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Faculty Profiles

Charles R. Gates, chair

  • Professor of Music
  • BME, Louisiana State; MM, DMA, Ohio State
  • 915-7268, Room 164B
  • E-mail: mugates@olemiss.edu
  • Julia Aubrey, opera theatre

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BM, MM, MA, Missouri
  • 915-1280, Room 141
  • E-mail: jaubrey@olemiss.edu
  • Robert H. Aubrey, music education

  • Instructional Assistant Professor of Music
  • BME, Oklahoma City; MME, Indiana; PhD, Missouri
  • 915-5278, Room 233
  • E-mail: raubrey@olemiss.edu
  • Nancy M. Balach, voice

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BM, Carnegie Mellon; MM, Manhattan School of Music
  • 915-1279, Room 140
  • E-mail: nmbalach@olemiss.edu
  • Ricky Burkhead, percussion

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BME, Mississippi Valley State; MA, Eastern Illinois
  • 915-5665, Room 103
  • E-mail: burkhead@olemiss.edu
  • David Hugh Carlisle, music literature

  • Adjunct Instructor in Music
  • BM, Rochester; MM, Toronto
  • 915-7268, Room 149D
  • Randy Dale, assistant director of bands

  • Instructional Assistant Professor of Music
  • BME, MME, Mississippi
  • 915-8801 Room 103
  • E-mail: rndale@olemiss.edu
  • Bill DeJournett, associate director of bands

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BM, Jacksonville State; MM, Northern Illinois; DA, Mississippi
  • 915-5636, Room 103
  • E-mail: dejou@olemiss.edu
  • George Worlasi Kwasi Dor, ethnomusicology, honors

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BM, MPhil, University of Ghana; PhD, Pittsburgh
  • 915-7269, Room 236
  • E-mail: gwkdor1@olemiss.edu
  • Kallen Esperian, voice

  • Artist in Residence
  • BM, Illinois; DMus (honoris causa), Rhodes
  • 915-7268, Room 227
  • E-mail: esperian@gmail.com
  • Adam Estes, saxophone, double reeds

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • BM, Tarleton State; MM, DMA, South Carolina
  • 915-1274, Room 135
  • Micah Everett, low brass

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • BME, Delta State; MM, DMA, UNC Greensboro
  • 915-1494, Room 127
  • Diane Falkner, music education

  • Adjunct Instructor in Music
  • BM, MM, DA, Mississippi
  • 915-7268, Room 163A
  • Stanley Friedman, composition

  • Adjunct Instructor in Music
  • DMA, Eastman
  • 915-7268, Room 152A
  • Michael Gardiner, music theory

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • PhD, New England Conservatory
  • 915-5116, Room 152A
  • Susan Gaston, cello

  • Instructor in Music
  • BA, Duke; MM, Arizona
  • 915-7268, Room 229
  • E-mail: sgaston@olemiss.edu
  • Robert Gilbert, horn

  • Instructor in Music
  • BM, Indiana
  • 915-7268, Room 229
  • E-mail: rgilb@olemiss.edu
  • Ian Hominick, piano

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BM, Mount Allison; MM, Bowling Green; DMA, Ohio State
  • 915-1282, Room 126
  • E-mail: ihominic@olemiss.edu
  • Amanda Johnston, coach/accompanist

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • BMus, Queen's University (Canada); MM (künstlerisches Diplom), Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar (Germany)
  • 915-6962, Room 240
  • E-mail: ajjohnst@olemiss.edu
  • John Latartara, music theory

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BM, MM, DMA, New England Conservatory
  • E-mail: jlatarta@olemiss.edu
  • 915-1366, Room 152C
  • Cynthia Linton, voice

  • Professor of Music Emeritus
  • BM, MM, Mississippi
  • 915-7268, Room 238
  • E-mail: clinton@olemiss.edu
  • Charles F. Miles, music literature

  • Adjunct Instructor in Music
  • MM, Mississippi
  • 915-1382, Room 164
  • Jos Milton, voice

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • BM, Trinity (Texas); MM, Massachusetts; DMA, Peabody Institute
  • 915-1638, Room 143
  • E-mail: jemilton@olemiss.edu
  • Andrew Paney, music education

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • BMEd, Wheaton; MMEd, PhD, Texas Tech
  • 915-5441, Room 149B
  • E-mail: apaney@olemiss.edu
  • Adrienne Claire Park, accompanist

  • Adjunct Instructor in Music
  • BM, Houston; MS, University of British Columbia
  • 915-7268, Room 150C
  • Katherine Hopkins Piecuch, oboe

  • Instructor in Music
  • BM, Lawrence; MM, New England Conservatory
  • 915-7268, Room 150A
  • Robert Riggs, strings, music history

  • Professor of Music
  • BM, MM, New Mexico; AM, PhD, Harvard
  • 915-7149, Room 231
  • E-mail: muriggs@olemiss.edu
  • Bradley Robinson, voice

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BME, Fort Hayes State; MM, Florida State; DMA, Illinois
  • 915-1278, Room 235
  • E-mail: robinson@olemiss.edu
  • Jennifer Robinson, voice

  • Instructor in Music
  • BME, Western Michigan; MM, Florida State
  • 915-1281, Room 238
  • E-mail: jjrobins@olemiss.edu
  • Stacy Rodgers, piano, accompanying

  • Professor of Music
  • BM, Southern Methodist; MM, Texas
  • 915-7027, Room 128
  • E-mail: srodgers@olemiss.edu
  • Michael Rowlett, clarinet, music literature

  • Assistant Professor of Music
  • BM, North Carolina; MM, Iowa; DMA, Florida State
  • 915-3780, Room 131
  • E-mail: mrowlett@olemiss.edu
  • John Schuesselin, trumpet

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BM, Eastman; MM, Kent State, DMA, Louisiana State
  • 915-5117, Room 129
  • E-mail: jschuess@olemiss.edu
  • Alan L. Spurgeon, music education

  • Professor of Music
  • BME, Truman State; MM, Arkansas; PhD, Oklahoma
  • 915-5170, Room 162
  • E-mail: aspurg@olemiss.edu
  • Debra Spurgeon, choral music education

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BME, Truman State; MME, Arkansas; DMA, Oklahoma
  • 915-6964, Room 133
  • E-mail: dspurg@olemiss.edu
  • Warren Steel, music history, organ

  • Professor of Music and Southern Culture
  • AB, Harvard; AM, PhD, Michigan
  • 915-5183, Room 232
  • E-mail: mudws@olemiss.edu
  • Donald L. Trott, director of choral activities

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BME, Westminster Choir College; MM, DMA, Oklahoma
  • 915-6963, Room 121A
  • E-mail: dtrott@olemiss.edu
  • Ronald F. Vernon, conducting

  • Professor of Music Emeritus
  • BM, Louisiana Tech; MM, DMA, Texas
  • 915-7268, Room 139
  • E-mail: rvernon@olemiss.edu
  • Diane Wang, flute, piano

  • Instructor in Music
  • BM, Indiana; MM, Texas
  • 915-7029, Room 237
  • E-mail: dwang@olemiss.edu
  • Nancy Welch, accompanist

  • Adjunct Instructor in Music
  • BM, BME, Central Missouri; MA, Iowa
  • 915-7268, Room 234
  • David Willson, director of bands

  • Professor of Music
  • BMEd, MMEd, Mississippi
  • 915-7390, Room 103
  • E-mail: willson@olemiss.edu
  • Michael D. Worthy, jazz ensemble, music education

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • BME, MM, Southwestern Oklahoma; PhD, Texas
  • 915-1277, Room 161C
  • E-mail: mworthy@olemiss.edu
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