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Brian Brink - Director of Instrumental Studies, Director of Jazz Ensemble, Trombone
Associate Professor of Music
D.M., Florida State University
M.M., University of North Texas
B.M., Florida State University
bbrink@flsouthern.edu 

Lawrence Burke – Low Brass, Music
Education, Music Management
Associate Professor of Music
M.M., University of Michigan
B.A., Florida Southern College
lburke@flsouthern.edu 


Rita Fandrich - Piano,Piano Pedagogy,
Theory, Piano Ensemble
Associate Professor of Music
M.M., Indiana University
B.M., Cornell College
rfandrich@flsouthern.edu 

J. Jossim – Director of Bands, Oboe, Music Education
Associate Professor of Music
Ph.D., Florida State University
M.A., University of Denver
B.M.Music Ed., University of South Florida
jjossim@flsouthern.edu



Robert MacDonald - Director of Piano Studies, Piano, Piano Ensemble
Artist in Residence
M.M., Indiana University
Arts Diploma, Musikhochschle, Vienna
B.A., University of North Carolina
rmacdonald2@flsouthern.edu


Paula Parsché - Music Department Chair,
Piano, Theory, Accompanying ,
Piano Ensemble
Associate Professor of Music
M. M., University of South Florida
B. A., Florida Southern College
pparsche@flsouthern.edu



Arthur Pranno - Director of String Studies,
Violin, Orchestra, Music History
Associate Professor of Music
M.M. Arizona State University
B.M., University of Iowa
apranno@flsouthern.edu

 


Larry Sledge - Director of Choral Activities, Theory, Music History
Professor of Music
Ph.D., Florida State University
M.M., B.M., Southern Illinois University
lsledge@flsouthern.edu

 


Diane Willis Stahl - Director of Voice Studies, Voice, Diction, Italian Diction
Associate Professor of Music
M.M., Indiana University School of Music
M.M., Yale University School of Music
B.A., Florida Southern College
dstahl@flsouthern.edu

 

John Thomasson - Voice, Opera Theatre,
German Diction

Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., M.A., B.M., University of Iowa
Lieddiplom, Operndiplom, Hochschule Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
jthomasson@flsouthern.edu


Rosemary A. Barker
D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
M.M., University of Tulsa Oklahoma
B.M., University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg
rawilli.1@netzero.net

Laura Brenner - Viola
B.M., North Park University
brenner@tampabay.rr.com



Pamela Cole – Piano, Class Piano
M.M., Appalachian State University
B.A., Florida Southern College
pcole@flsouthern.edu


David Coash – Percussion
A.Mus.D. University of Michigan
M. M. Northwestern University
B.A. Music Performance University of South
Florida (USF)
B.A. Music Education USF
dcoash@tampabay.rr.com

Patrick Fleitz - Piano, Class Piano,
Music Appreciation

M.M., University of South Florida
B.M., Florida Southern College
pfleitz@flsouthern.edu

Melissa Gilmer - Voice
M.M., University of Miami, Florida
B.M., University of Akron, OH

Rebekah Haubry – Piano, Class Piano
B.A., Florida Southern College
rhaubry@aol.com


Don-Michael Hill - String Bass
B.M., Curtis Institute of Music
bassorlando@aol.com


Gene Hunn - Saxophone, Jazz Improvisation, Clarinet, Music Management
B.M., M.M., Indiana University
ghunn@mac.com

Barbara Jacobson - Flute, Chamber
Ensembles

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
barbaradjacobson@mac.com

 

Christa Jones - Language in Music German
B.A., University of South Florida

 


Edward Lugo - Guitar

M.M., Manhattan School of Music
B.M., Florida Southern College
eddylugo@tampabay.rr.com


William Picher - Trumpet
B.S., University of Maine
M.M., Eastman School of Music
D.M.A., Catholic University of America
wfpicher@cfl.rr.com

Michael Sedloff - Strings Pedagogy, Strings Performance
M.M., University of Michigan
B.M., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
cello57@aol.com


Mark Switzer - Guitar
D.M.A., M.M., University of Miami
B.A., University of North Carolina
Switz4020@earthlink.net

Jack Thompson – Voice, Voice Performance
Juilliard School of Music

Fernando Traba - Bassoon
Advanced Certificate, Juilliard School of Music
B.M., M.M., The Cleveland Institute of Music
lostrabas@msn.com