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James Barnes, Music Professor and Division Director of Music Theory & Music Composition

Michael Bauer, Professor of Organ & Church Music

Kathleen Belcher, Artistic Director of KU Opera

Martin Bergee, Professor and Division Director of Music Education & Music Therapy

George Boberg, Professor of Percussion, Emeritus

Ellen Bottorf, Lecturer in Piano

Howard Boyajian, Professor of Violin, Emeritus

Julia Broxholm, Assistant Professor of Voice

David Bushouse, Professor of Music; Facilities, Operations, and Data Management Officer

Joyce Castle, Professor of Voice

Peter Chun, Associate Professor of Viola

Alicia Clair, Interim Dean, Professor of Music Therapy

David Clemmer, Director of Athletic Bands, Assistant Band Director

Kay Coblentz, Administrative Associate Senior

Cynthia Colwell, Associate Professor of Music Therapy, Music Therapy Advisor

Janet Corwin, Administrative Associate Senior

Sequeira Costa, Distinguished Professor of Piano, Emeritus

Erin Curtis-Dierks, Director of Communications

James Daugherty, Associate Professor of Choral/Vocal Pedagogy and Director of Graduate Studies in Music Education & Music Therapy, Music Education Advisor

Michael Davidson, Assistant Professor of Trombone

George Duerksen, Professor and Advisor of Music Education & Music Therapy

Elizabeth Egbert-Berghout, Associate Professor of Carillon and Organ, University Carillonneur

Lois Elmer, Administrative Associate Senior

Dina Evans, Director of Career Services and Outreach

David Fedele, Associate Professor of Flute

Mark Ferrell, Associate Professor of Music, Musical Director of KU Opera

Robert Foster, Professor of Music

Charles Freeman, Assistant Professor of Musicology

Roberta Freund Schwartz, Associate Professor and Division Director of Musicology

Dan Gailey, Professor of Music, Division Director of Jazz Studies

Albert Gerken, University Carilloneur, Emeritus

Vince Gnojek, Professor of Saxophone

Bryan Kip Haaheim, Associate Professor of Music Theory & Music Composition

Becky Harris, Administrative Associate Senior

Alan Hawkins, Associate Professor of Music, Emeritus

Steve Hedden, Professor of Music Education & Music Therapy

Debra Hedden, Associate Professor of Music Education

James Higdon, Dane and Polly Bales Professor of Organ

Charles Hoag, Professor of Music, Emeritus

Mark Holmberg, Associate Professor of Music Theory & Music Composition

Tami Lee Hughes, Assistant Professor of Violin

Christopher Johnson, Professor of Music Education & Music Therapy

Ji Hye Jung, Professor of Percussion

Cindy Koester, Administrative Assistant, Band

Paul Laird, Professor of Musicology

Edward Laut, Professor of Violoncello and Division Director of Strings

Steve Leisring, Associate Professor of Trumpet

Lawrence Mallett, Professor of Music, Interim Director of Graduate Studies

Margaret Marco, Associate Professor of Oboe and Division Director of Woodwinds

Edward Mattila, Professor of Music Theory and Music Composition, Emeritus

Larry Maxey, Professor of Clarinet, Emeritus

Laura McCorkill, Administrative Associate, Recitals and Visitor Center

Deron McGee, Associate Professor of Music Theory

Genaro Mendez, Associate Professor of Voice

Phyllis Munczek, Associate Professor of Voice, Emeritus

Scott Murphy, Associate Professor of Music Theory

David Neely, Director of Orchestral Activities

Norman Paige, Professor of Voice & Opera, Emeritus

Forrest Pierce, Assistant Professor of Music Composition

Daniel Politoske, Professor of Musicology, Emeritus

John Pozdro, Professor of Percussion, Emeritus

Brian Priestman, Director of Kansas University Symphony Orchestra, Emeritus

Rudolf Radocy, Professor of Music Education, Emeritus

James Ralston, Professor of Choral Music, Emeritus

Richard Reber, Professor and Division Director of Piano

Dena Register, Associate Professor of Music Therapy, Music Therapy Advisor

Laurence Rice, Lecturer in Double Bass and String Education

Rita Riley, Director of Student Services

Lisa Shaw, Business Manager

Stanley Shumway, Professor of Music Theory & Music Composition, Emeritus

Steven Spooner, Assistant Professor of Piano

John Stephens, Professor and Division Director of Voice

Paul Stevens, Assistant Professor of Horn

Thomas Stidham, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Bands

Eric Stomberg, Associate Professor of Bassoon

Roger Stoner, Professor of Trumpet, Emeritus

Paul Tucker, Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities

Scott Watson, Professor of Tuba-Euphonium and Division Director of Brass & Percussion

Scott Weiss, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands