Applied Faculty
anderso7@email.unc.edu
Allen Anderson (Associate Professor) received a Bachelor of Music (1973) from the University of California at Berkeley, a Masters of Arts (1977) and Doctor of Philosophy (1984) in Theory and Composition from Brandeis University. A composer and Head of the Composition Area, he teaches composition, counterpoint and 20th Century music to undergraduates, along with theory and analysis courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Current composition projects include a piece for two pianos, a choral work on a fragment of Schoenberg's, and a piece for gamelan and two electric guitars. [more]
anderssr@email.unc.edu
Stephen Anderson (Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies and Composition) is both a composer and a pianist. He earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts (2005), and a Master’s of Music (2000) in composition at the University of North Texas, and a Bachelor of Music degree in composition at Brigham University in 1997. He studied composition with Cindy McTee, Joseph Klein, Tom Clark, Joseph Butch Rovan, Phil Winsor, and Paris Rutherford at UNT, and Stephen Jones, David Sargent, Michael Hicks, and Murray Boren at BYU. He studied jazz piano with Dan Haerle and Stephan Karlson at UNT, Dan Waldis at BYU, Gary Freeman at Eastfield College, and Wilson Brown at Ricks College. [more]
bobbyone@earthlink.net
Robert Keir Anderson graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1971 with a B.M. in Performance, where he studied with Oscar Zimmerman. He attended the Chatauqua Summer Institute and Tanglewood Festival, where he studied with Robert Leininger and Henry Portnoi. [more]
ibartz@email.unc.edu
Isobel Bartz (Adjunct Voice Faculty) received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland, her Master of Music from the University of Kansas and her D.M.A. in Voice from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2002. Ms. Bartz has appeared with the Aspen Music Festival, the Des Moines Metro Opera and the St. Louis Opera Theater. Her operatic performances include the roles of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, the Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia, Mercedes in Carmen and Stephano in Romeo and Juliet, and Queen Elizabeth in Gloriana. She has given recitals in both the United States and Germany. In 1983, Ms. Bartz was a Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She also serves as Asst. Professor of Voice at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh. [more]
johnbrown@unc.edu
John Brown (Lecturer) teaches applied double bass and electric bass, co-conducts the UNC Jazz Band, conducts the UNC Jazz Lab Band and coaches jazz combos and orchestra sectionals. A native of Fayetteville NC, he began studying the bass when he was nine years old and has been performing professionally since his teens. At UNC-Greensboro he studied with Jack Budrow and after performing with several orchestras in the region, went on to become an intern with the North Carolina Symphony while still an undergraduate. In college John also developed a great love for jazz and began pursuing careers in both jazz and classical music. He has performed in the US and abroad with artists like Wynton, Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis, Elvin Hones, Cedar Walton and Nicholas Payton. He boasts a Grammy Nomination for his performance and co-writing on Nnenna Freeelon's 1995 Concord release, "Shaking Free." [more]
laurasbyrneharpist@yahoo.com
Laura Smithburg Byrne received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with Alice Chalifoux. She began her teaching career while in graduate school in the preparatory division of the Cleveland Institute of Music. Mrs. Byrne taught harp at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter Minnesota, MacPhail Center for the Arts, Minneapolis Minnesota, the Baptist Seminary, Louisville Kentucky, and the University of Louisville. Mrs. Byrne performs extensively throughout the area and teaches the Salzedo method for harp. She began teaching at UNC in 2005. [more]
fischerj@email.unc.edu
A native of North Carolina, Jeanne Fischer received her BA in Music and English from UNC-Chapel Hill. She continued her studies in the United Kingdom on a British Marshall Scholarship, completing an MM and Artist’s Diploma at London’s Royal Academy of Music. She received her DMA from the University of Maryland on a graduate fellowship. She teaches studio voice and French and Italian diction. [more]
jfuchs@email.unc.edu
Jeffrey Fuchs(Director of University Bands) joined the faculty at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in August, 1995. Mr. Fuchs holds the Bachelor of Music Education (1983) and Master of Arts (1998) from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri where he was a student of Dan Peterson and has completed further study at the University of Kansas where he studied with Robert Foster, Thomas Stidham and James Barnes. [more]
lynng@email.unc.edu
Lynn Glassock (Professor) is a native of Dallas, Texas and received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of North Texas. His teachers have included Paul Guerrero, Ron Fink, Kalman Cherry, Ed Soph and Leigh Howard Stevens. Mr. Glassock teaches Percussion, Introduction to Music Technology and conducts the UNC Percussion Ensemble. Professional experiences include performances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, principal percussionist with the Fresno Philharmonic, musical shows and commercial bands. He has written articles for the Instrumentalist and music reviews for Percussive Notes. He is currently a member of the Composition Committee, the Contest and Auditions Procedures Committee and the Board of Directors for the Percussive Arts Society. In 2004, the Percussive Arts Society presented him with the “Outstanding Service Award.” [more]
