Faculty by Area
The Department of Music is proud of its dedicated and talented faculty and staff. A collegial team, each person is committed to supporting, guiding, inspiring, and mentoring students in the pursuit of their dreams. Our award-winning faculty members are internationally engaged and respected researchers and performers.
Please use the following links to jump to a listing of faculty and instructors in the corresponding area.
Academic:
Composition Area
Ethnomusicology Area
Musicology Area
Music Theory Area
Performance:
Choral Area
Keyboard Area
String Area
Voice Area
Wind and Percussion Area
Composition Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Dr. Mark Hannesson (Director of Undergraduate Programs; Professor, Composition; Co-director, Experimental Music Ensemble)
- Dr. Scott Smallwood (Chair, Department of Music; Professor, Composition; Co-director, Experimental Music Ensemble)
- Dr. Andriy Talpash (Lecturer, Composition and Music Theory; Composition and Concert Coordinator)
Sessional Faculty:
- Dr. Nicolás Arnáez (Instructor, Composition, Music and Technology)
- Heather Hindman (Instructor, Composition)
Ethnomusicology Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Dr. Michael Frishkopf (Professor, Ethnomusicology; Director of Graduate Programs July 1 - Dec. 31, 2026; Director, Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology)
- Dr. Julia Byl (Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology; on sabbatical July 1 - Dec. 31, 2026; Director of Graduate Programs Jan. 1, 2027 - June 30, 2028)
- Dr. Rachel Colwell (Assistant Teaching Professor, Ethnomusicology; cross-appointed with History, Classics and Religion)
Sessional Faculty:
- Dr. Wisdom Agorde (Co-Director, West African Music Ensemble)
- Robert Kpogo (Co-Director, West African Music Ensemble)
- Sharmila Mathur (Director, Indian Music Ensemble)
Adjunct Faculty:
- Dr. Marcia Ostashewski (Adjunct Professor, Ethnomusicology; Canada Research Chair)
Musicology Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Dr. Brian Fauteux (Professor, Popular Music and Media Studies; cross-appointed with Media Studies)
- Dr. Christina Gier (Associate Professor, Musicology; on leave)
- Dr. Fabio Morabito (Associate Professor, Musicology; on sabbatical 2026-2027)
- Dr. Patrick Nickleson (Assistant Professor, Musicology; Director, Sound Studies Institute)
Sessional Faculty:
- Jamie Meyers-Riczu (Instructor, Musicology)
Adjunct Faculty:
- Dr. Mary Ingraham (Adjunct Professor, Musicology)
Music Theory Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Dr. Maryam Moshaver (Associate Professor, Music Theory)
- Dr. Andriy Talpash (Instructor, Composition; Theory)
- Dr. Adam Robertson (Instructor, Music Theory)
Choral Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Dr. Timothy Shantz (Professor, Choral Conducting; Director, Madrigal Singers)
- Dr. Adam Robertson (Director, Concert Choir)
Keyboard Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Zhenni Li-Cohen (Associate Professor, Piano)
- Dr. Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp (Lecturer, Piano Literature, Applied Piano, Piano Pedagogy; Piano and Chamber Music Coordinator)
String Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Dr. Guillaume Tardif (Associate Professor, Violin; String Area Coordinator )
Sessional Faculty:
- Valentina Benvenuti (Instructor, Guitar)
- Keith Hamm (Instructor, Viola)
- Rafael Hoekman (Instructor, Cello)
- Robert Uchida (Instructor, Violin)
Voice Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- John Tessier (Professor, Voice)
- Miriam Khalil (Associate Lecturer, Voice; Music Performance Area Coordinator)
Sessional Faculty:
- Shannon Hiebert (Vocal Coach; Instructor, Vocal Diction, Opera Workshop)
- Sherry Steele (Instructor, Voice)
Wind and Percussion Area
Full-Time Faculty:
- Dr. William Street (Professor, Saxophone; Administrative Leave 2026-2027)
- Dr. Angela Schroeder (Professor, Band Conducting; Associate Dean (Student Affairs) 2026-2027)
- Dr. Allison Balcetis (Teaching Professor, Saxophone; Wind & Percussion and Chamber Music Coordinator )
Sessional Faculty:
- Robin Doyon (Instructor, Trumpet)
- Petar Dundjerski (Director, University Symphony Orchestra)
- Mary Fearon (Instructor, Horn)
- Allene Hackleman (Instructor, Horn)
- Brian Jones (Instructor, Percussion)
- Matt Jaffray (Instructor, Oboe)
- Lidia Khaner
- Alden Lowrey (Instructor, Euphonium)
- Kathryn Macintosh (Instructor, Low Brass)
- Daryl Price (Director, Concert Band)
- Don Ross (Instructor, Clarinet)
- Julianne Scott (Instructor, Clarinet)
- Dr. Robert Spady (Instructor, Clarinet)
- Brian Thurgood (Instructor, Percussion Techniques)
- Carol Thurgood (Instructor, Brass Techniques)
- Shelley Younge (Instructor, Flute)