Faculty and Staff
Full-time faculty
Joani Brandon, Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Anderson University
M.M., Butler University
[1999]
Teaches music education and choral conducting
Jonathan Evan Brooks, Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Erskine College
M.M., Indiana University
Doctoral Candidate, University of North Texas
[2001]
Teaches music theory
Becky Ann Chappell, Professor of Music
B.A., Anderson University
M.M., Oklahoma City University
D.A., Ball State University
[1993]
Teaches clarinet, saxophone, music business
Randall Jay Frieling , Professor of Music
B.A., Calvin College
M.M., Indiana University
D.A., Ball State University
[1989]
Teaches piano, organ, and accompanying
Laurel Eldredge Goetzinger , Associate Professor of Music
B.S.,Illinois State University
M.M., University of Illinois
[1999]
Teaches voice, opera, and musical theatre
John R. Huntoon, Instructor of Music
B.M., Milikin University
M.M., Bowling Green State University
[2002]
Teaches low brass and jazz
Mark Stephen Murray, Professor of Music
B.A., Duke University
M.M., Indiana University
D.M., Indiana University
[1980]
Teaches trumpet, music business, and jazz studies
Michele Crews Murray, Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Stetson University
M.M., Indiana University
[1993]
Teaches music theory and piano
Fritz Soule Robertson, Professor of Music
B.M., B.S. University of Maine
M.M., Boston University
D.M.A., Ball State University
[1991]
Teaches voice, opera, and diction
Reginald Gilliam Rodgers, Professor of Music
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory
M.M., University of North Carolina
D.M.A., University of Maryland
[1983]
Teaches piano
Linda K. Schubert, Assistant Professor of Music
A.B., Univeristy of Wisconsin
M.A., Ph.D. University of Michigan
[2005]
Teaches musicology
Richard Louis Sowers, Professor of Music
B.M., Indiana University
M.M., Colorado State University
D.M.A., Arizona State University
[1984]
Teaches choral and orchestral music and conducting
Susan Lynnette Taylor, Professor of Music
Assistant Chair, School of Music
B.S., M.A., D.A., Ball State University
[1998]
Teaches instrumental conducting and music education
Jeffrey Wright, Professor of Music
Dean, College of the Arts; Chair, School of Music
B.M., Georgia State University
M.M., Ph.D., Northwestern University
[1995]
Teaches music education and church music
Staff
Beth Doub, Public Relations and Recruiting, College of the Arts
Dianne Sprunger, Staff Accompanist
Debi Wyatt, Administrative Assistant
Date in [] indicates year first appointed to AU full-time faculty
