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
Karen Miller, Budgeting & Scheduling Secretary
Facilities Office
Matthew Gatti, Facilities Manager
TBD, Facilities Secretary
Instrument Maintenance
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Technician
Audio/Video
Douglas McKinnie, Audio Video Engineer
Robert Zolner, Assistant Audio Engineer
Crane Youth Music
Michael Struzik, Co-Director
Julianne Kirk Doyle, Co-Director
Crane Music Library
Edward Komara, Associate Librarian
Elizabeth Revelle, Library Clerk 2
Music Business Program
Drew Coles, Coordinator, Music Business
Stephen Button, Entertainment Law
Douglas McKinnie, Recording Technology
David Via , Music Business Internships & Practica
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
Sarah Burgess, Music Education Department Secretary
Music Education Department Webpage
Music Education Faculty
Russell Biczo, General Music
Jason Bishop, Choral Education
Mark Campbell, General Music
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Repair Technology
Robert Docker, String Education
Jeffrey Francom, Choral Education (on sabbatical, spring 2023 semester)
Jennifer Kessler, String Education, General Music
Nils Klykken, Choral Education
Judy Lewis, General Music
Peter Lewis, Band Education
Tammara Madeja, Choral Education
Peter McCoy, Technology Education, General Music
Jonathan Schaller, Band Education, General Music
Peter Schneider, General Music
Kathryn Sherman, Piano Pedagogy
Alan Solomon, Music Therapy/Music Psychology
Tracy Wanamaker, Special Music Education
Functional Keyboard Faculty
Tracy Lipke-Perry
Kathryn Sherman
Rosemarie Suniga
Heather Wheeler
Student Teaching Supervisors
Riki Braunstein
Mark Campbell
David Cerullo
Russell Faunce
Kathleen McCarty
Matthew Orwick
Susan Olinsky
Timothy Savage
Michael Struzik
James Uzzi
Performance Department
Carol Lowe, Chair of Performance Department
Performance Department Webpage
Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Jason Bishop, Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Brian Doyle, Director of Bands, Conducting
Michael Dudley, Jazz Studies/Jazz Ensembles
Jeffrey Francom, Choral Ensembles, Conducting (on sabbatical, spring 2023 semester)
Julie Hunter, West African Drum/Dance Ensemble
Nils Klykken, Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Peter Lewis, Bands, Conducting
Timothy Mount, Crane Chorus
Michael Scarola, Opera
Adrian Slywotzky, Director of Orchestras, Conducting
Peter McCoy, Latin Ensemble
Woodwind Faculty
Brian Dunbar Flute
Casey Grev, Saxophone
Anna Hendrickson, Oboe
Christine Hoerning, Clarinet
Julianne Kirk Doyle, Clarinet
Carol Lowe, Bassoon
Jill Rubio, Flute
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
Percussion Faculty
Robert Sanderl
Piano Faculty
Young-Ah Tak
String Faculty
Liesl Schoenberger Doty, Violin
Marie-Élaine Gagnon, Cello
John Geggie, Double Bass
Shelly Tramposh, Viola
Timothy Yip, Violin
Voice Faculty
Voice Area Webpage
Margaret Chalker, Soprano
Donald George, Tenor
Steven Groth, Baritone
Deborah Massell, Soprano
Sarah Maurer-Groth, Soprano
Kathleen Miller, Soprano
Christopher Sierra, Tenor
Colleen Skull, Soprano
Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, Mezzo Soprano, Vocal Area Head
Brock Tjosvold, Vocal Coaching
Staff Pianists
Jeffrey Hinkle
Keilor Kastella
Julie Miller
Risa Okina
Brock Tjosvold
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
Karen Miller, Theory, History & Composition Department Secretary
Music Theory, History & Composition Department Webpage
Music Composition Faculty
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez
David Heuser
Philip Salathé
Jerod Sommerfeldt, Computer Music (on sabbatical, spring 2023 semester)
Timothy Sullivan
Gregory Wanamaker
Music History Faculty
Erin Brooks
Julie Hunter, Ethnomusicology
Edward Komara
Erica Levenson
Timothy Sullivan
Jess Tyre
Music Theory Faculty
Michael Dudley, Jazz Theory
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez
David Heuser
Chelsea Loew
Michelle Martin-Atwood
Andre Mount
Risa Okina
Philip Salathé
Jerod Sommerfeldt (on sabbatical, spring 2023 semester)
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
Timothy Sullivan
Michael Vitalino
Gregory Wanamaker