@ Associate or Adjunct Graduate Faculty
* Members of UMKC Graduate Faculty
# Members of UMKC Doctoral Faculty
+ Located at UM-St. Louis campus

 

@Marita Abner ; assistant teaching professor of music (bassoon); B.A. (Swarthmore College); M.M. (Yale University).

#*Olga Ackerly; associate professor emeritus of music (musicology); B.M., M.M. (Manhattan School of Music); M.A., M.Ph., Ph.D. (University of Kansas).

Inci Bashar; professor emeritus of music (voice); Ll.B. (University of Istanbul); (Istanbul's Civic Conservatory of Music); (Hochschule fur musick, Munich); (Ankara State Opera Studio). (Former member of the Cologne, Dortnund and Istanbul state operas.)

#*Marciem Bazell; assistant professor of music (opera) and director of opera; B.M. (Temple University)

Shirley Bean; associate professor emeritus of music (music theory); B.M.E. (University of Kansas City); M.M., D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).

Robert Beck ; director of conservatory recording; B.L.A., M.F.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).

Melita J. Belgrave; assistant professor of music (music therapy); B.M. (Michigan State Univeristy); M.M., Ph.D. (The Florida State University).

#*Keith Benjamin ; professor of music (trumpet); B.M.E. (Morningside College); M.M. (University of Northern Iowa); D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music). (Member of Missouri Brass Quintet.)

Elisa Bickers; adjunct associate professor of music (organ); B.M., M.M. (Texas Christian University); D.M.A. (University of Kansas).

@Barbara Bishop ; assistant teaching professor of music (oboe); B.M. (Eastman School of Music); M.M. (University of Minnesota).

#*Robert Bode; professor of music (choral conducting), Raymond R. Neevel/Missouri Professor of Choral Music and director of choral activities; B.A., M.M. (University of Texas); D.M.A. (University of Cincinnati)

Hugh Brown; associate professor emeritus of music (viola).

#*Jane M. Carl ; professor of music (clarinet); B.M., M.M., D.M.A. (University of Michigan).

#*Chen Yi ; Lorena Searcy Cravens/Millsap/Missouri Endowed Professor in Composition; B.A., M.A. (Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing); D.M.A. (Columbia University).

@#Un Chong Christopher ; adjunct assistant professor of music (voice); B.M., M.M. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).

Mark E. Clark ; teaching associate (piano technician); B.M. (University of Texas-Austin); (Registered piano technician).

#*Vinson Cole; professor of music (voice); Artist Diploma (Curtis Institute of Music)

#*JoDee Davis ; associate professor of music (trombone); B.M., M.M. (University of Northern Iowa); D.M. (Indiana University). (Member of Missouri Brass Quintet.)

Steven D. Davis ; associate professor of music (conducting, wind symphony); B.M.E. (Florida State University), M.M. (University of Minnesota)

#*Anne B. DeLaunay ; associate professor of music (voice, music/opera literature); B.M., M.M., D.M.A. (Louisiana State University).

Eph Ehly; professor emeritus of music (choral music, conducting); B.A. (Kearney State College); M.A. (George Peabody College for Teachers); D.M.A. (University of Colorado).

@Beth Loeber Elswick ; assistant teaching professor of music (music theory); B.A. (Southwest Missouri State University); B.M. (University of Arizona); M.S.Ed. (Southwest Missouri State University); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).

#*Carter Enyeart ; Rose Ann Carr Millsap/Missouri Endowed Professor in Cello; B.M. (Eastman School of Music); M.M. (Carnegie-Mellon University).

#*William Everett ; professor of music (musicology); B.M. (Texas Tech University); M.M. (Southern Methodist University); Ph.D. (University of Kansas).

Raymond Feener ; associate professor of music (voice); B.M., M.M. (Ohio University); D.M. (Florida State University).

#*Hali Fieldman ; associate professor of music (music theory); B.M. (Peabody Conservatory of Music); M.A.M., M.M. (Eastman School of Music); Ph.D. (University of Michigan).

#*Mara Gibson ; program director and adjunct assistant professor (composition); B.A. (Bennington College); M.M., Ph.D. (SUNY-Buffalo).

#*Andrew Granade ; assistant professor of music (musicology); B.M. (Ouachita Baptist University); M.M., Ph.D. (University of Illinois).

