School of Performing Arts

Faculty - List by Discipline

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Administration

• Laura Artesani — Assistant Chair, Music Division/Music Education/Music History/Accompanying
• Dennis Cox — Graduate Coordinator/Dir. of Choral Activities
• Tom Mikotowicz — Chair, Theatre/Dance Division
• Curvin Farnham — Music Education
• Ginger Yang Hwalek — Director, MSYM/Piano/Chamber Music
• Beth Wiemann — Chair, Music Division; Composition/Clarinet

Bands

• Jack Burt –Director of UMaine Jazz Ensemble/Trumpet
• Curvin Farnham — Coordinator, School of Performing Arts; Director of Bands/Music Education
• Chris White — Director of Sports Bands

Brass

• Jack Burt –Director of UMaine Jazz Ensemble/Trumpet
• Scott Vaillancourt — Low Brass
• Wanda Whitener — French Horn
• Dan Barrett — Trombone

Choirs

• Heidi Corliss — Director, Athena Consort
• Dennis Cox — Graduate Coordinator/Dir. of Choral Activities
• Ludlow Hallman — Voice/Opera Workshop/Choral Director
• Danny Williams — Director, Black Bear Men’s Chorus

Composition

• Beth Wiemann — Graduate Advisor/Clarinet/Theory/Composition

Jazz Studies

• Karel Lidral — Saxophone/Jazz Director/Theory

Keyboard

• Phillip Silver — Piano/Accompanying/Music HistoryMusic Ed
• Baycka Voronietsky — Piano

Opera Workshop

• Ludlow Hallman — Voice/Opera Workshop/Choral Director
• Nancy Ellen Ogle — Voice/OperaWorkshop

Orchestra

• Ludlow Hallman — Voice/Opera Workshop/Choral Director
• Anatole Wieck
• Percussion
• Thom Wubbenhorst
• Stuart Marrs
• Chris White

Strings

• Noreen Silver — Cello/Chamber Music
• Richard Kenefic — Classical Guitar
• Anatole Wieck — Violin/ Viola/Orchestra Director
• James Adams

Voice

• Ludlow Hallman — Voice/Opera Workshop/Choral Director
• Nancy Ellen Ogle — Voice/OperaWorkshop
• Karen Pendleton — Voice
• Marcia Gronewold Sly

Woodwinds

• Kevin Birch — Harpsichord/Organ/Keyboard
• Elizabeth Downing — Flute
• Louis Hall — Oboe/Saxophone/Music Education
• Elizabeth MacDonald — Bassoon
• Beth Wiemann — Graduate Advisor/Clarinet/Theory/Composition

Recording Arts

• Mark Wellman – Recording Arts

Theatre Faculty

• Dan Bilodeau — Scenic Design
• Joseph Donovan — Stagecraft
• Marcia Douglas — Acting, Movement, Voice (On sabatical for fall ’08- spring ’09)
• Sandra Hardy — Characterization, Script Analysis, Advanced Acting
• Tom Mikotowicz — Play Production, Intro to Theatre, Playwriting, Theatre History
• AJ Mooney — Acting
• Julie Lisnet — Acting

Dance Faculty

• Leon Dyjak — Dance Composition
• Terry Lacey — Ballet, Jazz, Yoga
• Laren Lynn — Ballet, Modern Dance
• AJ Mooney — Tap
• Keith Robinson — Ballet
• Ann Ross — Modern, Jazz, Pilates

Staff

• David Adkins — Facilities Manager
• Cathy Brown — Administrative Assistant
• Monique Hashey — Marketing Manager
• Joe Donovan — Technical Director & Production Manager, Stagecraft
• Pam McManus — Administrative Associate
• Lucia Williams-Young — Costume Shop Manager, Costume Construction

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