dhuff@email.unc.edu
Daniel M. Huff is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Education and the Music Department. He did his undergraduate work at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois majoring in voice and piano. He holds Masters and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied choral conducting with Robert Fountain and music education with Eunice Boardman Meske and Anthony Barresi. He is currently Area Head for Music Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he conducts the Men's Glee Club, a group which tours regularly in the Mid-West, East and Southeast, and teaches choral conducting and undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. Besides his performances with the UNC Men’s Glee Club, over the past 17 years, he has conducted or adjudicated over 120 state and regional festivals and workshops involving public school students in settings from the Mid-West to Southeast, presented 70 choral clinics and another 20 local to national in-service sessions for public school teachers and teacher candidates. In addition, he is Director of UNC’s HS Music Camp, as well as founder and conductor of the All-Carolina Invitational Male Choral Festival. He is a member of the Music Educator's National Conference, Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Inc., the American Choral Director’s Association, North Carolina Music Educator's Association and the College Music Society, serving in several leadership positions in the North Carolina chapter. [more]
kalam@mindspring.com
Tonu Kalam (Professor of Music) serves as Music Director and Conductor of the UNC Symphony Orchestra and has taught instrumental conducting at UNC since 1988. Educated at Harvard University (A.B., 1969), the University of California at Berkeley (M.A., 1971) and the Curtis Institute of Music (Certificate, 1973), he is also Music Director and Conductor of the Longview Symphony Orchestra in Texas, Founder and Music Director of the Chapel Hill Chamber Orchestra, and has guest conducted orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and in Europe [more]
jketch@email.unc.edu
James Ketch (Professor) was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1952. He studied music at Indiana State University (B.S. 1974) and at the University of Illinois-Urbana (M.S. 1976). Professor Ketch joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1977. He has held prior teaching positions at Southern Utah State University and Illinois Wesleyan University. Professor Ketch serves as Instructor of Trumpet and Director of Jazz Studies at UNC where he teaches applied trumpet, classroom courses in jazz history and improvisation, and conducts the UNC Jazz Band. [more]
wk@unc.edu
Pianist Wonmin Kim (Adjunct Faculty, Piano) started her performance career in the early age of twelve performing Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 as soloist with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra. Since then, the 1st Prize winner of the Korean Daily News Piano Competition and 1st Prize winner of the Yewon Piano Competition was the soloist with major orchestras like the Bern Symphony Orchestra (Switzerland) and the Seoul Symphony Orchestra performing Chopin's Concerto in E minor, Mozart's Concerto No. 20 and Saint Sean’s Concerto No. 2. [more]
sklaus@email.unc.edu
Sue Klausmeyer (Adjunct Instructor) received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. She earned a Master of Music degree in conducting from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, and a Master of Arts in Teaching Music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to conducting the UNC Women's Glee Club, Dr. Klausmeyer conducts the Duke University Vespers Ensemble, the Duke Divinity School Choir, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Community Chorus. Last year she served as conductor for the Northeast Piedmont Chorale. [more]
skleb@email.unc.edu
Susan Klebanow (Professor of Music) holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the New England Conservatory of Music. She taught at Brandeis University before joining the Music Department faculty of the University of North Carolina. Director of Choral Activities, she conducts the Carolina Choir and UNC Chamber Singers, and teaches beginning and advanced courses in conducting. [more]
mkris@email.unc.edu
Michael Kris is the instructor of low brass and director of brass chamber music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also on the performance faculty at Duke University and the Eastern Music Festival. Mr. Kris is a regular performer with the North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, North Carolina Theater, North Carolina Opera and a variety of chamber music ensembles. [more]
vl@unc.edu
Baritone Valentin Lanzrein (Lecturer, Voice) is an active performer with broad repertoire covering nine languages and a large versatility of styles ranging from baroque to the avant-garde. He was the winner of the Association des Suisse Musiciens & Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung Competition and has toured Europe, Asia, and the US. His passion for the art song has led him to appearances at the Rheingau Musikfestival (Germany), the Aimez Vous Brahms? Festival (Switzerland), the Verbier Festival (Switzerland) and in the Wednesday at One series at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York. Most recently Mr. Lanzrein performed the title role in Telemann’s Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho and the count in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at the Staller Center for the Performing Arts, SUNY Stony Brook. [more]
