Musician in Residence

Jonathan Baumgarten is a flute instructor in the applied music program. He holds a MM from Juilliard where he was a scholarship student of Samuel Baron. He studied with Thomas Nyfenger on a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and in Paris with... [More]

Musician in Residence

Dr. Noah Getz is a saxophone instructor in the applied music program. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as the recipient of the National Alliance for Excellence Grand Prize and has presented solo recitals for the Dame Myra Hess Series, World Saxophone ... [More]

Musician in Residence

A piano instructor in the applied music program, award-winning Russian-born American pianist Yuliya Gorenman has been called a "pianist without fear." Now firmly established in her performing career, she first achieved international acclaim in 1995 a... [More]

Musician in Residence

Osman Kivrak is a viola instructor in the applied music program. He performs with the Sunrise Quartet, the Richmond Chamber Players and with Currents. He is also Artistic Director of Concerts at the Beach in Delaware and of the Davies Concert Series.... [More]

Musician in Residence

Teri Lazar is a violin instructor in the applied music program. She performs with the Sunrise Quartet, the Richmond Chamber Players and Currents and she is Concertmaster of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra. She has recorded chamber music for the Albany... [More]

Director, Music Program

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]

Musician in Residence

Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and director Joshua Bayer has performed at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz festival, The Phillips Collection, New Yor... [More]

Chair, Department of Performing Arts

Fernando Benadon oversees the music theory & composition program in the Department of Performing Arts. His research focuses on rhythm, twentieth-century music, and cognition.Recent honors include a Digital Humanities Grant from the National Endowment... [More]

Assistant Professor

William Brent’s creative work is spread across the areas of experimental music performance, sound art, and sound design. These projects involve various combinations of human- robotic- and computer-realized sound, and are controlled by software writte... [More]

Director, Audio Technology Program

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]

Professor

Jerzy Sapieyevski, award-winning composer, pianist, and conceptualist, and New Century Music founder and artistic director, brings innovative ideas to the concert stage and music education. Early on, he recognized the potential of technology and was ... [More]

Associate Professor

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 various modern premieres of Baroque and Classica... [More]

Musician in Residence

Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and director Joshua Bayer has performed at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz festival, The Phillips Collection, New Yor... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Marc Decker is a Musician-in-Residence on the faculty at American University where he serves as director of the Symphonic Band and Screamin’ Eagles Pep Band. Additional responsibilities at American University include applied lessons in conducting an... [More]

Assistant Professor

Yaniv Dinur is the winner of numerous international conducting competitions: the Eduardo Mata International Conducting Competition in Mexico City (2009), the Yuri Ahronovitch First Prize in the inaugural Aviv Conducting Competition in Tel Aviv (2005)... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Musician in Residence

Laura M. Petravage is a conductor and vocalist in the metro Washington, DC, area. She currently serves as Musician-in-Residence at American University, conducting the American University Chorus. At George Mason University, Ms. Petravage serves as th... [More]

Musician in Residence

Choral director, arranger and composer and specialist in American Gospel Music Tradition. Vocal music instructor in public schools of Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County Public School System.Lecturer on relevant topics to Gospel Music, Music ... [More]

Director, Music Program

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]

Musician in Residence

Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and director Joshua Bayer has performed at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz festival, The Phillips Collection, New Yor... [More]

Chair, Department of Performing Arts

Fernando Benadon oversees the music theory & composition program in the Department of Performing Arts. His research focuses on rhythm, twentieth-century music, and cognition.Recent honors include a Digital Humanities Grant from the National Endowment... [More]

Musician in Residence

Dr. Noah Getz is a saxophone instructor in the applied music program. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as the recipient of the National Alliance for Excellence Grand Prize and has presented solo recitals for the Dame Myra Hess Series, World Saxophone ... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Phil McCusker is a guitar (jazz and rock) instructor in the applied music program.

