COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SCHOOL OF MUSIC - Key Persons


Albert Miller

Albert Miller is an award-winning musician and educator from Columbus, Indiana. He specializes in low brass pedagogy and performance on the tuba, euphonium, and trombone. He has received awards and accolades for his performances in international conferences and competitions. As a euphonium soloist, he has performed with wind ensembles and orchestras across the United States including the Columbus (Indiana) Symphony Orchestra, the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, and the Fountain City Brass Band. In 2017, J. Kevin Butler said in a review for The Republic that Albert, "Demonstrated remarkable command of his instrument" and that his sound was "flawless", "sweet", and "entrancing." Albert has performed across genres at venues such as the Montreux Jazz Festival on trombone and the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference. Active as a chamber musician, Albert has performed with numerous brass quintets, tuba quartets, and trombone quartets throughout the United States. He is a founding member of In Motus, a professional Tuba Quartet comprised of college professors and freelance musicians from throughout the United States. Their first CD, In Motus, was released in 2016 to rave reviews. Melinda Bargreen of the Seattle Times called the playing "Agile, mellow, sonorous, and virtuosic". Albert is also a founding member of the Palouse Brass Company, a professional Brass Ensemble based in Moscow, Idaho featuring faculty members from the University of Idaho and Washington State university. Most recently, Albert was appointed as Instructor of Music at Washington State University where he teaches courses in Film Music, Music Education, Rock History, Jazz History, and assists with the Cougar Marching Band. Prior to this appointment, Albert taught K-12 music in the Colton School District in Colton, WA. Albert has earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kansas, a Master of Music degree from the University of Arkansas, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Indiana State University.

Alisa Toy

Award-winning coloratura soprano, Alisa Toy, hails an impressive thirty-year performing and teaching career. Her soloing opportunities include with the Palouse Choral Society, Washington Idaho Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Mississippi State Symphony Choir and Orchestra, the Columbus Choral Society, and the Greeley Chorale and Philharmonic Orchestra. Internationally, Alisa soloed in Great Britain, Canada, Pakistan, and Italy, including a concert for Pope Benedict XVI with the Rome Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, Alisa most-recently enjoyed performing Haydn's Missa in Augustiis (Lord Nelson Mass) with the Washington State University choirs and orchestra along with the Palouse Choral Society. Alisa also enjoyed premiering Kevin Padworski's Vox Crepusculum in 2022 with the Palouse Choral Society. Some of her past favorite soloing opportunities include Mozart's Requiem and Krönungsmesse (Coronation Mass), along with multiple performances of Handel's Messiah, and Judas Maccabeus. Opera and musical theatre roles include Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Gertrude in Humperdinck's Hänsel and Gretel, Maria in Bernstein's West Side Story, and Grace in Strouse's Annie. As a choral conductor, Alisa currently serves as the Assistant Conductor of the Palouse Choral Society and served as the Artistic Director for the Columbus Choral Society for seven years. She frequently serves in her church as a soloist, choral conductor, and organist/pianist. Memorable performances for her include the world premiere of John Purifoy's Chronicles of Blue and Gray in New York's Carnegie Hall, and the world premiere of Benjamin Harlan's The Seven Last Words of Christ in New Orleans. As a conductor, Alisa has studied and performed with Dr. Mack Wilberg, Artistic Director for the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Richard Elliot, principal organist for the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, as well as Dr. Edith Copley, Regents' Professor and Director of Choral Studies at Northern Arizona University. As a collaborative pianist, Alisa performs regularly with students and professionals. She particularly enjoyed performing in concert with world-renowned violinist, Jenny Oaks Baker. She accompanies choral sectional rehearsals, church services, and regularly performs her own repertoire at recitals. Alisa holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Choral Conducting from the University of Idaho and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Mississippi University for Women. Alisa enjoyed teaching K-12 music for several years in public and private schools and enjoys teaching voice and piano through her private studio, Singingtoy Studio.

Ann Marie Yasinitsky

Ann Marie Yasinitsky, originally from the San Francisco bay area, is a Washington State University Professor Emerita. She taught flute, chamber music, music history and theory, and performed with the Solstice Wind Quintet, in residence at WSU, for twenty-five years. Ms. Yasinitsky has received numerous awards and grants including a "Special Commendation" award in the Vienna Modern Masters Performers International Recording Competition and a Solo Recitalist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She can be heard on recordings released by The Musical Heritage Society, Vienna Modern Masters, Soul Note and Revelation Records. She has released two solo compact discs: Flute Favorites and Intuition, on the YAZZ Recordings label. Ms. Yasinitsky is Principal Flutist with the Washington Idaho Symphony and the McCall SummerFest Orchestra and has performed as Principal Flute or as a member of the Spokane Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Opera Coeur d'Alene, Siletz Bay Festival Orchestra, Gunther Schuller's New England Ragtime Ensemble and several California orchestras including the San Jose Symphony, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, San Francisco Midsummer Mozart Orchestra and the Oakland Opera Orchestra. Ms. Yasinitsky has performed as soloist with orchestras in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including performing and recording a compact disc in Vienna, Austria with the ÖGZM Orchestra for Vienna Modern Masters, part of the label's Music of Six Continents series. The CD includes performances of two flute concertos composed by her husband, Gregory Yasinitsky, along with a recording by the London Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Yasinitsky is a Yamaha performing artist and clinician.

