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Thomas Michael Allen
Vocal Arts & Opera
Camae Ayewa (Dennis)
Composition
James Babor
Percussion
Winds & Percussion
Lina Bahn
Violin
Strings
Margaret Batjer
Violin
Strings
Steven Becknell
French Horn
Winds & Percussion
Bill Biersach
Composition / Theory and Analysis
Bernadene Blaha
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Lucinda Carver
Piano, Harpsichord
Keyboard Studies, Early Music, Conducting
Ken Cazan
Vocal Arts & Opera, Musical Theatre
Martin Chalifour
Violin
Strings
Terry S. Cravens
Trombone
Winds & Percussion
Donald Crockett
Composition
Neal Desby
Composition / Theory and Analysis
Glenn Dicterow
Violin
Strings
Suzi Digby
Choral and Sacred Music
Karen Dreyfus
Viola
Strings
Judith Farmer
Bassoon
Winds & Percussion
Kevin Fitz-Gerald
Piano
Keyboard Studies, Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Jeremy Frank
Vocal Arts & Opera
Parmer Fuller
Musical Theatre
Vocal Arts & Opera, Musical Theatre
Yehuda Gilad
Clarinet
Winds & Percussion
Rod Gilfry
Vocal Arts & Opera
Stewart Gordon
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Cristian Grases
Choral and Sacred Music, Conducting
Brian Head
Guitar
Classical Guitar, Composition / Theory and Analysis
Ted Hearne
Composition
Lynn Helding
Voice Pedagogy
Vocal Arts & Opera
Paul Hodgins
Composition / Music for Dance
Ben Hong
Cello
Orchestral Repertoire
Strings
Thomas Hooten
Trumpet
Winds & Percussion
David Howard
Clarinet
Winds & Percussion
Elizabeth Hynes
Vocal Arts & Opera
Jeffrey Kahane
Piano
Keyboard Studies
William Kanengiser
Guitar
Classical Guitar
Catherine Karoly
Flute
Winds & Percussion
Ralph Kirshbaum
Cello
Strings
Veronika Krausas
Composition / Theory and Analysis
Marion Arthur Kuszyk
Oboe
Winds & Percussion
Julie Landsman
French Horn
Winds & Percussion
Sharon Lavery
Conducting
Winds & Percussion, Conducting
Yura Lee
Viola
Strings
Larry J. Livingston
Conducting
Conducting
Jennifer Marotta
Trumpet
Winds & Percussion
Mary Mattei
Choral and Sacred Music
Jessica Maxfield
Saxophone
Winds & Percussion
Brent McMunn
Vocal Arts & Opera
David Allen Moore
Bass
Strings
Shawn Mouser
Bassoon
Winds & Percussion
Sung-Hwa Park
Piano, Harpsichord
Keyboard Studies
Karen Parks
Musical Theater
Vocal Arts & Opera
Joseph Pereira
Percussion
Winds & Percussion
Antoinette Perry
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Eric Pham
Composition / Theory and Analysis
Stephen Pierce
Piano, Piano Pedagogy
Keyboard Studies
Daniel Pollack
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Troy Quinn
Conducting
Cherry Rhodes
Organ Studies
Pepe Romero
Guitar
Classical Guitar
Chris Rozé
Composition / Theory and Analysis
Jo-Michael Scheibe
Choral and Sacred Music, Conducting
Jim Self
Tuba
Winds & Percussion
Andrew Shulman
Cello
Strings
Alan L. Smith
Keyboard Studies, Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Tram Sparks
Choral and Sacred Music, Conducting
Carl St.Clair
Conducting
Conducting
Nick Strimple
Choral Music and Sacred Music
Lisa Sylvester
Vocal Arts & Opera
Scott Tennant
Guitar
Classical Guitar
Ladd Thomas
Organ Studies
Frank Ticheli
Composition
Joel Timm
Oboe
Winds & Percussion
Doug Tornquist
Tuba
Winds & Percussion
JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
Strings
Allan Vogel
Oboe
Winds & Percussion
James Walker
Flute
Winds & Percussion
Bing Wang
Violin
Strings
Mark Weiser
Composition / Theory and Analysis
Seth Parker Woods
Cello
Strings
Nina Young
Composition

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