FACULTY

Music students at USA receive individual instruction and mentoring from nationally renowned faculty and staff. Small class sizes and excellent instructors provide all students with a highly personalized learning experience.

ADMINISTRATION

Chair – Dr. Greg Gruner
Department secretary - Peggy Doyle
Events coordinator – Keith Bohnet
Arts in Education – Dr. Jeannette Fresne

ENSEMBLES

Flute Choir – Dr. Andra Bohnet
Symphony Band – Dr. Greg Gruner
Jazz Band, woodwind ensembles – Dr. Tracy Heavner
Marching Band - Ward Miller
Basketball Pep Band - Wayne Fillingim
Piano Ensemble – Dr. Robert Holm
Guitar Ensemble – Owen Middleton
Percussion Ensemble – Michael Sammons
Choral ensembles – Dr. Laura Moore
Opera and Musical Theatre – Dr. Thomas Rowell
Trumpet and brass ensembles – Dr. Peter Wood

WINDS AND PERCUSSION

Flute; area coordinator– Dr. Andra Bohnet
Oboe - Jenny Covington
Saxophone, clarinet, woodwind methods – Dr. Tracy Heavner
Horn – Jodi Graham Wood
Trumpet, brass methods – Dr. Peter Wood
Low brass – Dr. Greg Gruner
Percussion, percussion methods – Michael Sammons

VOICE

Tenor, diction; area coordinator – Dr. Thomas Rowell
Soprano – Joyce Sylvester
Soprano – Linda Zoghby

KEYBOARD

Piano; area coordinator – Dr. Jerry Alan Bush
Piano, accompanying – Dr. Robert Holm
Organ - Kevin Davis
Class piano – Dan Taylor

STRINGS

Harp – Dr. Andra Bohnet
Strings – Guo-Sheng Huang
Strings – Enen Yu
Guitar – Patrick Imsand
Guitar – Owen Middleton

MUSIC EDUCATION and MUSIC BUSINESS

Music methods, student teaching; area coordinator – Dr. Tracy Heavner
General music, directed teaching – Dr. Jeannette Fresne
Marching Band Techniques - Ward Miller

MUSIC THEORY and TECHNOLOGY

Music theory, technology, and composition – Dr. David Durant
Music theory – Dr. Peter Wood

MUSIC HISTORY

Masterworks and music history; area coordinator – Dr. Andra Bohnet
Introduction to Music – Keith Bohnet
Introduction to Music – Kevin Davis
Introduction to Music – Robert Gilmore
Introduction to Music – Patrick Imsand
Introduction to Music – Jodi Graham Wood