Faculty
Faculty Mission Statement
Dedicated to its land-grant heritage, the music faculty at Colorado State University are committed to promoting music and pedagogy of the highest quality, serving music education through actions that benefit the students, teachers, and citizens of Colorado.
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Name | Position | Phone | Area | |
Dan Goble | Director of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | (970) 491-5533 | Dan.Goble@colostate.edu | |
Kevin Poelking | Instructor of Music; Assistant Director of Bands; Instructor of Undergraduate Conducting | Kevin.Poelking@colostate.edu | ||
Dan Obluda | Instructor of Music; Music History and Theory | Dan.Obluda@colostate.edu | ||
Rachel Waddell | Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Orchestras; Conducting | rachel.waddell@colostate.edu | ||
Michael Seman | Assistant Professor; LEAP Institute for the Arts | Michael.Seman@colostate.edu | Arts Management | |
Rebecca Phillips | Professor of Music; Conducting; Director of Bands | Rebecca.Phillips@colostate.edu | Bands | |
Jayme Taylor | Associate Director of Bands; Director of Athletic Bands; Assistant Professor of Music | Jayme.Taylor@colostate.edu | Bands; Marching Band | |
Cayla Bellamy | Assistant Professor of Music; Coordinator of Woodwinds | Cayla.Bellamy@colostate.edu | Bassoon | |
Mike Snell | Instructor of Music; Music Education | Mike.Snell@colostate.edu | Brass | |
Romina Monsanto | Instructor of Music | Romina.Monsanto@colostate.edu | Cello | |
James Kim | Associate Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities | James.Kim@colostate.edu | Choir | |
Seth Pendergast | Assistant Professor of Music; Music Education (Choral) | Seth.Pendergast@colostate.edu | Choral | |
Nathan Payant | Instructor of Music; Administrative Coordinator of Music Education; Director of Concert Choir | (970) 491-2346 | Nathan.Payant@colostate.edu | Choral; Music Education |
Wesley Ferreira | Professor of Music; Clarinet | Wesley.Ferreira@colostate.edu | Clarinet | |
Sergei Vassiliev | Instructor of Music; Clarinet | sergei.vassiliev@gmail.com | Clarinet | |
Lauren Rael | Instructor | lauren.rael@colostate.edu | Color Guard, Marching Band | |
Jessica Warner | Instructor of Music; Music Education; Coordinator of Community Engagement | Jessica.Warner@colostate.edu | Community Engagement | |
James David | Professor of Music; Composition, Music Theory | (970) 491-4154 | James.David@colostate.edu | Composition |
Forest Greenough | Associate Professor of Music | Forest.Greenough@colostate.edu | Double Bass; Music Theory | |
Michelle Stanley | Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Liberal Arts; Professor of Music; Graduate Flute Professor | 970-491-4350 | Michelle.Stanley@colostate.edu | Flute |
Ysmael Reyes | Instructor of Music | Ysmael.Reyes@colostate.edu | Flute (Undergraduate) | |
Jeff LaQuatra | Senior Instructor of Music | Jeff.LaQuatra@colostate.edu | Guitar; Music Appreciation | |
Kathryn Harms | Instructor of Music | Kathryn.Harms@colostate.edu | Harp | |
John McGuire | Associate Professor of Music; Brass Area Coordinator | John.McGuire@colostate.edu | Horn; Chamber Music | |
Wil Swindler | Instructor of Music; Coordinator of Jazz Studies; Director of Jazz Bands; Jazz Saxophone | Wil.Swindler@colostate.edu | Jazz | |
Gabriel Santiago | Instructor of Music | gabriel.santiago@colostate.edu | Jazz Guitar | |
Tom Amend | Instructor of Music; Jazz Piano | thomas.amend@colostate.edu | Jazz Piano | |
Darren Kramer | Instructor of Music | darren.kramer@colostate.edu | Jazz Trombone | |
Gabriel Mervine | Instructor of Music | gabriel.mervine@colostate.edu | Jazz Trumpet | |
Megan Lanz (She/Her) | Senior Instructor of Music | (720) 695-4287 | Megan.Lanz@colostate.edu | Music Appreciation; Music as Human Expression (Honors) |
Bonnie Jacobi | Associate Professor of Music; Director of Colorado Kodály Institute | Bonnie.Jacobi@colostate.edu | Music Education | |
Erik Johnson | Associate Professor of Music | E.Johnson@colostate.edu | Music Education (Instrumental) | |
K. Dawn Grapes | Associate Professor of Music; Coordinator of Musicology | (970) 491-4134 | dawn.grapes@colostate.edu | Music History |
John Pippen | Assistant Professor of Music | John.Pippen@colostate.edu | Music History; Ethnomusicology | |
Paul Metz | Instructor of Music; Music Theory; Emeritus Associate Professor | Paul.Metz@colostate.edu | Music Theory | |
