Speakers - Music, Theatre, & Dance

Mary Ashley Barret
Associate Professor, Music Performance
DMA Florida State University
(336) 334-5879, mabarret@uncg.edu

  • "Preparing for a Music Career"
  • "How to be a music major"

Rachel Briley
Associate Professor, Theatre
MFA Arizona State University
(336) 334-5575, r_briley@uncg.edu

  • Drama and Literacy
  • Drama and the Young Child
  • Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Music, Sign Language, and Drama in the development of the child

Kelly Burke
Professor & Department Chair, Music Performance
DMA University of Michigan
(336) 334-5974, kjburke@uncg.edu

  • The EastWind Ensemble is available for important events that are enhanced by performance, or can BE the event.

James Revell Carr
Assistant Professor, Music Studies
PhD University of California, Santa Barbara
(336) 334-5030, jrcarr2@uncg.edu

  • American Traditional Music Beyond Appalachia
  • Popular Music in Global Contexts
  • Music of the American Counterculture
  • Music of Hawaii & the Pacific
  • Music of Coastal & Seafaring Communities in America

Gregory D. Carroll
Associate Professor, Music Studies
PhD The University of Iowa
(336) 334-5461, gdcarrol@uncg.edu

  • Classical Music

Jody Cauthen
Lecturer, Theatre
MA Saint Mary's Unviersity of Minnesota
(336) 334-4601, jtcauthe@Uncg.edu

  • Theatre Management/Theatre Entrepreneurship
  • Arts Marketing
  • Theatre/Drama

Duane Cyrus
Associate Professor, Dance
MFA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(336) 256-1486, dacyrus@uncg.edu

  • Accessing Creativity (Interactive lecture or workshop to access creative potential for any demographic)
  • Entrepreneurship in the Arts
  • African American Contributions to American Culture (Particularly in Performing Arts)

Sarah Dorsey
Director of the Music Library, University Libraries
MLS University of Arizona
(336) 334-5610, sbdorsey@uncg.edu

  • Music Librarianship & Libraries in General
  • Sustainability Film Series - Coordinator and Co-chair of the UNCG Sustainability Committee
  • Archives research - Writing a Biography of Composer Louise Talma (1906-1996)

Gavin Douglas
Associate Professor, Music Studies
PhD University of Washington
(336) 334-5473, gdouglas@uncg.edu

  • Music and Politics
  • Music in Southeast Asia

Benjamin Filene
Associate Professor, History
PhD Yale University
(336) 334-5645, bpfilene@uncg.edu

  • Small Stories in the Big Picture: How Can Museums Bring Ordinary PeopleÕs History To Life?
  • Lead Belly, the Lomaxes, and the Construction of AmericaÕs Musical Heritage
  • Making Race Personal in Public History

James Fisher
Professor & Department Head, Theatre
MFA The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 334-4112, ajfisher@uncg.edu

  • Topics Relating to Theater & Drama
  • American Film
  • The UNCG Theatre Program

Denise Gabriel
Assistant Professor, Theatre
MA The Ohio State University, University of Nebraska
(336) 356-6979, dlgabri2@uncg.edu

  • The Values of Mindfulness Practice in Daily Living
  • Embodying Performance in the Workplace

Kevin M. Geraldi
Associate Professor, Conducting
DMA University of Michigan
(336) 334-5435, kmgerald@uncg.edu

  • Classical music
  • Band, Orchestral, and Chamber Music
  • Music Education

Patricia Gray
Senior Research Scientist, Music Research Institute
DMA University of Cincinnati
(336) 256-1479, p_gray@uncg.edu

  • BioMusic: The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music
  • Science & Music: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Elementary Education

Jill Green
Professor, Dance
PhD The Ohio State University
(336) 334-3266, jillgreen@uncg.edu

  • Somatic Theory & Practice
  • Health & Dance
  • Body-Mind Approaches
  • Kinetic Awareness

Steve Haines
Associate Professor, Music Performance
Director, Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies
MM University of North Texas
(336) 256-0105, sjhaines@uncg.edu

  • Jazz Music

Travis L. Hicks
Assistant Professor, Interior Architecture
M.Arch. Princeton University
(336) 256.0306, tlhicks@uncg.edu

  • Trends in Workplace Design: "Thinking Beyond the Office Cube"
  • Sustainable Design: "Towards a More Ecological Architecture"
  • Design Process: "Deciphering Archi-speak: Why Architects Think and Talk the Way They Do."
  • Irish Traditional Music - Discussion + Demonstration: "The Irish Bagpipes: Yes, These ARE Real Bagpipes."