Arksey, Meredith

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emerita

Bennefield, Troy

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Advisor

Berthiaume, Gerald

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Billie Feather

Billie Marie Feather is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/banjoist/double bassist who originally hails from Johnstown, PA who holds degrees from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Classical Guitar Performance, North Carolina Central University in Jazz Studies with a focus in Jazz Guitar, a Master's Degree in Guitar Performance and Pedagogy from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and an Artist Certificate in Recording Engineering from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After her time at UNCSA, Billie joined the Meredith College faculty in Raleigh, NC where she taught both college students and community music school students as the guitar and music technology professor. Currently, Billie teaches at Washington State University as a music professor. A certified Suzuki Guitar Instructor, Billie maintains an active and varied teaching studio with students of all ages and levels. Awarded a Career Development Grant from UNCSA's Kenan Foundation, Billie founded her own mobile recording endeavor called Feather Farm Recordings. When not playing, recording, or teaching music, Billie can be found working with FemFest NC (a yearly non-profit music festival focusing on celebrating female identifying acts with all proceeds going to domestic violence shelters) as a founding member of the board of directors, booking agent, band liaison, and stage manager. Billie can be found onstage with Hank, Pattie and The Current (a bluegrass and classical fusion group), The P-90's (a punk band), Charles Latham and the Borrowed Band (a country-rock band), The Holland Brothers (a Piedmont-style blues group), Resonator (a classical guitar and banjo duo featuring Hank Smith), and leading her own project called The Hallway Waltz. Billie's performances have been hailed as "spectacular, athletic, and… narrative and epic rather than simply a recreation of recorded work" and a "live music find and stage presence of the first order and deserves the stellar career that is clearly in front of her" by the Camel City Dispatch blog.

Bjur, Dave


Blasco, Scott

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Music, Theory, Composition, Electronic Music

Boden, Ruth

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Music, Cello, Bass, Theory

Christiano Rodrigues

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola at Washington State University
Christiano Rodrigues is the Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola at Washington State University. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music at Nicholls State University, where he studied violin with James Alexander. Rodrigues holds the distinction of being the first graduate of the String Program at this institution. Additionally, he holds the degree of Master of Music from Rice University, where he was a student of Paul Kantor at the Shepherd School of Music. In 2019, he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Arizona State University under the guidance of Jonathan Swartz and holds the honor of being the recipient of the Outstanding Graduating Student Award from this institution. He received chamber music training from the Cavani String Quartet at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and has since received further training from members of the Tokyo, Cleveland, Ying, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. Since 2016, he has been on the Artist/Faculty of the Round Top Festival Institute where he has helped inspire dozens of young artists, many of which now enjoy thriving musical careers in the United States and abroad. Additionally, he has served as concertmaster of the Round Top Festival Orchestra and collaborated in numerous chamber music performances. He has also served as concertmaster of the Walla Walla Symphony, MusicaNova Orchestra, and was the founder and leader of MusicaNova Chamber Players in Arizona. Additionaly, he was a guest artist in residence with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra in Croatia, the Mercury Chamber Orchestra in Houston, and the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. He has performed as soloist with several orchestras in the United States and abroad, including world-premieres of concerti by Rodney Rogers with the MusicaNova Chamber Players and James Nyoraku Schlefer with the Round Top Festival Orchestra. A firm advocate of inclusion, diversity, equity, and equality within the arts, he devotes a significant amount of time supporting the music education of children and developing young artists from underserved communities. He continues to be a partner of the Harmony Project in Phoenix and holds frequent masterclasses and lessons throughout the year to social projects in Brazil. He has performed extensively with pianist Karen Nguyen as a member of the Rodrigues-Nguyen Duo. As a member of duo, he has premiered and recorded music by Rodney Rogers, and maintains a concert series called "in Focus" (formerly "The Duo Project"). Through this series, the duo has championed new music for violin and piano, presented the complete works of Brahms, Beethoven, and Mozart, and curated imaginative programs in collaboration with world-class artists, bringing the collective power of the arts to hundreds of new audience members. A native from Brazil, he first learned the violin from his aunt Ana Elizabeth, receiving further guidance from violinists Leopoldo Nogueira and Hermes Cuzzuol Alvarenga. In Brazil, he enjoyed his solo debut performing the Vieuxtemps Concerto No. 5 with the Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia (OSBA). As a young professional, He also served as the principal second violinist of the Orquestra de C mera da Cidade de João Pessoa, and enjoyed played alongside his mother, violist Maria Celina, at the Orquestra Sinfônica da Paraiba.

Christopher Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Percussion at Washington State University
Christopher Wilson is the coordinator of percussion at Washington State University where he teaches applied percussion, conducts the percussion ensemble, and serves as Assistant Director of the Cougar Marching Band. Regionally he serves as principal timpani in the Washington-Idaho Symphony and Walla Symphony Orchestra and is the president of the Washington Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. An engaging musician, Dr. Wilson has a passion for presenting innovative recitals and interdisciplinary collaborations. This has included his work with dance, collaborating with other disciplines on campus, exploring both modern repertoire and popular music transcriptions, and collaborating with his non-percussionist colleagues. Dr. Wilson most frequently performs with his spouse, bassoonist Dr. Jacqueline Wilson, in Ensemble 337. Ensemble 337 recently toured in New Zealand and has performed at both institutions and conferences nationally. Dr. Wilson's recent solo engagements have included performances at the Festival of Contemporary Artists in Music, the Percussive Arts Society International Conference, the Idaho Bach Festival, and the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy. Outside of WSU, Dr. Wilson is an active percussion pedagogue. As a member of the PAS education committee, he chairs the PASIC FUNdamentals subcommittee and has contributed significantly to the PAS Classroom initiative. In summer 2023, he hosted the return of PAS' FUNdamental Fridays web series. He also presented a clinic on graduated mallets at PASIC 2022. An in-demand educator, Dr. Wilson has given workshops, assemblies, and clinics at hundreds of K-12 schools throughout the country. His current research area stems from his dissertation which analyzed the ability of commonly used band method books to prepare beginning percussionists for modern Grade 1 repertoire. Dr. Wilson has subsequently presented his research at NAfME state music educator conferences in numerous states as well as at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy. Wilson received his Doctor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado studying percussion performance with a secondary area in wind conducting. He is also a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and Eastern Washington University. His principal teachers include Gray Barrier, Nancy Zeltsman and Martin Zyskowski. Dr. Wilson is a proud endorser of Adams Percussion, Encore Mallets, Pearl Drums, and Salyers Percussion.

