Faculty Emeritus

* Cecil Adkins, history (1963-2000)

* Louise Alton, education (1968-1980)

* Larry Austin, composition (1978-1996)

* Stefan Bardas, piano (1954-1980)

* Virginia Botkin, soprano (1958-1995)

Brian Bowman, euphonium (1999-2018)

* Leon Breeden, One O' Clock Lab Band director and chair (1959-1981)

Lester Brothers, history (1974-2005)

* Leon Brown, trombone (1946-1983)

Newel Kay Brown, theory (1970-1991)

*Anshel Brusilow, symphony orchestra conductor (1973-1982) and (1989-2008)

Deanna Bush, history (1980-2011)

Leonard Candelaria, trumpet (1974-2003)

Thomas Clark, composition (1976-2004)

* Michael Collins, history (1969-2001)

* Eugene Conley, tenor (1960-1978)

Jeannine Crader, soprano (1970-1997)

Linda DiFiore, contralto (1996-2014)

Paul Dworak, theory (1979-2017)

Donna Emmanuel, education (2002-2020)

Ron Fink, percussion (1964-2000)

Dennis Fisher, symphonic band conductor (1982-2019)

Hildegard Froehlich, education (1976-2001)

* William Gardner, theory (1949-1980)

Cody Garner, bass-baritone (1989-2006)

Henry (Hal) Gibbons, Canticum Novum (1980-2012)

* Oscar (O.) Lee Gibson, clarinet (1945-1981)

James Gillespie, clarinet (1978-2011)

* Floyd F. Graham, Eagle Band, orchestra, Stage Band (1928-1973)

Joán Groom, theory (1973-2011)

John M. (Dan) Haerle, Jr., jazz piano (1977-2007)

Fred Hamilton, jazz guitar (1989-2017)

* John J. Haynie, trumpet (1950-1985)

* Harold Heiberg, vocal coach, collaborative piano (1971-2004)

* Paula Homer, opera (1992-2016)

Margaret Hudnall, education (1968-2004)

* Milvern (Mel) Ivey, A Cappella choir (1990-2000)

* J. Keith Johnson, trumpet (1986-2014)

* R. Fred Kern, class piano (1980-2011)

* Rosemary Killam, theory (1977-2005)

Malena Kuss, history (1976-1999)

* William P. Latham, composition (1965-1984)

* James Lerch, violin (1966-1990)

* Martin Mailman, composition (1966-2000; awarded posthumously)

* Frank Mainous, piano (1947-1983)

* Robert Lincoln Marquis, Jr., Eagle Band (1934-42, music) and education (1943-77)

* Maurice McAdow, wind bands (1945-1975)

Alan McClung, education (2002-2017)

* Mary McCormic, opera/soprano (1944-1962)

Jerry McCoy, A Cappella choir (2000-2015)

Lenora McCroskey, harpsichord/organ (1982-2009)

* David Charles McGuire, education (1962-1987)

* Frank McKinley, A Cappella choir (1940-1980)

Cindy McTee (Slatkin), composition (1984-2010)

* Clyde Miller, horn (1955-1983)

* Donald L. Miller, string education (1979-1989)

* Laurel Miller, mezzo-soprano (1977-2003)

* George Morey, flute, chamber music (1947-1980)

* John Murphy, jazz history (2001-2020); chair (2008-2020)

Lyle Nordstrom, collegium (2000-2010)

Margaret Notley, history (1999-2021)

* Adolfo Odnoposoff, cello (1975-1987)

* Robert Ottman, theory (1946-1980)

* George Papich, viola, chamber music (1967-2019)

* Dale Peters, organ, theory (1959-2005)

Graham Phipps, theory (1984-2014)

* Edward Rainbow, double bass (1967-1994)

Darhyl S. Ramsey, education (1987-2018)

Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon (1995-2020)

* Alan W. Richardson, theory (1945-1976)

James Riggs, saxophone (1973-2008)

* Paul Roe, education (1961-1981)

* Robert J. Rogers, piano (1948-1984)

Paris Rutherford, Jazz Singers (1978-2009)

William Scharnberg, horn (1983-2018)

Robert Schietroma, percussion (1977-1998)

* Arthur Schoep, opera (1967-1986)

John Scott, clarinet (1981-2018)

Neil Slater, One O' Clock Lab Band director (1981-2008)

Ed Soph, drumset (1987-2017)

Richard Sparks, chair of conducting and ensembles, C&E; Collegium Singers (2008-2019)

Mike Steinel, jazz improvisation, fundamentals, pedagogy, trumpet (1987-2019)

* David Sundquist, tenor (1989-2009)

Charles Veazey, oboe (1973-2011)

* Larry Gene Walz, piano (1956-1987)

* Roger Warner, education (1976-2006)

* Grant Williams, tenor (1966-1994)

* Ira Donald Willing, organ (1968-1979)

* Robert A. Winslow, wind bands (1975-1993)

Dean Emeriti

James Scott, dean/flute (2001-2016)

David L. Shrader, dean/arts management (1992-2006)

COM Principal Lecturer Emeriti

Rosemary Chisholm, class voice (1995-2012)

Karrell Johnson, string education (1996-2013)

Music Librarian Emeriti

Jean Harden, music library (1994-2019); history adjunct

*Anna Harriet Heyer, music library (1940-1965)

Morris Martin, music library (1971-2013)

Mark McKnight, music library (1990-2019); history adjunct

*deceased

Updated 7.18.2023