Department of Music

The Department of Music is a member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Professors:

William Berz, B.M., M.M., Ph.D., Michigan State

Gerald C. Chenoweth, B.M., M.M., Massachusetts; M.F.A., Ph.D., Iowa

Stanley Cowell, B.M., Oberlin College; M.M., Michigan

Patrick Gardner, B.A., California State (Hayward); M.M., D.M.A., Texas (Austin)

Rufus Hallmark, B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Boston; Ph.D., Princeton

Paul Hoffmann, B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music

Douglas Johnson, B.A., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

George B. Stauffer, B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.Ph., Ph.D., Columbia

Frederick Urrey, B.M., M.M., Louisiana State; D.M.A., Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins

Scott Whitener, Diploma, The Juilliard School; M.M., Michigan; Ed.D., Rutgers

Associate Professors:

Antonius Bittmann, B.M., M.M., Staatliche Hochschule für Musik (Germany); D.M.A., Eastman School of Music

Ralph Bowen, B.M., M.M., Rutgers

Richard A. Chrisman, B.A., California (Riverside); Ph.D., Yale

Barbara González-Palmer, B.M., Oberlin College; M.M., The Juilliard School 

Floyd Grave, B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.A., Ph.D., New York

Andrew Kirkman, B.A., Durham; Ph.D., King's College (U.K.)

Douglas Lundeen, B.S., Plymouth State College; M.M., South Florida; D.M.A., Cincinnati Conservatory College of Music

Judith Nicosia, B.M.E., Ithaca College; M.M., Indiana

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, B.A., National Taiwan Normal (Taiwan); M.M., Ph.D., Michigan

Assistant Professors:

Eduardo Chama, B.A.Mus., M.A.Mus., Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (Israel)

Christopher Doll, B.A., Case Western Reserve; M.M., Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Ph.D, Columbia

Rhonda Hackworth, B.A., Winthrop; M.M. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music

Conrad Herwig, B.A., Goddard College; M.A., Queens (Canada)

Maureen Hurd, B.M., Iowa State; M.M., M.M.A., D.M.A., Yale

Kynan Johns, B.M., Adelaide (Australia)

Assistant Instructors:

Darryl Bott, B.M., M.M., Rutgers

Pamela Gilmore, B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.M., Catholic

Richard Metzger, B.F.A., Pennslyvania State; M.A., Marywood; Ph.D, Rutgers

Matthew Riedel, B.A., California State (San Bernardino); M.A., California (Riverside); Ph.D., Rutgers

Timothy Smith, B.M., Rutgers

Part-Time Faculty:

Alan Abel

Stephen Arthur Allen, Ph.D., Oxford (U.K.)

Shmuel Ashkenasi, Musical Academy of Tel-Aviv (Isreal)

Alan Baer, B.M., Cleveland Institute of Music

Jonathan Blumenfeld, B.A., Haverford College; B.M., Curtis Institute of Music

Karina Bruk, B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music; D.M.A., Rutgers

Lenuta Ciulei, M.M., Music Academy of Bucharest (Romania)

Choong-Jin Chang, B.M., Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music

Timothy Cobb, Curtis Institute of Music

Paul Cohen, B.M., Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory; M.M., D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music

Daniel Epstein, The Juilliard School

Bart Feller, B.M., The Juilliard School

Charles Fussell, B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music

Kaoru Hinata, M.M., A.D., Yale

Nathan Hughes, Cleveland Institute of Music, The Julliard School

Cynde Iverson, B.M., Indiana; M.M., The Juilliard School

Vic Juris

Taina Kataja, B.M., Sibelius Academy (Finland); Diploma, Hochschule für Musik (Austria)

David Krauss, B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School

Victor Lewis, Nebraska 

Richard Metzger, B.F.A., Pennslyvania State; M.A., Marywood; Ph.D., Rutgers

Todd Phillips, The Juilliard School

Michael Powell, B.M., Wichita State 

Philippe Quint, B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School

Barbara Retzko, B.A., M.A., Trenton State

Markus Rhoten,  European College of Arts Berlin (Germany)

Mike Richmond, B.S., Temple

John Rojak, B.M., The Juilliard School 

Jim Rotondi, North Texas State

Angela Anderson Smith, B.M., New Mexico; M.M., Southern California

Jonathan Spitz, B.M., Curtis Institute of Music

Joseph Tompkins, Eastman School of Music, the Manhattan School

Mark Trautman, B.M., Towson; M.M., Westminster Choir College