Dave Bjur

Dave Bjur is a professional bassist and teacher. His performing career began in 1977 when he joined the U.S. Air Force Band, playing a variety of styles while performing throughout the Western United States, Hawaii, Guam, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. In 1988 he toured for six months with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and in 1993 & 1994 toured with the Paul Smith Trio in the "Tonight" with Steve Allen stage show. In 1993 he began a four-year role as bassist with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. He recorded with the band on the CD Absolutely! for Lake Street Records and on "White Christmas" from John Pizzarelli's Let's Share Christmas RCA recording. With the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra he toured twice to Japan, including performances with Benny Carter and Diana Krall. While in Los Angeles he worked for Ray Brown as associate producer on Ray's Art of Playing the Bass video series. Studying with John Clayton since 1987, Dave has also taken lessons with Ray Brown, John Heard and Paul Ellison. Dave has been teaching jazz bass at WSU since 2020. He previously taught jazz bass at the University of Idaho from 2006-2020, performing and recording with the Palouse Jazz Project, the Lionel Hampton School of Music faculty jazz ensemble. He has additionally taught double bass at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington.

David Jarvis

Professor David Jarvis was the Coordinator of Percussion Studies at Washington State University for 33 years beginning in 1987. He has performed internationally in both classical and jazz arenas and during his tenure at WSU he was a member of Jazz Northwest (The WSU Faculty Jazz Group) and co- member of the trumpet/percussion duo, Cameradschaft. He served as principal timpanist with the Washington- Idaho Symphony for over 20 years and principal percussionist for the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra for 15 years. He was the co-founder/leader of the popular jazz group, the Dozier- Jarvis Trio and specialized in solo literature written for percussion and electronic sound performing concerts all around the country. In his final year of teaching in 2020, he was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Career Achievement Award. Mr. Jarvis continues to travel around the country giving workshops and clinics in jazz and classical performance and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and an artist/clinician/educator for the Yamaha Corporation. His compositions have been performed all over the world which are published by Southern Music Company, Honeyrock Publishing Company, C. Alan Publications and Activist Music (distributed by Hal Leonard). In addition to his percussion duties at WSU, Professor Jarvis designed and taught the History and Social Analysis of Rock Music.

Dickey, Chris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, Graduate Program Coordinator

Dr. Aaron Hill

Dr. Aaron Hill received his master's degree in Jazz Studies from NCCU in 2012, during which time he studied with Dr. Ira Wiggins, Dr. Brian Horton and Branford Marsalis. His master's thesis focused on the adaptation of the compositional techniques of Olivier Messiaen to Jazz composition. While pursuing his DMA at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he studied with Dr. Steven Stusek and Dr. Susan Fancher and was the recipient of UNCG's Holderness Fellowship. He has studied and performed much of the standard repertoire for classical saxophone and has been a featured soloist with the North Carolina Symphony and North Carolina School of Science and Math Wind Ensemble. During his DMA he also spent a semester as Sabbatical Replacement for Dr. Stusek. His duties included teaching all undergraduate classical saxophone lessons, conducting the school's Saxophone Ensemble, and leading weekly repertoire classes. His doctoral dissertation was the first in-depth academic analysis of the improvisational style of Johnny Hodges. For the past 25 years, he has performed throughout the U.S., Pacific Islands, and Europe. He has shared the stage with, among others, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Joey Calderazzo, Jimmy Heath, Cyrus Chestnut, Chaka Khan, Isaac Hayes and Michael McDonald. His arrangements and recordings have been heard on television and radio internationally, including on the Discovery Channel and Sesame Street. He has given masterclasses and recitals throughout North Carolina to middle school, high school, and college level students, and has appeared as a clinician and guest conductor at numerous regional and all-state festivals. Prior to coming to WSU, Dr. Hill held academic appointments at North Carolina Central University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Courses taught by Dr. Hill at those institutions include: Undergraduate and Graduate Applied Saxophone (Jazz and Classical), Applied Flute, Jazz Theory, Jazz Arranging, Jazz History, Introduction to Music Theory, Music Fundamentals, Music Appreciation, Woodwind Methods, Jazz Combo and Big Band.

Dr. Danh Pham

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bands Faculty and Staff
  • Director of Bands / School
  • Director of Bands, Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Danh Pham is Conductor of the WSU Symphony Orchestra, and Director of Bands at Washington State University. In addition to directing the WSU Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, he conducts the WSU Opera and Musical Theatre, and teaches Instrumental Conducting and Symphonic Literature courses. Dr. Pham has appeared as a guest conductor and clinician for several international ensembles. He most recently served as conductor-in-residence at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music and Huazhong University in Central China where he taught masterclasses and conducted the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony in concert. He has also appeared with the Guang Xi Symphony Orchestra (Nanning, China) in the Gala Opening Concert for the China-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) New Music Week. Other international organizations include the National Ballet and Opera Orchestra in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Saigon Wind Ensemble, as part of a subscription series for the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra that was hosted at the Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music, and the National Academy of Music in Northern Vietnam. At home, he has conducted professional and honor groups throughout the Pacific Northwest, American Southwest, Texas, and Hawaii. He has conducted the Palouse Chamber Players, the Pan-Pacific Ensemble, and the Palouse Brass Ensemble. In 2018, he makes his debut with the Coeur D'Alene Symphony Orchestra (USA) and the Hubei Symphony Orchestra (Central China). His own groups have appeared at the Western International Band Clinic, the MENC Biennial Northwest Conference, the Oregon Music Educators Association State Conference, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Southwest Convention. Dr. Pham serves on the Collegiate Advisory Board for the Western International Band Clinic, where he has conducted their Intercollegiate Honor Band on three occasions. Dr. Pham serves as a contributing Research Associate for the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series released by GIA Publications, and has presented at the Washington Music Educators State Conference. He has also served as Producer and Editor for solo compact disc recordings that have been released by Albany and Emeritus Records. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he received his degrees from DePauw University, Indiana University, and the University of Oklahoma. His conducting mentors include Ray Cramer, Stephen Pratt, and William Wakefield. Prior to his appointment at Washington State University, Dr. Pham held similar posts at McMurry University, Western Oregon University, Salem-Keizer Public Schools, and the Beaverton (OR) School District.

