| Kelley Harness Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)/Associate Director |
168 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0298 harne005@umn.edu |
Musicology/Ethnomusicology | By appointment |
|
Sangyoon Kim |
160 Ferguson Hall kim01336@umn.edu |
Woodwinds (Clarinet) | By appointment |
| Korey Konkol (Fall '22 Leave) Professor |
220 Ferguson Hall 612-624-9086 konko002@umn.edu |
Strings (Viola) | By appointment |
| John Leonard Assistant Director of Marching and Athletic Bands Lecturer |
108 Ferguson Hall 612-625-7567 (Ferguson Hall) 612-624-2793 (Stadium Office) leona578@umn.edu |
Ensembles | Virtual office hours by appointment, in-person office hours by appointment at Huntington Bank Stadium. |
| Timothy Lovelace Ethel Alice Hitchcock Chair in Collaborative Piano & Coaching Professor |
240 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0560 lovelace@umn.edu |
Keyboard (Collaborative Piano and Coaching) | By appointment |
| Alex Lubet Professor |
122 Ferguson Hall 612-624-7840 lubet001@umn.edu |
Global Creative Studies Composition |
By appointment |
| Jerry Luckhardt Associate Director of Bands Associate Professor |
238 Ferguson Hall 612-624-2536 luckh001@umn.edu |
Ensembles | Virtual office hours by appointment |
| Guerino Mazzola Professor |
164 Ferguson Hall 612-624-4487 mazzola@umn.edu |
Global Creative Studies | Hours: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (M) |
| Elizabeth (Betsy) McCann Assistant Director of Bands Director of Marching and Athletic Bands Assistant Professor |
108 Ferguson Hall 612-625-7567 (Ferguson Hall) 612-625-5877 (TCF Stadium Office) kern0072@umn.edu |
Ensembles | Virtual office hours by appointment, in-person office hours by appointment at TCF Bank Stadium |
| Matthew Mehaffey (Spr '23 Leave) Director of Undergraduate Studies Associate Director of Choral Activities Professor |
118 Ferguson Hall 612-624-1511 mehaffey@umn.edu |
Ensembles | By appointment, please email to arrange |
| Peter Mercer-Taylor (Spr '23 Leave) Professor |
158 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0385 merce011@umn.edu |
Musicology/Ethnomusicology | By appointment |
| Fernando Meza Director of Percussion Studies Professor |
29 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5846 mezax001@umn.edu |
Percussion | By appointment |
| Sally O'Reilly Professor |
216 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0846 oreil004@umn.edu |
Strings (Violin) | By appointment |
| Karen Painter Associate Professor |
126 Ferguson Hall 612-624-4303 kpainter@umn.edu |
Musicology/Ethnomusicology | By appointment |
| Maja Radovanlija Teaching Specialist |
116 Ferguson Hall 612-624-4111 mradovan@umn.edu |
Global Creative Studies (Guitar) Strings |
Hours: 9:00 – 11:00 am (T, Th) |
| Matt Rahaim Professor |
170 Ferguson Hall 612-465-9248 mrahaim@umn.edu |
Global Creative Studies | By appointment |
| Tanya Remenikova Professor |
218 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0809 remen001@umn.edu |
Strings (Cello) | By appointment |
| Kathy Saltzman Romey Director of Choral Activities Professor |
16 Ferguson Hall 612-624-9557 romey001@umn.edu |
Ensembles (Chorus) | Hours: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm (M, W) or by appointment |
| Todd Schwartzberg Senior Teaching Specialist & Clinic Coordinator |
134 Ferguson Hall 612-624-6016 schwa155@umn.edu |
Music Education Music Therapy |
Hours: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (M, W) or by appointment 10:00 – 11:00 am (T, Th) or by appointment |
| Paul Shaw Associate Professor |
264 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0523 shawx004@umn.edu |
Keyboard (Piano) | By appointment |
| 156 Ferguson Hall 612-624-1091 silvermj@umn.edu |
Music Education Music Therapy |
Hours: 7:30 – 9:00 am (M, W, Th, F) | |
