The School of Music faculty and staff are deeply invested in encouraging the musical development of all students, regardless of their major. Our faculty are active in their fields as performers, researchers, and master teachers, offering students the opportunity to learn from and work beside professionals who have performed on stages across the world. Our faculty work diligently to remain current in a world of ever-changing musical trends and to convey their knowledge and experience with methods of appropriate pedagogy.
Mark Bailey, DME
Instrumental Music Education/Music Theory/ Director of Symphonic Band
School of Music | Location: CUR 4D
Phone: (423) 614-8269
Cheryl Brendel, DMA
Adjunct Professor of Voice
School of Music | Location: HUM 311C
Phone: (423) 614-8313
Ron Brendel, DMA
Director of Graduate Studies in Music / Professor of Voice
School of Music | Location: HUM 311D
Phone: (423) 614-8071
Gloria Chien, DMA
Artist in Residence
School of Music | Location: CUR 1
Phone: (423) 614-8256
Kay Dick, PhD
Associate Professor of Music Education
School of Music | Location: HUM 211E
Phone: (423) 614-8257
James Frost, MM
Associate Professor of Voice
School of Music | Location: HUM 211B
Phone: (423) 614-8539
Luke Gambill, DWS
Assistant Professor of Music Business
School of Music | Location: CUR 2C
Phone: (423) 614-8261
Andy Harnsberger, DMA
Professor of Percussion
School of Music | Location: PGH 110
Phone: (423) 614-8674
Amy Humberd, DM
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
School of Music | Location: CUR 3B
Phone: (423) 614-8251
Joshua Pace, DMA
Assistant Professor of Music Education/Director of Bands
School of Music | Location: CUR 4E
Phone: (423) 614-8266
Austin Patty, PhD
Professor of Music Theory
School of Music | Location: CUR 4F
Phone: (423) 614-8666
Joanna Pepple, PhD
Assistant Professor of Musicology
School of Music | Location: CUR 1B
Phone: (423) 614-8663
Gloria Scott-Richmond, MME
Director of Racial & Ethnic Relations/ Director of Evangelistic Singers
Racial & Ethnic Relations | Location: CEN 119
Phone: (423) 614-8238
Randy Sheeks, DMA
Dean of the School of Music / Professor of Music and Worship
School of Music | Location: CUR 107
Phone: (423) 614-8247
James Vassell
EVS Assistant
School of Music
Phone: (423) 614-8247
Douglas Warner, DMA
Director of Applied Studies in Music / Professor of Music
School of Music | Location: CUR 1D
Phone: (423) 614-8265
Cameron Weatherford, DMA
Assistant Professor of Choral Music
Specialty: Conducting, Choral Literature, Rehearsal Techniques, Choral Union, Ladies of Lee
School of Music | Location: HUM 211C
Phone: (423) 614-8067
Alan Wyatt, MM
Associate Professor of Music/Commercial Music/Improvisation/Applied Saxophone/ Director of Jazz Ensemble
School of Music | Location: PGH 100C
Phone: (423) 614-8386
John Wykoff, PhD
Associate Dean of the School of Music / Distinguished Professor of Music Theory & Composition
School of Music | Location: CUR 4C
Phone: (423) 614-8665
