Faculty and Staff

**Full-time Faculty**
Tenured and tenure-track faculty
Faculty Name	Music Area
W. Terrence Spiller, Chair	Department Chair, Piano
David Arrivée	Director of Cal Poly Symphony, Music Theory, Musicianship, Chamber Ensembles
Antonio G. Barata	Sound Design, Theory, Composition
Meredith Brammeier	Theory, Musicianship
India D'Avignon	General Music, Piano
Thomas Davies	Director of Choral Program, Conducting
Kenneth S. Habib	Ethnomusicology
Alyson McLamore	Music History, Music Education
Andrew McMahan	Director of Bands, Theory, Conducting
Paul Rinzler	Director of Jazz Studies, Jazz History and Theory, Improvisation
Craig Russell	Music History, Music Appreciation
Christopher J. Woodruff	Assoc. Director of Bands, Music Appreciation, Theory

**Part-time Faculty**
Lecturers
Faculty Name	Music Area
Katherine Arthur	Class Voice
Susan Azaret Davies	Class Piano/Accompanying
James Bachman	Class Guitar, Guitar Ensemble
Jacalyn Kreitzer	Vocal Practicum

**Applied Faculty**
Private Instruction for Music Majors
Faculty Name	Music Area
Lisa Nauful	bassoon
Keith Waibel	clarinet
Sonny Galvan	euphonium
Suzanne Duffy	flute
James Bachman	guitar
Craig Russell	guitar & lute
Jennifer Sayre Marcia Dickstein	harp
Jennifer Dodson Jane Swanson	horn
Gabrielle Castriotta	oboe
John Astaire	percussion
W. Terrence Spiller	piano
Paul Rinzler	piano (jazz)
Laura Kramer	saxophone
Aaron Wolf	saxophone (jazz)
Ken Hustad	string bass
Sonny Galvan	trombone
Christopher J. Woodruff	trumpet
Sonny Galvan	tuba
Paul Severtson Brynn Albanese	violin
Paul Severtson	viola
Jeanne Shumway Barbara Spencer	violoncello
Thomas Davies Jacalyn Kreitzer Katherine Arthur	voice

**Emeriti**
Retired Professors
Faculty Name	Music Area
William Johnson	Director of Bands, Theory, Conducting
John Russell	Piano, Theory
Clifton Swanson	String Bass, Music History, Music Appreciation

**Staff**
Support Staff
Staff Name	Position
Druci Reese	Admin. Support Coordinator II
Michele Abba	Admin. Support Coordinator I
Benjamin Reveley	Technician IIA
John Oliver	Piano Technician
Susan Azaret Davies	Accompanist
Paul Woodring	Accompanist

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