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 | |
Denise Apodaca | Senior Instructor; Honors Faculty | Denise.Apodaca@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Margaret Miller | Senior Instructor; Coordinator of Graduate String Quartet Program | (719) 660-0878 | Margaret.J.Miller@colostate.edu | Viola |
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 | |
Tim Burns | Senior Instructor of Music; Collaborative Piano Coordinator | Tim.Burns@colostate.edu | Piano | |
Megan Lanz (She/Her) | Senior Instructor of Music | (720) 695-4287 | Megan.Lanz@colostate.edu | Music Appreciation; Music as Human Expression (Honors) |
Jeff LaQuatra | Senior Instructor of Music | Jeff.LaQuatra@colostate.edu | Guitar; Music Appreciation | |
Shilo Stroman | Senior Instructor | Shilo.Stroman@colostate.edu | Percussion; Jazz Studies; Jazz Percussion; Marching Band (Drumline) | |
Copper Ferreira | Senior Instructor | (970) 491-1584 | Copper.Ferreira@colostate.edu | Music Theory |
Ernan Torrez | Recruitment and Enrollment Coordinator | (970) 491-5891 | Ernan.Torrez@colostate.edu | |
Peter Sommer | Professor of Music; Director of the Department of Music | Peter.Sommer@colostate.edu | Saxophone; Chamber Music; Jazz Studies | |
Rebecca Phillips | Professor of Music; Director of Bands | Rebecca.Phillips@colostate.edu | Bands; Conducting | |
Ronald Francois | Professor of Music; Coordinator of String Area | (240) 338-7343 | Ron.Francois@colostate.edu | Violin; Chamber Music |
Eric Hollenbeck | Professor of Music; Coordinator of Percussion | Eric.Hollenbeck@colostate.edu | Percussion | |
Blythe LaGasse | Professor of Music; Coordinator of Music Therapy | (970) 491-4042 | Blythe.Lagasse@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
James David | Professor of Music; Composition, Music Theory | (970) 491-4154 | James.David@colostate.edu | Composition |
Wesley Ferreira | Professor of Music | Wesley.Ferreira@colostate.edu | Clarinet | |
Dan Obluda | Instructor of Music; Music History and Theory | Dan.Obluda@colostate.edu | ||
Paul Metz | Instructor of Music; Emeritus Associate Professor | Paul.Metz@colostate.edu | Music Theory | |
G. Murray Oliver | Instructor of Music; Director of Graduate Studies | (970) 491-5193 | Murray.Oliver@colostate.edu | Undergraduate and Graduate Studies |
Wil Swindler | Instructor of Music; Coordinator of Jazz Studies; Director of Jazz Bands | Wil.Swindler@colostate.edu | Jazz Saxophone; Jazz | |
Jessica Warner | Instructor of Music; Coordinator of Community Engagement | Jessica.Warner@colostate.edu | Community Engagement; Music Education | |
Kevin Poelking | Instructor of Music; Assistant Director of Bands; Instructor of Undergraduate Conducting | Kevin.Poelking@colostate.edu | Bands | |
Nathan Payant | Instructor of Music; Administrative Coordinator of Music Education; Director of Concert Choir | (970) 491-2346 | Nathan.Payant@colostate.edu | Choral; Music Education |
Sarah Johnson | Instructor of Music Therapy | Sarah2.Johnson@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Stephen Dombrowski | Instructor of Music | Stephen.Dombrowski@colostate.edu | Tuba | |
Mike Snell | Instructor of Music | Mike.Snell@colostate.edu | Brass; Music Education | |
Juhyun Lee | Instructor of Music | (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 | |
Beth Mosko | Instructor of Music | 970-581-1403 | Beth.Mosko@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Pablo Dos Santos Hernandez | Instructor of Music | (970) 584-7366 | Pablo.Dos_Santos_Hernandez@colostate.edu | Oboe |
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 | |
Kathryn Harms | Instructor of Music | Kathryn.Harms@colostate.edu | Harp | |
Sergei Vassiliev | Instructor of Music | sergei.vassiliev@gmail.com | Clarinet | |
Romina Monsanto | Instructor of Music | Romina.Monsanto@colostate.edu | Cello | |
