Music Faculty
Our Music Faculty are experts in their field and dedicated both to their performance art as well as training the next generation of musicians.
Area directors and coordinators
PROF. KIMBERLY BEASLEY, CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF VOICE
Dr. Julian Bryson, director of choral activities
Prof. Chris creswell, director of bands
DR. JIANJUN HE, COMPOSITION
Dr. Jay ivey, director of vocal studies
DR. SHANNON LOCKWOOD, STRING COORDINATOR
prof. john ricci, director of jazz studies
dr. Marguerite richardson, director of orchestral activities
PROF. TONY STEVE, PERCUSSION COORDINATOR
dr. scott watkins, piano coordinator
Faculty Accomplishments
- Dr. Julian Bryson's The Field (ubi caritas) won third prize for the 2020 American Prize in Professional Choral Composition. It was commissioned by the San Jacinto College Choir, Directed by Patrick J. J. Callaghan, who gave the premiere last May. The Field (ubi caritas) has been added to the Project: Encore catalog, joining two of Dr. Bryson's earlier compositions, O nata lux and Fire and Ice.
- Dr. Shannon Lockwood worked this summer to keep the students of the Golden Isles Youth Orchestra in Brunswick, Georgia engaged and making music while they have been unable to meet and play together. In July, she crafted and taught a two week online intensive music theory course for their middle school students. She also taught weekly online lessons and masterclasses to students ranging from beginning cello to advanced high school.
- Director of Jazz Studies John Ricci collaborated with Fine Arts board member, jazz composer/arranger and area studio owner Mica Bethea to perform a livestream concert recording of all original music at the Studio at NFS Ranch recording studio with the JU Jazz Faculty (The Delfini Sextet, consisting of Professor Ricci, David Champagne, Scott Giddens, Gary Starling, Stanley Piper, and Ricky Kirkland) on the evening of September 22.
- Dr. Scott Watkins, Professor of Piano, was selected to present his research on American composer Howard Hanson to the Society for American Music's National Conference in March, scheduled to be held in Minneapolis. Due to the pandemic outbreak the conference was unfortunately cancelled. Watkins' research has also recently uncovered an unpublished manuscript by Hanson of a piano work, "Prelude and Ballet," composed in 1919. The manuscript has been lost for a century and, working with archivist at the University of Rochester, David Peter Coppen, the find was confirmed. Watkins' edited version of this music has been accepted for publication by Carl Fischer of New York, joining Watkins' previously discovered unpublished work, "Symphonic Rhapsody," which was published by Carl Fischer in 2018.
Faculty
Dina Barone
Adjunct Instructor, Voice and Choral Ensembles
- Directory entry About Dina Barone
Kimberly Beasley
Associate Professor of Voice
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- Directory entry About Kimberly Beasley
Benjamin Beck
Staff Accompanist
- Directory entry About Benjamin Beck
Aaron Brask
Adjunct Instructor, Horn
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Michelle Brock-Kemp
Adjunct Instructor, Voice
- Directory entry About Michelle Brock-Kemp
Julian Bryson
Director of Choral Activities
David Champagne
Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Trumpet
Chris Creswell
Artist-In-Residence of Music
- Directory entry About Chris Creswell
Stephen Fennell
Staff Accompanist
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Scott Giddens
Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Piano
- Directory entry About Scott Giddens
Patrick Graham
Jianjun He
Professor of Music Composition & Theory
- Directory entry About Jianjun He
Jay Ivey
Assistant Professor of Voice/Music Theatre
- Directory entry About Jay Ivey
Rick Kirkland
Adjunct Instructor, Drum Set
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Shannon Lockwood
Assistant Professor of Music Theory/Cello
- Directory entry About Shannon Lockwood
Todd Lockwood
Adjunct Instructor, Bass
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Brian Luckett
Adjunct Instructor, Classical and Flamenco Guitar
Brian Magnus
Adjunct Instructor, Chamber Strings
Stephanie Magnus
Adjunct Instructor, Bassoon, Music Theory
- Directory entry About Stephanie Magnus
Elyse Matthews
Adjunct Instructor, Voice
Edith Moore-Hubert
Adjunct Instructor, Secondary Piano, Arts in Medicine
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Eric Olson
Adjunct Instructor, Oboe
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Brian Osborne
Adjunct Instructor, Trumpet
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Stan Piper
Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Bass
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John Ricci
Artist-In-Residence, Jazz Studies
- Directory entry About John Ricci
Marguerite Richardson
Professor of Strings
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Les Roettges
Adjunct Instructor, Flute
- Directory entry About Les Roettges
Tony Steve
Artist-In-Residence, Contemporary & World Music
- Directory entry About Tony Steve
Scott Watkins
Professor of Piano
- Directory entry About Scott Watkins
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