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CCM Preparatory Department Faculty

Amy Dennison: Director. BME, Eastern Michigan University; MM, Michigan State University; MME, CCM.

Catherine Abele: Voice.  BM, University of Manitoba; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Robert Allen: Drama, Certificate Acting. BFA, CCM. Artistic Director, Clear Stage Cincinnati; Managing Director, Cincinnati Actor’s Studio.

Carol Aufmann: Bassoon. BM, Indiana University.

John Baca: Drama. BFA, Miami University.

Cully Bell: Piano. BM, University of Kentucky; MM, CCM.

Rachel Bierkan: Assistant Director, Cincinnati Junior Strings. BM, MME, CCM.

Katey Blood:Drama.  BA, Thomas More College.

Virginia Broffit: Flute. BM, North Carolina School of the Arts; MM, CCM.

Stephen Brown: Piano. BM, CCM, MM in progress, CCM.

Dee Anne Bryll: Drama, Musical Theater, Tap. BA, Baldwin-Wallace College; MA, Kent State University.

*Harold Byers: Violin. BM, Oberlin College. Graduate studies at The Juilliard School. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra member.

Sarah Caldwell:Musical Theater Voice.  BM, Miami University.

Diane Carr: Drama. BA, Northern Kentucky University; MBA, Xavier University.

Lauren Carr: Drama. BFA, University of Kentucky.

*Catharine Carroll: Viola, Starling. BM, MM, DMA, CCM. Associate Professor, CCM; Professor, The Ohio State University; Faculty, Aspen Music School.

Shawn Charton:Voice and Piano.  BM, Oberlin Conservatory; MM University of Central Arkansas.

Becky Childs: Musical Theater Voice, Musical Theater Intensive. BME, MM, Miami University.

^Katharine Cinelli: Violin. BM, University of Maryland; MM, Cleveland Institute of Music.

Ed Cohen: Drama. BA, MA, JD, University of Cincinnati.

Bryan Crisp: Trumpet.  BM, Tennessee Tech. University; MM, CCM; CMA in progress, CCM.

^Sarah Crisp: Piano.  BM, Tennessee Tech. University.

Rebecca Danard: Clarinet. BM, University of Western Ontario; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Bruce Deaton: Eurhythmics. BA, San Diego State University; MFA, Carnegie-Mellon University.

^Dominic DeStefano: Violin/Viola. BM, MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Jill Dew: Voice. BM, BA, University of Tennesse at Chattanooga; MM, CCM.

Amy Dimmerling: Tap. BA, MA, UC; PhD in progress, UC.

Gerald Doan: Director, Cincinnati Junior Strings. BME, Ohio Wesleyan University; MA, PhD, Ohio State University. Professor Emeritus, CCM.

Betty Douglas: Flute. BM, SUNY Potsdam; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Kevin Ebert: Guitar. BA, Hamline University; MM, CCM.

Elaine Eckstein: Musical Theater Dance. MFA, CCM.

Richard Elliott: Percussion. BFA, MM, Ohio University. Band and Percussion Director, College of Mount St. Joseph.

Lisa Ericksen: Voice, Musical Theater Intensive. BM, CCM; MM, Miami University; DMA studies, CCM. Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, Northern Kentucky University.

Mark Femia: Voice, Musical Theater Intensive. BS, West Virginia State University.

^Dawna Ferguson: Violin/Viola. BM, OSU. MM in progress, CCM.

Diana Gipson: Clarinet. BME, MM, DMA in progress, CCM.

Diane Goldman: Ballet. MSE, University of Cincinnati.

Jennie Goodlett: Ballet. BFA, CCM.

Simon Goykhman: Piano. MM, Kharkiv Institute of Arts, Ukraine.

Peggy Grant: Oboe. BM, MFA, University of Georgia; MM, Florida State University; DMA, CCM. Adjunct Professor, Northern Kentucky University.

Jennifer Grantham: Saxophone. BM, Central Michigan University; MM, CCM.

*William Grubb: Cello, Starling. BM, MM, DMA, The Juilliard School. Adjunct Instructor, CCM; Professor of Cello, Butler University; Faculty, Aspen Music School.

Velma Guyer: Voice. BAE, Albertson’s College of Idaho; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Brady Harrison: Percussion. BM, Vanderbilt University; MM, CCM. Adjunct  Professor, Xavier University.

Ellen Harrison: Music Theory. BM, University of Illinois, Urbana; KA, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

Chris Haughey: Double Bass.  BM, Juilliard; MM, CCM.

^Takako Hayase: Piano. BM, CCM; MM, Eastman School of Music; DMA in progress, CCM. Faculty, Capital University Suzuki Institute.

Andria Helm: Voice, Musical Theater Voice. BM, Lawrence University; MM in progress, CCM.

Paul Hillner: Brass Choir. BM, MM, CCM. Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student Services, CCM.

Dorotea Hoffman: Violin/Viola, Accent Chamber Music. Diploma di Viola, Conservatorio di Musica “L. Cherubini” Firenze; MM, CCM. Professor of Viola, University of Kentucky. Director, AccentX; Faculty, Upbeat Summer Music School, Croatia.

Kristin Joham: French Horn.  BM, CCM; MM in progress, CCM.

Susan Jung:Musical Theater Dance.  BFA, Northern Kentucky University.

Robyn Lana: Director, Cincinnati Children’s Choir. BME, MM, CCM.

Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer: Ballet. BFA, CCM; MA, Ohio State University; PhD in progress, UC.