Adjunct Instructor

Jon has been working in and around the DC area for twenty years as a performer, producer, composer, and arranger. He has produced and arranged recordings by local jazz artists Imani, Maryann Redmond, and Al Williams. Jon has performed extensively in ... [More]

Associate Professor

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 various modern premieres of Baroque and Classica... [More]

Assistant Professor

Shalini Ayyagari is a specialist in the regional musical practices of North India. She received her doctorate in Ethnomusicology from the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation, “Small Voices Sing Big Songs: The Politics of Emerging Ins... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, PhD, has taught musicianship, guitar, music history, and gen ed at American since 1998, and musicianship for the Washington National Opera Summer Institute since 2009. She is published in Guitar Review, Soundboard, American Str... [More]

Assistant Professor

Marc Medwin received his undergraduate degree in English literature from Ithaca College in New York. He went on to earn a MA and PhD in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, completing a dissertation on the late works of Jo... [More]

Chair, Department of Performing Arts

Fernando Benadon oversees the music theory & composition program in the Department of Performing Arts. His research focuses on rhythm, twentieth-century music, and cognition.Recent honors include a Digital Humanities Grant from the National Endowment... [More]

Professorial Lecturer

Matthew Heap, born in 1981, is an internationally performed composer whose music has been featured in several American and English cities and on WQED and WCLV radio. He is also very involved in the theatre community as an actor, director, and writer.... [More]

Assistant Professor

Ann Teresa Kang is a piano instructor in the applied music program. She joined the music faculty at American University in Fall 2007; she also teaches courses in music theory, opera, and general education. Described as a pianist of “admirable polish ... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, PhD, has taught musicianship, guitar, music history, and gen ed at American since 1998, and musicianship for the Washington National Opera Summer Institute since 2009. She is published in Guitar Review, Soundboard, American Str... [More]

Professor

Jerzy Sapieyevski, award-winning composer, pianist, and conceptualist, and New Century Music founder and artistic director, brings innovative ideas to the concert stage and music education. Early on, he recognized the potential of technology and was ... [More]

Musician in Residence

Linda Allison, mezzo-soprano is the Musician in Residence for Voice at American University. Ms. Allison’s students perform a wide range of vocal styles from classical and contemporary Art Song, Concert Repertoire, Opera and Musical Theatre and Contem... [More]

Assistant Professor

Ann Teresa Kang is a piano instructor in the applied music program. She joined the music faculty at American University in Fall 2007; she also teaches courses in music theory, opera, and general education. Described as a pianist of “admirable polish ... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Originally from Niagara Falls, New York, Benjamin recently moved to the DC metro area after winning a trumpet position with “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. Dr. Albright completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Mic... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Todd Baldwin has served with The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” since 1984 and currently holds the positions of Trombone Section Leader with the Ceremonial Band and Producer for the Herald Trumpets. Baldwin’s military career has engaged him in perfo... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

A native of Ashton, Maryland, Mr. Cameron is a member of The United States Army Field Band, stationed at Ft. Meade Maryland, and has performed in all 50 states. As a freelance tubist, Mr. Cameron has performed with The Maryland Symphony, The Louisvil... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Associate Professor

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 various modern premieres of Baroque and Classica... [More]

Assistant Professor

Yaniv Dinur is the winner of numerous international conducting competitions: the Eduardo Mata International Conducting Competition in Mexico City (2009), the Yuri Ahronovitch First Prize in the inaugural Aviv Conducting Competition in Tel Aviv (2005)... [More]

Musician in Residence

Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and director Joshua Bayer has performed at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz festival, The Phillips Collection, New Yor... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, PhD, has taught musicianship, guitar, music history, and gen ed at American since 1998, and musicianship for the Washington National Opera Summer Institute since 2009. She is published in Guitar Review, Soundboard, American Str... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Phil McCusker is a guitar (jazz and rock) instructor in the applied music program.

Adjunct Instructor

Larry Snitzler is a guitar instructor in the applied music program.

Lecturer

Julie Evans is an organ instructor in the applied music program.

Adjunct Instructor

Erik Suter is an organ instructor in the applied music program.

Adjunct Instructor

Greg Holloway is a drum set instructor in the applied music program. Has performed on the national stage with Aretha Franklin, Freda Payne, Bud Shank, Hank Jones, Wallance Roney, Carl Fontanna, Rob McConnell, Blackstone the Magician, Al Vezutti, Sher... [More]

Associate Librarian

Nobue, a native of Japan, moved from New Orleans in 2006 to become the Music/Performing Arts librarian at American University. As the head of the music library in Katzen, Nobue is responsible for the overall management of this very special branch lib... [More]

Musician in Residence

A piano instructor in the applied music program, award-winning Russian-born American pianist Yuliya Gorenman has been called a "pianist without fear." Now firmly established in her performing career, she first achieved international acclaim in 1995 a... [More]

