Music

Christopher Adkins Adjunct Professor of Cello
Stephen Ahearn Adjunct Associate Professor of Clarinet
Sarah Allen Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Music Education
Christopher S. Anderson Associate Professor of Sacred Music
Brian Bentley Adjunct Lecturer
Aaron Boyd Chair of Strings, Director of Chamber Music
David Brown Assistant Director For Music Operations
John Bryant Adjunct Assistant Professor, Music Industry Practices; Drumset Studies
Kim Corbet Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jazz/Rock History/Interdisciplinary Studies
Jack Delaney Director of Bands and Professor of Music
Chair of Instrumental Ensembles
Scott Dettra Adjunct Associate Professor of Organ
Andres Diaz Professor of Cello
Dale Dietert Senior Lecturer in Voice
Virginia Dupuy Professor, Voice
Pamela Elrod Huffman Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities
Stefan Engels Leah Young Fullinwider Centennial Chair in Music Performance and Professor of Organ
Donald Fabian Adjunct Associate Professor of Saxophone
Mark Feezell Senior Lecturer in Music Theory and Composition,
Co-Chair of Music Theory and Composition
Kevin Finamore Adjunct Professor of Trumpet
Clifton Forbis Professor and Chair of Voice
Robert Frank Associate Professor of Composition and Theory and Director of Electronic Music
Liudmila Georgievskaya Adjunct Lecturer in Piano, Chamber Music Coach and Coordinator of Accompanying
Matthew Good Adjunct Associate Professor of Tuba
Kevin Gunter Senior Lecturer, Coordinator of Class Piano, Co-Director, SMU Institute for Young Pianists
Robert Guthrie Adjunct Professor of Guitar
Hank Hammett Director of Lyric Theatre, Senior Lecturer
Chair of Vocal Ensembles
Erin Hannigan Adjunct Professor of Oboe
Lane Harder Senior Lecturer in Music Theory and Composition, Co-Chair of Music Theory and Composition, Director of SYGYZY
Carole Harris Assistant to the Director, Coordinator for Business Operations and Planning
Barry Hearn Adjunct Associate Professor of Trombone and Euphonium
Laura Hearn Assistant Director for Student Affairs
Willa Henigman Guest Artist - Oboe
Nora Henson Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Education
David Heyde Adjunct Associate Professor of Horn
Sam Holland Algur H. Meadows Dean and Professor of Music
Chad Hoopes Professor of Practice in Violin
Haley Hoops Adjunct Associate Professor of Horn
Derrick Horne Professor of Practice in Music
Director of the Meadows Jazz Orchestra
Ronald Houston Adjunct Associate Professor of Viola and Violin
Hyae-jin Hwang Lecturer in Piano Pedagogy
Lynne Jackson Adjunct Lecturer in Wind Pedagogy
Brian Jones Adjunct Assistant Professor of Percussion
David Karp Professor of Piano
Alexander Kienle Adjunct Associate Professor
Camille King Adjunct Associate Professor of Voice
Kara Kirkendoll Welch Adjunct Associate Professor, Flute
Diane Kitzman Adjunct Associate Professor, Violin
Peter Kupfer Associate Professor of Musicology
Chair, Department of Musicology
Drew Lang Adjunct Assistant Professor, Percussion and Co-Coordinator of Percussion Studies
Pierre Lapointe Adjunct Associate Professor of Viola
Jon Lee Adjunct Assistant Professor, Director of Percussion Ensemble
Co-Coordinator of Percussion Studies
Carol Leone Professor of Piano, Chair of Piano Studies
Emily Levin Adjunct Associate Professor of Harp
Annie Lin Adjunct Associate Professor
Janice Lindstrom Lecturer, Music Therapy
Michael Lively Senior Lecturer in Music Theory
Catharine Lysinger Professor of Practice, Piano Performance and Pedagogy, Piano Preparatory Department
Coordinator of Piano Performance and Pedagogy
Darren McHenry Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bass Trombone
Jamal Mohamed Adjunct Lecturer, Director of the Meadows World Music Ensemble; Instructor: Percussion Ensemble, Hand Drumming and Ethnic Percussion
Barbara Hill Moore Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor of Voice
Melissa Murchison Murray Senior Lecturer, Music Theory
Associate Director, Division of Music
Naoko Nakamura Adjunct Assistant Professor of Harp
George Nickson Adjunct Assistant Professor of Percussion
Kristina Nielsen Assistant Professor of Musicology
Brian Perry Adjunct Associate Professor, Double Bass
Gregory Raden Adjunct Associate Professor of Clarinet
James Richman Adjunct Lecturer, Harpsichord
Ellen Rose Adjunct Associate Professor, Viola
Adam Salas Adjunct Lecturer in Class Piano, Piano Preparatory Department
Paul Schmidt Adjunct Lecturer in Wind Pedagogy
Julie Scott, Ph.D. Professor of Practice in Music Education; Co-Chair, Music Education; Director, SMU Music Educators Workshops
Alexander Sitkovetsky Violin
Ed Smith Adjunct Lecturer, Vibraphone
Jason Smith Senior Lecturer and Vocal Coach
Ted Soluri Adjunct Associate Professor of Bassoon
Barbara Sudweeks Adjunct Professor, Viola
Daniel Tague Assistant Professor and Chair of Music Therapy
Laureen Whitelaw Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology
Xi Wang Associate Professor of Music Composition and Theory
Susan Younghans Adjunct Associate Professor String Music Education