Katya Janpoladyan: Cello, Starling Kids. DMA in progress, CCM.

+Trio Jeng: Voice. BA, University of Chinese Culture; MM, Pennsylvania State University. Director, Clermont Festival Chorale; Faculty, International Chamber Music Courses and Festival, Positano, Italy.

Susan Jung: Musical Theater Dance. BA, Northern Kentucky University.

Eun-Byol Ko:Piano. BM, MM, Kyungwon University; MM, Indiana University; DMA in progress, CCM.

Evelina Konaniah: Piano. BM, BS, Belhaven College; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Tze-Yean Lim: Violin. LTCL, Trinity College of Music; BM, MM, DMA, CCM. Faculty, Wright State University.

Alvin MacWilliams: Violin, Starling. BM, Northwestern University; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM. Executive Director, Wyoming Fine Arts Center.

Brittany MacWilliams: Violin, Starling. BM, MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM. Faculty, Xavier University.

Daniel Martinez: Piano, jazz. BM in progress, CCM.

James Massol: Bassoon. BM, MM, CCM. Graduate Assistant, CCM.

Amy Megules: Musical Theater Dance. BFA, SUNY Purchase.

*Piotr Milewski: Violin, Starling. BM, Poznan Conservatory, Poland; MM, DMA, Juilliard School. Associate Professor, CCM; Faculty, Great Wall International Academy.

Andrew Millar: Piano. LRSM, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music; BM, University of Auckland; MM, Graduate Performer’s Certificate, Texas Christian University; DMA, CCM.

Drews Mitchell: Director, Jazz Explosion. BME, CCM; MME, Miami University. Director of Jazz Studies, Lakota West High School.

Brian Mock: Organ. DMA, CCM.

Elizabeth Motter: Harp. BM, Oberlin Conservatory. Studies at Indiana University.

Albert Mühlböck: Piano. Artistic Diploma, Bruckner-Conservatory; DMA in progress, CCM.

Christopher Neely: Voice. BM, East Carolina University. MM in progress, CCM.

Meg Ozaki: Voice. BM, Lawrence University; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Keith Phillips: Conductor, Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble. BM, Jacksonville State University; MM East Carolina University, DMA in progress, CCM.

Igor Plitsyn: Music Theory. Diplomas in Composition and Violin, Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory; DMA, CCM.

Alice Porte:Musical Theater Dance.  BFA, CCM.

Ann Porter: Director, Junior Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble. BME, Ohio State University; MM, Western Michigan University; PhD, Florida State University. Assistant Professor, CCM.

Robert Reichhart: Cello. BM, CCM; MM, Cleveland Institute of Music.

Jennifer Roig-Francoli: Violin, Accent Chamber Music Program. BM, Indiana University. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra member.

Daniel Sachs: Piano. Lehrdiplom, piano pedagogy, Switzerland; Konzertexamen, performance, Musikhochschule Lübeck; DMA, CCM.

*Kurt Sassmannshaus: Director, Starling Program, Violin. Reifeprüfung, Konzertexamen, Musikhochschule Köln; MM, The Juilliard School. Chair of String Department and Professor, CCM.

Mary Anne Schaeper: Ballet. BFA, MA, CCM.

+J. William Seale: Voice. BM, CCM. Director of Music, Presbyterian Church of Wyoming.

Ellen Shertzer: Director, Cincinnati Cello Choir, Starling. BM, MM, University of Michigan.

Pamela Shooner: Special Learners, Drama Kinetics. BSE, UC; MA, SUNY Stonybrook; MSE, Dowling College.

David Skvorak: Piano. BM, University of Michigan; MM, Peabody Conservatory; DMA, CCM.

Ryan Snodgrass:Trombone.  BA, University of Texas; MM in progress, CCM.

Timothy Stine: Jazz Guitar. BM, North Dakota State Univ.; MM in progress, CCM.

+Rodney Stucky: Guitar. BME, Bethany College; MM, Southern Methodist University; Studies at Peabody Conservatory. Adjunct Faculty, CCM.

Kari-Lee Sutherland: Musical Theater Dance. CCM.

+^Rachel Taylor: Piano. BM, University of Kentucky; MM, Northwestern University; DMA, University of Iowa; Graduate studies at Cleveland Institute of Music.

Heather Verbeck: Flute. BM, Arizona State University; MM, CCM; DMA in progress, CCM.

Suzette Webb: Ballet. BFA, CCM.

Martin Weir: Percussion.  BM, Berklee College of Music; BM, NKU; MM, Miami University; DMA, University of Kentucky.

Meredith Werden: Musical Theater Dance, Tap. BA, Ohio University.

Ben Westfall: Guitar. BM in progress, CCM.

Phil Willis: Jazz guitar. BA, CCM; BS, UC.

^Nozomi Yamaguchi: Piano. BM, MM, DMA, West Virginia University; Artist Diploma, CCM.

*Won-Bin Yim: Violin, Starling. BM, Peabody Conservatory; MM, DMA, The Juilliard School. Associate Professor, CCM; Faculty, Aspen Music School.

Betsey Zenk: Special Learners, Adapted Guitar. BM, MT-BC, University of Iowa; MM, CCM. Music Teacher, Clark Montessori Junior High/High School.

Lindsay Zierolf: Piano. BM, CCM. Vocal and General Music Teacher, St. Vivian Elementary School.

^ Denotes Suzuki faculty
* Denotes CCM faculty
+ Denotes faculty surcharge for private lessons