People

Core Faculty

Jay Arms
Teaching Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology
Rika Asai
Teaching Associate Professor, Musicology
412-648-7552
Shalini R. Ayyagari
Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology
412-624-4196
Olivia Bloechl
Professor, Musicology
412-624-2711
Zane R. Cupec
Visiting Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies
412-624-4061
Stephanie Espie
Visiting Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology
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Shannon Garland
Assistant Professor, Musicology
Adriana Helbig
Professor, Ethnomusicology
412-624-4193
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Aaron Johnson
Associate Professor, Jazz Studies; Chair, Department of Music
412-648-8303
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Eric Moe
Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Composition
Aaron Myers-Brooks
Teaching Assistant Professor, Music Technology and Theory
Charles Peck
Assistant Professor, Composition
Marcelle Pierson
Teaching Associate Professor, Music Theory
412-624-4197
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Susan Rice
Teaching Professor, Director of Heinz Chapel Choir
412-624-4508
Yoko Suzuki
Teaching Associate Professor, Jazz Studies
Chad Taylor
Associate Professor, Jazz Studies
Dan Wang
Associate Professor, Musicology
Andrew N. Weintraub
Professor, Ethnomusicology
412-624-4184
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Amy Williams
Professor, Composition
412-624-4120
Roger Zahab
Teaching Professor, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
412-624-4017

Ensemble Faculty

Jay Arms
Teaching Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology
Yamoussa Camara
African Drumming Ensemble
Ralph Guzzi
Jazz Ensemble
Lorraine Milovac
Treble Choral Ensemble
412-624-1388
Bryce Rabideau
Bluegrass Ensemble
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Susan Rice
Teaching Professor, Director of Heinz Chapel Choir
412-624-4508
Richard Teaster
Men's Glee Club Director
412-624-1388
Andrew N. Weintraub
Professor, Ethnomusicology
412-624-4184
Roger Zahab
Teaching Professor, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
412-624-4017

Performance Faculty

Jason Allison
French Horn
Donna Amato
Piano
Jay Arms
Teaching Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology
Yamoussa Camara
African Drumming Ensemble
Nikolai Choubine
Part-Time Faculty, Piano
Kenneth Danchik
Organ
Sandy Dowe
Jazz Voice
Tina Faigen
Piano
Ralph Guzzi
Jazz Ensemble
Barbara Hois
Flute
James Johnson, III
Jazz: Studio Set Drumming
Ava Lintz
Double Bass / Electric Bass
John Maione
Jazz Guitar
Benjamin Meyer
Class Guitar, Classical Guitar
Lorraine Milovac
Treble Choral Ensemble
412-624-1388
Linda Morton-Fisher
Bassoon
412-243-2297
Kenneth Powell
Saxophone
412-855-5366
Bryce Rabideau
Bluegrass Ensemble
Danny Rectenwald
Guitar
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Susan Rice
Teaching Professor, Director of Heinz Chapel Choir
412-624-4508
Mark Strickland
Jazz Guitar
Amy Stubbs
Percussion
Rachael Stutzman Cohen
Clarinet
Richard Teaster
Men's Glee Club Director
412-624-1388
Paula Tuttle
Cello
412-725-1115
Lauren Upchurch
Jazz Studies Program Assistant; Voice
412-624-4187
Cynthia D Warren
Oboe/English Horn
Roger Zahab
Teaching Professor, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
412-624-4017

Postdoctoral Fellow

Brian Fairley
Postdoctoral Fellow (Music and History), Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Emeritus Faculty

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James P. Cassaro
Professor, Emeritus
Akin Euba (Deceased)
Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Emeritus
Don O. Franklin (Deceased)
Professor, Emeritus
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Deane L. Root
Professor, Emeritus
Mathew Rosenblum
Professor, Emeritus
412-624-4199
Bell Yung
Professor, Emeritus

Graduate Students

Lauren Adamow
Lauren Adamow
Graduate Student, Musicology
Juwon Adenuga
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
David Adepegba
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Seyi Ajibade
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Jiyoon Auo
Graduate Student, Musicology
Emmanuel Berrido
Concerts and Communications Coordinator
Maya Brown-Boateng
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Candace Burgess
Graduate Student, Musicology
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Echo Davidson
Graduate Student, Musicology
Luis Miguel Delgado Grande
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Avery Faust
Graduate Student, Musicology
Danny Fratina
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Laura Gonzalez Fidalgo
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Sam Harris
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Ali Hassan
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Ethan Isaac
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Jefferson Lin
Graduate Student, Musicology
Godfrey Lubuulwa
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Michael Mills
Graduate Student, Composition & Theory
Melanie Kaye Moseley
Melanie Kaye Moseley
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Eli Namay
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Táyé Nelson
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Naama Perel
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Kritika Rathore
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Jay Rauch
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Elad Sobol
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Miranda Sousa
Graduate Student, Musicology
Xianshuo Yue
Graduate Student, Musicology

Staff

Emmanuel Berrido
Concerts and Communications Coordinator
Erin Delaney
Academic Operations Manager
412-624-5226
Matthew J. Spinneweber
Fiscal Manager, Humanities Division
412-383-2797
Philip Thompson
Department Administrator
412-624-4127
Lauren Upchurch
Jazz Studies Program Assistant; Voice
412-624-4187

Part-Time Faculty

David Anderson
Part-Time Faculty
Jason Belcher
Part-Time Faculty
Christopher Catone
Part-Time Faculty
Nikolai Choubine
Part-Time Faculty, Piano
Bill Davidson
Part-Time Faculty
Kevin O'Brien
Part-Time Faculty
Brian Riordan
Part-Time Faculty
Richard Teaster
Men's Glee Club Director
412-624-1388
Emerson Voss
Part Time Faculty
Mariana Whitmer
Part-Time Faculty