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Glenn Korff School of Music Faculty & Staff

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Dr. Sergio H. Ruiz Director of the Glenn Korff School of Music

Dr. Sergio H. Ruiz is the Director of the Glenn Korff School of Music and Professor of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He holds degrees from Santa Clara University (BA), Cleveland Institute of Music (MM), and Rice University (DMA). He has previously served at Georgia College & State University, Sam Houston State University, and Sul Ross State University

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Bands

Carolyn Barber Ron & Carol Cope Professor of Music, Director of Bands

Douglas Bush Lecturer, Assistant Director of Bands

Anthony M. Falcone Senior Lecturer, Associate Director of Bands

Brass and Percussion

Scott Anderson Professor of Music, Trombone, Area Head for Brass and Percussion

Bo Atlas Lecturer, Tuba/Euphonium

Dave Hall Associate Professor of Percussion, Jazz Studies

Alan Mattingly Professor of Horn and Assistant Director

Scott Quackenbush Artist-in-Residence, lecturer of trumpet

Dr. Darryl White Associate Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies

Composition, History, and Theory

Scott Anderson Professor of Music, Trombone, Area Head for Brass and Percussion

Anita Breckbill Professor, Music Librarian

Anthony Bushard Associate Professor of Music History, Area Head for Academic Studies

Laura Damuth Courtesy Professor of Music History

Gretchen Foley Associate Professor of Music Theory

Elizabeth Grunin Lecturer, Literature

Garrett Hope Lecturer, theory and literature

Stanley V. Kleppinger Associate Professor of Music Theory

Tom Larson Assistant Professor of Composition, Emerging Media and Digital Arts

Peter M. Lefferts Professor of Music History

Jacqueline Mattingly Associate Dean for Student Affairs; Assistant Professor of Practice in Music

Greg Simon Assistant Professor of Composition, Area Head for Composition

Pamela Starr Professor of Music History

David von Kampen Lecturer, Theory and Literature

Dance

Hye-Won Hwang Assistant Professor of Practice, Dance

Lynne Nevin Lecturer, Dance

Susan Levine Ourada Associate Professor of Dance, Area Head for Dance

Melissa Templeton Lecturer, Dance

Jazz Studies

Peter Bouffard Lecturer, Guitar and Jazz Studies

Paul Haar Associate Professor of Saxophone, Jazz Studies

Dave Hall Associate Professor of Percussion, Jazz Studies

Tom Larson Assistant Professor of Composition, Emerging Media and Digital Arts

Greg Simon Assistant Professor of Composition, Area Head for Composition

Hans Sturm Hixson-Lied Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studies

Dr. Darryl White Associate Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies

Keyboard

Paul Barnes Marguerite Scribante Professor of Music, Piano

Mark Clinton Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano, Area Head for Keyboard

Christopher Marks Professor of Music, Organ

Dr. Sergio H. Ruiz Director of the Glenn Korff School of Music

Brenda Wristen Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy

Music Education

Rhonda Fuelberth Associate Professor of Music Education, Co-Area Head, Graduate

Danni Gilbert associate professor of practice in music education

Brian Moore Professor of Music Education and Music Technology, Glenn Korff School of Music

Glenn E. Nierman Glenn Korff Chair of Music, Professor of Music Education and Associate Director

Robert Woody Steinhart Foundation Distinguished Professor of Music, Professor of Music Education, Education, Co-Area Head, Undergraduate

Strings

Karen Becker Professor of Cello, Interim Area Head for Strings

Mary Bircher Lecturer, Harp

Peter Bouffard Lecturer, Guitar and Jazz Studies

David Neely Professor of Violin

Clark Potter Professor of Viola

Hans Sturm Hixson-Lied Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studies

Tyler White Professor of Composition and Conducting, Director of Orchestras, Area Head for Ensembles and Conducting

Vocal Music

Alisa Belflower Area Head for Music Theatre Studies

Peter A. Eklund Professor of Music & Director of Choral Activities

Marques L. A. Garrett Assistant Professor of Music in Choral Activities

Kevin Hanrahan Associate Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy, Area Head for Voice, Program Advisor for PhD in Vocal Pedagogy, Faculty Senate President

Donna Harler Professor of Voice

Jamie Reimer Associate Professor of Voice

William Shomos Richard H. Larson Distinguished Professor of Music (Voice), Director of Opera

Woodwinds

John Bailey Richard H. Larson Distinguished Professor of Music (Flute)

Diane Barger Professor of Clarinet, Area Head for Woodwinds

Paul Haar Associate Professor of Saxophone, Jazz Studies

Nathan Koch Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Music Theory

William McMullen Professor of Oboe

Administration

Dayana Corredor Facility Manager

Michael Cotton Vocal Coach, Accompanist

Jan Deaton Band Office Associate

Kirsten Drennon Auditions and Scholarships Coordinator

Leslie Harms Assistant to the Director

Jason Hibbard Production Manager/Technical Director

Rosemary Johnson Administrative Tech 1

Vincent Learned Piano Accompanist

Alan Mattingly Professor of Horn and Assistant Director

Colleen McDonald Administrative Tech II

Glenn E. Nierman Glenn Korff Chair of Music, Professor of Music Education and Associate Director

Jeff O'Brien Director of Technology, Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts

Brian Reetz Marketing and PR Coordinator

Dr. Sergio H. Ruiz Director of the Glenn Korff School of Music

Adam Schulte-Bukowinski Piano Technician

GKSOM Emeriti Faculty

Kate Butler, voice

Carolee Curtright, music education/choral

Gary Echols, bassoon

Quentin Faulkner, organ

Vernon Forbes, trombone

Robert Fought, saxophone professor, Director Emeritus Cornhusker Marching Band, former Associate Dean of the College and former Interim Director of the School of Music

Craig Fuller, Tuba

Susan Messerli, School of Music Librarian

James Michel, music theory

Giacomo Oliva, Professor of Music and former Dean of the Hixson-Lied College

Joan Reist, piano/piano pedagogy

John W. Richmond, Professor of Music and former Director of the Glenn Korff School

George Ritchie, organ

Albert Rometo, percussion

Randall L. Snyder, composition (Composer in Residence)

Russell C. White, double bass and jazz performance