The Division of Instrumental Studies is one of the largest and most comprehensive instrumental faculties in the world, with 39 full-time Artist/Teacher faculty as well 13 adjunct faculty drawn from professional Dallas-Ft. Worth ensembles.
The division offers Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts performance degrees with specialization in: violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, harp, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, and multiple woodwinds. Current and former students have won prizes in major instrumental competitions of every genre, and are appointed to professional positions in orchestras, wind symphonies, and universities/conservatories spanning the world.
Degrees
- Bachelor of Music
- Master of Music
- Doctor of Musical Arts
Each with major in performance and specialization: bassoon, clarinet, double bass, euphonium, flute, French horn, guitar, harp, oboe, percussion, saxophone, trombone (bass and tenor), trumpet, viola, violin, violoncello, voice
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Faculty
- Gideon F. Alorwoyie - Percussion
- Jose Aponte - Percussion
- Tony Baker - Trombone
- Jason Bergman - Trumpet
- Brian Bowman - Coordinator of Brass; Euphonium
- Jeff Bradetich - Double Bass
- Julia Bushkova - Violin
- Kris Chesky - Texas Center for Music & Medicine
- Mary Karen Clardy - Flute
- Fabiana Claure - Music Entrepreneurship
- Daryl Coad - Clarinet
- Christopher Deane - Percussion
- Susan Dubois - Coordinator of Strings; Viola
- Deborah Fabian - Clarinet
- Mark Ford - Coordinator of Percussion
- Daphne Gerling - Viola
- Adam Gordon - Baroque Trumpet
- Jaymee Haefner - Director of Undergraduate Studies/Harp
- John Holt - Chair of Instrumental Studies; Trumpet
- Thomas Johnson - Guitar
- Philip Lewis - Violin
- Donald Little - Tuba
- Kimberly Cole Luevano - Clarinet
- Natalie Mannix - Trombone
- Steven Menard - Trombone
- Eric Nestler - Saxophone
- Felix Olschofka - Violin
- Eugene Osadchy - Cello
- Gudrun Raschen - Double Bass
- Paul Rennick - Percussion
- Kathleen Reynolds - Coordinator of Woodwinds; Bassoon
- Cynthia Roberts - Baroque Violin
- Nikola Ruzevic - Cello and Coordinator of Chamber Music
- James Ryon - Oboe
- William Scharnberg - Horn
- James Scott - Flute
- John Scott - Clarinet
- Terri Sundberg - Flute
- Adam Whear - Baroque Cello / Viola Da Gamba
Adjunct Faculty
- Justin Cooper - Brass Instrument Repair
- Michael Drake - Percussion
- Stockton Helbing - Percussion
- Lee Lattimore - Baroque Woodwinds
- Kathryn Montoya - Baroque Woodwinds
- George Papich - Strings
- Poovalur Sriji - Percussion
- Terence Reynolds - Horn
- Ed Smith - Vibraphone and Gamelan
- Daniel Swenberg - Baroque Strings
- Allen Whear - Baroque Strings
Contact Information
Christine Hill
940-565-4124
Christine.Hill@unt.edu