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Faculty Duties
Orna Arania Voice
Lyric Diction
Yuko Asada Musical Instrument Technician
Assistant with the NIU Steelband
Director of Community School of the Arts Steelpan
Megan Bailey Trumpet
Chamber Music
Gregory Beyer Director of Percussion Studies
New Music
Tom Bough Wind Ensemble
Wind Symphony
Huskie Marching Band
Huskie Pep Band
Geof Bradfield Saxophone
Jazz Studies
Bobby Broom Guitar
Jazz Studies
Kerri Chandler Recording Arts
Robert Chappell Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor Emeritus
Percussion
Suwan Choi Instructor of World Music
Christine D'Alexander Instrumental Music Education
Mark Davis Jazz Piano
Roberto De Leon Banda NIU
Anthony Devroye Viola
Chamber Music
Christian Dillingham Bass
Chamber Music
Mary Lynn Doherty Assistant Director of the School of Music
Professor and Coordinator of Music Education
Choir
Kirby Fellis Jazz Trombone
Brigid Findley Academic Advisor
Mark Fry Euphonium
Tuba
Tom Garling Trombone
Jazz Studies
Matthew Gaunt Tuba
Euphonium
Andrew Glendening Director of the School of Music
Trombone
William Goldenberg Piano, Chamber Music
Accompanying
Zachary Good Clarinet
Chamber Music
Woodwind Area Coordinator
David Gordon Music Theory
David Graham Piano Technology
Roosevelt Griffin III Director of Jazz Studies
Professor of Jazz Studies
Student Success Coordinator for CVPA
Sam Handley Coordinator of the Voice Area
Voice
Lyric Diction
Vocal Pedagogy
Brian Hart Music History
Eric Johnson Director of Choral Activities
Choir
JeongSoo Kim Piano, Piano Pedagogy
Piano Literature
Marianne Kim Organ
Harpsichord
Ed Klonoski Music Theory
Bret Kuhn Adjunct Faculty
Percussion
Maria Kurochkina Director of Orchestras
Conducting
Cheng-Hou Lee Violoncello
Chamber Music
Blaise Magniere Violin
Chamber Music
David Maki Music Theory, Aural Skills
Composition
Scott Metlicka Flute
Lucia Matos Conducting
Music Theory
Laura Medisky Oboe
Austyn Menk Admissions Coordinator
John Novak Music Theory
Aural Skills
Elinor Olin Music History
Tony Ozuna Mariachi NIU
Brian Penkrot Music Theory, Composition
Aural Skills
Timothy Riordan Trombone
Carol Rosing Bassoon
Contrabassoon
Marlene Rosenberg Double Bass
Jazz Studies
Faye Seeman Harp
Emma Sepmeier Horn
Tom Snydacker Saxophone
Mark Snyder Recording Arts
Chamni Sripraram Instructor of World Music
Thai Music Ensemble
David Charles Tay Voice
Opera
Liam Teague NIU Board of Trustees Professor, Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor
Head of Steelpan Studies
Matt Todd Coordinator of Music Education Licensure
An Tran Classical Guitar
Michael Vaschur Pep Band
Rodrigo Villanueva Jazz Ensemble
Jazz Studies
Ben Wahlund Instructor of Percussion
Percussion Pedagogy
Jui-Ching Wang World Music
Music Education
Marie Wang Violin
Chamber Music
Pharez Whitted Trumpet
Jazz Studies
Wei Yang World Music
Alex Yoffe Javanese Gamelan
World Music
Tina Zemzemi Office Administrator

Emeritus Faculty

  • Shmuel Dov Ashkenasi
  • Jan Bach
  • Gregory Barrett
  • Paul Bauer
  • Charles T. Blickhan
  • James R. Brown
  • Ronald Carter
  • Robert Chappell
  • Glenda L. Cosenza
  • Stephen R. Duke
  • John Fairfield
  • Robert Fleisher
  • Robert A. Green
  • Kuo-Huang Han
  • Fareed Haque
  • Marc T. Johnson
  • William Koehler
  • Peter C. Middleton
  • Myron Myers
  • George Allan O'Connor
  • Willie Pickens
  • Mark Ponzo
  • Ronald D. Price
  • Diane Ragains-Slawin
  • Robert Reeves
  • Charles Schuchat
  • Robert Sims
  • Mathias Tacke
  • Reggie Thomas
  • Ronnie Wooten
  • Edna C. Williams
  • Richard Young

Contact Us

Music Building
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - noon
1 - 4:30 p.m.
815-753-1551
music@niu.edu

Austyn V. Menk
Music Admissions Coordinator
815-753-6306
avmenk@niu.edu

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