Administration and Professional Staff
Administrative Office
David Heuser, Interim Dean, The Crane School of Music
Charles Guy, Interim Assistant Dean
Kathryn Sherman, Dean's Fellow for Assessment
Matthew Gatti, Facilities Manager
Joshua Barkley, Assistant 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
Sara Trimm, Academic Advisor
Instrument Maintenance
Samson Flancbaum, Instrument Technician
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Technician/Certificate in Band Instrument Repair Technology Basics
Ryan Mix, Piano Technician
Audio/Video
Douglas McKinnie, Audio Video Engineer
Donald Cannamela, Assistant Audio Engineer
Crane Youth Music
Michael Struzik, Director
Crane Music Library
Edward Komara, Associate Librarian
Elizabeth Revelle, Library Clerk 2
Music Business Program
Timothy Yip, Music Business, Program Coordinator
Stephen Button, Entertainment Law
David Via, Music Business Internships
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Repair Technology
Music Business Webpage
Music Education Department
Tracy Lipke-Perry, Chair of Music Education Department
Jonathan Schaller, Graduate Program Coordinator
Music Education Department Webpage
Music Education Faculty
Russell Biczo, General Music
Caron Collins, Graduate Music Education
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Repair Technology
Meagan Dissinger, Choral Education
Robert Docker, String Education
Jennifer Kessler, String Education, General Music
Judy Lewis, General Music
Peter McCoy, Technology Education, General Music
P. Wesley Roy, Choral Education
Timothy Savage, Band Education
Jonathan Schaller, Band Education, General Music
Kathryn Sherman, Piano Pedagogy
Tracy Wanamaker, Special Music Education
Functional Keyboard Faculty
Tracy Lipke-Perry
Kathryn Sherman
Rosemarie Suniga
Heather Wheeler
Student Teaching Supervisors
David Cerullo
Russ Faunce
Christine Mackey
Timothy Savage
Michael Struzik
Rae Jean Teeter
James Uzzi
Instrumental Performance Department
Casey Grev, Co-Chair of Instrumental Performance Department
Carol Lowe, Co-Chair of Instrumental Performance Department
Instrumental Performance Department Webpage
Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Brian Doyle, Director of Bands, Conducting
Michael Colburn, Director of Orchestras, Conducting
SeungYoung Hong, Jazz Ensembles
Jonathan Góvias, Director of Orchestras, Conducting (on leave)
Julie Hunter, West African Drum/Dance Ensemble
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez (on sabbatical, fall 2025/ spring 2026) & Peter McCoy, Latin Ensemble
Jill Roberts, Concert Band
Jerod Sommerfeldt, Laptop Orchestra
Timothy Sullivan, Contemporary Music Ensemble
Shelly Tramposh, Irish Ensemble & Mariachi Ensemble
Woodwind Faculty
Brian Dunbar, Flute
Casey Grev, Saxophone (on leave fall 2025/spring 2026)
Anna Hendrickson, Oboe
Christine Hoerning, Clarinet
Julianne Kirk Doyle, Clarinet
Carol Lowe, Bassoon
Jacob Nance, Saxophone
Jill Rubio, Flute
Brass Faculty
Lauren Becker, Horn
Charles Guy, Tuba/Euphonium
Christopher Hernacki, Trombone
Christopher Keach, Trumpet
Luke Spence, Trumpet
Guitar Faculty
Matthew Dunne
Harp Faculty
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
Percussion Faculty
Emma Gierszal
Piano Faculty
Young-Ah Tak
String Faculty
Liesl Schoenberger Doty, Violin
Marie-Élaine Gagnon, Cello
John Geggie, Double Bass
Jennifer Kessler, Violin
Shelly Tramposh, Viola
Timothy Yip, Violin
Vocal Performance Department
Kathleen Miller, Chair of Vocal Performance Department
Vocal Performance Department Webpage
Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, Opera/Musical Theatre (Music Director)
Nils Klykken, Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Christopher MacRae, Opera/Musical Theatre (Stage Director)
P. Wesley Roy, Choral Ensembles
Voice Faculty
Margaret Chalker, Soprano
Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, Vocal Coaching
Christopher MacRae, Tenor
Deborah Massell, Soprano
Kathleen Miller, Soprano
Shantelle Przybylo, Soprano
Colleen Skull, Soprano (on sabbatical, Spring 2025)
Nathan Strock, Bass-Baritone
Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, Mezzo Soprano
Staff Pianists
Kathleen Crecco
Keilor Kastella
Risa Okina
Andrew Voelker
Theory, History & Composition Department
Michael Vitalino, Chair of the Theory, History, and Composition Department
Music Theory, History & Composition Department Webpage
Music Composition Faculty
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez (on sabbatical, fall 2025/ spring 2026)
David Heuser
Phil Salathé
Jerod Sommerfeldt, Computer Music
Timothy Sullivan
Music History Faculty
Erin Brooks (on sabbatical, Spring 2025)
SeungYoung Hong, Jazz History
Julie Hunter, Ethnomusicology
Edward Komara
Shanti Nachtergaele
Timothy Sullivan
Jess Tyre
Music Theory Faculty
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez (on sabbatical, fall 2025/ spring 2026)
David Heuser
SeungYoung Hong, Jazz Theory
Alexandrea Jonker
Andre Mount
Risa Okina
Phil Salathé
Jerod Sommerfeldt
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
Timothy Sullivan
Michael Vitalino