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Music Administration
Music Office
Phone: 864.294.2086
Fax: 864.294.3035
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville SC 29613
Randall Umstead
The Gordon and Sarah Herring Chair; Professor of Music
Emily Sweezey
Director of Administration and Operations, Music
McKenzie Rybka
Administrative Assistant, Music
Jill Gusukuma
Administrative Assistant for Ensembles
Michael Vick
Instructional Technologist for the Fine Arts
Composition & Theory
Benjamin Dobbs
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
Dan Forrest
Composer in Residence
Samuel Hunter
Adjunct Professor, Music Composition
Megan Lyons
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
Ensemble Conductors
Stephan Fillare
Director of Orchestral Activities
Stephen Gusukuma
Bingham L. Vick, Jr., and Judith S. Vick Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities
Matt Olson
Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies
Sue Samuels
Director of Bands, Music Education Coordinator
David Stanley
Associate Director of Bands; Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Guitar
Matt Dingledine
Visiting Lecturer, Music
Steve Newbrough
Adjunct Instructor of Guitar
Jazz
Ian Bracchitta
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Double Bass and Bass Guitar
Keith Davis
Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano
Matt Dingledine
Visiting Lecturer, Music
Shannon Hoover
Adjunct Instructor-jazz piano, improvisation, jazz combos
Matt Olson
Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies
Justin Watt
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Drum-Set
Music Education
Stephen Gusukuma
Bingham L. Vick, Jr., and Judith S. Vick Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities
Anna Joiner
Visiting Associate Professor Music - Viola, Chamber Music, and String Education
Sue Samuels
Director of Bands, Music Education Coordinator
David Stanley
Associate Director of Bands; Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Maxwell Music Library and Media Center
Patricia Sasser
Music Librarian, Director of the Maxwell Music Library
Alexander Technique
Petrea Warneck
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Alexander Technique
Piano, Organ, Theory Keyboard, Collaborative Piano
Debora Bellamy
Collaborative Pianist
Keith Davis
Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano
Jessica Elliott
Collaborative Pianist
David Gross
Professor of Piano, Coordinator of Collaborative Piano
Vivian Hamilton
Collaborative Pianist
Kelly Herd
Director of Piano for Young People; Adjunct Faculty
Shannon Hoover
Adjunct Instructor-jazz piano, improvisation, jazz combos
Hailey Hunter
Adjunct Professor of Music and Theater; Collaborative Pianist
Kaitlyn Applewhite Morgan
Teacher, Piano For Young People
Derek Parsons
Professor of Piano; Director, Furman Summer Keyboard Institute
David Rhyne
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Organ and Harpsichord
Meisha Whitlock
Teacher, Piano for Young People
Strings, Orchestra
Ian Bracchitta
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Double Bass and Bass Guitar
Anita Burroughs-Price
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Harp
Andrew Carlson
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Fiddle and Violin
Stephan Fillare
Director of Orchestral Activities
Christopher Hutton
Professor of Music - Cello, String Chamber Music, Music History/Literature
Anna Joiner
Visiting Associate Professor Music - Viola, Chamber Music, and String Education
Anastasia Petrunina
Visiting Assistant Professor of Violin
Voice
Lisa Barksdale
Lecturer in Music, Voice
Bronwen Forbay
Associate Professor in Voice
Kathryn Knauer
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Voice
Grant Knox
Associate Professor of Voice; Director of Sarah Reese Lyric Theatre
Erica Lustig
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Voice (Musical Theatre)
Craig Price
Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice
Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion
Mark Britt
Professor of Music, Low Brass; Faculty Council Arts Division Representative
Omar Carmenates
Professor of Music, Percussion
Anastasia Christofakis
Associate Professor of Music, Clarinet
Buddy Deshler
Assistant Professor of Music, Trumpet
Tyler Goodwin-Souffront
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Horn
Allen Jiang
Adjunct Professor, Bassoon
Michelle Moeller
Adjunct Oboe Instructor
Matt Olson
Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies
Caroline Ulrich
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Flute
Justin Watt
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Drum-Set