Dr. Darryl M Singleton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bands Faculty and Staff
  • Assistant Professor of Black Music and Social Justice, Jazz Percussion
  • Coordinator of Jazz Studies
Hello! My name is Dr. Darryl M Singleton. My title is Assistant Professor of Black Music in America and Social Justice. As a member of the Jazz Studies faculty, I also teach jazz percussion and perform with Jazz Northwest, the faculty jazz ensemble. Additionally, I established and lead "Crimson Ties," the WSU world music ensemble.

Dr. David Turnbull

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Professor of Music, Trumpet / Area Coordinator of Brass and Percussion
Dr. David Turnbull, professor of music, coordinates the Brass and Percussion Area in the School of Music at Washington State University. He plays trumpet with the WSU Faculty Brass Quintet and performs with Jazz Northwest (the WSU Faculty Jazz Ensemble). He cofound Cameradschaft, a multidimensional trumpet and percussion duo (Dave Jarvis, percussion) that performs music from baroque to contemporary jazz and incorporates multicultural instruments such as the Australian didjeridu and conch shells. Turnbull also cofounded En Chamade, a trumpet organ duo (Jill Schneider, organ) that performs all over the Northwest. Recently, Dr. Turnbull joined the Fountain City Brass Band as a cornet player. The Fountain City Brass Band, founded in 2002 (based in Kansas City) draws its membership from around the United States. Since their first competition in 2004, the Fountain City Brass Band has won seven U.S. Open Brass Band Championships and six North American Brass Band Championships. In November 2009, the band became the first American band ever, and the first non-UK band in more than 50 years, to win a major brass band competition on UK soil at the Scottish Open Brass Band Champion ships. Turnbull holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Trumpet Solo Performance from Arizona State University. He holds a Master of Music Degree in Trumpet Solo Performance from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Music Degree in Education from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska. He also graduated from the Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri. Turnbull adjudicates throughout the Northwest for marching band competitions and concert band and jazz festivals, and he guest conducts numerous honor bands. His students compete in and win local, national and international competitions. They include, Tom Barber, who won the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) Jazz Improvisation Competition in Göteborg, Sweden, in 1997; Gwen Tarr, who placed third (as a freshman) at the Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Brass Competition in Washington, D.C., in 2001; and Matt Reid, who placed second in the ITG Jazz Competition in Manchester, England, in 2002, and an International Student Music Award from Downbeat Magazine in 2006.

Dr. Dean Luethi

Job Titles:
  • Director of Choral Activities
  • Director of Choral Activities / School of Music / Washington State University
Dr. Dean Luethi serves as the Director of Choral Activities, Professor, and former Director of the School of Music at Washington State University. He directs the WSU Concert Choir, WSU Chamber Singers, and teaches first year applied theory. Dr. Luethi received degrees from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, University of South Florida in Tampa, and University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign. Before pursuing advanced degrees, Dean was a high/middle school choir and musical theatre director in the Green Bay area. Known for his work as a choral pedagogue, Dean has presented research, workshops, or conducted choirs at regional and national festivals, conferences, and competitions in the US, India, China, Cuba, Canada, Austria, Poland, and Germany. He is published in the Choral Journal and Music Educators Journal. Dean has served as the chair of the NAFME Council for Choral Education and held state and regional offices for ACDA. His books, A Quick Start Guide to Choral Singing and Aligning Voices: Exercises to Build Choral Musicianship, are available through GIA Publications. Dean lives with his wife in Pullman, WA. In his free time Dean enjoys amateur photography, woodworking, and spending time with their cat, Crash, and dog, Dexter.

Dr. Fabio Menchetti

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Piano
  • Coordinator of the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory School at WSU
A native of Lucca, Italy, Fabio Menchetti serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at Washington State University, while maintaining an active performance career. He has performed in many Italian cities - Florence, Bologna, Lucca, La Spezia, Parma, Torino - as well as in Poland, France, and in Germany, where he gave a solo recital for the 2011 Liszt bicentenary celebrations in Bayreuth. Dr. Menchetti has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Italy and the US, and he regularly concertizes throughout the United States, both as a soloist and a chamber musician. For Sheva Collection he recorded Libro di Canti Italiano, a set of solo piano pieces by English composer Peter Seabourne, and Novecento Italiano, featuring music for violin and piano by Italian composers written between the two world wars. He also recorded John Adams' Grand Pianola Music with the CCM Wind Symphony for Klavier Records. Upcoming releases include Crossroads (works for tuba and piano by living composers), All Are Welcome (new works for bassoon, oboe, and piano), and an album featuring music for bassoon and piano by Native American composers. Prior to joining Washington State University, Dr. Menchetti has taught piano in many diverse settings, from Italian junior high schools to American colleges. Winner of the College-Conservatory of Music Excellence in Teaching Award for the best doctoral teaching assistant, after completing his doctorate he returned to CCM as a visiting instructor of piano and piano pedagogy. As an active member of Music Teachers National Association and College of Music Society, he is frequently invited to present at regional, national, and international conferences, offering a broad range of subjects such as teaching strategies, pedagogical piano literature, and preparing students to enter the professional world. A sought-after adjudicator and clinician, he is regularly requested for masterclasses at universities and in private studios. Dr. Menchetti is also the coordinator of the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory School at WSU, where his college students gain teaching experience and through directed mentoring are trained to become the next generation of piano teachers. Dr. Menchetti received his Bachelor of Music from Boccherini Conservatory in Lucca, and his Master of Music and Music Education from Puccini Conservatory in La Spezia. After moving to the United States, he received his Master of Arts from Houghton College, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from College-Conservatory Music, University of Cincinnati. His primary teachers include Pier Narciso Masi, Enrico Stellini, Pietro De Maria, Andrea Lucchesini, William John Newbrough, and Michael Chertock.

