Daniel Abraham
,Co-Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Choral/orchestral conductor and musicologist; specialist in 17th- and 18th-century music. Music and Artistic Director of the Bach Sinfonia and Bach Sinfonia Voci. Period-instrument performances include modern premieres of baroque and classical period... [More]
Caleen Jennings
,Co-Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Caleen Sinnette Jennings is Professor of Theatre; since joining the faculty in 1989, she has directed for the main stage season and taught thirteen different courses in the theatre and general education programs. In 2003 she received American Univers... [More]
Program Directors
Antonio Cuyler
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Antonio C. Cuyler has presented research at international and national conferences. He has also published in the Art Calendar, the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, and the Music Entertainment and Industry Educators Association Journa... [More]
Carl Menninger
,Assistant Professor
Carl Menninger is the director of Theatre/Music Theatre at American University . He holds a master's degree from Emerson College and a bachelor's from Northwestern University . While in Boston, he taught at Berklee College of Music. In addition, he's... [More]
Paul Oehlers
,Assistant Professor
Paul A. Oehlers is most recognized for his "extraordinarily evocative" film scores. (Variety) Films incorporating his music have screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, the Indiefest Film Festiva... [More]
Nancy Snider
,Musician in Residence
Cellist Nancy Jo Snider is the music program director at American University and a cello instructor in the applied music program. An active performer and teacher in the Washington, DC area, she is a member of the Baltimore Opera Orchestra and Opera L... [More]



