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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 Amanda Breininger, ecm instructor Erin Campbell, ecm assistant Jessica Cherne, ecm instructor Katie Condon, ecm instructor Angela Crofoot, ecm instructor Karena Ferrier, ecm instructor Rebekah Butter Grathwol, ecm instructor Cari Gregerson, ecm assistant Paula Gudmundson, ecm instructor Cheryl Henningsgaard, ecm instructor Nick Johnson, ecm instructor Lindsay Kennedy, ecm instructor Miya Kunin, ecm assistant Yelena Martinez, ecm assistant Carla Merkow, ecm resource coordinator, assistant Joy Moeller, ecm instructor Karen Moon, ecm instructor Sarah Hruska Olson, ecm instructor Fran Ouellette, ecm instructor Nora Paoli, ecm instructor Kara Phipps, ecm assistant Emilie Schlaefer, ecm assistant Erin Shields, ecm assistant Jeremy Swider, ecm assistant Jennifer Sylvester, ecm instructor Weini Tekeste, ecm assistant Katelyn Torrell, ecm assistant Yelena Tsvetovat, ecm instructor Sandy Waterman, ecm instructor Brent Weaver, ecm instructor Guitar and Electric Bass Craig Anderson, chair, electric, acoustic guitar James Allen, electric, acoustic guitar Kristian Anderson, guitar Alan Johnston, classical guitar Jeff Lambert, DMA, classical, acoustic, electric guitar Adam Linz, bass guitar Tom Pieper, electric, acoustic bass Paul Renz, guitar, theory and composition Jean Seils, classical guitar Randy Sobaski, guitar Brent Weaver, classical acoustic guitar Suzuki Talent Education Katherine Wood, director, Suzuki violin Andy Bast, conductor Katie Bast, Suzuki violin Beatrice Blanc, Suzuki violin Nancy Daley, Suzuki piano Alison Fahy, Suzuki violin Faith Farr, Suzuki cello Andrea French, Suzuki cello Emily Gerard, Suzuki harp Mark Gitch, Suzuki Dept. Orchestra Coordinator Rebecca Hass, Suzuki staff accompanist Margaret Haviland, Suzuki viola, violin Alan Johnston, Suzuki guitar Joe Kaiser, Suzuki cello Kathy Kienzle, Suzuki harp Annette Lee, Suzuki, piano, staff accompanist Kelly Lehr, Suzuki violin Steven Leung, Suzuki violin Christy Libbus, Suzuki cello Heather MacLaughlin, Suzuki piano Cindy Malmin, Suzuki piano Nancy Maloney, Suzuki flute Joy Moeller, Suzuki violin Andrea Noteboom, Suzuki violin Conor O'Brien, Chamber Music Jean Seils, Suzuki guitar Diana Sherry, Suzuki piano Susan Sophocleus, Suzuki staff accompanist Rick Stanton, Suzuki piano Rebecca Thoennes, Suzuki piano, Suzuki accomp. Sara Thompson, Suzuki double bass Phala Tracy, Suzuki harp Linda Trygstad, Suzuki viola, violin Beth Turco, Suzuki piano Heather VanderLey, Suzuki violin Mary Halverson Waldo, Suzuki recorder, flute Sandy Waterman, Suzuki piano Brent Weaver, Suzuki guitar New! WBP faculty web pages click the links below Winds, Brass, and Percussion Nina Olsen, DMA, chair, clarinet, saxophone Robert W. Adney, percussion Scott Agster, trombone Trudi Anderson, flute, piccolo Paul Babcock, percussion Marjory Black, french horn Timothy Bradley, french horn Josh Carlson, percussion Stephen Grove, tuba Paula Gudmundson, flute Allison Hall, trumpet Julie Johnson, flute Gregory Keel, saxophone Rena Kraut, clarinet, community partnerships Laurie Hatcher Merz, bassoon Amy Morris, flute Sandra Powers, clarinet Steve Roehm, percussion Takako Seimiya, trumpet Bradley Shermock, trumpet Eric Strom, percussion James ten Bensel, trombone Chris Thomson, clarinet, saxophone Carrie Vecchione, oboe