stefanlitwin@gmx.com
The UNC Department of Music is delighted to welcome Stefan Litwin as George Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Music. He is a renowned concert pianist, and is also highly active as a composer and as a musicologist. His 1998 recording of Jean Barraqué’s ferociously difficult Piano Sonata won the French Grand Prix du Disque, and he has been the recipient of prestigious fellowships at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin and Christ College, Cambridge. [more]
Richard Luby
rluby@unc.edu
Richard Luby (Professor) holds a D.M.A. from the Yale School of Music, an M.M. from the Juilliard School of Music, and a B.M. from the Curtis Institute of Music. His career extends from Baroque and Classical music on historical instruments through the newest repertoire for modern violin. Formerly on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music and a 1991 Visiting Professor at the New England Conservatory of Music, at UNC he teaches violin, is co-founder and co-director of the original instrument Ensemble Courant, and performs with the resident contemporary music ensemble 27514. [more]
davidmc@nc.rr.com
David McChesney (Lecturer) joined the faculty as a studio trumpet instructor in 1996. Professor McChesney holds a Doctor of Music from the School of Music at Indiana University. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Music in Education. His Master of Science in Education is from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Dr. McChesney is a student of John Harding, Jim Ketch, Ray Sasaki, David Hickman and Charles Gorham. [more]
susan_moeser@unc.edu
Susan Moeser (University Organist and Instructor of Organ) joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2001 as University Organist and theory instructor. Dr. Moeser received her BM, MM and DMA degrees from the University of Kansas. [more]
mnegrete@email.unc.edu
Mérida Negrete (Clinical Assistant Professor in Music Education) holds a Master of Music in Music Education degree from Southern Methodist University, where she developed materials for incorporating music appreciation into performance-based courses in public schools. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from the University of Michigan, where she graduated with distinction. [more]
dloehler@email.unc.edu
Donald L. Oehler (Professor of Music) Professor Oehler performs with the Carolina Wind Quintet, instructs clarinet, and directs the University Chamber Players. Professor Oehler is director of Chapel Hill Chamber Music, the Cours International de Musique, and coordinates the UNC Canterbury Christ Church University College exchange program in music. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, Professor Oehler joined the UNC faculty in 1971. [more]
totten@email.unc.edu
Thomas Otten (Associate Professor of Piano), a California native born of German-American parents, has been hailed by the New York Times as “an extremely original player who puts a formidable technique at the service of his ideas.” He has appeared in recital and as orchestral soloist in such venues as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the National Press Club, the German Embassy, and the Chautauqua and Brevard Summer Festivals; he has also performed at Severance Hall with the Miami String Quartet. His performances have been broadcast on both coasts, including WQXR New York, WGMS Washington, and KUSC Los Angeles. He has concertized in Germany numerous times, including a television performance and a debut at the Gasteig in Munich. [more]
paolo@email.unc.edu
Ed Paolantonio (Adjunct Faculty), pianist, is from New York City but lives now in Durham, NC. In addition to earning a B.S. in Music Education from S.U.N.Y. and an M.M. in performance from U.N.C.-Chapel Hill, he studied 3 1/2 years with world famous jazz pianist, teacher and composer Lennie Tristano. He has been composing, arranging and performing jazz professionally since 1971 and has accompanied many jazz giants including Dizzie Gillespie, Slide Hampton, Clark Terry, Lee Konitz, Curtis Fuller, Jimmy Heath, and Emily Remler. [more]
Hugh Partridge
mhpart@bellsouth.net
Hugh Partridge (Adjunct Faculty) has taught viola at UNC-CH since 1996. He holds a BM degree from Indiana University, Bloomington and a MM from Butler University. He has been the principal violist of the North Carolina Symphony since 1976. [more]
John Pederson
pederson@bellsouth.com
John Pederson (Adjunct Faculty), bassoon, has been teaching at UNC-CH since 1988. He is Principal Bassoonist with the North Carolina Symphony and is a founding member of the North Carolina Symphony Woodwind Quintet. He received a BM from Northwestern University. [more]
rhodes@email.unc.edu
Terry Rhodes (Professor, soprano, opera director) received the Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1978), and the Master of Music (1980) and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music (1986). Especially known for her work in contemporary music, she teaches voice and directs the UNC Opera Theatre. Dr. Rhodes also serves as Director of Freshmen Admissions for the Music Department. [more]
Matt Savage
MSavage198@aol.com
Matt Savage (Adjunct Faculty) is Director of Percussion for the Marching Tar Heels. He also gives private percussion lessons. His degrees are from the Crane School of Music (BME) and University of Southern California (MM). He has taught at UNC-CH since 1990. [more]
Michael Schultz
ross.gull@verizon.net
Michael Schultz (Adjunct Faculty) has taught oboe at UNC since 1997. He is Associate Principal Oboe and Solo English horn with the North Carolina Symphony. He is also the oboist of the Carolina Woodwind Quintet. [more]
