Furman Music Faculty, Area Listing

Faculty and Staff by Area

View ALPHABETICAL Listing of Faculty

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Thomas, William (Bill) - Department Chair
Colvin, Jenny - Music Librarian, Maxwell Music Library
Evatt, Loretta - Department Assistant and Receptionist
Frese, Marcella - Program and Admissions Coordinator, Web Site Administrator
Grissop, Barbara - Administrative Assistant to the Chairman

DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORS

Preucil, William,  violin; Concertmaster, Cleveland Orchestra
Tchivzhel, Edvard, music director and conductor; Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Cass, Richard, concert pianist and clinician

ARRANGING / COMPOSITION

Kilstofte, Mark - Music Theory and Composition Area Coordinator
Bocook, Jay - Director of Athletic Bands, orchestration classes
Koppelman, Daniel - Digital Composition and Music Technology
Olson, Matthew - Saxophone and Jazz

BANDS: WINDS / PERCUSSION FACULTY

Bocook, Jay - Director of Athletic Bands, orchestration classes
Britt, Mark E. - Trombone and Low Brass
Carmenates, Omar - Percussion
Chesebro, Robert - Clarinet, Wind Coordinator
Hicken, Leslie W. - Director of Bands, Music Education Coordinator
Hopkins, Cynthia - Flute
Malvern, Gary - Trumpet and Music History
Olson, Matthew - Saxophone and Jazz
Riddle, Paula - Horn
Warneck, Petrea - Oboe
Yang, Amy - Bassoon

JAZZ STUDIES

Olson, Matthew - Saxophone and Jazz Studies Coordinator
Bracchitta, Ian - Double Bass
Carmenates, Omar - Percussion
Davis, Keith - Jazz Piano
Watson, Steve - Jazz Guitar

MUSIC EDUCATION

Hicken, Leslie W. - Director of Bands, Music Education Coordinator
Cochran, Kathy - Choral Music Education
Joiner, Anna Barbrey - Viola and Orchestral Music Education
Britt, Mark E. - Trombone and Low Brass, SCMEA, SMENC

 MUSIC HISTORY / INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC

Beckford, John S. (World Music)
Carmenates, Omar - (World Music)
Eshelman, Karen (Intro to Music)
Hutton, Christopher (Music History)
Rhyne, Katherine (Intro to Music)
Riddle, Paula (Intro to Music)
Walter, Steven (Music History)
Watson, Steve - Jazz Guitar

PIANO / ORGAN FACULTY

Davis, Keith - Jazz Piano
Eshelman, Karen - Theory Keyboard 
Guest, Ann - Pre-College Piano program (Continuing Education)
Gross, David - Piano, Supervisor of Student Accompanists
Hamilton, Vivian - Conductor- Furman Chorale, Staff Accompanist
Morgan, Ruby - Piano
Neville, Ruth - Piano, Theory Keyboard
Parsons, Derek J. - Piano, Music Theory
Steele, Susannah - Class Piano, Accompanying, Music Theory
Tipton, Dewitt - Accompanist, Music Theory
Tompkins, Charles Boyd - Organ, Church Music, Keyboard Area Coordinator

STRING / ORCHESTRAL FACULTY

Burroughs-Price, Anita - Harp
Easter, Tim - Double Bass
Hutton, Christopher - Violoncello, Chamber Music
Hutton, Deirdre - Violin
Joiner, Anna Barbrey - Viola and String Education
Joiner, Thomas - Violin and Orchestra Activities, String Area Coordinator
Walter, Steven - Guitar

TECHNOLOGY

Koppelman, Daniel - Piano, Digital Composition, Music Technology

THEORY

Kilstofte, Mark - Theory and Composition Area Coordinator
Koppelman, Daniel
Olson, Matthew - Improvisation
Parsons, Derek J. 
Steele, Susannah
Tipton, Dewitt
Tompkins, Charles

VOCAL / CHORAL FACULTY

Fuller, Trudy Hines - Voice, Vocal Area Coordinator
Barksdale, Lisa Browne - Voice
Hamilton, Vivian - Conductor- Furman Chorale, Staff Accompanist
Matthews, Tamara - Voice
Schoonmaker, Bruce - Voice and Opera Studies
Schoonmaker, Gail Graham - Voice
Thomas, William - Department Chair, Voice and Chamber Choir
Vick, Jr.,Bingham - Voice and Furman Singers