Dr. Gerald Berthiaume

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of the School
Dr. Gerald Berthiaume is Professor Emeritus of the School of Music at Washington State University where he taught from 1989 to 2016 and served as Director of the School of Music from 2003 to 2011. He formerly taught at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas from 1978 to 1989. At WSU, he received many honors. He was selected in 2015 to give the Distinguished Faculty Address, the oldest award in the university. He has also received the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement, the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement Across All Areas: Scholarship, Teaching, and Service, and the Honors College award as Outstanding Thesis Advisor. He served on numerous committees at WSU including the University Showcase Committee and was chair of the Honors College Council. Dr. Gerald Berthiaume has adjudicated for the Washington State Music Teachers Association for the past 30 years. He has judged the MTNA State Competition for the Washington State Music Teachers Association (WSMTA) and Oregon State Music Teachers Association, and the Piano Pedagogy Conference International Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. He has performed at the MTNA National Conventions in Miami and Milwaukee, the College Music Society National Conventions in Chicago and Portland, the Society of Composers National Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities (3 times), and the New Music Festival in Munich, Germany. He is former chair of the WSMTA Education Board. He has performed, lectured, and given master classes at several WSMTA state conventions, and has chaired the 2001 WSMTA State Convention held at WSU. In 2015, he was named an MTNA Foundation Fellow at the national convention in Las Vegas. He holds the MTNA Permanent Professional Certificate. Berthiaume has performed throughout the United States, in Germany, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Ukraine, and Vietnam. In 1993, he was a winner in the USIA "Artistic Ambassador Competition" at Stanford University and as a result, toured the Middle East presenting concerts at U.S. embassies and consulates. His recordings are available on iTunes and CD Baby and the following labels: Albany Records, Vienna Modern Masters, Advance Music, Arizona University Recordings, and the Washington State University label, where one can find his most recent CD on iTunes entitled "Struck by Lightning." Gerald graduated from the University of Puget Sound with the BM degree in piano performance, He holds the MM in Piano Performance degree from New England Conservatory in Boston, and the DMA in Piano Performance from the University of Washington. Gerald and his wife, Mary, have a family of 3 children and 8 grandchildren. They enjoy spending time with family, traveling, and camping in the great outdoors.

Dr. Jacqueline Wilson

Bassoonist Dr. Jacqueline Wilson is an active performer, pedagogue, collaborator, and advocate. She currently serves as Principal Bassoonist of the Washington Idaho Symphony and Assistant Professor of Bassoon at Washington State University where she performs with the Solstice Faculty Wind Quintet. As an active soloist and chamber musician, she regularly presents recitals, masterclasses, and clinics including engagements at the International Double Reed Society Conference (Boulder, CO, Tampa, FL, Columbus, GA,), the International Alliance for Women in Music Conference (Corvallis, OR), the Meg Quigley Bassoon Symposium (Tucson, AZ, Los Angeles, CA), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY). She is also a founding member of Ensemble 337, an innovative bassoon and marimba duo with percussionist Dr. Christopher Wilson. An eager contributor to the double reed community, Dr. Wilson currently serves as Vice President of the International Double Reed Society, a Co-Executive Director of the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Bassoon Symposium, and co-hosts the Double Reed Dish podcast with oboist Dr. Galit Kaunitz. As an avid supporter of new music, Dr. Wilson (Yakama) frequently collaborates with composers on the creation of new works to expand the repertoire of the bassoon. She is especially passionate about embracing diversity in her performances by elevating music featuring underrepresented perspectives and lived experiences, with a special focus on collaborating with Indigenous composers. In this capacity, she has premiered, commissioned, and recorded works by composers Juantio Becenti, Connor Chee, Louis W. Ballard, and Raven Chacon, among others. These efforts can be heard on her debut album, Works for the Bassoon by Native American Composers (WSU Recordings). Expansion of this work was supported by a WSU New Faculty Seed Grant in the form of an international Indigenous artistic collaboration with Māori composers, as well as an Artist Trust Fellowship to fund the commissioning of a concerto for bassoon and strings by Connor Chee. She also actively composes new pieces and creates resources that facilitate the performance of works from the 20th century and beyond. Wilson's composition Dance Suite for Solo Bassoon was awarded the 2022 PatsyLu Prize for outstanding work by a BIPOC composer in the 41st Search for New Music Competition by the International Alliance for Women in Music. Her article, "Strategies for Learning Luciano Berio's Sequenza XII," co-authored with Dr. Christin Schillinger (Ithaca College), has been published in The Double Reed and the Journal de L'Association Bassons (France). Similarly, her dissertation, an analysis and performance guide of Sofia Gubaidulina's Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings, has been utilized by noteworthy bassoonists worldwide. Dr. Wilson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Bassoon Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa. She is also a graduate of Boston University's College of Fine Arts and Eastern Washington University. Her principal teachers include Benjamin Coelho, Matthew Ruggiero, and Lynne Feller-Marshall.

Dr. Jihyun Kim

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Music Theory and Composition / Coordinator of Composition

Dr. Julie Anne Wieck

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Music at Washington State University
  • Coordinator of Voice Area / School of Music / Washington State University
Julie Anne Wieck is an Associate Professor of Music at Washington State University where she teaches studio voice and directs the opera and musical theatre productions. Dr. Wieck received her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education at the University of South Dakota-Vermillion. Later she attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she received a Master of Music degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Vocal Performance. On the stage, Julie has performed leading roles in Dido and Aeneas, Falstaff, The Telephone, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Street Scene, Naughty Marietta, Susannah, Die Fledermaus and Carousel. She has also appeared as a soloist with several orchestras, performing Bach's B Minor Mass, Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, Porgy and Bess, Poulenc's Gloria, Verdi's Requiem, Carmen, and Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene" from Eugene Onegin. She has traveled internationally, performing in Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and South Korea. Dr. Wieck has recently been researching and performing music by Ukrainian composers after spending her professional leave in Kyiv, Ukraine, collaborating with faculty and students at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory or National Music Academy of Ukraine. Dr. Wieck is an active recitalist, adjudicator and clinician. As a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Julie has served as President of the Inland Northwest Chapter, Governor of the Intermountain Region, and as a member of the National Advisory Board on Auditions.

