Administration and Professional Staff
Administrative Office
William Gibbons, Dean, The Crane School of Music
David Heuser, Associate Dean, The Crane School of Music
Kathryn Sherman, Dean's Fellow for Assessment
Matthew Gatti, Facilities Manager
Karen Miller, Administrative Assistant 2, The Crane School of Music
Sarah Burgess, Program Aide, The Crane School of Music
Jamie Niles, Administrative Assistant 1, The Crane School of Music
Sandra Larock, Administrative Assistant 1, The Crane School of Music
Instrument Maintenance
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Technician
Ryan Mix, Piano Technician
Audio/Video
Douglas McKinnie, Audio Video Engineer
Robert Zolner, Assistant Audio Engineer
Crane Youth Music
Michael Struzik, Director
Crane Music Library
Edward Komara, Associate Librarian
Elizabeth Revelle, Library Clerk 2
Music Business Program
David Heuser, Coordinator, Music Business
Stephen Button, Entertainment Law
Jack Dring, Essential Practices in Music Business
Douglas McKinnie, Recording Technology
David Via, Music Business Internships
Timothy Yip, Music Business I and II
Music Business Webpage
Music Education Department
Peter McCoy, Chair of Music Education Department
Brianne Sterling, Music Education Field Experience Coordinator
Riki Braunstein, Coordinator of Student Teaching
Music Education Department Webpage
Music Education Faculty
Russell Biczo, General Music
Mark Campbell, General Music
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Repair Technology
Robert Docker, String Education (on leave Fall 2023)
Jeffrey Francom, Choral Education
Jennifer Kessler, String Education, General Music
Nils Klykken, Choral Education
Judy Lewis, General Music
Peter McCoy, Technology Education, General Music
Jonathan Schaller, Band Education, General Music
Kathryn Sherman, Piano Pedagogy
Alan Solomon, Music Therapy/Music Psychology
Tracy Wanamaker, Special Music Education
Theresa Witmer, Band Education
Functional Keyboard Faculty
Tracy Lipke-Perry
Kathryn Sherman
Rosemarie Suniga
Heather Wheeler
Student Teaching Supervisors
Riki Braunstein
Mark Campbell
David Cerullo
Russ Faunce
Kathleen McCarty
Matthew Orwick
Susan Olinsky
Timothy Savage
Michael Struzik
James Uzzi
Instrumental Performance Department
Casey Grev, Chair of Instrumental Performance Department
Performance Department Webpage
Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Brian Doyle, Director of Bands, Conducting
Michael Dudley, Jazz Ensembles
Julie Hunter, West African Drum/Dance Ensemble
Peter McCoy, Latin Ensemble
Jill Roberts, Band
Adrian Slywotzky, Director of Orchestras, Conducting
Woodwind Faculty
Brian Dunbar, Flute
Casey Grev, Saxophone
Maxwell Grube, Bassoon
Anna Hendrickson, Oboe
Christine Hoerning, Clarinet
Julianne Kirk Doyle, Clarinet
Carol Lowe, Bassoon (on sabbatical 2023-2024)
Jill Rubio, Flute
Julian Velasco, Saxophone
Brass Faculty
Lauren Becker, Horn
Brianne Borden, Trumpet
Charles Guy, Tuba/Euphonium
Christopher Hernacki, Trombone
Luke Spence, Trumpet
Guitar Faculty
Douglas Rubio
Harp Faculty
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis (on sabbatical 2023-2024)
Shannon Boyle
Percussion Faculty
Robert Sanderl
Piano Faculty
Young-Ah Tak (on sabbatical 2023-2024)
Dan Sato
String Faculty
Liesl Schoenberger Doty, Violin
Marie-Élaine Gagnon, Cello
John Geggie, Double Bass
Ryan Hardcastle, Viola
Shelly Tramposh, Viola (on sabbatical 2023-2024)
Timothy Yip, Violin
Vocal Performance Department
Nils Klykken, Chair of Vocal Performance Department
Performance Department Webpage
Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Jeffrey Francom, Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Nils Klykken, Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Voice Faculty
Voice Area Webpage
Katie Burnham, Soprano
Margaret Chalker, Soprano
Donald George, Tenor
Steven Groth, Baritone
Deborah Massell, Soprano
Kathleen Miller, Soprano
Colleen Skull, Soprano
Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, Mezzo Soprano (on sabbatical 2023-2024)
Andrew Voelker, Vocal Coaching
Staff Pianists
Jeffrey Hinkle
Keilor Kastella
Julie Miller
Risa Okina
Andrew Voelker
Theory, History & Composition Department
Timothy Sullivan, Co-Chair of the Theory, History, and Composition Department
Michael Vitalino, Co-Chair of the Theory, History, and Composition Department
Music Theory, History & Composition Department Webpage
Music Composition Faculty
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez
David Heuser
Philip Salathé
Jerod Sommerfeldt, Computer Music
Timothy Sullivan
Music History Faculty
Erin Brooks
Michael Dudley, Jazz History
Julie Hunter, Ethnomusicology
Edward Komara
Erica Levenson
Timothy Sullivan
Jess Tyre
Music Theory Faculty
Michael Dudley, Jazz Theory
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez
David Heuser
Fred Hosken
Michelle Martin-Atwood
Andre Mount
Risa Okina
Philip Salathé
Jerod Sommerfeldt
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
Timothy Sullivan
Michael Vitalino
Ziyu Wang