SCAA 2018-19 Faculty

Anderson, Maria Nicely (Piano)
B.A., Church Music, Moody Bible Institute
Study in Piano Pedagogy, Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Ankerbrand, Heather (Organ)
B.M. Piano, Grove City College
M.M. Church Music; concentration in organ, Shenandoah University
D.M.A. Organ Performance, Shenandoah University

Asbury, Amy (Voice)
B.A., Music (Voice), University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.S., Arts Administration, Shenandoah University
M.M., Voice Pedagogy, Shenandoah University
D.M.A., Voice Pedagogy (in progress), Shenandoah University

 

 

Asbury, David (Piano)
B.M., Piano Performance, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
M.M., Piano Accompanying, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

 

 

 

Austin, Patty Moffett (Choral)
B.M.E., Piano, West Virginia Wesleyan College
M.M.E., Choral Conducting, Indiana University

 

 

 

Baber, Yongsook (Piano)
B.M.Ed., Seoul Korea
M.M., Collaborative Piano, Shenandoah University
Registered teacher of the Suzuki Association of the America (SAA)
D.M.A., Collaborative Piano (in progress), Shenandoah University

 

 

Balcom, Deborah (Voice & Piano)
B.S., Opera Performance, Nazareth College of Rochester
M.M., Opera Performance, Northwestern University

 

 

 

Bell, Kathleen (Voice)
B.M.,Vocal Performance, University of Miami
M.M., Vocal Performance, Florida International University
D.M.A. Voice Pedagogy (in progress), Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Boyce, Derek (Voice)
B.M.E., Shenandoah University
M.M., Pedagogy (Vocal), Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Caluda, Elizabeth (Piano)
B.M., Aquinas College
M.M., Northwestern University
D.M.A., Catholic University of America

 

 

Carmichael-Kerry, Susan (Flute)
B.S., Biology (marine), Millersville University
B.A., Music, Seton Hill University
M.M., Flute Performance, Shenandoah University
D.M.A., Flute Performance, Shenandoah University

 

 

Chavez, Melissa (Voice)
B.A., Music (Voice), Pennsylvania State University
M.M., Voice Performance and Pedagogy, Pennsylvania State University
D.M.A., Shenandoah University

 

 

Chen, Hsin-Yi (Piano)
B.M., M.M., Piano Performance, Shenandoah University
M.M., Piano Accompanying, Shenandoah University
M.M., Piano Performance, Shenandoah University
D.M.A., Collaborative Piano, University of Maryland College Park
Registered teacher of the Suzuki Association of the America (SAA)

 

 

Christensen, Curt (Trumpet, Beginning-Advanced), (Trombone, Baritone, Tuba, Beginning-Intermediate)
B.M., The Juilliard School
M.M., The Juilliard School
Associate of Applied Science-Music, Air University, Community College of the Air Force
D.M.A., George Mason University (in progress)

 

Clay, Marilla (Harp)
B.M. (in progress), Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Cole, John H (Percussion)
B.M.E., Fredonia State University
M.M., Percussion Performance (in progress), Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Colley, Karen (Piano)
B.M., Shenandoah Conservatory
M.M., West Virginia University

 

 

 

Crump, Alyssa (Dance)
B.F.A., Dance & Choreography, Virginia Commonwealth University
Architectonics of Dance, Study Abroad Program, Accademia dell’Arte

 

 

 

De Azagra, Charles (Fencing)
Fencing Professor

 

 

 

 

DeBord-Peter, Kathryn (Pilates)
B.A., Dance, Shenandoah University
Certificate in Pilates Mat Teacher Training, Shenandoah University
Certificate in Pilates Apparatus Teacher Training, Quantum Pilates

 

 

 

Dransfield, Lee Ann (Piano)
B.M., Music Therapy, Ohio University
M.M., Piano Performance and Pedagogy, University of Oregon

 

 

 

Filppu, Keith (Guitar)
B.M., Guitar Performance, James Madison University
M.M., Guitar Performance, Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Hamme, Nora (Viola/Violin)
B.M., Viola Performance, North Carolina School of the Arts
M.M., Viola Performance, North Carolina School of the Arts
D.M.A.,Viola Performance, Shenandoah University
Advanced Studies in Viola Performance, Wayne State University, Advanced Studies in Viola Performance, Boston Conservatory

 

Johnson, Abigail (Dance)
B.S., Kinesiological Sciences, Citation in Dance, University of Maryland
Montessori Certification in Elementary
M.A. in teaching (in progress)

 

 

Jones, Byron (Voice)
A.B., French, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., French, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
M.M., Voice/Opera, University of Maryland at College Park
D.M.A., Vocal Performance, Shenandoah University

 