Mary Halverson Waldo, recorder, flute Jazz Program Adam Linz, electric and acoustic bass, Jazz Coordinator Scott Agster, trombone James Allen, guitar Craig Anderson, guitar Paul Babcock, percussion Nachito Herrera, jazz piano Gregory Keel, saxophone Vicky Mountain, voice Bryan Nichols, jazz piano Karen Pieper, jazz piano Tom Pletscher, jazz piano Paul Renz, guitar Steve Roehm, percussion James ten Bensel, trombone Gregory Theisen, piano Chris Thomson, saxophone Jacqueline Ultan, cello Group Instruction Emily Jahr Adam Levy, rock instructor Chan Poling Chris Osgood Sonja Rehbein

Keyboard Irina Elkina, DMA, chair, piano, crescendo coordinator Jason Alfred, staff accompanist Pinar Basgoze, piano Diana 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 Judy Lin, piano Elise Midelfort, piano Sarah E. Miller, Ph.D., piano, composition, theory Bryan Nichols, jazz piano Gail Olszewski, DMA, piano, harpsichord Jennifer Osterman, piano Karen Pieper, jazz piano Susana Pinto, piano Tom Pletscher, jazz piano Ginger Reynolds, piano Sue Ruby, piano Guna Skujina, piano Cathy Smetana, piano Gregory Theisen, piano Richard Tostenson, piano Jose Uriarte, 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 David Auerbach, viola, violin Tom Austin, cello Mary Bahr, violin Karin R. Boyce, violin Teresa Campbell, violin Judith Eisner, violin, baroque violin, fiddle Elizabeth Ericksen, violin Faith Farr, cello Helen Foli, violin Emily Gerard, harp Manon Gimlett, violin, viola Margaret Haviland, viola, violin Lorie Hippen, violin Rebecca Jacobson, violin Kelly Lehr, viola, violin Steven Leung, violin Lucinda Marvin, violin Daniel McIntosh, cello Peter Ostroushko, fiddle, mandolin Teresa Richardson, cello Shari Rothman, harp Maya Soriano, violin Andrea Stern, harp Dragan Stojkovic, violin, viola Hanno Strydom, cello Jeremy Swider, violin Sara Thompson, double bass Phala Tracy, harp Linda Trygstad, viola, violin Jacqueline Ultan, cello Voice Vicky Mountain, chair, voice Sei Hoon Ahn, voice Elizabeth Benjamin, voice Jeanie Brindley-Barnett, voice Oksana Bryn, voice Joey Clark, voice Thaxter Cunio, voice Craig Fields, voice Manon Gimlett, voice Mary Laymon, voice Andrea Leap, voice Ruth MacKenzie, voice Audrey Stottler, voice Momoko Tanno, voice Music Therapy Melissa Wenszell, director, MT-BC, NMT Fellow Jan Ackley Malecha, MT-BC, NMT Erin Shields, MT-BC, NMT Jessica Cherne, MT-BC, NMT Beth Engelking, MT-BC, NMT Nicholas Johnson, MT-BC, NMT Gretchen Gallagher Weinstein , MT-BC Community Partnerships* Katie Condon, director Richard Adams, trumpet* Scott Agster David Auerbach Thomas Austin, cello* Diana Bearmon David Birrow, general music, percussion* Karin Boyce Jeanie Brindley-Barnett Teresa Campbell, violin, musicianship* Joshua Carlson Michael Cramer, guitar* Lynn Deichert, trumpet* Dana Donnay, flute, oboe* Judith Eisner Nicholas Gaudette, cello, double bass* Rebekah Butter Grathwol Paula Gudmundson Becky Hanson, group piano* Jennifer Hanson, flute* Jeremy Hanson Margaret Haviland Sara Heimsoth* Scott Johnson, saxophone* Joe Kaiser Greg Keel Sarah Miller Joy Moeller Andrea Noteboom Nina Olsen Sarah Hruska-Olson Nora Paoli Sandra Powers Yuka Roth, violin* Sue Ruby Cathy Smetana Maya Soriano, violin William Spurlock, ensemble* Troy Strand, band director* Richard Tostenson Jacqueline Ultan Ling-Ya Wang Sandy Waterman Brent Weaver *community partnerships only