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Daniel Allas
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Thomas Michael Allen
Vocal Arts & Opera
Camae Ayewa (Dennis)
Composition
James Babor
Percussion
Winds & Percussion
Lina Bahn
Violin
Strings
Steven Becknell
French Horn
Winds & Percussion
Nicolás Lell Benavides
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Bernadene Blaha
Keyboard Studies
Dan Caputo
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Lucinda Carver
Keyboard Studies; Early Music; Conducting
Ken Cazan
Vocal Arts & Opera
Martin Chalifour
Violin
Strings
Juan Pablo Contreras
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Terry S. Cravens
Trombone
Winds & Percussion
Donald Crockett
Composition
Neal Desby
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Glenn Dicterow
Violin
Strings
Karen Dreyfus
Viola
Strings
Kevin Fitz-Gerald
Keyboard Studies; Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Jeremy Frank
Vocal Arts & Opera
Yehuda Gilad
Clarinet
Winds & Percussion
Cristian Grases
Choral & Sacred Music; Conducting
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Brian Head
Classical Guitar; Composition / Theory & Analysis
Ted Hearne
Composition
Lynn Helding
Vocal Arts & Opera
Ben Hong
Cello
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Thomas Hooten
Trumpet
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David Howard
Clarinet
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Elizabeth Hynes
Vocal Arts & Opera
Jeffrey Kahane
Keyboard Studies
William Kanengiser
Classical guitar
Catherine Karoly
Flute
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Ralph Kirshbaum
Cello
Strings
Veronika Krausas
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Marion Arthur Kuszyk
Oboe
Winds & Percussion
Julie Landsman
French Horn
Winds & Percussion
Sharon Lavery
Conducting
Derrick Lawrence
Vocal Arts & Opera
Yura Lee
Viola
Strings
Larry J. Livingston
Conducting
Jennifer Marotta
Trumpet
Winds & Percussion
Brent McMunn
Vocal Arts & Opera
David Allen Moore
Bass
Strings
Shawn Mouser
Bassoon
Winds & Percussion
Andrew Norman
Composition
Sung-Hwa Park
Keyboard Studies
Karen Parks
Vocal Arts & Opera
Joseph Pereira
Percussion
Winds & Percussion
Antoinette Perry
Keyboard Studies
Eric Pham
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Stephen Pierce
Keyboard Studies
Daniel Pollack
Keyboard Studies
Troy Quinn
Conducting
Cherry Rhodes
Organ Studies
Pepe Romero
Classical Guitar
Chris Rozé
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Andrew Shulman
Cello
Strings
Tram Sparks
Choral & Sacred Music; Conducting
Carl St.Clair
Conducting
Emily Sung
Choral & Sacred Music
Jacob Sustaita
Conducting
Lisa Sylvester
Vocal Arts & Opera
Scott Tennant
Classical Guitar
Ladd Thomas
Organ Studies
Doug Tornquist
Tuba
Winds & Percussion
JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
Strings
Jacob Vogel
Winds & Percussion; Music Teaching & Learning
Bing Wang
Violin
Strings
Mark Weiser
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Seth Parker Woods
Cello
Strings

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