Music Faculty
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 Kentucky Center Chamber Players
The New Millennium Duo
FACULTY & STAFF
MUSIC DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Joanna Goldstein
Music Department Coordinator
Advisor for Music Business, Instrumental Performance, Vocal Performance
Dr. Erich Stem
Advisor for Music Composition and Sound Engineering
Director, New Dynamic Records
Kenneth W. Atkins
Office Manager - Music & Theatre Department
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)
Strings
Nicolas Fortin, violin (B.Mus., M.Mus, McGill University, Montréal, Québec)
Meghan Casper,* viola (M.Mus., Northern Illinois University; B.Mus., Cleveland Institute of Music)
Susannah Onwood,* cello (M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington; Performer's Certificate and B.Mus., Eastman School of Music)
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)
Carol McClure, harp (M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; B.A., University of Louisville)
Stephen Mattingly, guitar (Ph.D., Florida State University; Artist Diploma, Hochschule für Musik Detmold; M.Mus., B.Mus., Eastman School of Music)
Woodwinds
Margaret Jamner, flute (M.A., B.Mus., University of Louisville)
Trevor S. Johnson,* oboe (M.Mus., The Hart School of Music; B.Mus., University of Iowa)
L. Ernest Gross,* clarinet (M.Mus., Boston University; B.Mus., Baylor University)
Roger Soren,* bassoon (Performer's Certificate, National Orchestral Institute; B.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)
John S. Moore, saxophone (M.Mus., Florida State University; B.S., Campbellsville College)
Brass
Kenneth Albrecht,* horn (B.Mus., University of Louisville)
J. Jerome Amend,* trumpet (M.Mus., University of Louisville; B.Mus., University of Houston)
Mildred Kemp, trombone (M.Mus., B.Mus., University of Louisville)
Darryl Johnson,* tuba (M.Mus., DePaul University; B.Mus. San Francisco Conservatory of Music)
Percussion
Mark Tate,* percussion (M.Mus., Washington University (St. Louis); B.Mus., University of Kentucky)
Voice
Sharon L. Brown, voice (M.Mus., University of Louisville; B.Mus., Oklahoma Baptist University)
Melinda Cumberledge, voice (B.Mus., University of Kentucky)
Richard Rebilas, voice (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, aural skills (D.Mus.Ed., M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY AND MUSIC BUSINESS
Tim Haertel, music technology, sound engineering (B.A.S., University of Louisville)
Scott Johanningsmeier, music technology, music for video (B.A., Indiana University)
Laura Landenwich, music law (B.A., Indiana University Southeast; J.D. University of Louisville)
Dr. Erich Stem, music technology, arts management (D.M.A., Univ. of Maryland; B.Mus., James Madison Univ.)
MUSIC HISTORY
Ann Glazer Niren, music history and literature (M.Mus., Northwestern University; B.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)
Gregory Acker, ethnomusicology (M.A., Wesleyan University; B.A., Oberlin College)
Paul Curry, history of rock and pop music (J.D., University of Louisville; B.A., Hanover College)
CORE MUSICIANSHIP
Dr. Christine Brown, music appreciation (D.Mus.Ed., M.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)
Marcille Dickinson, music fundamentals (M.Mus., B.Mus.Ed., Indiana University-Bloomington)
Dr. Mariana Farah, music appreciation (D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City; M.Mus., University of Iowa; B.M., Universidade Estadual de Campinas - SP)
Mary Lou Frank, music fundamentals, rudiments of music (M.Mus., Indiana State University; B.Mus., University of Kentucky)
Kathryn Burger Johnson, rudiments of music (M.S.Mus., Indiana University-Purdue University; B.Mus., DePauw University)
ENSEMBLES
J. Jerome Amend,* Commonwealth Brass Band (M.Mus., Univ. of Louisville; B.Mus., Univ. of Houston)
Melinda Cumberledge, Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop (B.Mus., University of Kentucky)
Dr. Mariana Farah, Concert Choir and Community Chorus (D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City; M.Mus., University of Iowa; B.M., Universidade Estadual de Campinas - SP)
Dr. Joanna Goldstein, Orchestra (PhD., New York Univ.; M.Mus., Juilliard School of Music; B.Mus., Temple Univ.)
Donald McMahel, Concert Band (M.Mus., B.Mus., Indiana University-Bloomington)
Anita Cocker Hunt, Commonwealth Brass Band Associate Director (M.Mus., B.Mus., Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)
Nan Moore, Concert Band Associate Director (M.A., Western Kentucky University; B.M.E., Moorehead State University)
*Indicates member of the Louisville Orchestra
STAFF
Kenneth W. Atkins, Office Manager - Music & Theatre Department (B.Mus., DePauw University)
Ryan Woodward, Arts Institute Assistant (B.A., Indiana University)
