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Thomas Michael Allen
Vocal Arts & Opera
Camae Ayewa (Dennis)
Composition
James Babor
Percussion
Winds & Percussion
Lina Bahn
Violin
Strings
Sara Ballance
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Margaret Batjer
Violin
Strings
Steven Becknell
French Horn
Winds & Percussion
Nicolás Lell Benavides
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Bernadene Blaha
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Dan Caputo
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Lucinda Carver
Piano, Harpsichord
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
Suzi Digby
Choral & Sacred Music
Karen Dreyfus
Viola
Strings
Kevin Fitz-Gerald
Piano
Keyboard Studies; Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Jeremy Frank
Vocal Arts & Opera
Yehuda Gilad
Clarinet
Winds & Percussion
Stewart Gordon
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Cristian Grases
Choral & Sacred Music; Conducting
Brian Head
Guitar
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Ted Hearne
Composition
Lynn Helding
Voice Pedagogy
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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
Piano
Keyboard Studies
William Kanengiser
Guitar
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Catherine Karoly
Flute
Winds & Percussion
Ralph Kirshbaum
Cello
Strings
Mikhail Korzhev
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Veronika Krausas
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Marion Arthur Kuszyk
Oboe
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Julie Landsman
French Horn
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Sharon Lavery
Winds & Percussion; Conducting
Derrick Lawrence
Vocal Arts & Opera
Yura Lee
Viola
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Larry J. Livingston
Conducting
Jennifer Marotta
Trumpet
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Jessica Maxfield
Saxophone
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Brent McMunn
Vocal Arts & Opera
David Allen Moore
Bass
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Shawn Mouser
Bassoon
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Andrew Norman
Composition
Sung-Hwa Park
Piano, Harpsichord
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Karen Parks
Vocal Arts & Opera
Joseph Pereira
Percussion
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Antoinette Perry
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Eric Pham
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Stephen Pierce
Piano
Keyboard Studies
Daniel Pollack
Piano
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Troy Quinn
Conducting
Cherry Rhodes
Organ Studies
Pepe Romero
Guitar
Classical Guitar
Steve Rothstein
Choral & Sacred Music
Chris Rozé
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Jim Self
Tuba
Winds & Percussion
Andrew Shulman
Cello
Strings
Alan L. Smith
Keyboard Studies; Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Tram Sparks
Choral & Sacred Music; Conducting
Carl St.Clair
Conducting
Lisa Sylvester
Vocal Arts & Opera
Scott Tennant
Classical Guitar
Ladd Thomas
Organ Studies
Joel Timm
Oboe
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Doug Tornquist
Tuba
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JoAnn Turovsky
Harp
Strings
Bing Wang
Violin
Strings
Mark Weiser
Composition / Theory & Analysis
Seth Parker Woods
Cello
Strings
Nina Young
Composition

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