Faculty: The Division of Music’s faculty members are nationally and internationally recognized for their accomplishments as performers, composers, scholars and educators.

Administration

Nancy Cochran, Director, Division of Music Read more.

Samuel Holland, Associate Director for Academic Affairs, Division of Music Read more.

Alan Wagner, Assistant Director for Student Affairs, Division of Music Read more.

Ensemble Directors

Jack Delaney, Professor of Music and Director of Wind Ensemble; Meadows Foundation Distinguished Teaching Professor; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Read more.

Pamela Elrod, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities; D.M.A. Illinois Read more.

Hank Hammett, Director of Opera; M.M., The University of Texas Read more.

Jon Lee, Adjunct Lecturer and Director, Percussion Ensemble; M.M., SMU

Jamal Mohamed, Adjunct Lecturer, Director of World Music Ensemble Read more.

Paul Phillips, Professor and Director, Orchestral Activities; Head, Ensembles and Conducting; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music Read more.

Akira Sato, Adjunct Lecturer and Director, Meadows Jazz Orchestra; M.M., University of North Texas Read more.

Instrumental Faculty

Flute
Deborah Baron, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Piccolo and Assistant Principal Flute, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., The Juilliard School Read more.

Jean Larson, Adjunct Associate Professor; Principal Flute, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., The University of Texas Read more.

Kara Kirkendoll Welch, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Dallas Symphony Orchestra B.M., University of Cincinnati; M.M., Southern Methodist University Read more. 

Oboe
Erin Hannigan, Adjunct Associate Professor; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., Eastman School of Music Read more.

Clarinet
Paul Garner, Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Principal Clarinet, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., The University of Kansas Read more.

Bassoon
Wilfred Roberts, Adjunct Associate Professor; Principal Bassoon, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Read more.

Saxophone
Don Fabian, Adjunct Lecturer; Principal Saxophone, Dallas Wind Symphony; M.M., Michigan State University Read more.

Trumpet
Tom Booth, Adjunct Associate Professor and Head, Winds and Percussion; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., University of Illinois Read more.

Horn
Haley Hoops, Adjunct Lecturer; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., Northwestern University

Gregory Hustis, Adjunct Professor; Principal Horn, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Meadows Foundation Distinguished Teaching Professor; B.M., Curtis Institute of Music Read more.

Trombone
John Kitzman, Adjunct Associate Professor; Principal Trombone, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; B.M., University of Michigan Read more.

Tuba
Matthew Good, Adjunct Associate Professor; Principal Tuba, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; B.M., Curtis Institute of Music

Percussion
Kalman Cherry, Adjunct Associate Professor; Principal Timpani, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Artist Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music Read more.

Douglas Howard, Adjunct Associate Professor and Coordinator, Percussion Activities; Principal Percussion, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., Catholic University Read more.

Drew Lang, Adjunct Lecturer; M.M., University of Arizona Read more.

Jamal Mohamed, Adjunct Lecturer, Director of World Music Ensemble Read more.

Edward Smith, Adjunct Lecturer

Violin
Chee-Yun Kim, Artist in Residence. Read more.

Diane Kitzman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Ronald Neal, Adjunct Associate Professor; M.M., The Juilliard School

Viola
Barbara Sudweeks, Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Principal Viola, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Curtis Institute of Music Read more.

Ellen Rose, Adjunct Associate Professor; Principal Viola, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M., The Juilliard School Read more.

Cello
Christopher Adkins, Adjunct Associate Professor; Principal Cello, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; M.M.A., Yale University Read more.

Andres Diaz, Associate Professor of Cello, International Recording Artist and Cellist; Artist Diploma, New England Conservatory

Double Bass
Thomas Lederer,Adjunct Associate Professor; Co-Principal Double Bass, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University Read more.

Harp
Susan Dederich-Pejovich, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Principal Harp, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; B.A., Cleveland Institute of Music Read more.

