Music Faculty
The resident faculty of artists include the world-renown bassist/guitarist/ composer Santi Debriano, the world-musical drummer/percussionist royal hartigan, the award-winning composer and electronic wizard Ken Ueno, John Laughton, and many part-time lecturers, instrumentalists, vocalists, composers and educators, including Rick Britto, Wayman Chin, Paul Ciennwa, Jamie Eckert, Marcelle Gauvin, John Harrison, Andy McWain, Timothy Melbinger, Tobias Monte, Marie Nelson, Will Riley, Lisa Rue, Rieko Tanaka.
Anton Belov, Lecturer Classical Voice, Foreign Language Diction, Chorus, Opera Workshop, Voice Ensemble
Kwabena Boateng, Artist-in-Residence
Rick Britto, Lecturer, Saxophone-Jazz Studies, Saxophone Quartet, Large Jazz Ensemble, The Art & History of Rock & Roll
Wayman Chin, Lecturer, Piano/Music Skills, Introduction to Music, Performance Workshop
Paul Cienniwa, Lecturer, Introduction to Music
Claude Cobert, Lecturer, Flute
Jorrit Dijkstra, Lecturer, Saxophone/Improvization, The History of Rock and Roll
Jamie Eckert, Lecturer, Percussion, Percussion Methods, Percussion Ensemble
Marcelle Gauvin, Lecturer, Jazz Voice, The History of Rock and Roll
I.M. Harjito, Artist-in-Residence
John Harrison, Lecturer, Jazz Piano, Contemporary Jazz
royal hartigan, Associate Professor, World Music
James Hay, Staff Accompianist
Dr. John Laughton, Professor, Clarinet, Western Classical Music History and Theory, Music Department Chair
Chris Lopes, Lecturer, Bass
Andrew McWain, Lecturer, Jazz Piano, Jazz Studies (theory/improvisation/history) and Jazz Vocal Accompanist
Timothy Melbinger, Lecturer, Theory, Composition
Charlene Monte, Lecturer
Tobias Monte, Lecturer, Wind Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Conducting, Brass Methods
Marie Nelson, Lecturer, Music Education, Class Piano
Chris Poudrier, Lecturer, Drumset
Ellana Rigwald, Violin
William Riley, Lecturer, Music Skills, Classical Guitar, Class Guitar
Jim Robitaille, Lecturer, Jazz Guitar
Rieko Tanaka, Lecturer / Staff Accompanist, Piano
Ken Ueno, Assistant Professor, Electronic Music
