Faculty
Faculty Mission Statement
Dedicated to its land-grant heritage, the music faculty at Colorado State University are committed to promoting music and pedagogy of the highest quality, serving music education through actions that benefit the students, teachers, and citizens of Colorado.
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Name | Position | Phone | Area | |
Tom Amend | Instructor of Music; Jazz Piano | thomas.amend@colostate.edu | Jazz Piano | |
Denise Apodaca | Senior Instructor; Honors Faculty | Denise.Apodaca@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Nicole Asel | Associate Professor of Music | Nicole.Asel@colostate.edu | Voice | |
Joel Bacon | Full Professor of Music; Organ; Stewart and Sheron Golden Chair in Organ and Liturgical Studies | Joel.Bacon@colostate.edu | Organ | |
Gray Baldwin | Instructor of Music | gray.baldwin@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Laura Beer | Associate Professor of Music; Music Therapy | 970-491-8976 | laura.beer@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Cayla Bellamy | Assistant Professor of Music; Coordinator of Woodwinds | Cayla.Bellamy@colostate.edu | Bassoon | |
Tiffany Blake | Associate Professor of Music; Voice (Soprano); Coordinator of Voice; Director of Ralph Opera Program | Tiffany.Blake@colostate.edu | Voice and Opera | |
Tim Burns | Senior Instructor of Music; Collaborative Piano Coordinator | Tim.Burns@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Jooyeon Chang | Instructor of Music; Collaborative Pianist; Piano Class; Piano Ensemble | Jooyeon.Chang@colostate.edu | Piano; Chamber Music | |
Sabra Chavez | Instructor of Music | sabra.chavez@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Stanley Curtis | Assistant Professor of Music; Trumpet | (703) 509-0873 | Stanley.Curtis@colostate.edu | Trumpet |
James David | Professor of Music; Composition, Music Theory | (970) 491-4154 | James.David@colostate.edu | Composition |
Stephen Dombrowski | Instructor of Music; Tuba | Stephen.Dombrowski@colostate.edu | Tuba | |
Pablo Dos Santos Hernandez | Instructor of Music; Oboe | (970) 584-7366 | Pablo.Dos_Santos_Hernandez@colostate.edu | Oboe |
Wesley Ferreira | Professor of Music; Clarinet | Wesley.Ferreira@colostate.edu | Clarinet | |
Copper Ferreira | Senior Instructor; Music Theory | (970) 491-1584 | Copper.Ferreira@colostate.edu | Music Theory |
Ronald Francois | Professor of Music; Violin, Chamber Music; Coordinator of String Area | (240) 338-7343 | Ron.Francois@colostate.edu | Violin |
Bill Gavin | Associate Professor | william.gavin@colostate.edu | Music Therapy Research; Experimental Psychology | |
Dan Goble | Director of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | (970) 491-5533 | Dan.Goble@colostate.edu | |
K. Dawn Grapes | Associate Professor of Music; Music History; Coordinator of Musicology | (970) 491-4134 | dawn.grapes@colostate.edu | Music History |
Forest Greenough | Associate Professor of Music; Double Bass, Music Theory | Forest.Greenough@colostate.edu | Double Bass | |
Kathryn Harms | Instructor of Music; Harp | Kathryn.Harms@colostate.edu | Harp | |
Eric Hollenbeck | Professor of Music; Percussion; Coordinator of Percussion | Eric.Hollenbeck@colostate.edu | Percussion | |
Bonnie Jacobi | Associate Professor of Music; Director of Colorado Kodály Institute | Bonnie.Jacobi@colostate.edu | Music Education | |
Erik Johnson | Associate Professor of Music; Music Education (Instrumental) | E.Johnson@colostate.edu | Music Education | |
Sarah Johnson | Instructor of Music Therapy | Sarah2.Johnson@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Egemen Kesikli | Instructor | Egemen.Kesikli@colostate.edu | ||
James Kim | Associate Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities | James.Kim@colostate.edu | Choir | |
Andrew Knight | Associate Professor of Music | Andrew.Knight@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Darren Kramer | Instructor of Music | darren.kramer@colostate.edu | Jazz Trombone | |
Robert Kreutz | Instructor; Music Education | (970) 2158537 | B.Kreutz@colostate.edu | Strings |
Blythe LaGasse | Professor of Music; Coordinator of Music Therapy | (970) 491-4042 | Blythe.Lagasse@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Megan Lanz (She/Her) | Senior Instructor of Music | (720) 695-4287 | Megan.Lanz@colostate.edu | Music Appreciation; Music as Human Expression (Honors) |
Jeff LaQuatra | Senior Instructor of Music; Guitar | Jeff.LaQuatra@colostate.edu | Guitar; Music Appreciation | |