Abigail Shupe | Associate Professor of Music | Abigail.Shupe@colostate.edu | Music Theory | |
Copper Ferreira | Senior Instructor | (970) 491-1584 | Copper.Ferreira@colostate.edu | Music Theory |
Egemen Kesikli | Instructor | Egemen.Kesikli@colostate.edu | Music Theory & Musicology | |
Andrew Knight | Associate Professor of Music | Andrew.Knight@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Blythe LaGasse | Professor of Music; Coordinator of Music Therapy | (970) 491-4042 | Blythe.Lagasse@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Lindsey Wilhelm | Associate Professor of Music; Music Therapy; Internship Coordinator | (970) 491-0984 | Lindsey.Wilhelm@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Sarah Johnson | Instructor of Music Therapy | Sarah2.Johnson@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Kyle Wilhelm | Clinic Coordinator | Kyle.Wilhelm@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Beth Mosko | Instructor of Music | 970-581-1403 | Beth.Mosko@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Gray Baldwin | Instructor of Music | gray.baldwin@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Sabra Chavez | Instructor of Music | sabra.chavez@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Sarah Spiece | Instructor of Music | sarah.spiece@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Laura Beer | Associate Professor of Music; Music Therapy | 970-491-8976 | laura.beer@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Bill Gavin | Associate Professor | william.gavin@colostate.edu | Music Therapy Research; Experimental Psychology | |
Pablo Dos Santos Hernandez | Instructor of Music; Oboe | (970) 584-7366 | Pablo.Dos_Santos_Hernandez@colostate.edu | Oboe |
Adam Torres | Senior Instructor of Music; Director, MM Summer Conducting Program | Adam.Torres@colostate.edu | Online Curriculum; Music Appreciation; History of Rock and Roll; Conducting; Music History; Music Theory | |
Joel Bacon | Full Professor of Music; Stewart and Sheron Golden Chair in Organ and Liturgical Studies | Joel.Bacon@colostate.edu | Organ | |
Eric Hollenbeck | Professor of Music; Coordinator of Percussion | Eric.Hollenbeck@colostate.edu | Percussion | |
Shilo Stroman | Senior Instructor; Jazz Studies; Jazz Percussion; Marching Band (Drumline) | Shilo.Stroman@colostate.edu | Percussion | |
Denise Apodaca | Senior Instructor; Honors Faculty | Denise.Apodaca@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Tim Burns | Senior Instructor of Music; Collaborative Piano Coordinator | Tim.Burns@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Bryan Wallick | Assistant Professor of Music; Keyboard Area Coordinator | (970) 632-8623 | Bryan.Wallick@colostate.edu | Piano |
Juhyun Lee | Instructor of Music; Collaborative Pianist | (617) 952-8801 | Juhyun.Lee@colostate.edu | Piano |
Hyeji Seo | Instructor of Music | Hyeji.Seo@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Jooyeon Chang | Instructor of Music | Jooyeon.Chang@colostate.edu | Piano; Chamber Music | |
Peter Sommer | Professor of Music; Saxophone, Chamber Music, Jazz Studies; Director of the Department of Music | Peter.Sommer@colostate.edu | Saxophone | |
Robert Kreutz | Instructor; Music Education | (970) 2158537 | B.Kreutz@colostate.edu | Strings |
Drew Leslie | Associate Professor of Music; Trombone; Undergraduate Coordinator; Music Minor Advisor | Drew.Leslie@colostate.edu | Trombone | |
Stanley Curtis | Assistant Professor of Music; Trumpet | (703) 509-0873 | Stanley.Curtis@colostate.edu | Trumpet |
Stephen Dombrowski | Instructor of Music; Tuba | Stephen.Dombrowski@colostate.edu | Tuba | |
G. Murray Oliver | Instructor of Music; Director of Graduate Studies | (970) 491-5193 | Murray.Oliver@colostate.edu | Undergraduate and Graduate Studies |
Margaret Miller | Senior Instructor; Viola; Coordinator of Graduate String Quartet Program | (719) 660-0878 | Margaret.J.Miller@colostate.edu | Viola |
Ronald Francois | Professor of Music; Violin, Chamber Music; Coordinator of String Area | (240) 338-7343 | Ron.Francois@colostate.edu | Violin |
Nicole Asel | Associate Professor of Music | Nicole.Asel@colostate.edu | Voice | |
Tiffany Blake | Associate Professor of Music; Voice (Soprano); Coordinator of Voice; Director of Ralph Opera Program | Tiffany.Blake@colostate.edu | Voice and Opera |