Our faculty of outstanding and internationally recognized performers, composers, scholars, and researchers is dedicated to providing our diverse student body with a rich musical environment and an excellent education through private lessons, large and small ensembles, mentoring, and highly interactive classes.
Our more than 150 faculty members include winners of the Grammy Award, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Fulbright Fellowship, and soloists with world-renowned opera companies and symphony orchestras.
Gideon F. Alorwoyie |
Professor of Percussion Director of the African Percussion Ensemble |
José M. Aponte |
Principal Lecturer of Drum Set and Latin Percussion Director of the Latin Jazz Lab Band |
Steve Barnes |
Adjunct Instructor - Percussion (Jazz Drum Set) |
Michael Crawford |
Adjunct Instructor - Percussion (Methods Courses) |
Quincy Davis |
Associate Professor of Percussion (Jazz Drum Set) |
Mark Ford |
Coordinator of Percussion Regents Professor of Percussion (Marimba, Ensembles) |
Dave Hall |
Associate Professor of Percussion (Marimba, Timpani, Ensembles) |
Stockton Helbing |
Adjunct Instructor - Percussion (Jazz Drum Set) |
Paul Rennick |
Associate Professor of Percussion (Snare Drum, Ensembles) |
Sandi Rennick |
Adjunct Faculty - Percussion (Marimba) |
Ed Smith |
Adjunct Instructor - Vibraphone Director of the Bwana Kumala Gamelan Ensemble |
Poovalur Sriji |
Adjunct Instructor - Percussion Director of the South Indian Cross-Cultural Ensemble |