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Can I double major in music and another field of study and keep my music scholarship?

Absolutely! As long as you stay a B.M. or a B.A., you keep your music scholarship.

Undergraduate Studies

Caruth Auditorium

Concert performances are presented in Caruth Auditorium, a 490-seat concert hall with an acoustical construction that can be "tuned" for any type of musical presentation. Caruth Auditorium is also the home of the splendid C.B. Fisk Opus 101, a 51-stop, 3681-pipe organ used for recitals as well as symphonic and choral concerts.

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February 07, 2022

This Week At Meadows, February 7-13

This Week at Meadows

ARTafterDark, The Dallas Symphony with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth, and more

George Baker, Organist and Dermatologist — Dr. George Baker

November 22, 2021

Dr. George Baker, New Adjunct Associate Professor of Organ, Reflects on Career as Award-Winning Organist – and Dermatologist

Faculty

He’ll present new book and new works in concert with Stephen Tharp, January 25 at 7:30 p.m.

October 22, 2021

Three Music Composition Graduate Students Selected as Composers-in-Residence with Irving Symphony Orchestra

Students

Symphony will premiere their works Oct. 23, Nov. 13 and Feb. 26, celebrating 10-year partnership with SMU Meadows

music professor tom tunks - retired — Thomas Tunks, Retired Music Professor

May 06, 2021

Alumni Endow Scholarship to Honor Music Professor

Alumni

Douglas and Janet Camp launch fund to celebrate legacy of Thomas Tunks

Undergraduate Majors	B.A. Music B.M. Performance B.M. Composition B.M. Music Therapy B.M. Music Education (Teacher Certification) Dual Degree (Performance/Education)
Undergraduate Minors	Minor in Music Music Minor in Songwriting Music Industry Practices Minor
Graduate Majors	M.M. Composition M.M. Conducting M.M. Music Education M.M. Musicology M.M. Performance Master of Sacred Music M.M. Theory Pedagogy Performer's Diploma Artist Diploma

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Can I double major in music and another field of study and keep my music scholarship?

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This Week At Meadows, February 7-13

Dr. George Baker, New Adjunct Associate Professor of Organ, Reflects on Career as Award-Winning Organist – and Dermatologist

Three Music Composition Graduate Students Selected as Composers-in-Residence with Irving Symphony Orchestra

Alumni Endow Scholarship to Honor Music Professor

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