School of Music Faculty

Music Education

Michael Fansler
Jonathan Jones
Christine Lapka
James Stegall

Music History/Humanities

Douglas Huff
Brian Locke
Terry Solomonson
Tammie Walker
Anita Werling

Theory/Composition

James Caldwell
Michael Ericson
Paul Paccione
James Romig

Music Therapy

Jennifer Jones

Music Business

Hank B. Bordowitz
Terry Solomonson

Jazz Studies

John Cooper, trumpet
John Mindeman, trombone
Kevin Nichols, percussion
Marlene Rosenberg, bass
Michael Stryker, piano
John Vana, saxophone
Matthew Warnock, guitar

Keyboard

Jason Aquila, accomp.
Ben Harris, accomp.
Chung-Ha Kim, piano
Jenny Perron, accomp.
Michael Stryker, piano
Tammie Walker, piano
Anita Werling, organ

Voice

Matt Bean, Music Theatre
Terry Chasteen
Marietta Dean
Kitty Karn, Music Theatre
Paul Kreider, Opera; Dean, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Rebecca Kreider, Opera, Diction
Charolette Megginson
Bart Shanklin, Choral, Voice; Director, School of Music
James Stegall
Lynn Thompson

Strings

Julieta Mihai, violin
Moisés Molina, cello
Marlene Rosenberg, double bass
Istvan Szabó, viola
Matthew Warnock, guitar

Brass/Woodwinds/Percussion

Bruce Briney, trumpet
John Cooper, trumpet
Michael Ericson, oboe
Randall Faust, horn
Eric Ginsberg, clarinet
Tammara K. Phillips, flute
Douglas Huff, bassoon
Rick Kurasz, percussion
John Mindeman, trombone
Kevin Nichols, percussion
Terry Solomonson, tuba
John Vana, saxophone

Ensemble Directors

Richard Hughey, Director of Orchestra

John Cooper, Director of Jazz Studies, Jazz Studio Orchestra

Michael Fansler, Director of Bands, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds

Rebecca Kreider, Director of Opera Theatre

Rick Kurasz, Director of Percussion Studies, Steel Band, Percussion Ensemble

Douglas Phillips, Associate Director of Bands, Marching Band, Concert Band, University Band

Bart Shanklin, Director, School of Music, Madrigals

James Stegall, Director of Choirs, University Singers, Concert Choir

Michael Stryker, Jazz Band

Lynn Thompson, Opera Workshop

The faculty includes specialists in voice and all band, orchestra, and keyboard instruments, who offer professional performance models and are dedicated to helping each student develop his or her music performance skills to the highest possible level. Outstanding directors in bands, choirs, and orchestras develop performance ensembles in which students learn to perform collectively far beyond their individual expectations. The excitement of being a part of superior ensemble performances is matched only by the opportunity to experience a broad range of ensemble literature.

Nationally-known teachers in music theory, composition, music history, pedagogy, and music methods truly care about teaching and learning, and are willing to take time to ensure that the needs of each student are addressed.

The WIU Music Faculty work together as a mature, experienced team of professionals who are actively involved in teaching, research, composing, arranging, performing, and conducting.