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
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
TBA, 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, Coordinator, Music Business
Stephen Button, Entertainment Law
David Via, Music Business Internships
Music Business Webpage
Music Education Department
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
Mark Campbell, General Music
Miles DeCastro, Instrument Repair Technology
Meagan Dissinger, Choral Education
Robert Docker, String Education
Jennifer Kessler, String Education, General Music
Nils Klykken, Choral Education
Judy Lewis, General Music
Peter McCoy, Technology Education, General Music
Jonathan Schaller, Band Education, General Music
Kathryn Sherman, Piano Pedagogy
Tracy Wanamaker, Special Music Education
Theresa Witmer, Band 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
Instrumental Performance Department
Casey Grev, Co-Chair of Instrumental Performance Department
Carol Lowe, Co-Chair of Instrumental Performance Department
Performance Department Webpage
Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Brian Doyle, Director of Bands, Conducting
Michael Dudley, Jazz Ensembles
Jonathan Góvias, Director of Orchestras, Conducting
Julie Hunter, West African Drum/Dance Ensemble
Peter McCoy, Latin Ensemble
Jill Roberts, Band
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
Luke Spence, Trumpet
Guitar Faculty
Matthew Dunne
Harp Faculty
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
Percussion Faculty
Emma Gierzal
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
Shelly Tramposh, Viola
Timothy Yip, Violin
Vocal Performance Department
Nils Klykken, Co-Chair of Vocal Performance Department
Kathleen Miller, Co-Chair of Vocal Performance Department
Performance Department Webpage
Ensemble Directors and Conducting Faculty
Meagan Dissinger, Choral Education
Nils Klykken, Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Voice Faculty
Voice Area Webpage
Katie Burnham, Soprano
Margaret Chalker, Soprano
Deborah Massell, Soprano
Kathleen Miller, Soprano
Colleen Skull, Soprano
Lorraine Yaros Sullivan, Mezzo Soprano
Andrew Voelker, Vocal Coaching
Staff Pianists
Kathleen Crecco
Keilor Kastella
Julie Miller
Risa Okina
Andrew Voelker
Theory, History & Composition Department
Timothy Sullivan, Chair of the Theory, History, and Composition Department
Music Theory, History & Composition Department Webpage
Music Composition Faculty
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez
David Heuser
Jerod Sommerfeldt, Computer Music
Timothy Sullivan
Music History Faculty
Erin Brooks
Julie Hunter, Ethnomusicology
Edward Komara
Timothy Sullivan
Jess Tyre
Music Theory Faculty
Ivette Herryman Rodriguez
David Heuser
Alexandrea Jonker
Andre Mount
Risa Okina
Jerod Sommerfeldt
Jessica Suchy-Pilalis
Timothy Sullivan
Michael Vitalino (on sabbatical, fall 2024)