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Through a rigorous hiring process and comprehensive ongoing Professional Development Program, MacPhail is able to attract and maintain the highest quality of teaching artists in the region. Eighty percent of MacPhail’s teaching artists have graduate degrees in music and each faculty member has extensive experience teaching music.

Early Childhood Music (ecm) Dianna Babcock, director, ecm instructor Dan Abdon, ecm instructor Jessica Cherne, ecm instructor Katie Condon, ecm instructor Angela Crofoot, ecm instructor Rebekah Butter Grathwol, ecm instructor Paula Gudmundson, ecm instructor Cheryl Henningsgaard, ecm instructor Emily Ireland, ecm instructor Bethany Jones, ecm assistant Nick Johnson, ecm instructor Karena Lokken, ecm instructor Yelena Martinez, ecm instructor Michael McGarthwaite, ecm assistant Joy Moeller, ecm instructor Karen Moon, ecm instructor Sarah Hruska Olson, ecm instructor Fran Ouellette, ecm instructor Nora Paoli, ecm instructor Todd Schwartzberg, ecm instructor Jeremy Swider, ecm assistant Yelena Tsvetovat, ecm instructor Jessica Warren, ecm assistant Sandy Waterman, ecm instructor Brent Weaver, ecm instructor Guitar and Electric Bass James Allen, electric, acoustic guitar Craig Anderson, chair, electric, acoustic guitar Alan Johnston, classical guitar Jeff Lambert, DMA, classical, acoustic, electric guitar Tom Pieper, electric, acoustic bass Paul Renz, guitar, theory and composition Jean Seils, classical guitar Jeff Warren, guitar Brent Weaver, classical acoustic guitar Suzuki Talent Education Katherine Wood, director, Suzuki violin Andy Bast, conductor Katie Bast, Suzuki violin Beatric Blanc, Suzuki violin Nancy Daley, Suzuki piano Emily Gerard, Suzuki harp Faith Farr, Suzuki cello Rebecca Haas, Suzuki staff accompanist Margaret Haviland, Suzuki viola, violin Alan Johnston, Suzuki guitar Kathy Kienzle, Suzuki harp Kamini LaRusso, Suzuki violin Annette Lee, Suzuki, piano, staff accompanist Steven Leung, Suzuki violin Christy Libbus, Suzuki cello Nancy Maloney, Suzuki flute Joy Moeller, Suzuki violin Cindy Malmin, Suzuki piano Andrea Noteboom, Suzuki violin Conor O'Brien, Chamber Music Adrianna Rossmiller, Suzuki cello Jean Seils, Suzuki guitar Rick Stanton, Suzuki piano J.B. Talyor, Suuzki piano Rebecca Thoennes, Suzuki piano, Suzuki accomp. Sara Thompson, Suzuki double bass Phala Tracy, Suzuki harp Linda Trygstad, Suzuki viola, violin Heather Vande Lley, Suzuki violin Mary Halverson Waldo, Suzuki recorder, flute Brent Weaver, Suzuki guitar Winds, Brass, and Percussion Nina Olsen, DMA, chair, clarinet, saxophone Joel Abdella, oboe Robert W. Adney, percussion Trudi Anderson, flute, piccolo Paul Babcock, percussion Dan Bussian, trombone Josh Cameron, trumpet Josh Carlson, percussion Marjory Black, french horn Stephen Grove, tuba Paula Gudmundson, flute Gregory Keel, saxophone Julie Johnson, flute Rena Kraut, clarinet, community partnerships Laurie Hatcher Merz, bassoon William Olson, saxophone Sandra Powers, clarinet Steve Roehm, percussion Kelly Rossum, trumpet, composition, theory Takako Seimiya, trumpet Eric Strom, percussion James ten Bensel, trombone Chris Thomson, clarinet, saxophone Carrie Vecchione, oboe Mary Halverson Waldo, recorder, flute Janis Weller, flute Jazz Program Kelly Rossum, trumpet, Jazz Coordinator James Allen, guitar Craig Anderson, guitar Paul Babcock, percussion Jacqueline Ferrier-Ultan, cello Nachito Herrera, jazz piano Gregory Keel, saxophone Vicky Mountain, voice Bryan Nichols, jazz piano Karen Pieper, jazz piano Paul Renz, guitar Steve Roehm, percussion James ten Bensel, trombone Gregory Theisen, piano Chris Thomson, saxophone

Keyboard Irina Elkina, DMA, chair, piano, crescendo coordinator Jason Alfred, staff accompanist Pinar Basgoze, piano Dianna Bearmon, piano Katie Condon, piano Timothy De Prey, piano Mindy Eschedor, principal staff accompanist Melissa Falb, piano Susan Genaw, piano Chris J. Granias, Ph.D., piano, theory, composition Jeremy Hanson, piano, theory, composition Susan Hellerud, piano Nachito Herrera, jazz piano Janet Wood-Holdorf, piano Reiko Imrie, piano Jon Michael Iverson, piano Miroslava Kisilevitch, DMA, piano Shannon Loehrke, DMA piano Judy Lin, piano Shannon Loehrke, DMA piano Elise Midelfort, piano Sarah E. Miller, Ph.D., piano, composition, theory Bryan Nichols, jazz piano Gail Olszewski, DMA, piano, harpsichord Karen Pieper, jazz piano Susana Pinto, piano Tom Pletscher, jazz piano Ginger Reynolds, piano Sue Ruby, piano Dan Sabo, piano Gary Sipes, piano Guna Skujina, piano Cathy Smetana, piano Gregory Theisen, piano Jose Uriarte, DMA, piano Megan Wallace, DMA, piano Ling-Ya Wang, piano Strings and Harp Karen Moon, chair, violin Mara Aasland, cello Robert Anderson, double bass Stella N. Anderson, viola, violin Mary Bahr, violin Karin R. Boyce, violin Judith Eisner, violin, baroque violin, fiddle Elizabeth Ericksen, violin Faith Farr, cello Jacqueline Ferrier-Ultan, cello Helen Foli, violin Emily Gerard, harp Manon Gimlett, violin, viola Margaret Haviland, viola, violin Lorie Hippen, violin Peter Howard, cello Rebecca Jacobson, violin Kelly Lehr, viola, violin Steven Leung, violin Lucia Magney, cello Lucinda Marvin, violin Daniel McIntosh, cello Jessica Parker, cello Tom Pieper, double and electric bass Tom Rosenberg, cello Shari Rothman, harp Andrea Stern, harp Dragan Stojkovic, viola, violin Jeremy Swider, violin Sara Thompson, double bass Phala Tracy, harp Linda Trygstad, viola, violin Voice Vicky Mountain, chair, voice Elizabeth Benjamin, voice Jeanie Brindley-Barnett, voice Oksana Bryn, voice Craig Fields, voice Garrick Comeaux, voice Thaxter Cunio, voice Manon Gimlett, voice Mary Laymon, voice Andrea Leap, voice Ruth MacKenzie, voice Audrey Stottler, voice Momoko Tanno, voice Music Therapy Erin Campbell, MT-BC, NMT Jessica Cherne, MT-BC, NMT Timothy De Prey, MT-BC, NMT Gretchen Gallagher Weinstein , MT-BC Nicholas Jonhson, MT-BC, NMT Jenifer Josephson, MT-BC, NMT Megan MacKinnon, MT-BC Todd Schwartzberg, MT-BC, NMT Melissa Wenszell, MT-BC, NMT Fellow Group Instruction Chan Poling Chris Osgood Emily Jahr Sonja Rehbein