| Mark Russell Smith Artistic Director of Orchestral Studies Associate Professor |
30 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5561 mrsmith@umn.edu |
Ensembles (Orchestra) | By appointment |
|
Dean Sorenson |
236 Ferguson Hall 612-624-2334 soren048@umn.edu |
Ensembles (Jazz) | Hours: 9:00 – 10:00 am (T, Th) By appointment |
| Emily Threinen Director of Bands Associate Professor |
224 Ferguson Hall 612-624-6873 (Band Office) 612-625-3328 (Direct Line) threinen@umn.edu |
Ensembles (Bands) | By appointment Hours: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (M, W, F) |
| Victoria Vargas Assistant Professor |
256 Ferguson Hall 612-624-1548 varga203@umn.edu |
Voice | By appointment |
| David Walsh Associate Professor Director of Opera Theatre |
268 Ferguson Hall 612-624-6596 walsh057@umn.edu |
Ensembles (Opera) | By appointment |
| Philip Zawisza Assistant Professor |
250 Ferguson Hall 612-624-4569 zawis014@umn.edu |
Voice | Hours: 8:00 – 10:00 am (M) |
Affiliate Faculty
| Name | Contact | Affiliate Program | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Gallope Associate Professor |
08 Nicholson Hall 612-624-1538 mgallope@umn.edu |
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature | By appointment |
Teaching Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Abbazio Assistant Librarian/Lecturer |
70C Ferguson Hall 612-624-8552 jabbazio@umn.edu |
Music Library | By appointment |
| Julia Bogorad-Kogan | 216 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5740 bogor001@umn.edu |
Woodwinds (Flute) | By appointment |
| Lara Bolton |
148 Ferguson Hall
612-624-28423 |
Voice | By appointment |
| Christopher Brown | 172 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0034 brown009@umn.edu |
Strings (Double Bass) | By appointment |
| Steven Campbell | 162 Ferguson Hall 612-624-9594 campb467@umn.edu |
Brass (Tuba) | By appointment |
| Lars Christiansen | N/A chri2397@umn.edu |
Ensembles (Javanese Gamelan) | By appointment |
| Casey Clementson |
152 Ferguson Hall
|
Music Education | By appointment |
| Adrian Davis |
195 Ferguson Hall
|
Ensembles (Gospel Choir)
|
By appointment |
| Ellie Dehn |
262 Ferguson Hall |
Voice | By appointment |
| Ellen Dinwiddie Smith | 18 Ferguson Hall 612-624-9594 dinsmith@umn.edu |
Brass (Horn) | M–F, mutually agreed upon time via Zoom |
| Jane Giering-De Haan | 254 Ferguson Hall gieri001@umn.edu |
Voice | By appointment |
| Emily Heuschele |
154 Ferguson Hall
|
By appointment | |
| Philip Hey | 612-624-5740 heyxx002@umn.edu |
Percussion (Jazz) | By appointment |
| Kathy Kienzle |
34 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5740 kienz004@umn.edu |
Strings (Harp) | By appointment |
| Christine Soojin Kim | 112 Ferguson Hall kim01337@umn.edu |
Woodwinds (Oboe) | By appointment |
| Caroline Lemen |
162 Ferguson Hall 612-624-9594 lemen009@umn.edu |
Brass (Horn) | By appointment |
| Chris Marshall | mars2167@umn.edu | Woodwinds (bassoon) | By appointment |
| Brian McCullough Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) |
100 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5740 mccul045@umn.edu |
Music Education Music Therapy |
By appointment |
| Sowah Mensah |
100 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5740 mensa001@umn.edu |
Ensembles (World Music) | By appointment |
| Michael Min | 28 Ferguson Hall 612-624-7329 minxx155@umn.edu |
Keyboard (Supervision) | By appointment |
| Norbert Nielubowski | nielu001@umn.edu | Woodwinds (Double Bassoon) | By appointment |
| Ed Schaefle | 154 Ferguson Hall 612-624-0093 schae046@umn.edu |
Music Education (String Techniques) | By appointment. |
| John Tranter | 22 Ferguson Hall 612-624-4148 trant004@umn.edu |
Brass (Euphonium) | By appointment |
|
128 Ferguson |
Woodwinds (Bassoon) |
By appointment |