Guitar
Robert Guthrie, Adjunct Professor; B.M., North Carolina School of the Arts Read more.

Keyboard Faculty

Organ/Harpsichord
Larry Palmer, Professor of Harpsichord and Organ, University Organist, and Director of Graduate Studies; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music Read more.

Piano
Joaquín Achúcarro, Joel Estes Tate Professor of Piano; International Recording Artist and Pianist Read more.

Alessio Bax, Adjunct Lecturer; Artist Certificate, SMU Read more.

Wesley Beal, Director of Accompanying; M.M., SMU Read more.

Tara Emerson, Staff Accompanist; M.M., University of South Carolina Read more.

David Karp, Professor of Piano; D.M.A., University of Colorado Read more.

Carol Leone, Associate Professor of Piano and Head, Piano Department; D.M.A., University of North Texas Read more.

Alfred Mouledous, Professor of Piano; Pianist, DSO; M.M., Eastman School of Music Read more.

Piano Pedagogy/Preparatory
Kevin Gunter, Adjunct Lecturer; M.M., SMU

Samuel Holland, Professor of Music, Associate Director for Academic Affairs, Division of Music and Head, Piano Pedagogy; Ph.D., The University of Oklahoma Read more.

Matthew Kline, Lecturer and Associate Director, Piano Preparatory Department; M.M., SMU, M.S.W., Western Michigan Read more.

Catherine Lysinger, Lecturer and Director, Piano Preparatory Department; D.M.A., University of Houston Read more.

Music Education

Sarah Allen, Assistant Professor of Music Education; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin Read more.

Lynne Jackson, Adjunct Lecturer, Music Education, M.M., Vandercook College. Read more.

Bonnie Schaffhauser Jacobi, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Education; D.M.A., University of Houston Read more.

Brian Merrill, Adjunct Lecturer and Coordinator, Music Education, M.M., University of North Texas. Read more.

Deborah Perkins, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of North Texas Read more.

Thomas W. Tunks, Associate Provost and Professor of Music Education; Ph.D., Michigan State University

Music History/Literature

José Antonio Bowen, Professor of Music History, Dean, and Algur H. Meadows Chair; Ph.D., Stanford University. Read more

Stuart Cheney, Assistant Professor of Music History; Ph.D., University of Maryland Read more.

Kim Corbet, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music History; M.M., Texas Christian University Read more.

Donna Mayer-Martin, Associate Professor and Head, Music History; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Read more.

Music Theory/Composition

Robert Frank, Associate Professor and Head, Theory and Composition; D.M.A., University of North Texas Read more.

Kevin Hanlon, Associate Professor of Composition; D.M.A., The University of Texas Read more.

David L. Mancini, Associate Professor of Music Theory; Ph.D., Yale University Read more.

Simon Sargon, Professor of Composition; M.S., The Juilliard School Read more.

Martin Sweidel, Associate Professor of Composition; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Read more.

Music Therapy

Robert E. Krout, Assistant Professor and Director of Music Therapy; Ed.D., Columbia University; MT-BC; RMT Read more.

Sacred Music

Christopher S. Anderson, Associate Professor of Sacred Music. Ph.D., Duke University. Read more.

C. Michael Hawn, Professor of Church Music and Director, Sacred Music Program. D.M.A., Southern Seminary. Read more.

Voice

Dale Dietert, Visiting Assistant Professor; M.M., The University of Texas

Virginia Dupuy, Professor; M.M., The University of Texas Read more.

Hank Hammett, Lecturer and Director of Opera; M.M., The University of Texas Read more.

Joan Heller, Senior Lecturer and Head of Voice; M.M., New England Conservatory Read more.

Barbara H. Moore, Professor; Meadows Foundation Distinguished Teaching Professor; M.S., University of Illinois Read more.

Timothy Seelig, Adjunct Assistant Professor; D.M.A., University of North Texas Read more.