Dr. Martin King

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Horn and Music Education at Washington State University
Dr. Martin King is Assistant Professor of Horn and Music Education at Washington State University. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from James Madison University, and his Masters Degree in Horn Performance from the University of Alabama. He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Horn Performance at Alabama in 2016. Dr. King has a wide-ranging playing and teaching career across the United States and around the world. Upon graduation from James Madison University, he took a position teaching middle and high school band in Alleghany County, Virginia. In addition to directing the middle school bands and assisting with the high school band program, King also maintained a large private horn studio. Before coming to WSU, Mr. King taught horn at Mississippi State University, and he served as a teaching assistant at the University of Alabama in horn and musicology. At WSU, Dr. King teaches horn lessons and horn studio, coordinates the Instrumental Music Education program, teaches Music Ed classes, is the academic advisor for Music Education students, and supervises student teachers and practicum students. King currently performs in the Equinox Brass Quintet and the Solstice Wind Quintet, the faculty quintets at WSU. Dr. King is a founding member of the Pan-Pacific Ensemble, an ensemble dedicated to commissioning, performing, and recording the music of composers from around the Pacific Rim. The ensemble has performed across the United States and throughout Southeast Asia. The Pan Pacific Ensemble has commissioned ten new works for quintet and has recorded three albums on Albany Records: Feng, ironhorses, and Ambiguous Traces. Dr. King has performed in China, Vietnam, Thailand, and around the United States. King has performed as a soloist with the Saigon Wind Ensemble, the Washington Idaho Symphony, the Washington State University Wind Ensemble, the Mississippi State Chorale, at the International Horn Symposium, various regional symposia, and at universities across the country. Dr. King maintains an active orchestral schedule. He is currently principal horn with the Mid-Columbia and Washington Idaho Symphony, and he performs with the Spokane, Yakima, and Walla Walla symphonies. Dr. King has performed as principal horn with the Guangxi Symphony Orchestra to open the China ASEAN Music Week in 2016. He held the position of principal horn with the Starkville Symphony and has performed with the North Mississippi Symphony, Gadsden Symphony, and Tuscaloosa Symphony. He formerly played with the Waynesboro Symphony from 2008-2011. Dr. King's primary teachers are Abigail Pack and Charles "Skip" Snead. He also studied with John McGuire and has played in masterclasses with Eric Ruske and Richard Sebring. King is a member of Phi Kappa Lambda, the College Music Society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the National Association for Music Education, and the International Horn Society.

Dr. Ruth Boden

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Strings / School of Music / Washington State University

Dr. Sophia Tegart

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Woodwinds / School of Music / Washington State University
Dr. Sophia Tegart has led a varied and award-winning career as a flutist, musicologist, and clinician. A popular performer, she has been soloist with the Spokane Symphony, the Washington-Idaho Symphony, Chehalem Symphony Orchestra, and the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. As a Yamaha Performing Artist, Tegart has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Tegart has also competed internationally, having been a finalist in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition and winning second place in the Music Teachers National Association Woodwind Young Artist Competition. As an avid chamber musician, Tegart has performed at the National Flute Association Conventions, the Florida Flute Association Convention, College Music Society conferences, China ASEAN Music Week, International Conference on Women's Work in Music in Bangor, Wales, and the Thailand International Composition Festival. Currently, Tegart is flutist in the Pan Pacific Ensemble, a wind quintet dedicated to the advancement of music by Asian and Asian-American composers. The Pan Pacific Ensemble has released two albums through Albany Records, one of which, "Feng," was labeled one of 2019's "Top Ten Albums of the Year" by the Daffodil Perspective. Tegart's flute and piano duo with pianist Michael Seregow was a finalist for the 2019 American Prize in Chamber Music, and their album of works by women composers, "Palouse Songbook," was released through Centaur Records in September 2020. Tegart also plays in the Washington State University faculty ensemble, the Solstice Wind Quintet. Together they have performed across the region with a memorable performance at the National College Music Society Conference in Vancouver, BC. Tegart also co-founded the Cherry Street Duo and has collaborated with the Portland Percussion Group. Her love of chamber music has led Tegart to arrange works for small chamber ensembles, which are currently published by Audible Intelligence Music. Performing in the orchestral world, Tegart won positions with the Oregon Mozart Players and the Des Moines Metro Opera. Additionally, she was guest principal flutist in the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and performed regularly with the Kansas City Symphony, the Portland Festival Symphony, and was recently piccoloist with the Colorado Mahlerfest Orchestra. She currently performs with the Washington-Idaho Symphony and the Walla Walla Symphony on a regular basis. A highly sought after pedagogue, Dr. Tegart regularly presents invited master classes, clinics, and lectures throughout the United States. She currently teaches at Young Musicians and Artists (YMA), and has served on the faculty of the Music For All Summer Symposium and Music in May. Additionally, she has taught at the Interharmony International Music Festival in Acqui Terme, Italy. Prior to her appointment at Washington State University, Tegart served on the faculties of Pacific University, George Fox University, Concordia University-Portland, and the University of Idaho. Since coming to WSU, she has taught numerous courses including applied flute, flute choir, chamber ensembles, History of Jazz, Women in Music, Music History: Antiquity to 1650, and a graduate seminar in Baroque music. In 2020, she was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Early Career Achievement Award. Tegart's research interests include gender and music studies, nineteenth-century operatic mad scenes, and representations of art and literature in music. For her master's thesis, "An Instrumental Voice: Use of the Flute in Lucia's Mad Scene," which focused on representations of madness, gender, and societal norms, she won the Mu Phi Epsilon Musicology Award. She has also presented lecture-recitals on Jessica Rudman's Transformations, flute and bassoon duos based on the retelling of fairy tales by feminist poet Anne Sexton. Tegart has dedicated her performances and research to correcting the oversight of women composers and performers in the music world. Dr. Tegart received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Flute Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance where she held the flute fellowship in the Graduate Woodwind Quintet and studied with Dr. Mary Posses. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a Master of Arts degree in Music History and a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance and from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Bachelor of Music degree in Performance. Dr. Tegart is thrilled to be back on the Palouse, and especially to be in Cougar Country!

