People

Core Faculty

Jay Arms
Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor
Rika Asai
Teaching Associate Professor
412-648-7552
Shalini R. Ayyagari
Assistant Professor
412-624-4196
Olivia Bloechl Portrait
Olivia Bloechl
Professor
412-624-2711
James P. Cassaro Portrait
James P. Cassaro
Professor
412-624-4131
Ian Copeland
Postdoctoral Associate in African Studies
412-624-7775
Adriana Helbig
Chair, Department of Music
412-624-4193
Michael Heller
Associate Professor
412-624-4061
Aaron Johnson Portrait
Aaron Johnson
Assistant Professor; Interim Director, Jazz Studies Program
412-648-8303
Eric Moe Portrait
Eric Moe
Andrew W. Mellon Professor
Aaron Myers-Brooks
Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor
Marcelle Pierson
Teaching Associate Professor, Music Theory
412-624-4197
Susan Rice Portrait
Susan Rice
Teaching Professor
412-624-4508
Mathew Rosenblum
Professor (on leave)
412-624-4199
Yoko Suzuki
Teaching Associate Professor
Dan Wang
Assistant Professor
412-624-4974
Andrew N. Weintraub
Professor
412-624-4184
Amy Williams Portrait
Amy Williams
Professor
412-624-4120
Roger Zahab Portrait
Roger Zahab
Teaching Professor
412-624-4017

Ensemble Faculty

Jay Arms
Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor
Yamoussa Camara
African Drumming Ensemble
Ralph Guzzi
Jazz Ensemble
Lorraine Milovac
Women's Choral Ensemble
412 624-1388
Susan Rice Portrait
Susan Rice
Teaching Professor
412-624-4508
Richard Teaster
Men's Glee Club, Voice, Class Voice
Mathew Tembo
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Andrew N. Weintraub
Professor
412-624-4184
Roger Zahab Portrait
Roger Zahab
Teaching Professor
412-624-4017

Performance Faculty

Jason Allison
French Horn
Donna Amato
Piano
Jay Arms
Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor
Yamoussa Camara
African Drumming Ensemble
Frank Cunimondo
Jazz Piano (on leave)
Kenneth Danchik
Organ
Sandy Dowe
Jazz Voice
Tina Faigen
Piano
Ralph Guzzi
Jazz Ensemble
Barbara Hois
Flute, Alexander Technique, Chamber Music
Carl Jackson
Trombone
James Johnson, III
Jazz: Studio Set Drumming
John Maione
Jazz Guitar
Jeffrey Mangone
Double Bass/Bass Guitar
Benjamin Meyer
Class Guitar, Classical Guitar
Lorraine Milovac
Women's Choral Ensemble
412 624-1388
Irene Monteverde
PhD Candidate, Jazz Studies; Jazz Piano
Linda Morton-Fisher
Bassoon
412-243-2297
Kenneth Powell
Saxophone
412-855-5366
Karl Priore
Trumpet
Susan Rice Portrait
Susan Rice
Teaching Professor
412-624-4508
Mary Beth Skaggs Malek
Clarinet
Mark Strickland
Jazz Guitar
Amy Stubbs
Percussion
Richard Teaster
Men's Glee Club, Voice, Class Voice
Paula Tuttle
Cello
412-725-1115
Cynthia D Warren
Oboe/English Horn
Roger Zahab Portrait
Roger Zahab
Teaching Professor
412-624-4017

Arts and Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow

Ian Copeland
Postdoctoral Associate in African Studies
412-624-7775

Emeritus Faculty

Akin Euba (Deceased)
Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Emeritus
Don O. Franklin (Deceased)
Professor, Emeritus
Deane L. Root Portrait
Deane L. Root
Professor, Emeritus
Bell Yung
Professor, Emeritus

Graduate Students

Seyi Ajibade
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Jason Belcher
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
Samuel Boateng
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Josh Brew
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Maya Brown-Boateng
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Candace Burgess
Graduate Student, Musicology
Lee Caplan
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Luis Miguel Delgado Grande
Graduate Student, Theory/Composition
Marco Giusto
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Ryan McMasters
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
Mark Micchelli
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies, Composition/Theory
Irene Monteverde
PhD Candidate, Jazz Studies; Jazz Piano
Cullyn Murphy
Graduate student, Composition & Theory (ABD)
Eli Namay
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Brian Riordan
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
M. Rizky Sasono
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Miranda Sousa
Graduate Student, Musicology
Hannah Standiford
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Hannah Strong
Graduate Student, Musicology
Mathew Tembo
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Devon Tipp
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
Emerson Voss
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Xinyang Wang
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
Deanna Witkowski
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Shuo Yang
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology

Staff

Ian A. Bennett
Graduate Administrator
Robert Frankenberry
Concert and Communications Coordinator
(412) 624-4125
Philip Thompson
Department Administrator
412-624-4127
Lauren Upchurch
Jazz Studies Program Assistant
(412) 624-4187
Julie Wachtel
Academic Administrator
412-624-4124

Part-Time Faculty

David Anderson
Part-Time Faculty
Ben Barson
Part-Time Faculty
Jason Belcher
Part-Time Faculty
Kevin O'Brien
Part-Time Faculty
Brian Riordan
Part-Time Faculty
Laura Schwartz, PhD
Part-Time Faculty
Richard Teaster
Men's Glee Club, Voice, Class Voice
Mariana Whitmer
Part-Time Faculty