Faculty & Staff
Professor of Music
Ethnomusicologist
Chair, Department of Music
Specialties:
- Southeast Asian Music
- Music and Ethics
- Rhythm Analysis
(804) 287-1807
Assistant Professor of Music
Specialties:
- Music theory
- Popular music
- Music cognition
- Post 1950s music
- Musical style and genre
(804) 289-8277
Instructor
Specialties:
- Guitar
- Banjo
- Harmonica
- Mandolin
- Bluegrass Ensemble
- Guitar Ensemble
- American Roots Ensemble
(804) 262-5283
Christien Ayers
He/Him
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Specialties:
- Sitar
- Indian Vocal Music
(804) 289-8277
Associate Professor of Music, Coordinator of Piano Studies
Specialties:
- Piano performance
- Composition
- Poetry
(804) 289-8280
Adjunct Faculty, Guitar and Classical Guitar
Specialties:
- Guitar
(804) 289-8277
Professor of Music
Specialties:
- Music composition
- Music theory
- Music technology
- Electroacoustic music
(804) 289-8278
Professor of Music
Coordinator of Vocal Studies
Specialties:
- Vocal performance
- Baroque vocal music
- 18th century English song
(804) 289-8284
Cassie Cipolla
She/Her
School of Arts & Sciences Adjunct Faculty
Specialties:
- Percussion: Drum Set
President Emeritus and University Professor
Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute
Contact: (804) 662-3022
Professor of Music
Director of Jazz Ensemble
Specialties:
- Trumpet performance
- Jazz studies
(804) 289-8281
Dr. Linda Fairtile
She/Her
Head, Parsons Music Library
Adjunct Lecturer of Music
Specialties:
- Italian opera
- Archives and manuscripts
(804) 287-6849
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Specialties:
- Voice
(804) 289-8277
Dr. Jessie Fillerup
She/Her
Associate Professor of Music
Specialties:
- French Music and Culture
- Opera
- Music and Illusion
- Piano Performance
- Music and Literature
Mrs. Brianna Gatch
She/Her
Adjunct Instructor of Music
Specialties:
- Concert Band
- Conducting
- Aural Skills
Visiting Assistant Professor in Music Theory
Specialties:
- Video game and film music
- Musical arrangement
(804) 289-8279
Instructor
Specialties:
- Guitar
- Bossa Nova Ensemble
- Samba Ensemble
- Guitar Ensemble
(804) 289-8277
Teaching Faculty of Music
Assistant Director, Modlin Center for the Arts
Specialties:
- Nonprofit Arts
- Program Development
- Audience Development and Arts Marketing
804-287-6599
Senior Teaching Faculty of Music
Director of Accompaniment, Coordinator of Chamber Ensembles
Specialties:
- Piano performance
- Harpsichord performance
- Chamber Music
(804) 287-6422
Dr. Jeffrey Riehl
He/They
Associate Professor of Music, Director of University Choirs
Specialties:
- Choral music of Slovenia
- Sacred works of W.A.Mozart
- Music and Religion
- Choral and Vocal Pedagogy
(804) 289-8282
Georgia Sweitzer
She/Her
Emeriti Faculty
Professor of Music, Emeritus
Specialties:
- Music Theory
- Early Jazz
- Louis Armstrong
- Stephen Sondheim
(804) 289-8279