tws810@nc.rr.com
Timothy W. Sparks (Adjunct Faculty, Voice) a North Carolina native, received his BM in Vocal Performance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and MM with the Performer's Certificate in Voice from the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Sparks has appeared with The Israel Vocal Arts Institute, Operafestival di Roma, The Opera Company of North Carolina, The Greensboro Opera Company, The Triangle Opera, The National Opera Company (A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute), The Brevard Music Center, Capital Opera, and The Durham Savoyards, Limited. His representative operatic roles include Rodolfo, Nemorino, Don Ottavio, Jaquino, Alfred, Don Basilio, Goro, Remendado, Spoletta, Borsa, Kaspar, Ralph Rackstraw, and Enoch Snow. As a part of The Opera Company of North Carolina’s recent performances of Starbird, a children’s opera by Henry Mollicone, the production was videotaped and rebroadcast on PBS in April of 2005. This fall, Mr. Sparks will sing the role of Sebastian in Long Leaf Opera’s premiere production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, by Joel Feigin. [more]
William J. Stewart
wstewart@email.unc.edu
William (Billy) Stewart (Adjunct Faculty, Guitar) was born in Sanford, North Carolina and has been playing guitar since he was eight years old. He was self-taught until be entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a freshman music major. There he commenced studies in guitar and composition. Upon receiving his degree in music (Bachelor of Music in Education), he extended his studies of the guitar by attending Master Classes with classical guitarist Pepe Romero and with jazz artists Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie. [more]
Thomasdrum@aol.com
Thomas Taylor (Adjunct Faculty), drummer/percussionist, has been a member of UNC-CH music faculty since 2001. Mr. Taylor teaches private drum set lessons. [more]
mtsong@email.unc.edu
A native of Canada, Dr. Mayron Tsong was one of the youngest musicians to complete a Performer's Diploma in Piano from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto at age 16. Since that time, she has performed extensively across the United States, including New York, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, West Palm Beach, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, Indiana, California, Oregon, Michigan, Louisiana, Arizona, Texas, across Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Taiwan and Russia as a soloist and chamber musician. She has been featured as a soloist with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic (Russia), Symphony North (Houston), the University of North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, the Longview Symphony Orchestra (Texas), the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra (Canada), the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra (Canada), and the University of Calgary Orchestra (Canada) and the North Carolina Symphony (Raleigh). [more]
mvotta@email.unc.edu
Michael Votta, Jr. (Professor) is Director of University Wind Ensembles and teaches courses in conducting and orchestration at UNC. He is also Music Director of the North Carolina Wind Orchestra, a professional wind ensemble. Votta holds a D.M.A. in conducting from the Eastman School of Music (1986), where he served as Assistant Conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and studied with Donald Hunsberger. A native of Michigan, Votta received a B.S. in Microbiology (1979), B.M. in Clarinet Performance (1979), M.M. in Conducting (1980) and M.M. in Clarinet Performance (1981) from the University of Michigan, where he studied conducting with H. Robert Reynolds. [more]
brooks@email.unc.edu
Brooks de Wetter-Smith (Distinguished Professor) received a Bachelor of Science (1964) from the University of New Hampshire, a Master of Music (1970) from the New England Conservatory of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts (1979) from the Eastman School of Music. He teaches flute and Introduction to Jazz. [more]
s.j.wing@mindspring.com
Stafford Wing (Associate Professor, tenor) is chairman of the voice faculty at the Univesity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he has taught since 1969. He holds the BM degree from Stetson University and the MM in voice performance from Louisiana State University with continued study and training at the Academy of Music in Vienna, Austria. Throughout his singing and teaching career he has continued his vocal studies and repertoire coaching privately in both the United States and Europe. [more]
bswissic@email.unc.edu
Brent Wissick is the Zachary Taylor Smith Distinguished Term Professor in the Department of Music at UNC-CH, where he has taught cello, viola da gamba and chamber music since 1982. A member of Ensemble Chanterelle and principal cellist of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, he is also a frequent guest with American Bach Soloists, Folger Consort, Boston Early Music Festival, Concert Royal, Dallas Bach Society, Vancouver Early Music Festival and Collegio di Musica Sacra in Poland. With these ensembles has recorded for the Centaur, Albany, Koch, Radio Bremen, Bard and Dux labels as well as in the soundtrack for the Touchstone film "Casanova". His online video article titled "The Cello Music of Bononcini" can be viewed in the peer-reviewed Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music" and several of his teaching videos are posted on the website of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. He served as president of that society from 2000 through 2004 and chaired its international Pan-Pacific Gamba Gathering in Hawaii during the summer of 2007. [more]