Elena Panchenko

Elena Panchenko is a collaborative pianist, church musician, and private piano teacher born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She studied music theory, history, and collaborative piano at Moscow Conservatory-College and Kharkiv College of Music, earning her degree in 1986. After relocating to the US with her family in 1994, Elena embarked on a career as a freelance collaborative pianist. She initially worked in Wichita, KS, followed by Delaware, Pennsylvania, and, for the past two decades, in the Palouse area. Elena holds the position of Music Director at St. James Episcopal Church in Pullman, serves as a pianist for the Palouse Choral Society, and maintains a private piano studio. Her musical journey has intertwined with the WSU School of Music community since 2003, culminating in her appointment as the pianist for all Vocal Ensembles in 2022.

Exline, Sam

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant II

Feather, Billie

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Class Guitar, UCORE

Frank Green


Green, Frank

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Haas, Cesar

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Jazz and Classical Guitar

Hill, Aaron

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Saxophone, WSU Jazz Big Band & WSU Jazz Lab Band

Jake Svendsen

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano at Washington State University
Jake Svendsen is Clinical Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano at Washington State University, where he teaches jazz improvisation, jazz history, private lessons, ear training and music theory. He maintains an active performance schedule, having played on the East Coast at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, the George Eastman House, and Kodak Hall, and in the Northwest at Benaroya Hall, the Lincoln City Cultural Center, and the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Svendsen holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory where he studied with jazz pianists Fred Hersch and Ran Blake, and a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music where he studied with jazz pianists Gary Versace and Bill Dobbins. His current research interests involve the intersections between language, music and psychoanalysis.

James Schoepflin

Dr. Schoepflin came to WSU in 1976 as Associate Professor of Music and Department Chair. At the end of 29 years of service he retired in 2005. During that time, he served as Music Department Chair as it was called then, later as the Music Program Coordinator, and finally as Director of the School 2000-2003. His primary teaching responsibility was the clarinet studio. Upon retirement in 2005 he was the last remaining original member of the Solstice Wind Quintet. His classroom teaching areas were Music History and Literature, Conducting, Woodwind Methods, and Chamber Music coaching. At one point he was interim conductor of the Wind Symphony and the WSU Symphony. From 1976 until 1987, he was Conductor/Music Director of the Washington Idaho Symphony. Dr. Schoepflin was selected to launch THE CLARINET, official magazine of the International Clarinet Society, when it was formed in 1973. He devoted much energy and commitment to the development of this professional society, now called the International Clarinet Association. He published THE CLARINET for 11 years, served on the Board of Directors, and is now one of a select group of past and present clarinet professionals who have been voted lifetime honorary membership in the International Clarinet Association. He and his wife Nancy reside in Spokane. Their days are filled with domestic and international travel, visits to world cities to hear concerts, see operas and plays, and learn more about the world.

Jarvis, David

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Jon Sweet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bands Faculty and Staff
  • Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, Symphonic Band

Jonathan Melcher

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager for the Washington State University School of Music Recording Studio
Jonathan Melcher is the chief engineer and studio complex operations manager for the Washington State University School of Music Recording Studio. He also currently teaches Audio Engineering I and II classes. An industry veteran, one whose time has been forged through a desire to learn and lead based on a love of recording and performance, Melcher is a professional audio engineer with live event production, recording, mixing, and mastering nearing 15 years of experience. Professionally, Melcher most recently served as Technical Manager at the University of Idaho, overseeing all audio, video, and lighting production, as well as staff for events in the Kibbie Dome, Administration Auditorium, Pitman Center and various outdoor/indoor locations. Prior to that placement, Melcher occupied the role of Audio Supervisor at the University of Florida where he was responsible for all audio aspects in relation to the University of Florida Performing Arts Center; this includes the Phillips Center, University Auditorium and Baughman Center. With an ear for state-of-the-art, Melcher took a position as Electro Acoustical R&D Engineer at 64 Audio (Vancouver, WA), Melcher working hand in hand with the R&D team to conceptualize new products and building prototypes. This includes the building revolutionary In Ear Monitors; he was part of a team that was responsible for design conceptualization, prototype testing, procedure, and programs. From October 2015 through March 2016, Melcher was the Chief Audio Engineer for Monster Energy Supercross Circuit (Feld Entertainment) setting up all sound in stadiums across the country, utilizing company-owned audio and communications gear. During an International Tour with recording artist A Great Big World as Monitor Engineer/Tech, Jon was in charge of mixing monitors for an internationally renowned band on festivals such as Firefly, Calgary Stampede, Wireless Fest, Summerfest, Super Sonic Festival and Summer Sonic Festival. Melcher was also Audio Engineer/Backline Tech with Studio Instrument Rentals (SIR) in Nashville, TN, in charge of mixing front of house and monitors for local/national touring acts in rehearsal spaces and backline tech for large/small festivals and shows, including Bonnaroo and Big Ears Festival. Melcher cut his teeth as Front of House Engineer at the prestigious Rockwood Music Hall in New York City. During his tenure, he ran Front of House for 5 to 7 bands a night (averaging 1,500 shows per year), and was in charge of stage management, running sound for National/Local acts. Prior to his acceptance into the Master II Level Recording Program from The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in 2010, Melcher worked as a Live Production Engineer with High Peaks Sound setting up sound systems and stages for concerts and festivals at various locations. He was also House Monitor Engineer at Northern Lights (now Upstate Concert Hall) in charge of stage management and running monitor mixes for National/Local acts. An avid outdoorsman, Melcher is fond of fly fishing, rock climbing, hiking, and snowboarding. A multi-genre drummer, Melcher continues to create his own music as well as mix and master popular podcasts and local/national artists.

