Music Faculty

FACULTY & STAFF

The music faculty at Indiana University Southeast is comprised of professional performers, and nationally recognized composers and scholars, many with advanced degrees from some of the nation's most prestigious schools of music.

Our applied faculty are active performers, including members of several professional ensembles such as:

The Louisville Orchestra

The Kentucky Center Chamber Players

Ceruti Chamber Players

Bourbon Baroque

The New Millennium Duo

MUSIC DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Joanna Goldstein Music Department Coordinator,
Advisor for Instrumental/Vocal Performance and Pre-Music Therapy

Dr. Erich Stem Composer-in-residence,
Advisor for Composition for the Concert Stage/Composition for Film & Media
Director, New Dynamic Records

Tim Haertel Lecturer in Music Industry,
Advisor for Sound Engineering and Music Business

Ken Atkins
Music & Theatre Coordinator

APPLIED INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL STUDY

Piano and Keyboard

Grace Baugh-Bennett,* piano (M.Mus., B.Mus., University of Louisville)

Dr. Christine Brown, piano, pedagogy (D.Mus.Ed., M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)

Joy Cofield, piano (M.Mus., Southern Methodist University; B.A., Tennessee Temple University)

Marcille Dickinson, piano (M.Mus., B.Mus.Ed., Indiana University-Bloomington)

Dr. Joanna Goldstein, piano (PhD., New York Univ.; M.Mus., Juilliard School of Music; B.Mus., Temple Univ.)

Dr. Janet Hamilton, organ (D.Mus., M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington; B.Mus.Ed., Indiana State University)

Jennifer Johanningsmeier, piano (M.A.T., Bellarmine University; B.A., Indiana University Southeast)

Strings

Nicolas Fortin, violin (B.Mus., M.Mus, McGill University, Montréal, Québec)

Ana Sarbu, violin (B.Mus., University of Colorado at Boulder; M.Mus, University of Louisville)

Meghan Casper,* viola (M.Mus., Northern Illinois University; B.Mus., Cleveland Institute of Music)

Allison Braid Olsen,* cello (Professional Studies Program, Cleveland Institute of Music; M.Mus., University of Akron; B.Mus., Rice university)

Karl Olsen,* double bass (M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington; B.Mus.Ed., Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)

Mario DaSilva, guitar (M.Mus., Southern Baptist Seminary; B.Mus., Belmont University)

Andrew Rhinehart, guitar (M.Mus., B.Mus., University of Louisville)

Louisa Ellis Woodson, harp (D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music; M.Mus., B.Mus., Indiana University)

Woodwinds

Margaret Jamner, flute (M.A., B.Mus., University of Louisville)

Katherine Alberts, oboe, English horn (M.Mus., University of Kentucky; B.Mus., Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University)

L. Ernest Gross,* clarinet (M.Mus., Boston University; B.Mus., Baylor University)

Matthew Karr,* bassoon (M. Mus., State University of New York at Stonybrook; B.Mus., Oberlin Conservatory of Music)

John S. Moore, saxophone (M.Mus., Florida State University; B.S., Campbellsville College)

Cory Barnfield, saxophone (M.S., Indiana University; B.M.E., Murray State University)

Brass

Dr. Lynn Steeves, horn (D.M.A., Stony Brook University; M.Mus., Florida State University; B.Mus., University of Kentucky)

J. Jerome Amend,* trumpet (M.Mus., University of Louisville; B.Mus., University of Houston)

Mildred Kemp, trombone (M.Mus., B.Mus., University of Louisville)

Ryan Moore, tuba (M.Mus., B.Mus. University of Kentucky)

Percussion

Mark Tate,* percussion (M.Mus., Washington University (St. Louis); B.Mus., University of Kentucky)

Voice

Dr. Amanda Boyd, soprano (D.M.A., Florida State University; M.Mus., University of Louisville; B.M.E., Belmont University)

Aaron Lundy, tenor (M.Mus., Eastman School of Music; B.Mus., Murray State University)

Richard Rebilas, baritone (M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington; B.Mus., Eastern Kentucky University)

*Indicates member of the Louisville Orchestra

MUSIC THEORY AND COMPOSITION

Dr. Erich Stem, composition, music theory (D.M.A., University of Maryland; B.Mus., James Madison University)

Dr. Joanna Goldstein, music theory (PhD., New York Univ.; M.Mus., Juilliard School of Music; B.Mus., Temple Univ.)

Dr. Christine Brown, music theory, aural skills (D.Mus.Ed., M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)

Timothy Miller, rudiments of music (M.Mus., Univ. of Louisville; B.Mus., Arkansas State Univ.)

Dr. Lynn Steeves, rudiments of music (D.M.A., Stony Brook University; M.Mus., Florida State University; B.Mus., University of Kentucky)

MUSIC INDUSTRY

Tim Haertel, music technology, sound engineering (B.A.S., University of Louisville)

Deanna Hoying, performing arts center management (B.Mus., Cleveland Institute of Music)

Scott Johanningsmeier, music technology, music for video (B.A., Indiana University)

Tyson Knight, electronic studio resources (M.S., Indiana University-Purdue University; B.A., Indiana University)

Laura Landenwich, music law (J.D. University of Louisville; B.A., Indiana University Southeast)

Dr. Erich Stem, music technology, arts management (D.M.A., Univ. of Maryland; B.Mus., James Madison Univ.)

MUSIC HISTORY

Dr. Ann Glazer Niren, music history and literature (Ph.D., University of Kentucky; M.Mus., Northwestern University; B.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)

Angela Scharfenberger, world music (M.A., Indiana University; B.A., University of Louisville)

Paul Curry, history of rock and pop music (J.D., University of Louisville; B.A., Hanover College)

CORE MUSICIANSHIP

Katherine Alberts, music appreciation (M.Mus., University of Kentucky; B.Mus., Chicago Musical College of Roosevelt University)

Jennifer Johanningsmeier, music fundamentals (M.A.T., Bellarmine University; B.A., Indiana University Southeast)

Kathryn Burger Johnson, music fundamentals (M.S.Mus., Indiana University-Purdue University; B.Mus., DePauw University)

Ana Sarbu, music appreciation (M.Mus., University of Louisville; B.Mus., University of Colorado at Boulder)

ENSEMBLES

J. Jerome Amend,* Commonwealth Brass Band (M.Mus., Univ. of Louisville; B.Mus., Univ. of Houston)

Aaron Lundy, Concert Choir and Community Chorus (M.Mus., Eastman School of Music; B.Mus., Murray State University)

Dr. Joanna Goldstein, Orchestra (PhD., New York Univ.; M.Mus., Juilliard School of Music; B.Mus., Temple Univ.)

Anita Cocker Hunt, Commonwealth Brass Band Associate Director (M.Mus., B.Mus., Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)

Andrew Rhinehart, Guitar Ensemble (M.Mus., B.Mus., University of Louisville)

Mark Tate,* Percussion Ensemble (M.Mus., Washington University (St. Louis); B.Mus., University of Kentucky)

Philip Thomas, Concert Band (M.S., Indiana University Southeast; B.M.E., DePauw University)

*Indicates member of the Louisville Orchestra

STAFF

Ken Atkins, Music & Theatre Coordinator (B.Mus., DePauw University)