Keating, Karen (Voice and Conducting)
B.M., James Madison University
M.M., Hochschule Für Musik and Darstellende Kunst “Mozarteum”
D.M.A., Shenandoah University

 

 

Larson, Robert (Piano)
Harrison Chair in Piano
B.A., Eastern Washington University
M.A., University of Oregon
D.M.A., Shenandoah University

 

 

Minuto, Caitlyn (Dance)
B.F.A., Dance (in progress), Shenandoah University

 

Nelson, Catherine (Orchestra)
B.M.E., Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
M.M.E., Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

 

Neufer, Akiko (Piano)
B.M., Performance, Shenandoah University
B.M., Pedagogy, Shenandoah University
Registered teacher of the Suzuki Association of the America (SAA)

 

 

 

O’Neill, Golder (Audio Recording, Electric Bass)
B.A., Berklee College of Music
M.M.E., Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Ostrowski, Whitney (Dance)
B.F.A., Musical Theatre, Shenandoah University

 

 

 

 

Parkinson, Stephanie (Dance)
B.F.A., Dance, Shenandoah University

 

 

 

 

Raymond, Ruth (Violin)
B.A., Principia College
Suzuki training, Greater Washington Suzuki Insitute and East Carolina Suzuki Institute

 

 

 

Robare, Mary (Dance)
B.A., West Virginia University Regents

 

 

 

 

Romano, John (Clarinet)
B.M., Performance, Shenandoah Conservatory
The United States Air Force Band, Washington DC
United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, Travis AFB, CA

 

 

Romine, Ryan (Bassoon)
B.M., The Ohio State University
M.M., Michigan University
D.M.A., Michigan University

 

 

Romich, Christina (Early Childhood Music)
B.M., Music Education, Shenandoah University
M.M., Vocal Pedagogy, Shenandoah University
D.M.A., Vocal Performance, West Virginia University
Musikgarten Certification

 

 

Santmier, Karen (Early Childhood Music)
B.M., Music Education, Shenandoah University

 

 

 

Sargent, LaVerne (Baroque Flute)
B.M., Lawrence University
M.S., University of Illinois
M.M., Shenandoah University

Saucedo Estrada, Alan (Cello)
B.M., Cello Performance, ESMD (Monterrey, Mexico)
M.M., Cello Performance, Shenandoah University
D.M.A., Cello Performance, Shenandoah University
Advance Performance Studies, Conservatorio de Musica “Victoria dels Angels” (Barcelona, Spain)

Saucedo, Cynthia (Violin)
B.M., Violin Performance, ESMD (Monterrey, Mexico)
M.M., Violin Pedagogy, Shenandoah University
M.M., Violin Performance, Shenandoah University
Artist Diploma in String Quartet Studies, Shenandoah University
Suzuki Training, Suzuki Institutes of Washington D.C.

Schlosser, Karen (Piano)
B.M., Piano Performance, Concordia College
M.M., Piano Performance, Western Michigan University

Schroth, Robyn (Dance) 
B.A., University of Mary Washington
M.A., George Washington University

 

 

 

Snodgrass, Sandra (Voice & Piano)

B.A., Music Education, Voice & Piano, Eastern Mennonite College

 

 

 

 

Stuckey, Bridgett (Harp)
B.S., Music Performance/Music Education, Ball State University Baldwin Wallace College
Cleveland Institute of Music

 

 

 

Trinidad, Christina (Voice and Piano)
B.A.,Vocal Performance, Lakehead University (Canada)
M.M., Vocal Literature and Performance, The University of Western Ontario
D.M.A. Voice Pedagogy, Shenandoah University

 

 

Tryczynska, Ewa (Suzuki Violin)
B.M., State Music College, Kracow
M.A., Literature, Jaggiellonian University
Suzuki Training, Suzuki Institutes of Washington, D.C., Ontario, Canada, Siofok, Hungary, Greater Washington Suzuki Institute, Kingston Suzuki Institute, Queen’s University, Canada.

 

Vivanco, Claudia (Guitar)
B.M., Guitar Pedagogy, Shenandoah University

 

Wagner, Jan (Conducting)
Diploma and Korrepetitions Praxis, Academy of Music Horchschule (Austria)

 

 

 

 

Walker, Karen (Piano)
B.M., Eastern Washington University
M.M., Northwestern University
D.M.A., Catholic University of America

 

 

Wofford, Sarah (Voice)
B.M.,Vocal Performance, Middle Tennessee State University
M.M., Vocal Performance, Shenandoah University
D.M.A. Voice Performance, (in progress) Shenandoah University

 

Wright, Elaine (Piano)
B.M., Wayne State University
M.S.W., Social Work Marywood University
M.M., Piano Pedagogy, Shenandoah University