Faculty & Staff

View an Alphabetical Listing of Faculty and Staff:

List of Faculty and Staff by Areas

• Administration
• Emeritus Faculty
• Bands
• Chamber Ensembles
• Choral
• Orchestras
• Graduate Studies in Music
• Graduate Teaching Assistants
• Keyboard
• Music Education
• Musicology, Music History & Literature
• Music Theory/Composition
• Opera
• Staff Accompanists
• Strings
• Vocal
• Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion

Administration

• Dr. Randall Paul: chair
• Victoria Chadbourne: promotions and web administrator
• April Coppess: administrative specialist
• Amy Neace: office assistant

Emeritus Faculty

• Dr. Leland Bland
• Dr. Brenda Ellis
• Dr. Charles Larkowski
• Francis Laws
• Dr. Sharon Nelson

Bands

• Dr. David Booth: Director of Bands, Wind Symphony, Chamber Players
• Dr. Shelley Jagow: Associate Director of Bands, Symphonic Band
• Dr. Gretchen McNamara: Jazz Ensemble
• John Toerner: Director, Concert Band
• Aaron Jacobs: Varsity Pep Band

Chamber Ensembles

• Dr. Shelley Jagow: Saxophone Quartet
• Dr. Gretchen McNamara: Trombone Ensemble
• Gerald Noble: Percussion Ensemble

Choral

• Dr. Hank Dahlman: Director of Choral Studies, Collegiate Chorale, Chamber Singers
• Amanda Hughes: Director, Chamber Singers
• Brody McDonald: Director, WSU A Cappella
• Ginger Minneman: Women's Chorale
• Dr. James Tipps: Men's Chorale, University Chorus
• Robert Stockton: Paul Laurence Dunbar Chorale

Orchestras

• Dr. In-Hong Cha: Coordinator of Orchestral Studies; University Symphony Orchestra
• Dr. Jackson Leung: Chamber Orchestra

Graduate Studies in Music

• Dr. Christopher Chaffee: Director of Graduate Studies (Music)
• Dr. Deborah Netanel: Graduate Research Methods

Graduate Teaching Assistants

• Blaine F. Heeter III
• Aaron Jacobs
• David Kauffman
• Hannah Rider
• Samantha Riedlinger
• W. Tyler Shepard

Keyboard

• Dr. Jackson Leung: Coordinator of Keyboard Studies; piano
• Dr. Benita Tse-Leung: piano
• Steven Aldredge: piano
• Brian Cashwell: jazz piano
• Debbie Lindley: piano
• Dr. J. Ritter Werner: organ

Music Education

• Bill Jobert: Coordinator, Music Education
• Dr. David Booth: wind conducting
• Jean Ann Ankeny: elementary music education
• Dr. Hank Dahlman: choral conducting
• Dr. Shelley Jagow: instrumental
• John Kurokawa: woodwind pedagogy, educational technology
• Wayne Markworth: marching band techniques
• Dr. Gretchen McNamara: instrumental music education
• Gerald Noble: percussion pedagogy
• Christina Smith: music education
• Jonas Thoms: brass pedagogy
• Dr. James Tipps: music education
• Victoria Ullery: music education
  
  

Musicology, Music History and Literature

• Dr. Christopher Chaffee
• Dr. Dennis Loranger
• Steven Aldredge

Music Theory/Composition

• Dr. Franklin Cox
• Steven Aldredge
• Thomas Lukowicz
• Jonas Thoms

Opera

• Dr. Kimberly Warrick: director

Staff Accompanists

• Brian Cashwell
• Amy Gray
• Debbie Lindley
• Amanda Roberts
• Joseph Severyn

Strings

• Dr. In-Hong Cha: violin
• Donald Compton: double bass
• Dr. Franklin Cox: cello
• Jim McCutcheon: classical guitar
• Kevin Nordstrom: viola
• Tom Sobieski: violin

Vocal

• Dr. Kimberly Buczek: voice
• Dr. Peter Keates: voice
• Ginger Minneman: voice
• Dr. Kimberly Warrick: voice, opera

Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion

• Dr. Christopher Chaffee: flute
• Katherine deGruchy: oboe & English horn
• Dr. Shelley Jagow: saxophone
• Bill Jobert: bassoon
• Dr. Gretchen McNamara: trombone
• Thomas Lukowicz : tuba & euphonium
• Gerald Noble: percussion
• John Kurokawa: clarinet
• Jonas Thoms: horn
• Daniel Zehringer: trumpet