Andre Lash
Lecturer, Music Performance
Music
DMA Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester
(706) 224-7789, adlash@uncg.edu

  • History of the Organ and It's Usage

Larry Lavender
Professor, Dance
Faculty Fellow, Lloyd International Honors College
PhD New York University
(336) 855-1962, lavender@uncg.edu

  • Modern and Contemporary Dance Practices
  • Avant Garde Arts
  • Criticism in the Arts

Janet Lilly
Professor & Department Chair, Dance
MFA The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
(336) 334-3262, j_lilly@uncg.edu

  • Elements of Dance Choreography for Everyone
  • Site-Specific Choreography and Improvisation
  • Iyengar Yoga as a Body/Mind Practice

Constance L. McKoy
Associate Professor, Music Education
Coordinator for Music Student Teaching, Music Education
PhD The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(336) 334-5478, clmckoy@uncg.edu

  • Cross-Cultural Competence of Music Teachers
  • Children's World Music Preferences
  • Developing Rhythmic Competencies in Young Children

Logie Meachum
Lecturer, African American Studies
MA Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(336) 392-5803, logieworks@aol.com

  • African American Literature/Theater
  • African American Studies
  • African American Music
  • African American Rhetoric

David Nelson
Professor, Music Studies
PhD Northwestern University
(336) 256-1229, david_nelson@uncg.edu

  • Musical Sites of Vienna & Salzburg
  • Music of Vienna
  • Musical Travel in Europe

William M. Nelson
Professional Librarian & Cello Music Cataloger, University Libraries
MA University of York, England
(336) 334-5781, wmnelson@uncg.edu

  • The Cello Music Collection at UNCG
  • Cello Celebrations at UNCG
  • The Great Cellists at UNCG: Bernard Greenhouse and Laszlo Varga
  • Great Classical Guitar Collections

Susan Phillips
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
PhD University of Maryland
(336) 256-2000, slphilli@uncg.edu

  • Prevention of Hearing Loss in Musicians
  • Genetics of Hearing Loss

Kimberlianne Podlas
Assistant Professor, Media Studies
JD State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law
(716) 903-6373, k_podlas@uncg.edu

  • Topics in U.S. Law: Copyright, FCC, Courts
  • The Law in Pop Culture and on TV: the CSI Effect, Judge Judy, Reality TV
  • Humor and Satire
  • The Media: TV, Film, Digital/Internet

Alejandro Rutty
Assistant Professor, Music Performance
PhD State University of New York at Buffalo
(336) 334-5421, ahrutty@uncg.edu

  • Composing Music: Programs That Encourage Music Composition by Non-musicians

Paul Stewart
Professor, Music Performance
DMA Florida State University
(336) 334-5380, pbstewar@uncg.edu

  • Ragtime Piano Music 1900-1920 - Performance/Discussion (In-tune Piano Required)

Joan M. Titus
Assistant Professor, Composition, Ethnomusicology, Musicology and Theory
PhD The Ohio State University
(336) 334-3301, j_titus@uncg.edu

  • Music
  • Russian Studies
  • North African Studies
  • Film Studies

Nancy Walker
Associate Professor, Music Performance
DMA Indiana University
(336) 334-5784, nlwalker@uncg.edu

  • Singing, teaching voice/music

Robert Wells
Associate Professor Music Performance
Coordinator, Vocal Pedagogy Music Performance
DMA University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
(336) 256-1326, robert_wells@uncg.edu

  • Voice - Classical Voice Training/Bel Canto Tradition
  • Vocal Health and Pedagogy
  • Solo Voice in the Choral Environment
  • Vocal Health and Technique for the Choral Singer

J. Kent Williams
Professor, Music Studies
PhD Indiana University
(336) 334-5468, jkwillia@uncg.edu

  • What is music theory?
  • Using interactive multimedia in music instruction
  • American Popular Songs of the "Golden Era" (c. 1920-1960)

James Wren
Associate Professor, Theatre
MFA University of Florida
(336) 334-5562, jimwren@uncg.edu

  • Contemporary Theatre
  • Arts and the Community
  • Careers in the Performance Arts & the Entertainment Business
  • Theatre and the mirror to society