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.
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Administration
James Day, Associate Professor
Director of the Sunderman Conservatory
Teresa Bowers, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Recruitment and Outreach
Lisa Graham-Herrick, Academic Administrative Assistant
Shelley Stoner, Academic Administrative Assistant
Administration
James Day, Associate Professor
Director of the Sunderman Conservatory
Teresa Bowers, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Coordinator of Recruitment and Outreach
Lisa Graham-Herrick, Academic Administrative Assistant
Shelley Stoner, Academic Administrative Assistant
Band
Steven Marx, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Director of Marching and Symphony Bands
Russell McCutcheon, Associate 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
Colin Wise, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Trombone
Choral
Robert Natter, Associate Professor
Director of Choral Activities, Conducting, Voice, Music Technology
Conducting
Russell McCutcheon, Associate Professor
Robert Natter, Associate Professor
Brent Talbot, Associate Professor
Guitar
James Hontz, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jazz Studies
Paul Austerlitz, Professor
Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Director of Jazz Dispatch, Improvisation
Paul Carr, Adjunct Jazz Ensemble Director
Director of Jazz Ensemble
Amanda Heim, Lecturer
Keyboard
Jocelyn Swigger, Associate Professor
Area coordinator, Piano, Music History
Scott F. Crowne, Collaborative Pianist
Collaborative Piano, Keyboard Harmony, Opera Workshop
Timothy Foster, Adjunct Instructor
Keyboard Skills, Accompanist
Felix Hell, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Organ
Music Education
Brent Talbot, Associate Professor
Coordinator of Music Education
Adam Paul Cordle, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning Strings
Paul Fadoul, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning Percussion
Timothy Foster, Adjunct Instructor
Introductory Piano, Teaching Classroom Piano
Amanda Heim, Lecturer
Teaching and Learning Woodwinds
Susan Hochmiller, Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning Voice
Steven Marx, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning Brass
Russell McCutcheon, Associate Professor
Teaching and Conducting Instrumental Ensembles, Supervising Student Teachers
Music Theory, History & Composition
Paul Austerlitz, Professor
Ethnomusicology, Africana Studies, Jazz Studies, Jazz Dispatch
Gretchen Carlson, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Musicology
Adam Paul Cordle, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Aural Skills, Introduction to Music Listening
Avner Dorman, Associate Professor
Theory, Composition
Amanda Heim
Theory, Aural Skills
César Leal, Assistant Professor
Musicology
William O'Hara, Assistant Professor
Theory, Aural Skills
Marta Robertson, Professor
Musicology, Ethnomusicology, First Year Seminars
Edward Stanley, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Theory, Aural Skills
Orchestra
César Leal, Assistant Professor
Director of Orchestral Activities
Percussion
Paul Fadoul, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Percussion, Percussion Ensemble
Strings
Ari Isaacman-Beck, Visiting Assistant Professor and Area Coordinator
Violin and Chamber Music
Adam Paul Cordle, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Viola
Ismar Gomes, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Cello
Devin Howell, Adjunct Instructor
Bass
Astrid Walschot-Stapp, Adjunct Instructor
Harp
Voice
Susan Hochmiller, Assistant 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
Teresa Bowers, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Area coordinator, Flute, Chamber Music, Sunderman Wind Quintet, Coordinator for Recruitment and Outreach
Amanda Heim, Lecturer
Saxophone, Theory, Aural Skills, Chamber Music
Aaron Scott, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Clarinet, Sunderman Wind Quintet, Chamber Music
Edward Stanley, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Oboe, Chamber Music, Music Theory, Sunderman Wind Quintet
John Max Wharton, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Bassoon, Sunderman Wind Quintet