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

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Composition Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• Dr. Mark Hannesson (Associate Professor, Composition; Co-director, Experimental Music Ensemble; on leave 2023-24)
• Dr. Scott Smallwood (Associate Professor, Composition; Co-director, Experimental Music Ensemble)
• Dr. Andriy Talpash (Lecturer, Composition and Music Theory)

Sessional Faculty:

• Dr. Nicolás Arnáez (Instructor, Composition, Music and Technology)
• William Northlich (Instructor, Music and Technology)
• Heather Hindman (Instructor, Composition)

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Ethnomusicology Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• Dr. Michael Frishkopf (Professor, Ethnomusicology; Director, Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology; Director of Graduate Programs)
• Dr. Julia Byl (Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology)

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)

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Musicology Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• Dr. Brian Fauteux (Assistant Professor, Popular Music and Media Studies; Honors Advisor; Interim Director of Undergraduate Programs)
• Dr. Christina Gier (Associate Professor, Musicology; on leave 2023-24)
• Dr. Fabio Morabito (Assistant Professor, Musicology)
• Dr. Patrick Nickleson (Assistant Professor, Musicology)

Sessional Faculty:

• Jamie Meyers-Riczu (Instructor, Musicology)

Adjunct Faculty:

• Dr. Mary Ingraham (Adjunct Professor, Musicology)

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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)

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Choral Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• Dr. Timothy Shantz (Associate Professor, Choral Conducting; Director, Madrigal Singers)
• Dr. Adam Robertson (Director, Concert Choir)

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Keyboard Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• Dr. Jacques Després (Professor, Piano)
• Zhenni Li-Cohen (Associate Professor, Piano)
• Dr. Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp (Lecturer, Piano Literature, Applied Piano, Piano Pedagogy)

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String Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• Dr. Guillaume Tardif (Associate Professor, Violin; on leave 2023-24)

Sessional Faculty:

• Petar Dundjerski (Director, University Symphony Orchestra)
• Keith Hamm (Instructor, Viola)
• Rafael Hoekman (Instructor, Cello)
• Jeremy Doody (Instructor, Guitar)
• Robert Uchida (Instructor, Violin)
• Jan Urke (Instructor, Double Bass)

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Voice Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• John Tessier (Professor, Voice)
• Miriam Khalil (Instructor, Voice)

Sessional Faculty:

• Shannon Hiebert (Vocal Coach; Instructor, Vocal Diction, Opera Workshop)
• Sherry Steele (Instructor, Voice)

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Wind and Percussion Area

Full-Time Faculty:

• Dr. William Street (Professor, Saxophone; Chair, Department of Music)
• Dr. Angela Schroeder (Professor, Band Conducting; Director, Symphonic Wind Ensemble; on leave 2023-24)
• Dr. Allison Balcetis (Instructor, Saxophone)

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 (Director, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 2023-24)
• 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)
• Russell Whitehead (Instructor, Trumpet)
• Shelley Younge (Instructor, Flute)