School of Music - Faculty & Staff
Faculty and Staff
The faculty of the School of Music at Western Michigan University perform and compose music for over 150 concerts each year across the nation and in many foreign countries. They are frequently published in books they have authored, articles they have written, computer programs they have created, and recordings for which they have composed or performed. They serve as presidents, governors, chairpersons, delegates, editors, and on boards of directors; they are in constant demand to read papers, adjudicate music competitions, and serve as musical consultants; they have been honored with numerous prizes and awards which reflect the esteem in which they are held both on campus and in the profession-at-large.
School of Music Faculty by Area of Instruction
Lin Foulk (Chair) - Horn
Stephen Jones - Trumpet
Judy Moonert - Percussion
Deanna Swoboda - Tuba
Scott Thornburg - Trumpet
Richard Adams - Composition
C. Curtis-Smith - Composition
Robert Ricci - Composition, Jazz, Theory
James Bass - Choir
Scott Cowan - Instrumental Jazz
Delores Gauthier - Choir
Tom Knific - Instrumental Jazz
John Lychner - Band
David Montgomery - Band
Judy Moonert - Percussion
Carl Ratner - Opera
Robert Spradling - Band
Matthew Steel - Collegium Musicum
Bruce Uchimura - Orchestra
Stephen Zegree - Vocal Jazz
Daniel Jacobson - Musicology, Technology
Stanley Pelkey - Musicology
Matthew Steel - Musicology, Collegium
Tom Knific (Chair) - Bass
John Campos - Recording Technology
Scott Cowan - Brass
Duane Shields Davis - Vocal Jazz
Keith Hall - Drum Set
Trent Kynaston - Saxophone
Robert Ricci - Composition, Theory
Michael Wheaton - Vocal Jazz
Stephen Zegree - Piano, Vocal Jazz
Visit the Jazz Studies homepage.
Silvia Roederer (Chair) - Piano
C. Curtis-Smith - Piano
Karl Schrock - Organ
Lori Sims - Piano
Yu-Lien The - Piano
Stephen Zegree - Piano
Visit the Keyboard Area homepage.
John Lychner (Chair) - Music Education
Delores Gauthier - Music Education
Thomas Kasdorf - Music Education
David Montgomery - Music Education
David S. Smith - Music Education
Kenneth H. Smith - Music Education, CAI
Robert Spradling - Music Education
Brian Wilson (Chair) - Music Therapy
Edward Roth - Music Therapy
David S. Smith - Music Education
Renata Artman Knific (Chair) - Violin
Igor Fedotov - Viola
Tom Knific - Double Bass
Bruce Uchimura - Cello
David Loberg Code - Music Theory
C. Curtis-Smith - Composition
Julie Evans - Music Theory
Robert Ricci - Composition, Jazz, Theory
David Little (Chair) - Voice
James Bass - Director of Choral Studies
Elizabeth Cowan - Voice
Grace Mannion - Voice, Musical Theatre
Alice Pierce - Voice
Ken Prewitt - Voice
Carl Ratner - Voice, Opera
Karen Wicklund - Voice, Musical Theatre
Michael Miller (Chair) - Oboe
Martha Councell-Vargas - Flute
Trent Kynaston - Saxophone
Wendy Rose - Bassoon
Bradley Wong - Clarinet
School of Music Staff
David Colson - Director
Gail Birch - Business Manager
Joan Bynum - Secretary to the Director
John Campos - Recording Engineer, Western Sound Studios
Anders Dahlberg - Artistic Director, Bullock Performance Institute
Carl Doubleday - Associate Director, Public Services
Debra Gambino - Secretary to the Advisors
Margaret Hamilton - Director of Academic Services
Yat-Lam Hong - Piano Technician
Karen Severson - Secretary, Music Therapy Clinic
Yu-Lien The - Resident Artist
Susan Wiersma Uchimura - Resident Artist, Merling Trio
Kevin West - Concerts Assistant
