Faculty & Staff By Area

A Sunderman Conservatory education is distinguished by the close bonds that form between students and their teachers.

As a student, you’ll work one-on-one with faculty artists and scholars who have earned national and international reputations for their strengths in a comprehensive range of music traditions. Conservatory faculty are skilled performers, composers, conductors, and scholars. They are noted authorities on classical music, world music, contemporary music, jazz, music education, opera, and other areas. Most important, they are outstanding teachers adept at maximizing every student’s potential.

On this page:

Administration

James Day, Associate Professor
Director of the Sunderman Conservatory

Amanda Heim, Lecturer
Coordinator of Recruitment and Outreach

Shelley Stoner, Senior Academic Administrative Assistant

Liz Hedin-Schmidt, Academic Administrative Assistant and Teacher Certification Assistant

Band

Steven Marx, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Director of Marching and Symphony Bands

Russell McCutcheon, Professor
Director of Bands, Music Education, Conducting

Brass

Kenneth Bell, Adjunct Assistant Professor
French Horn, Sunderman Woodwind Quintet, Chamber Music

John Cradler, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Tuba, Euphonium

Steven Marx, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Trumpet

Zenas Kim-Banther, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Trombone

Choral

Robert Natter, Associate Professor
Director of Choral Activities, Conducting, Voice, Music Technology

Conducting

Russell McCutcheon, Professor

César Leal, Associate Professor

Robert Natter, Associate Professor

Guitar

Ian Hrdlicka, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jazz Studies

Eric Byrd, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jazz Combos, Improvisation

Amanda Heim, Lecturer
Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Director of Jazz Ensemble

Alphonso Young, Jr, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Percussion

Keyboard

Jocelyn Swigger, Professor
Area coordinator, Piano, Music History

Kevin Gorman, Adjunct Instructor
Piano

Scott F. Crowne, Collaborative Pianist
Collaborative Piano, Keyboard Harmony, Opera Workshop

Music Education

Parker Fadoul, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning Percussion

Amanda Heim, Lecturer
Teaching and Learning Woodwinds

Susan Hochmiller, Associate Professor
Teaching and Learning Voice

Krista Kriel, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning Strings

Steven Marx, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning Brass

Russell McCutcheon, Professor
Coordinator of Music Education, Teaching and Conducting Instrumental Ensembles, Supervising Student Teachers

Kyle Weary, Visiting Assistant Professor
Music Education

Music Theory, History & Composition

Avner Dorman, Professor
Theory, Composition

Amanda Heim
Theory, Aural Skills

Larissa Irizarry, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ethnomusicology, Musicology, Africana Studies

César Leal, Associate Professor
Musicology

William O'Hara, Associate Professor
Theory, Aural Skills

Orchestra

César Leal, Associate Professor
Director of Orchestral Activities

Percussion

Parker Fadoul, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Percussion, Percussion Ensemble

Alphonso Young, Jr., Adjunct Assistant Professor
Percussion

Strings

Elly Toyoda, Visiting Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Strings
Violin

Ismar Gomes, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Cello

Devin Howell, Adjunct Instructor
Bass

Michaela Trnkova, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Harp, Chamber Music

Nana Vaughn, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Viola

Voice

Susan Hochmiller, Associate Professor
Coordinator of Voice/Opera, Opera Workshop

Jeffrey Fahnestock, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Voice, Vocal Literature and Diction

Robert Natter, Associate Professor
Director of Choral Activities, Conducting, Voice, Music Technology

Matthew Osifchin, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Voice

Woodwinds

Amanda Heim, Lecturer
Saxophone, Theory, Aural Skills, Chamber Music

Sarah McIver, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Flute, Chamber Music, Sunderman Wind Quintet

Lynn Moncilovich, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Bassoon, Chamber Music, Sunderman Wind Quintet

Aaron Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Clarinet, Chamber Music, Sunderman Wind Quintet

Stephanie Ying, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Oboe, Chamber Music, Sunderman Wind Quintet