School of Music

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https://music.utk..edu/index.php

Jeffrey Pappas, Director
Angela L. Batey, Director for Graduate Studies

Professors
Baldwin, W., DMA – Maryland
Batey, A.L., DMA – South Carolina
Brunell, D., DM – Indiana
Hristov, M., DMA – Kentucky
Hu, C.L., DMA – Michigan
Leach, C.F., DM – Northwestern
Pappas, J., DMA – Iowa
Wentzel, A.N., MM – Southern California

Associate Professors
Adams, A., DMA – Arizona State
Avila, J., PhD – California (Riverside)
Bliss, A., DMA – Kentucky
Class, K., MM – Michigan State
Fellenbaum, J., MM – Northwestern
Gay, L.C., PhD – Columbia
Golden, R.M., PhD – North Carolina
Herndon, H., MM – Julliard
Johnson, K., DMA – Wisconsin (Madison)
Marvel, J., MFA – Tennessee
McConville, B., PhD – Rutgers
Murphy, B.A., PhD – Ohio State
Royse, D., PhD – Kent State
Ryder, D., DMA – Iowa
Skoog, A., MA – Stephen F. Austin
Stewart, M., PhD – Ohio State
Tardy, G., – Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Assistant Professors
Chavez, V., DMA – Eastman
Fleshner, N., PhD – New York
Hamar, J., MM – Eastman
Lapins, A., PhD – Indiana
Sigler, A., DMA – Texas (Austin)
VanDuuren, A., DMA – Arizona
Wilkinson-Battiste, L., PhD – Louisiana State

Senior Lecturers
Brown, K., BA – Tennessee
Downey, E., MM – Michigan State
McCollough, S., MM – Tennessee

Lecturers
Herd, G., MM – Ohio
Jung, E., DMA – West Virginia
Lyon, J., PhD – Louisiana
Nall, C., MM – Cincinnati
Sivy, R., PhD – Kentucky
Thompson, D.V., MM – DePaul
Variego, J., PhD – Florida

Part-time Lecturers
Disney, K., DMA – Boston
Erickson, T., MM – McNeese State
Findley-Yang, J., MM – Cincinnati
Hart, K., BM – Tennessee
Johnson, E., DM – Indiana
Pappas, J., MM – Iowa
Secrist, P., MM – Yale

Mission Statement

The mission of the School of Music is to provide the highest quality instruction in the musical arts and to cultivate creative activity and research in the areas of composition, education, musicology, pedagogy, performance, and theory. As part of its mission, the school enriches the musical and educational lives of its students, the university community, and citizens of Tennessee. In support of this mission, the school’s curricula and course offerings are designed to

• Develop technical and artistic abilities in performance.
• Foster individual and collaborative work.
• Promote an understanding of theoretical, historical and cultural studies of music.
• Provide skills in teaching and the knowledge of educational principles.
• Encourage interpretive, creative and scholarly expression. Such preparation enables students to be competitive in music careers and related fields and to continue study at an advanced level.

To foster a greater understanding of music, the faculty regularly engage in artistic, educational, and scholarly activities through performances, workshops, publications, and participation in professional organizations.

The school fulfills its service mission to enrich the educational and cultural life of the university community at large by offering a broad range of courses, performance opportunities, as well as public concerts, recitals, and musical productions.

The school also aims to promote a greater understanding of cultural diversity among faculty and students; build a diverse student and faculty community; and offer curricula that require students to engage with the musical richness of our world and develop their own musical identities within an increasingly interconnected globe.

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