Musician in Residence

Mary Gottlieb, pianist, has performed at the National Cathedral, the White House, Chicago’s Civic Center, Lyric Opera House, and Orchestra Hall, the Lyceum, Strathmore Hall, and universities around the country. Ms. Gottlieb commands a broad repertory... [More]

Assistant Professor

Ann Teresa Kang is a piano instructor in the applied music program. She joined the music faculty at American University in Fall 2007; she also teaches courses in music theory, opera, and general education. Described as a pianist of “admirable polish ... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Jon has been working in and around the DC area for twenty years as a performer, producer, composer, and arranger. He has produced and arranged recordings by local jazz artists Imani, Maryann Redmond, and Al Williams. Jon has performed extensively in ... [More]

Musician in Residence

Hailed by the Baltimore Sun for his “spirited and polished playing,” Matthew Van Hoose has established himself as one of the most sought-after pianists in the Baltimore-Washington area. Dr. Van Hoose has performed with members of the Baltimore Sympho... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Ira Gitlin is a banjo instructor in the applied music program.

Musician in Residence

Osman Kivrak is a viola instructor in the applied music program. He performs with the Sunrise Quartet, the Richmond Chamber Players and with Currents. He is also Artistic Director of Concerts at the Beach in Delaware and of the Davies Concert Series.... [More]

Musician in Residence

Teri Lazar is a violin instructor in the applied music program. She performs with the Sunrise Quartet, the Richmond Chamber Players and Currents and she is Concertmaster of the Virginia Chamber Orchestra. She has recorded chamber music for the Albany... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Edgardo Malaga is a bass (classical) instructor in the applied music program.

Director, Music Program

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]

Musician in Residence

Linda Allison, mezzo-soprano is the Musician in Residence for Voice at American University. Ms. Allison’s students perform a wide range of vocal styles from classical and contemporary Art Song, Concert Repertoire, Opera and Musical Theatre and Contem... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Joan Bolling-May is a voice instructor in the applied music program. A soprano, she received her Master of Music in vocal performance from the University of Maryland. Originally an aspiring Musical Theater singer, she was coaxed into opera after bein... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Voice faculties of American University and The Catholic University of America. Doug Bowles has directed at the New York Music Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center, Metro Stage, Totem Pole Playhouse, Dakota Theatre Co., and Volkov Theatre in Yaroslavl, Ru... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Lisa is a vocal technician/performer in the “crossover” style of opera and musical theatre. Favorite operatic roles: Hero in Beatrice et Benedict, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Nico Castel of the Metropolitan Opera. National Tours: La Boheme as Mu... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Barbara Hollinshead is a voice instructor in the applied music program. A mezzo-soprano, she has studied in NY, Washington and with Max van Egmond in the Netherlands. Career highlights include singing Bach at the Thomaskirche (Leipzig), Monteverdi at... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Stacey Mastrian is a voice instructor in the applied music program. Called a “sweet, shimmering soprano” (The Washington Post), who is “versatile and passionate” (Der Tagesspiegel), she has sung with the Konzerthaus Orchestra in Berlin, Nova Amadeus ... [More]

Adjunct Associate Professor

Sterling Scroggins is a voice instructor in the applied music program.

Adjunct Instructor

Jeffrey Tarr has been on the voice faculty at AU since 2008. He holds a Master's degree in Vocal Performance from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. He is a regular singer with many notable classical music institutions includin... [More]

Musician in Residence

Jonathan Baumgarten is a flute instructor in the applied music program. He holds a MM from Juilliard where he was a scholarship student of Samuel Baron. He studied with Thomas Nyfenger on a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and in Paris with... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Eric Dircksen is a bassoon instructor in the applied music program. Eric Dircksen studied saxophone and bassoon at Indiana University in Bloomington and at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He played utility bassoon and saxophone with the Jeru... [More]

Musician in Residence

Dr. Noah Getz is a saxophone instructor in the applied music program. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as the recipient of the National Alliance for Excellence Grand Prize and has presented solo recitals for the Dame Myra Hess Series, World Saxophone ... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Meg Owens, instructor of oboe in the applied music program, owns eight oboes of various shapes and sizes and enjoys playing all of them. She performs with many Washington, DC area orchestras and local chamber music series. In demand as a performer on... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

LANE SHIOJI is a clarinet instructor in the applied music program. He received a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance degree from Baylor University, a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance degree and Performer’s Certificate from Northwestern U... [More]