Staff
Admissions & Student Services Staff
| Name | Contact | Areas of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Front Desk | Front Desk Hours: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (M–F) Email: [email protected] |
General admissions and advising questions, practice rooms and locker rentals, elective and secondary lesson requests, chamber ensemble requests, Ferguson Hall room reservations |
| Hilary Leonard Associate Director of Curriculum & Instruction |
[email protected] (general undergraduate student advising) [email protected] |
Oversight of Student Services operations, Undergraduate and Graduate student support, Undergraduate student advising for admitted music majors and minors, curriculum management, curricular evaluation and planning, course scheduling, career services, and study abroad. Ultan Recital Hall scheduling, recital grade, program and recording collection, elective and secondary lessons: instructor assignments and student permission entry, chamber ensembles: student permission entry, juries, syllabi collection, office supply requests for faculty and staff. |
| Del Lyren Undergraduate Advisor & Enrollment Manager |
[email protected] (general undergraduate student advising) 612-624-5502 [email protected] 100 Ferguson Hall |
Undergraduate student advising for admitted music majors and minors, new student orientation, career services, and study abroad |
| Brittany Smotherson Associate Director of Graduate Studies |
[email protected] | Director of operations, advising, and admissions for SoM's graduate programs. For questions, please email [email protected]. |
| Graduate Information | [email protected] (general graduate student advising) 100 Ferguson Hall |
Prospective and current graduate student advising meetings, graduate admissions and audition questions, graduate funding support fellowships and teaching assistantship assignments and offers, directed study requests and assignments, administrative support for Director of Graduate Studies |
Administrative Services Staff
| Name | Contact | Areas of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Keitha Lucas Hamann Director of Graduate Studies |
612-624-9819 [email protected] 152 Ferguson Hall |
Faculty leadership outlined in School of Music Constitution |
| Dean Sorenson Director of Undergraduate Studies |
236 Ferguson Hall
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Faculty leadership outlined in School of Music Constitution |
| Katie Louis Administrative Chief of Staff |
200 Ferguson Hall
612-625-4870
Hours: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Primary unit expert and resource for policies and procedures, including faculty promotion and tenure; award dossiers; faculty and staff searches; sabbaticals and leaves; FMLA; annual review of probationary faculty; annual report of outside professional activities and business procedures; employment contracts, teaching loads, salary and fringe; Department HR contact |
| Abigail Penders Program Specialist |
[email protected] 200 Ferguson Hall |
Scheduling meetings with Director Patrick Warfield; key requests and distribution for faculty, grad instructors, and staff; Chrome River/T-cards, P-cards, Professional Services Contracts; Honorariums, check requests, purchase orders, check deposits |
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Accountant, School of Music
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580 Rarig Center 612-626-6612 |
Research/creative activity account balance inquiries and periodic updates for faculty/staff, budgeting for grants, and other activities. |
Marketing & Communications Staff
| Name | Contact | Areas of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Share Your News | Share Your News Form [email protected] |
Student, faculty, alumni, and staff news-sharing submissions for distribution over department news channels. |
| Lisa Beecroft Marketing & Communications Manager |
[email protected] 200C Ferguson Hall |
All Communications and PR requests can be sent to [email protected]. |
| Clancy Theade Social Media & Content Associate |
[email protected] 200B Ferguson Hall 612-301-1585 |
Music Library Staff
| Name | Contact | Areas of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Abbazio Music Librarian |
[email protected] 70C Ferguson Hall 612-624-8552 |
Course reserves; library orientation, research support, classroom presentations |
| Krista Palmquist Music Library Coordinator |
[email protected] 70 Ferguson Hall |
Operations and Performances Staff
| Name | Contact | Areas of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
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Facilities Management / Public Safety Emergency Communications Center
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24/7 Phone: 612-624-2900 | Call for Ferguson Hall Lock-outs (after hours), custodial emergencies, and building emergencies such as flooding |
| Sari Baker Production/Technical Coordinator |
[email protected] M60 Ted Mann Concert Hall 612-626-1892 |
TMCH Rental Requests, TMCH Production Planning |
| Michael Duffy Music Technology Media Lab and Studios Specialist |
[email protected] 113 Ferguson Hall 612-624-4075 (office) |
Music technology academic support; Ferguson Hall classroom technology support, For Information Technology support contact [email protected] or dial 1-HELP |
| Adam Voreis Audio and Video Production Coordinator |
[email protected] 183 Ferguson Hall 612-625-6369 |
Please direct production support requests to Sari Baker |
| Peter Remiger Facilities and Operations Manager |
[email protected] 2 Ferguson Hall 612-626-2030 |
Ferguson Hall and TMCH facility-related requests, SoM instrument and asset requests, Ferguson Hall Rental Requests |
| Benjamin Eng Audience Services Manager |
[email protected] MS12 Ted Mann Concert Hall 612-626-9269 |
TMCH audience and event support. Please direct production support requests to Sari Baker. |
| Ben Kent Assistant Technical Coordinator & Master Electrician |
[email protected] M64 Ted Mann Concert Hall 612-626-9256 |
Please direct production support requests to Sari Baker |
University Ensembles Staff
| Name | Contact | Areas of Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Emily Borra Ensembles Program Manager |
[email protected] 194 Ferguson Hall |
Concert bands, ensemble financials and guest artist payment; ensemble concerts, events, and symposia; ensemble office coordinator |
| Paul Schimming Ensemble Library |
[email protected] (preferred contact method) 10 Ferguson Hall 612-624-5056 Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Ensemble auditions; ensemble course permissions; ensemble music; Jazz, Orchestras, Choirs |
| JoAnne Hartfiel Office Support Assistant |
[email protected] G060C Huntington Bank Stadium Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Marching Band and Pep Band course permissions; general band office & band events support |
| Minnesota Marching Band | [email protected] G060C Huntington Bank Stadium Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Marching Band general support |
| Minnesota Pep Bands | [email protected] G060C Huntington Bank Stadium Hours: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Pep Band general support |
| University Bands | [email protected] 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (M–F) |
Concert Bands general support |