Faculty/Staff Directory

Administrative Office
David Heuser, Interim Dean, The Crane School of Music
Nils Klykken, Assistant Dean, The Crane School of Music
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
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

Crane Youth Music
Michael Struzik, Director

Crane Music Library
Edward Komara, Associate Librarian
Elizabeth Revelle, Library Clerk 2

Timothy Yip, Coordinator, Music Business
Stephen Button, Entertainment Law
David Via, Music Business Internships
Music Business Webpage

Tracy Lipke-Perry, Chair of Music Education Department
Peter McCoy, Past 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
Andrew Bockman, Percussion Techniques
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
Timothy Savage, Saxophone Techniques
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
Riki Braunstein
David Cerullo
Russ Faunce
Christine Mackey
Kathleen McCarty
Susan Olinsky
Timothy Savage
Michael Struzik
Rae Jean Teeter
James Uzzi

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
SeungYoung Hong, Jazz Ensembles
Jonathan Góvias, Director of Orchestras, Conducting
Julie Hunter, West African Drum/Dance Ensemble
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez & 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
Anna Hendrickson, Oboe
Christine Hoerning, Clarinet
Julianne Kirk Doyle, Clarinet
Carol Lowe, Bassoon
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
Andrew Bockman

Piano Faculty
Young-Ah Tak

String Faculty
Liesl Schoenberger Doty, Violin (on leave fall 2024)
Marie-Élaine Gagnon, Cello
John Geggie, Double Bass
Chihiro Kakishima, Violin
Jennifer Kessler, Violin
Shelly Tramposh, Viola
Timothy Yip, Violin

Kathleen Miller, Chair of Vocal Performance Department
Vocal Performance Department Webpage

Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Meagan Dissinger, Choral Ensembles
Nils Klykken, Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Andrew Voelker, Music Director of Crane Opera Ensemble

Voice Faculty
Katie Burnham, Soprano
Margaret Chalker, Soprano
Deborah Massell, Soprano
Kathleen Miller, Soprano
Colleen Skull, Soprano
Nathan Strock, Bass-Baritone
Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, Mezzo Soprano
Andrew Voelker, Vocal Coaching

Staff Pianists
Kathleen Crecco
Keilor Kastella
Julie Miller
Risa Okina
Andrew Voelker