Juhyun Lee | Instructor of Music; Collaborative Pianist | (617) 952-8801 | Juhyun.Lee@colostate.edu | Piano |
Drew Leslie | Associate Professor of Music; Trombone; Undergraduate Coordinator; Music Minor Advisor | Drew.Leslie@colostate.edu | Trombone | |
John Lindsey | Assistant Professor of Music | John.Lindsey@colostate.edu | Voice | |
John McGuire | Associate Professor of Music; Horn, Chamber Music; Brass Area Coordinator | John.McGuire@colostate.edu | Horn | |
Gabriel Mervine | Instructor of Music | gabriel.mervine@colostate.edu | Jazz Trumpet | |
Paul Metz | Instructor of Music; Music Theory; Emeritus Associate Professor | Paul.Metz@colostate.edu | Music Theory | |
Margaret Miller | Senior Instructor; Viola; Coordinator of Graduate String Quartet Program | (719) 660-0878 | Margaret.J.Miller@colostate.edu | Viola |
Romina Monsanto | Instructor of Music | Romina.Monsanto@colostate.edu | Cello | |
Beth Mosko | Instructor of Music | 970-581-1403 | Beth.Mosko@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Dan Obluda | Instructor of Music; Music History and Theory | Dan.Obluda@colostate.edu | ||
G. Murray Oliver | Instructor of Music; Director of Graduate Studies | (970) 491-5193 | Murray.Oliver@colostate.edu | Undergraduate and Graduate Studies |
Nathan Payant | Instructor of Music; Administrative Coordinator of Music Education; Director of Concert Choir | (970) 491-2346 | Nathan.Payant@colostate.edu | Choral; Music Education |
Seth Pendergast | Assistant Professor of Music; Music Education (Choral) | Seth.Pendergast@colostate.edu | Choral | |
Rebecca Phillips | Professor of Music; Conducting; Director of Bands | Rebecca.Phillips@colostate.edu | Bands | |
John Pippen | Assistant Professor of Music; Ethnomusicology | John.Pippen@colostate.edu | Music History | |
Kevin Poelking | Instructor of Music; Assistant Director of Bands; Instructor of Undergraduate Conducting | Kevin.Poelking@colostate.edu | ||
Lauren Rael | Instructor | lauren.rael@colostate.edu | Color Guard, Marching Band | |
Ysmael Reyes | Instructor of Music | Ysmael.Reyes@colostate.edu | Flute (Undergraduate) | |
Jess Rushing | Assistant Professor; Music Therapy | jess.rushing@colostate.edu | ||
Gabriel Santiago | Instructor of Music | gabriel.santiago@colostate.edu | Jazz Guitar | |
Michael Seman | Assistant Professor; LEAP Institute for the Arts | Michael.Seman@colostate.edu | Arts Management | |
Hyeji Seo | Instructor of Music; Collaborative Pianist; Piano Class | Hyeji.Seo@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Abigail Shupe | Associate Professor of Music | Abigail.Shupe@colostate.edu | Music Theory | |
Mike Snell | Instructor of Music; Music Education | Mike.Snell@colostate.edu | Brass | |
Peter Sommer | Professor of Music; Saxophone, Chamber Music, Jazz Studies; Director of the Department of Music | Peter.Sommer@colostate.edu | Saxophone | |
Sarah Spiece | Instructor of Music | sarah.spiece@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Michelle Stanley | Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Liberal Arts; Professor of Music; Graduate Flute Professor | 970-491-4350 | Michelle.Stanley@colostate.edu | Flute |
Shilo Stroman | Senior Instructor; Jazz Studies; Jazz Percussion; Marching Band (Drumline) | Shilo.Stroman@colostate.edu | Percussion | |
Wil Swindler | Instructor of Music; Coordinator of Jazz Studies; Director of Jazz Bands; Jazz Saxophone | Wil.Swindler@colostate.edu | Jazz | |
Jayme Taylor | Associate Director of Bands; Director of Athletic Bands; Assistant Professor of Music | Jayme.Taylor@colostate.edu | Bands; Marching Band | |
Adam Torres | Senior Instructor of Music; Director, MM Summer Conducting Program | Adam.Torres@colostate.edu | Online Curriculum; Music Appreciation; History of Rock and Roll; Conducting; Music History; Music Theory | |
Sergei Vassiliev | Instructor of Music; Clarinet | sergei.vassiliev@gmail.com | Clarinet | |
Rachel Waddell | Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Orchestras; Conducting | rachel.waddell@colostate.edu | ||
Bryan Wallick | Assistant Professor of Music; Keyboard Area Coordinator | (970) 632-8623 | Bryan.Wallick@colostate.edu | Piano |
Jessica Warner | Instructor of Music; Music Education; Coordinator of Community Engagement | Jessica.Warner@colostate.edu | Community Engagement | |
Lindsey Wilhelm | Associate Professor of Music; Music Therapy; Internship Coordinator | (970) 491-0984 | Lindsey.Wilhelm@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Kyle Wilhelm | Clinic Coordinator | Kyle.Wilhelm@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |