Faculty & Staff

headshot of Dr. Andy  McGraw

Associate Professor of Music

Chair, Department of Music

Ethnomusicologist


Specialties:
  • Southeast Asian Music
  • Music and Ethics
  • Rhythm Analysis
Contact:
(804) 287-1807
headshot of Dr. Gene  Anderson

Professor of Music, Emeritus


Specialties:
  • Music Theory
  • Early Jazz
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Stephen Sondheim
Contact:
(804) 289-8279

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Guitar
  • Banjo
  • Harmonica
  • Mandolin
  • Bluegrass Ensemble
  • Guitar Ensemble
  • American Roots Ensemble
Contact:
(804) 262-5283
headshot of  Steven  Barton

Conductor, University Wind Ensemble

Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of Mr. Richard  Becker

Associate Professor of Music, Coordinator of Piano Studies


Specialties:
  • Piano performance
  • Composition
  • Poetry
Contact:
(804) 289-8280
headshot of  Mary Beth  Bennett


Specialties:
  • Accompanist
Contact:

Adjunct Faculty, Guitar and Classical Guitar


Specialties:
  • Guitar
Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of Dr. Benjamin  Broening

Professor of Music


Specialties:
  • Music composition
  • Music theory
  • Music technology
  • Electroacoustic music
Contact:
(804) 289-8278
headshot of  Naima  Burrs

Conductor, University Symphony Orchestra

Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of Dr. Jennifer  Cable

Professor of Music

Coordinator of Vocal Studies


Specialties:
  • Vocal performance
  • Baroque vocal music
  • 18th century English song
Contact:
(804) 289-8284
headshot of Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher

President Emeritus and University Professor

Contact:
(804) 662-3022

Instructor of African Drumming

Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of Dr. Michael  Davison

Professor of Music

Director of Jazz Ensemble


Specialties:
  • Trumpet performance
  • Jazz studies
Contact:
(804) 289-8281

Instructor of Taiko Drumming

Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of  David L. Esleck

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Piano
  • Jazz
  • Swing Combo
Contact:
(804) 360-4865
headshot of Dr. Linda  Fairtile

Head, Parsons Music Library

Adjunct Lecturer of Music


Specialties:
  • Italian opera
  • Archives and manuscripts
Contact:
(804) 287-6849
headshot of Dr. Jessie   Fillerup

Associate Professor of Musicology

Contact:
(804) 484-1586
headshot of Dr. Stefan  Greenfield-Casas

Visiting Assistant Professor in Music Theory


Specialties:
  • Video game and film music
  • Musical arrangement
Contact:
(804) 289-8279

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Piano
Contact:
(804) 264-1457
headshot of  Kevin David Harding

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Guitar
  • Bossa Nova Ensemble
  • Samba Ensemble
  • Guitar Ensemble
Contact:
(804) 289-8277

Instructor, Voice

Contact:
804-289-8282

Instructor of Percussion

Contact:
(804) 289-8277

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Harp
Contact:
headshot of Dr. Joanne Lan-Funn Kong

Director of Accompaniment, Coordinator of Chamber Ensembles


Specialties:
  • Piano performance
  • Harpsichord performance
  • Chamber Music
Contact:
(804) 287-6422
headshot of  Jennifer Debiec Lawson

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Flute
Contact:
headshot of Dr. Joanna K. Love

Associate Professor of Music


Specialties:
  • 20th and 21st century American popular music
  • Music's role in advertising, video, and film
Contact:
(804) 289-8460

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Cello
Contact:

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Flute
Contact:

Director of Popular Music Ensemble

Contact:
(804) 289-8277

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Guitar
  • Flamenco Guitar
Contact:
headshot of  David B. Niethamer

Instructor, clarinet


Specialties:
  • Clarinet
Contact:
(804) 288-5935
headshot of  Randall  Pharr

Instructor


Specialties:
  • String Bass
  • Jazz
Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of Dr. Jeffrey  Riehl

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
Contact:
(804) 289-8282

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Piano
  • Class Piano
Contact:
(804) 289-8277

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Saxophone
Contact:
(804) 289-8277

Audio/Video Technology Specialist

Contact:
(804) 289-8277

Administrative Coordinator

Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of  James  Smith-Parham

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Voice
Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of  Bruce Borden Stevens

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Organ
Contact:
headshot of  Thomas Joseph Stevens

Instructor


Specialties:
  • Violin
  • Viola
Contact:

Adjunct Instructor of Music, French horn


Specialties:
  • French Horn
Contact:
(804) 289-8277

Adjunct Faculty, Piano

Contact:
(804) 289-8277
headshot of  Susy  Yim


Specialties:
  • Violin
Contact:
(804) 289-8277