UNO Music Department - Faculty and Staff

UNO Music’s acclaimed faculty offer hands-on, high-caliber teaching and are dedicated to your education.  All are leaders in their fields, and perform, conduct, tour, and record internationally; they are working musicians routinely nominated for Grammys and other major awards.  Every faculty member is closely involved in their professional communities, from performing and recording to serving on state-wide choral conducting panels to advising national music education policy makers in Washington, D.C. They bring their expertise back to the classroom and the stage.

Music Faculty

Faculty
Victor Atkins III – Jazz Piano, Theory
Caroline Carson – Choral Ensembles, Conducting
Raymond Gitz – Associate Chair; Piano, Theory
Beth Hayes – Music Education
Stephen Masakowski – Jazz Guitar, Theory, Digital Music Production
Irvin Mayfield – Artistic Director, New Orleans Jazz Institute and Professor of Professional Practice
Edward Petersen – Associate Chair; Jazz Saxophone
Brent Rose – Theory, Jazz History, Saxophone
Brian Seeger – Jazz Guitar, Improvisation, Recording & Production
Charles Taylor – Instrumental Ensembles, Music Education, Conducting
Robin Williams – Department Chair; Piano

Adjunct Faculty
Charles Brewer – Drums
Christopher Burton – Composition
Neal Caine - Applied Bass
Leah Chase-Kamata – Jazz Voice
Raquel Cortina – Classical Voice
Troy Davis - Applied Jazz Production
Megan Dearie – Classical Voice
Matthew Ernst –Trumpet
Thomas Fischer – Jazz Clarinet
Patrice Fisher – Applied Harp
Roland Guerin – Jazz Bass
Kelvin Harrison Sr. – Saxophone
Robyn Jones - Applied Clarinet
Herman Lebeaux – Jazz Percussion
Hank Mackie – Jazz Guitar
Delfeayo Marsalis – Trombone
Jason Marsalis – Percussion
Ashlin Parker – Jazz Trumpet
Matt Perrine – Traditional Jazz Ensemble, Tuba, Sousaphone, Bass
Steve Reynolds – Audio Recording
Matthew Rhody – Jazz Violin
Michael Rihner – Composition
Sarah Schettler – Classical Flute
William Schettler – String Bass
Cindy Scott – Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Yuki Tanaka – Classical Violin
Kathleen Westfall - Voice

Music Staff

Bowen, Missy MFA- Operations Manager and Executive Assistant to the Chair 
Fredrickson, Emily - Graduate Assistant, Master in Arts Administration 2014 
Wilson, Danielle - Graduate Assistant - Master in Vocal Performance 2013'

Updated November 21, 2012