Faculty
Conducting & Ensemble Directors

Dr. Marc Decker, Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor

Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting

Dr. Patricia Fleitas, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies
Winds, Brass, & Percussion

Dr. Marc Decker, Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor

Dr. Erin Gittelsohn, Oboe

Laura Winters, Bassoon

Dr. Stan Spinola, French horn

Dr. Jose Leonardo Leon, Trombone, Arts Entrepreneurship

Matthew Nichols, Percussion
Voice

Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting
Piano

Phil Hinton, Piano

Kuo-pei Cheng-Lin, Collaborative and Class Piano
Strings

Rebecca Lautar, Violin

Angela Kratchmer, Viola

Jeff Adkins, Double Bass

Dr. Greg Diamond, Electric Guitar
Commercial Music

Alejandro Sánchez-Samper, Commercial Music

Ira Abrams, Legal Issues and Artist Management

Jennifer Appel, Commercial Music Faculty

Carl Spagnuolo, Music Publishing and Copyright

Dr. Kevin Wilt, Department Chair, Music Composition and Music Theory
Music Education

Claudia Lusararian, Elementary Music

Dr. Marc Decker, Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor

Matthew Nichols, Percussion

Monica Berovides-Hidalgo, Voice
Ethnomusicology, History, and Theory

Dr. Daniel Copher, Music Appreciation

David Rossow, Sight Singing

Dr. Andres Espinoza Agurto, Ethnomusicology and Latin Music Ensemble
Administration

Dr. Stacie Rossow, Associate Chair, Associate Director of Choral and Vocal Studies, voice and conducting

Dr. Marc Decker, Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Graduate Advisor