Faculty and Staff

The Music Faculty is made up of over 40 full and part-time instructors, each of whom is a specialist within a particular area of music. The Department also makes extensive use of the abundant commercial music resources found in Nashville, one of the recording and music industry capitals of the world. All music offices are located in the Performing Arts Center unless otherwise indicated.

Faculty

- Jeff Adams, Trombone, Music Appreciation, Commercial Music
- Bruce Ayers, Euphonium, Music Appreciation
- Dr. Adrian Barnett, Saxophone,
- Jeff Beckman, Instrumental Music Education, Music Residency
- Dr. Kathleen Bell, Applied Oboe, Music Appreciation
- Lisa Bradley, Music Appreciation
- Melissa Britton, Applied Voice, Commercail Music Ensemble, Music Appreciation
- Dr. Robert Bryant, Coordinator of Music Education
- Ashley Crawford, Flute
- Dr. Mark Crawford, Coordinator of Commercial Music, Music Business
- Dr. Kaylina Madison Crawley, Director of Community Academy of Music and Arts ( CAMA ), Music Appreciation, Piano
- William Crimm, Voice, Music Appreciation
- Patrick Dailey, Big Blue Opera Initiative, Applied Voice I-IV, Vocal Techniques for Instrumentalists, Diction for Singers, Opera Tigre
- Veronica Edwards Douglas, Piano
- Joseph Doyle, Songwriting, Music Appreciation
- Dr. Angelica Dunsavage, University Choir, Meistersingers, Fundamentals of Conducting, and Choral Conducting and Literature
- Dr. Robert Elliott, Department Head, Music Appreciation, Thesis, Double Bass
- Deidre Emerson, Cello
- William "Tiger" Fitzhugh, Guitar, Music Appreciation
- Kerry Frazier, Music Appreciation
- Derrick Greene, Percussion
- Patricia Gunter, Bassoon
- Sanchez Harley, Commercial Music Ensemble
- Dr. Olga Harris, Music Composition
- Elijah Holt, Percussion, Commercial Music Ensemble, Music Appreciation
- Dr. Lucas Hopkins, Saxophone, Music Appreciation
- Thomas Hurst , Percussion, Drum Set, Music Appreciation
- Larry Jenkins, Trumpet, Concert Band, Music Education
- Steve King, Music Theory, Commercial Music Ensemble, Music Appreciation
- Jennifer Kummer, Horn, Music Appreciation
- Jessica Lee, Orchestra, Music Appreciation
- Dr. Tiantian Liang
- Andre Madatian, Arranging, Music Appreciation
- Gretta Maguire, Music Appreciation
- Pamela McCoy, Music Appreciation
- Dr. Reginald McDonald, Wind Ensemble, Music Education, Symphonic Band, Marching Band, Saxophone Quartet, Clarinet Choir and Conducting
- menez Morales, Euphonium, Tuba
- Dr. Darryl Glenn Nettles, Coordinator of Musicianship, Voice, Music Theory, Jr./Sr. Recital
- Barkara Hinds-Nkenge
- Stefan Petrescu, Violin, Viola
- Dana Pirzchalski, Applied Voice
- Dr. Ljerka Rasmussen, Music History, Ethnomusicology, Music Appreciation
- Renata Roy-Pinkney, Entrepreneurship
- James Sexton, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo
- Robert Shankle, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone
- Phyllis Sparks, Harp, Piano
- Dr. Jeffrey Tackett, Commercial Music, Music Technology, Studio Recording, Guitar, Web Master
- Dr. Tolga Tem, Music Theory, Music Appreciation, Aural Skills, Music for Video Games
- Trevor Thornton, Piano, Music Appreciation
- Dr. Richard Todd, Applied Guitar, Music Freshman Theory II, Freshman Aural Skills II, Form and Analysis, Orchestration, Commercial Music Ensemble, Music Appreciation, Guitar Ensemble, Class Guitar for Non-Majors, Graduate Course: Survey/Pedagogy of Music Theory, The Symphony
- Dr. Joseph Van Dyke, Piano, Music Theory
- Elvie Williams, Voice
Staff:
Fenise Miles , Senior Office Assistant, Music Department Office

Cassandra Sears, Piano Technician