People

Core Faculty

Jay Arms
Lecturer
Rika Asai
Lecturer
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
Nicole Mitchell Gantt
William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies
412-624-4187
Adriana Helbig
Chair, Music Department
412-624-4193
Michael Heller
Associate Professor
412-624-4061
Aaron Johnson Portrait
Aaron Johnson
Assistant Professor
412-648-8303
Eric Moe Portrait
Eric Moe
Andrew W. Mellon Professor
412-624-4198
Marcelle Pierson
Lecturer II, Music Theory
412-624-4197
Susan Rice Portrait
Susan Rice
Senior Lecturer
412-624-4508
Mathew Rosenblum
Professor (on leave)
412-624-4199
Dan Wang
Assistant Professor
412-624-4974
Andrew N. Weintraub
Professor
412-624-4184
Amy Williams Portrait
Amy Williams
Associate Professor
412-624-4120
Roger Zahab Portrait
Roger Zahab
Senior Lecturer
412-624-4017

Ensemble Faculty

Jay Arms
Lecturer
Yamoussa Camara
MUS 0660 — African Drumming Ensemble
Ralph Guzzi
MUS 0640 — Jazz Ensemble
Lorraine Milovac
MUS 0614 — Women's Chorale
412 624-1388
Susan Rice Portrait
Susan Rice
Senior Lecturer
412-624-4508
Richard Teaster
MUS 0123 — Basic Musicianship: Class Voice; MUS 0511 — Voice; MUS 0613 — University Glee Club
Mathew Tembo
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Andrew N. Weintraub
Professor
412-624-4184
Roger Zahab Portrait
Roger Zahab
Senior Lecturer
412-624-4017

Performance Faculty

Jason Allison
French Horn
Donna Amato
MUS 0512 — Piano
Jay Arms
Lecturer
Yamoussa Camara
MUS 0660 — African Drumming Ensemble
Frank Cunimondo
MUS 0533 — Jazz Piano
Kenneth Danchik
MUS 0513 — Organ
Sandy Dowe
MUS 0510 — Voice: Jazz
Tina Faigen
MUS 0512 — Piano
Ralph Guzzi
MUS 0640 — Jazz Ensemble
Barbara Hois
MUS 0115 — The Alexander Technique; MUS 0519 — Flute; MUS 0672 — Chamber Music
Carl Jackson
MUS 0526 — Trombone
James Johnson, III
MUS 0528 — Jazz: Studio Set Drumming
John Maione
MUS 0530 — Jazz Guitar
Jeffrey Mangone
MUS 0518 — Double Bass/Bass Guitar
Benjamin Meyer
MUS 0122 — Basic Musicianship: Class Guitar; MUS 0529 — Classical Guitar
Lorraine Milovac
MUS 0614 — Women's Chorale
412 624-1388
Linda Morton-Fisher
MUS 0525 — Bassoon
412-243-2297
John Moyer
MUS 0511 — Accompanist
Kenneth Powell
MUS 0522 — Saxophone
412-855-5366
Karl Priore
MUS 0524 —Trumpet
Susan Rice Portrait
Susan Rice
Senior Lecturer
412-624-4508
Mary Beth Skaggs Malek
MUS 0521 — Clarinet
Mark Strickland
MUS 0530 — Jazz Guitar
Amy Stubbs
MUS 0527 — Percussion
Richard Teaster
MUS 0123 — Basic Musicianship: Class Voice; MUS 0511 — Voice; MUS 0613 — University Glee Club
Paula Tuttle
MUS 0517 – Cello
412-725-1115
Cynthia D Warren
MUS 0520 — Oboe/English Horn
Roger Zahab Portrait
Roger Zahab
Senior Lecturer
412-624-4017

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

Benjamin Barson
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Jason Belcher
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
Samuel Boateng
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Maya Brown-Boateng
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Lee Caplan
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Marco Giusto
Graduate Student, Composition and Theory
Larissa A. Irizarry
Graduate Student, Musicology
Jeffrey Klein
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Danielle Maggio
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Ryan McMasters
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
Mark Micchelli
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies, Composition/Theory
Irene Monteverde
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Steven Moon
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Cullyn Murphy
Graduate student, Composition & Theory (ABD)
Kevin O'Brien
Graduate Student, Musicology
Brian Riordan
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
M. Rizky Sasono
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Miranda Sousa
Graduate Student, Musicology
Codee Spinner
Graduate Student, Musicology
Hannah Standiford
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology
Woodrow James Steinken
Graduate Student, Musicology
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
Jeff Weston
Graduate Student, Composition/Theory
Deanna Witkowski
Graduate Student, Jazz Studies
Shuo Yang
Graduate Student, Ethnomusicology

Staff

Ian A. Bennett
Graduate Administrator
Lauren Faber
Jazz Studies Program Assistant
(412) 624-4187
Philip Thompson
Department Coordinator
412-624-4127

Part-Time Faculty

David Anderson
Part-Time Faculty
Ben Barson
Part-Time Faculty
Jason Belcher
Part-Time Faculty
Aaron Myers-Brooks
Part-Time Faculty
Kevin O'Brien
Part-Time Faculty
Brian Riordan
Part-Time Faculty
Laura Schwartz, PhD
Part-Time Faculty
Richard Teaster
MUS 0123 — Basic Musicianship: Class Voice; MUS 0511 — Voice; MUS 0613 — University Glee Club
Mariana Whitmer
Part-Time Faculty