#*Robert W. Groene II ; associate professor of music (music therapy) and director of music therapy; B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Minnesota).

Gustavo R. Halley ; associate professor emeritus of music (voice); B.A. (Jacksonville University); M.M., D.M. (Florida State University).

Alexander W. Hamilton; associate professor emeritus of music (music education); B.S.E., M.Ed. (University of Arkansas); D.M.A. (University of Texas at Austin).

#*Deanna Hanson-Abromeit ; associate professor of music (music therapy); B.M., M.A. (University of Iowa); Ph.D. (University of Kansas).

Linda Ross Happy ; associate professor emeritus of music (class piano); B.M.E. (University of Nebraska); M.M. (Northwestern University); D.M.A. (University of Colorado).

@Paul Hatton ; adjunct assistant professor of music (violin); (Juilliard School); (North Carolina School of the Arts).

Milton G. Hehr; associate professor emeritus of music (music theory, music history and literature); B.M. (Jordan College of Fine Arts of Butler University); M.M., Ph.D. (Boston University).

Mary Pat Henry ; professor of dance (ballet); B.F.A. (University of Utah); M.F.A. (Florida State University).

Dee Anna Hiett; assistant professor of dance

Patricia Higdon ; teaching assistant, collaborative pianist (piano sight reading); B.M. (Houghton College); M.M. (Cleveland Institute of Music).

Mary Lou Jones; adjunct associate professor of music (music education); Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City)

Jeffrey Kail; adjunct professor of music (string bass); B.M. (Indiana University)

*Benny Kim ; associate professor of music (violin); B.M., M.M. (Juilliard School).

Tiberius Klausner; professor emeritus of music (violin); Diploma (National Academy of Music, Budapest); Premier Prix (Conservatoire National de Musique, Paris); Diploma (The Juilliard School). Member of Volker String Quartet.

Richard C. Knoll; professor emeritus of music (voice); (University of Denver); (Northwestern University); Chicago Lyric Opera; Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

@Karen Kushner ; adjunct associate professor of music (piano); B.M. (Northwestern University); M.M. (Juilliard School).

Wanda Lathom-Radocy; professor emeritus of music (music therapy); B.M.E., M.M.E, Ph.D. (University of Kansas).

#*Scott Lee ; associate professor of music (viola); B. M. (The Julliard School); M.M. (Mannes College of Music).

John R. Leisenring; professor emeritus of music (trombone/jazz studies); B.M., M.M. (University of Wisconsin-Madison); D.M.A. (University of Illinois).

@Kenneth Lidge ; assistant teaching professor of music (music theory); B.M. E. (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire); M.M. (University of Illinois-Champaign); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).

@Mary Jo Lorek ; assistant teaching professor of music (music theory); B.M. (University of North Carolina); M.M. (University of Kentucky); Ph.D. (Florida State University).

Sabrina Madison-Cannon ; associate professor of dance (modern); B.F.A. (National Academy of Arts); M.F.A. (University of Iowa).

Christopher McLaurin; adjunct professor of music (percussion); B.M. (San Jose State University); graduate diploma (Juilliard School).

#*John McIntyre ; professor of music (piano); Artist Diploma (University of Toronto); M.M. (Boston University); Graduate study (Paris Conservatory).

#*James Mobberley ; curators' professor of music (composition); B.A., M.M. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); D.M.A. (Cleveland Institute of music).

#*Dale Morehouse ; associate professor of music (voice, opera); B.A. (University of Central Florida); M.M. (Binghamton University).

Laura New ; assistant teaching professor of music (music theory); B.A. (Delta State University); M.M. (New Mexico State University).

*Douglas Niedt ; associate professor of music (guitar); B.M. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); (Studied with Segovia, Ghiglia, Yepes, Morel and Parkening. Records with Antigua Records.)

Ryan Oldham; adjunct assistant professor of music (music appreciation); B.A. (Indiana University of Pennsylvania); M.M. (University of Louisville); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City)

#*Robert Olson ; professor of music (conducting, orchestra); B.M. (Northern Illinois University); M.M. (Michigan State University); D.M.A. (University of Washington).

#*Joseph Parisi ; associate professor of music (music education, instrumental music); B.M. (State University College of New York at Potsdam); M.M. (Florida State University); Ph.D. (Florida State University).

