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Music Department

Faculty and Staff
Faculty

Andrew Morgan, 2014- Associate Professor of Music B.M., University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2003
M.M., Temple University, 2009
D.M.A., University of Minnesota, 2014

Alex Polyakov, 2024- Assistant Professor of Music B.M. in Piano Performance, National Music Academy of Ukraine, 2009
M.M./M.Ed. in Piano Performance, National Music Academy of Ukraine, 2010
B.M. in Orchestral Conducting, National Music Academy of Ukraine, 2013
M.M. in Orchestral Conducting, National Music Academy of Ukraine, 2014
Artist Diploma, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, 2013
D.M.A. in Orchestral Conducting, University of Michigan, 2023

Gretchen Renshaw, 2015- Chair, Department of MusicCoordinator of AssessmentAssociate Professor of Music B.M., Pennsylvania State University, 2010
M.M., University of Arkansas, 2012
M.M., Michigan State University, 2015
D.M.A., Michigan State University, 2015
Staff

Susan Ablondi Academic Affairs Administrative Assistant B.A., The College of William and Mary, 1989

Timothy Allen Adjunct Teaching Staff B.A., Cambridge University, 1984
M.A., Cambridge University, 1987

Linda Austin Adjunct Teaching Staff B.A., Ouachita Baptist University, 1970

Tylar Bullion, 2023- Adjunct Teaching Staff in Music B.M. , University of Tennessee, 2016
M.M. , Western Michigan University, 2018
D.M.A, University of North Texas, Expected 2024

Alisa Coffey Adjunct Teaching Staff B.M., Royal Conservatory of Music, 2006
M.M., Temple University, 2009

Daniel DeTogni, 2024- Adjunct Teaching Staff in Music B.M., University of Central Arkansas, 2015
M.M. , San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 2017
Ph. D. , University of Oregon, 2024

Lorraine C. Duso Adjunct Teaching Staff B.M., Indiana University, 1985
M.M., Manhattan School of Music, 1987
D.M.A., University of Michigan, 1998

Brian Elizondo, 2021- Adjunct Teaching Staff in Music B.M., University of Central Arkansas, 2010
M.M. , University of Central Arkansas, 2014
Ph.D. , Louisiana State University, Expected 2023

Tamara Harper, 2024- Adjunct Teaching Staff in Music B.M., Ohio State University, 1992
M.M., Boston Conservatory, 1994
D.M., Florida State University, 1998

Stephen James Adjunct Teaching Staff B.A., Virginia Tech, 2002
D.M.A., Michigan State University, 2013

Barry McVinney Adjunct Teaching Staff B.A., SUNY at Fredonia, 1977
M.M., University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1980
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1994

Magdalena Ryszkowski Adjunct Teaching Staff B.M., Montclaire State University , 2001
M.A., Montclaire State University, 2003

Brent A. Shires Adjunct Teaching Staff B.M., State University of New York-Potsdam, 1990
M.M., Northern Illinois University, 1992
D.M.A., University of Illinois, 2008

Alicia G. Williams Adjunct Teaching Staff B.M., University of Central Arkansas, 2004
M.M., University of Central Arkansas, 2008
M.A., University of Central Arkansas, 2011

Jacob Wunsch, 2023- Adjunct Teaching Staff in Music B.M., Indiana University,, 2013
M.M., University of Michigan,, 2015
M.M., Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, 2017