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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

Melissa Browning

Administrative Assistant, Department of Music

Jill Gusukuma

Administrative Assistant for Ensembles

Michael Vick

Instructional Technologist for the Fine Arts

Composition & Theory

Benjamin Dobbs

Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Karen Eshelman

Adjunct Instructor, Theory

Peter Kay

Adjunct Professor, Music Composition

Mark Kilstofte

Composer in Residence

Megan Lyons

Assistant Professor of Music Theory

David Rhyne

Adjunct Faculty of Music

Ensemble Conductors

Andrew Carlson

Instructor of Violin; Coordinator/Conductor, The Furman Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Gusukuma

Bingham L. Vick, Jr., and Judith S. Vick Visiting Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities

Vivian Hamilton

Lecturer of Music; Director, Belle Voci (Women’s Chorale); Collaborative Pianist

Matt Olson

Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies

Sue Samuels

Director of Bands, Music Education Coordinator

Guitar

Matt Dingledine

Visiting Lecturer, Music

Steve Newbrough

Adjunct Instructor of Guitar

Jazz

Ian Bracchitta

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Keith Davis

Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano

Matt Dingledine

Visiting Lecturer, Music

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 Visiting Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities

Anna Joiner

Visiting Associate Professor of Music - Viola, Chamber Music, String Education; String Area Coordinator

Sue Samuels

Director of Bands, Music Education Coordinator

Maxwell Music Library and Media Center

Patricia Sasser

Music Librarian, Director of the Maxwell Music Library

Musicology, History, World Music

Omar Carmenates

Professor of Music, Percussion

Gary Malvern

Professor of Music, Music History

Piano, Organ, Theory Keyboard, Collaborative Piano

Keith Davis

Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano

Brent Funderburk

Collaborative Pianist; Music Director of Furman Lyric Theatre

David Gross

Professor of Piano, Coordinator of Collaborative Piano

Karen Eshelman

Adjunct Instructor, Theory

Vivian Hamilton

Lecturer of Music; Director, Belle Voci (Women’s Chorale); Collaborative Pianist

Kelly Herd

Director of Piano for Young People; Adjunct Faculty

Amanda Montgomery

Adjunct Instructor, Piano

Derek Parsons

Professor of Piano; Director, Furman Summer Keyboard Institute

Charles Tompkins

Professor of Music, Organ and Music Theory; University Organist

Sarah Greene

Staff Teacher, Piano for Young People

Debora Bellamy

Collaborative Pianist

Jessica Elliott

Collaborative Pianist

Hailey Hunter

Collaborative Pianist

Strings, Orchestra

Ian Bracchitta

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Anita Burroughs-Price

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Andrew Carlson

Instructor of Violin; Coordinator/Conductor, The Furman Symphony Orchestra

Simon Gollo

Associate Professor of Music, Violin

Christopher Hutton

Professor of Music - Cello, String Chamber Music, Music History/Literature

Anna Joiner

Visiting Associate Professor of Music - Viola, Chamber Music, String Education; String Area Coordinator

Voice

Lisa Barksdale

Lecturer in Music, Voice

Bronwen Forbay

Visiting Associate Professor of Voice

Kathryn Knauer

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Voice

Grant Knox

Associate Professor of Voice; Director of Lyric Opera; Coordinator of Voice

Craig Price

Lecturer in Music, Voice

Jacquelyn Stucker

Distinguished Affiliate Faculty and Artist-in-Residence

Alison Trainer

Assistant Professor of Voice

Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion

Mark Britt

Professor of Low Brass

Omar Carmenates

Professor of Music, Percussion

Anastasia Christofakis

Assistant Professor of Music, Clarinet

Buddy Deshler

Instructor, Trumpet

Matt Olson

Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies

Sue Samuels

Director of Bands, Music Education Coordinator

Caroline Ulrich

Adjunct Flute Instructor

Petrea Warneck

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Oboe

Justin Watt

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Drum-Set

Anneka Zuehlke

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Horn