Marian F. Petersen; professor emeritus of music (theory); B.A. (San Francisco State University); M.M., Ph.D. (University of Utah).

#*Diane Petrella; assistant professor of music (piano, piano pedagogy); B.M. (Eastern Illinois University); M.M. (University of Wisconsin-Madison); D.M.A. (University of North Texas).

@Nicholas Petrella; adjunct assistant professor of music (percussion); B.S. (Pennsylvania State University); M.M. (University of Michigan); D.M.A. (University of Iowa)

#*Mary Posses ; associate professor of music (flute); B.A., M.M., M.M.A., D.M.A. (Yale University).

Ruth Anne Rich; professor emeritus of music (piano); B.M. (Florida State University); M.M. (Peabody Conservatory of Music); D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music); Diplome de Virtuosite (Schola Cantorum, Paris); License d'Enseignement (L'Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris); Licentiateship in Piano Performance (Royal Academy of Music, London).

Natalia Rivera ; assistant teaching professor of music, vocal coach/accompanist, (foreign language for singing); B.M. (New England Conservatory); M.A. (University of Minnesota); D.M.A. (University of Kansas).

#*Charles R. Robinson ; professor of music (music education, choral music); B.M.E., Ph.D. (Florida State University); M.A. (California State University, Long Beach).

#*Paul Rudy ; professor of music (composition); B.A. (Bethel College); M.M. (University of Colorado, Boulder, Co); D.M.A. (The University of Texas at Austin).

Merton Shatzkin; professor emeritus of music (music theory); Diploma (The Juilliard School); M.M., Ph.D. (Eastman School of Music).

#*Rebecca Sherburn ; associate professor of music (voice); B.M. (California State University, Los Angeles); M.M. (University of Southern California); D.M.A. (University of Southern California).

#*Reynold Simpson ; associate professor of music (music theory); B.M. (The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University); M.F.A. (Princeton University); M.M., D.M.A. (The Juilliard School).

#*James Snell ; associate professor of music (percussion); B.M. (University of Illinois); M.M. (Southern Methodist University); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).

#*Aidan Soder; assistant professor of music (voice); B.M. (University of Nebraska at Omaha); M.M., D.M.A. (Rice University)

#*Jane Solose ; associate professor of music (piano/harpsichord); B.M. (University of Toronto); M.M., D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music).

Joan Sommers ; professor emeritus of music (accordion); Associate Diploma and Licentiate Diploma (Accordion Institute of America in conjunction with the British College of Accordionists).

Paul Sommers; professor emeritus of music (voice); D.M.A. (University of Illinois).

#*Thomas Stein ; associate professor of music (tuba, euphonium); B.M., M.M. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Member of Missouri Brass Quintet.)

Kent Swafford ; teaching assistant (piano technician); (University of Kansas); (Registered piano technician).

Ronald Tice; assistant professor of dance; B.F.A. (University of Minnesota).

 

*Timothy Timmons ; associate professor of music (saxophone); B.M. (University of Tulsa); M.M. (Northwestern University).

#*Sarah Tyrrell ; assistant teaching professor of music (musicology); B.A. (Kansas State University); M.M. (New England Conservatory of Music); Ph.D (University of Kansas).

*Robert Watson ; William and Mary Grant/Missouri Endowed Professor in Jazz Studies; B.M. (University of Miami).

 

Paula B. Weber ; professor of dance (ballet); B.A. (Butler University); M.F.A. (Smith College).

#*Robert Weirich ; Jack Strandberg/Missouri Endowed Chair in Piano, professor of music (piano); B.M. (Oberlin Conservatory of Music); D.M.A. (Yale University).

Bram Wijnands; adjunct instructor of music (jazz studies); B.M. equivalent (Hilversum Conservatory, Netherlands).

#*Lindsey R. Williams; assistant professor of music (music education); B.M.E., M.M.E., University of Kansas; Ph.D. (Florida State University)

@Richard Lee Williams ; assistant professor of music (coach-accompanist, foreign language for singing); B.A., B.M. (University of Akron); M.M. (University of Illinois).

Peter T. Witte; professor of music (instrumental conducting); B.M., M.M., M.M. (University of Michigan)

#*Zhou Long; distinguished professor of music (composition); B.A. (Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing); D.M.A. (Columbia University).