Ysmael Reyes | Instructor of Music | Ysmael.Reyes@colostate.edu | Flute (Undergraduate) | |
Tom Amend | Instructor of Music | thomas.amend@colostate.edu | Jazz Piano | |
Darren Kramer | Instructor of Music | darren.kramer@colostate.edu | Jazz Trombone | |
Gabriel Santiago | Instructor of Music | gabriel.santiago@colostate.edu | Jazz Guitar | |
Gabriel Mervine | Instructor of Music | gabriel.mervine@colostate.edu | Jazz Trumpet | |
Robert Kreutz | Instructor | (970) 2158537 | B.Kreutz@colostate.edu | Strings; Music Education |
Egemen Kesikli | Instructor | Egemen.Kesikli@colostate.edu | Music Theory & Musicology | |
Lauren Rael | Instructor | lauren.rael@colostate.edu | Color Guard, Marching Band | |
Joel Bacon | Full Professor of Music; Stewart and Sheron Golden Chair in Organ and Liturgical Studies | Joel.Bacon@colostate.edu | Organ | |
Dan Goble | Director of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | (970) 491-5533 | Dan.Goble@colostate.edu | |
Kyle Wilhelm | Clinic Coordinator | Kyle.Wilhelm@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Drew Leslie | Associate Professor of Music; Undergraduate Coordinator; Music Minor Advisor | Drew.Leslie@colostate.edu | Trombone | |
Lindsey Wilhelm | Associate Professor of Music; Internship Coordinator | (970) 491-0984 | Lindsey.Wilhelm@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Bonnie Jacobi | Associate Professor of Music; Director of Colorado Kodály Institute | Bonnie.Jacobi@colostate.edu | Music Education | |
James Kim | Associate Professor of Music; Director of Choral Activities | James.Kim@colostate.edu | Choir | |
Tiffany Blake | Associate Professor of Music; Coordinator of Voice; Director of Ralph Opera Program | Tiffany.Blake@colostate.edu | Opera; Voice (Soprano) | |
K. Dawn Grapes | Associate Professor of Music; Coordinator of Musicology | (970) 491-4134 | dawn.grapes@colostate.edu | Music History |
John McGuire | Associate Professor of Music; Brass Area Coordinator | John.McGuire@colostate.edu | Horn; Chamber Music | |
Andrew Knight | Associate Professor of Music | Andrew.Knight@colostate.edu | Music Therapy | |
Erik Johnson | Associate Professor of Music | E.Johnson@colostate.edu | Music Education (Instrumental) | |
Forest Greenough | Associate Professor of Music | Forest.Greenough@colostate.edu | Double Bass; Music Theory | |
Abigail Shupe | Associate Professor of Music | Abigail.Shupe@colostate.edu | Music Theory | |
Nicole Asel | Associate Professor of Music | Nicole.Asel@colostate.edu | Voice | |
Laura Beer | Associate Professor of Music | 970-491-8976 | laura.beer@colostate.edu | Music Therapy |
Bill Gavin | Associate Professor | william.gavin@colostate.edu | Music Therapy Research; Experimental Psychology | |
Jayme Taylor | Associate Director of Bands; Director of Athletic Bands; Assistant Professor of Music | Jayme.Taylor@colostate.edu | Bands; Marching Band | |
Michelle Stanley | Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Liberal Arts; Professor of Music; Graduate Flute Professor | 970-491-4350 | Michelle.Stanley@colostate.edu | Flute |
Bryan Wallick | Assistant Professor of Music; Keyboard Area Coordinator | (970) 632-8623 | Bryan.Wallick@colostate.edu | Piano |
Rachel Waddell | Assistant Professor of Music; Director of Orchestras | rachel.waddell@colostate.edu | Conducting | |
Cayla Bellamy | Assistant Professor of Music; Coordinator of Woodwinds | Cayla.Bellamy@colostate.edu | Bassoon | |
John Pippen | Assistant Professor of Music | John.Pippen@colostate.edu | Music History; Ethnomusicology | |
Seth Pendergast | Assistant Professor of Music | Seth.Pendergast@colostate.edu | Music Education (Choral) | |
Stanley Curtis | Assistant Professor of Music | (703) 509-0873 | Stanley.Curtis@colostate.edu | Trumpet |
Michael Seman | Assistant Professor | Michael.Seman@colostate.edu | Arts Management |