Karen Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Rodrigues - Nguyen Duo

Keri E. McCarthy

Job Titles:
  • Director of the WSU School
  • Director, School
Keri E. McCarthy currently serves as Director of the WSU School of Music and is Professor of Oboe and Music History. She has cultivated an international reputation as a chamber musician, soloist, teacher, and clinician. Dr. McCarthy co-founded the Pan Pacific Ensemble, a chamber ensemble committed to performing and commissioning music of contemporary composers from Asia and the United States. In 2022 the Pan Pacific Ensemble was awarded the American Prize in Chamber Music (Professional Division), and the group has released 3 CDs on Albany records, Feng, ironhorses, and Ambiguous Traces. Keri has spent significant time in Thailand and Singapore, has commissioned numerous Southeast Asian composers, and has given concerts in Yangon (Myanmar), Bangkok (Thailand), Hanoi (Vietnam), Manila (The Philippines), Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). In 2011, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Bangkok, Thailand, researching connections between Thai traditional and contemporary musics, commissioning Thai and Malaysian composers, and performing new works with professional oboists in the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore. She has premiered works by American and Southeast Asian composers at International Double Reed Society Conferences in 2006, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2022, and 2023. Her solo CD, Shadowplay: New Music for Oboe and English Horn, features works by Asian and American composers and is available streaming, and she will release her next solo album of music by 21st-century American composers on Centaur Records later in 2023. In spring 2022 Dr. McCarthy presented WSU's Distinguished Faculty Address, honoring her achievements in creative activity and teaching. The topic of her talk, "The Power of Live Music in a Post-COVID World" is one that holds great significance and impact for her. In 2023 she was presented with WSU's Sahlin Eminent Faculty Award, the university's highest faculty honor. Keri currently performs in the Solstice Wind Quintet, the Pan Pacific Ensemble, and in the Washington-Idaho Symphony Orchestra. Previously-held oboe and English horn positions include the Salaya and Evansville Philharmonics and the Yakima and Owensboro Symphony Orchestras. She has performed with the New Haven, Binghamton, Syracuse, Spokane and Louisville Symphonies, and the Nashville and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestras. Dr. McCarthy completed her doctorate in Music Literature and Performance at Indiana University under the tutelage of Linda Strommen, Roger Roe, and Ted Baskin, having previously completed her Master's degree with Ronald Roseman at the Yale School of Music, and a Bachelor's degree at Ithaca College, where she studied with Mark Hill and Paige Morgan. The oboe studio at Washington State University includes a diverse group of musicians, including performance and music education majors, as well as music minors and non-majors. Reed-making and repertoire courses are offered each semester. Dr. McCarthy's current and former students have won competitions, been featured as soloists with regional and national-level orchestras, and serve their communities as outstanding teachers, mentors, and musicians.

Kim, Christian

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor in Music Business, Jazz / Commercial Composition

Kim, Jihyun

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Composition, Assistant Professor, Music Theory, Composition

King, Martin

Job Titles:
  • Horn and Music Education

Loran Olsen

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of Music and Native American Studies at Washington State University
Loran Olsen, Ph. D., is Professor Emeritus of Music and Native American Studies at Washington State University, where he chaired the music department for some years. He has performed, lectured, taught and adjudicated widely, and has served as consultant and reviewer for arts and humanities agencies. His publications include musical

Luethi, Dean

Job Titles:
  • Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Music, Concert Choir

McCarthy, Keri

Job Titles:
  • Director of the School of Music, Professor of Music, Oboe, Music History

Melcher, Jon

Job Titles:
  • Recording Studio Technical & Operations Coordinator

Miller, A.J.

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Music, Career Track, Assistant Director of Athletic Bands

Miller, Sarah

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Music, Career Track, Associate Director for Athletic Bands, Trombone Professor

Myers, Matthew

Job Titles:
  • Choral Music Education

Olsen, Loran

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Panchenko, Elena


Parkhurst, Melissa

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Career Track, Native American Music, Women in Music, World Music

Pham, Danh

Job Titles:
  • Conductor, WSU Symphony Orchestra, Director of Bands, Conducting

Reese, Bernadette


Rodrigues, Christiano

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola

Roh, Yoon-Wha

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Piano

Ross, Blaine

Job Titles:
  • Performing Arts Program Specialist II

Schoepflin, James

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Scott Blasco

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Music at Washington State University
Scott Blasco is an Associate Professor of music at Washington State University, where he has taught composition, music theory, and music technology since 2011. Scott's students have gone on to careers in game music and sound design, audio engineering, teaching, music publishing, and freelance performance and composition. His own compositions include both acoustic and electronic music, building on a broadly minimalist scaffolding to explore interests in repetition and evolution, simplicity vs complexity, and control vs aleatory. Scott holds a Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, and is a recording artist with Irritable Hedgehog Music. Scores, recordings, and more are available at http://linktr.ee/scottblasco

Scott, Shannon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Music, Clarinet, Music History

Singleton, Darryl

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Black Music and Social Justice, Jazz Percussion

Sloan, Sheila

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emerita

Sorensen, Shaun

Job Titles:
  • Stage Manager

Svendsen, Jake

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano, Career Track

Sweet, Jon

Job Titles:
  • Director of Athletic Bands, Symphonic Band

Taylor, Sean M.

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Tegart, Sophia

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Music, Flute

Tims, Kristine

Job Titles:
  • Business Services Manager

Toy, Alisa

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer, Voice

Turnbull, David

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Professor of Music, Trumpet

White, Michelle

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Wieck, Julie Anne

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Vocal Activities, Voice, Opera Workshop

Wilson, Christopher

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Percussion, Assistant Director of Athletic Bands

Wilson, Jacqueline

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Music Theory, Assistant Professor of Music, Bassoon and Theory

Wirth, Tim

Job Titles:
  • Piano Technician