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Music Faculty by Area

College of Music & Performing Arts

CMPA Music Faculty by Area

Music Administration

College of Music & Performing Arts

Bretford Bell

Production/Facilities Manager
Email: bretford.bell@belmont.edu
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Jessica Benevento

Production/Facilities Assistant
Email: jessica.benevento@belmont.edu
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Gina Lackore

Undergraduate Program Assistant
Email: gina.lackore@belmont.edu
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Jeremy S. Lane
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Jeremy Lane

Director of the School of Music
Email: jeremy.lane@belmont.edu
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Jason Miller

Production/Facilities Associate
Email: jason.miller@belmont.edu
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April Simpkins

Receptionist/Secretary
Email: april.simpkins@belmont.edu
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Joel Treybig
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Joel Treybig

Associate Director for the School of Music, Professor of Trumpet & Director of Graduate Music
Phone: (615) 460.6079
Email: joel.treybig@belmont.edu
Office Location: McAfee Concert Hall 205
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Kristi Whitten
College of Music & Performing Arts

Kristi Whitten

Professor of Voice, Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies
Email: kristi.whitten@belmont.edu
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Undgergrad Program Coordinators

Nancy Allen
College of Music & Performing Arts

Nancy Allen

Instructor
Email: nancy.allen@belmont.edu
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Don Byrd
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Don Byrd

Instructor, Music Theory
Email: don.byrd@belmont.edu
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Wayne Causey
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Wayne Causey

Adjunct Instructor of Church Music
Email: wayne.causey@belmont.edu
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Alejandra Ferrer

Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Therapy
Phone: 615-460-5777
Email: alejandra.ferrer@belmont.edu
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Alex Graham
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Alex Graham

Assistant Professor of Saxophone
Email: alex.graham@belmont.edu
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Richard Hoffman
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Richard Hoffman

Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Theory
Phone: 615-460-8226
Email: richard.hoffman@belmont.edu
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Kristian Klefstad
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Kristian Klefstad

Associate Professor of Piano
Email: kristian.klefstad@belmont.edu
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Terry Klefstad
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Terry Klefstad

Associate Professor of Music
Phone: (615) 460-5682
Email: terry.klefstad@belmont.edu
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Peter Lamothe
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Peter Lamothe

Associate Professor of Music
Phone: 615-460-8230
Email: peter.lamothe@belmont.edu
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Lesley Mann
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Lesley Mann

Associate Professor of Music
Email: lesley.mann@belmont.edu
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Keith Mason
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Keith Mason

Coordinator of Commercial Music and Music Technology
Phone: (615) 460-6274
Email: keith.mason@belmont.edu
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Mark Volker

Professor of Music and Coordinator of Composition Studies
Phone: 615-460-8206
Email: mark.volker@belmont.edu
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Ted Wylie
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Ted Wylie

Professor of Music
Phone: 615-460-8108
Email: ted.wylie@belmont.edu
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Angela Yoon
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Angela Yoon

Assistant Professor, Vocal Pedagogy
Email: angela.yoon@belmont.edu
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Ensemble Coordinators

Jeffery L. Ames
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Jeffery L. Ames

Director of Choral Activities
Email: jeffery.ames@belmont.edu
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Barry Kraus
College of Music & Performing Arts

Barry Kraus

Director of Bands and Coordinator of Instrumental Ensembles
Phone: (615) 460-6024
Email: barry.kraus@belmont.edu
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Applied Coordinators

Ryan Joseph
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Ryan Joseph

Coordinator of Strings
Email: ryan.joseph@belmont.edu
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Kristian Klefstad
College of Music & Performing Arts

Kristian Klefstad

Associate Professor of Piano
Email: kristian.klefstad@belmont.edu
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Barry Kraus
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Barry Kraus

Director of Bands and Coordinator of Instrumental Ensembles
Phone: (615) 460-6024
Email: barry.kraus@belmont.edu
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Christopher Norton
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Christopher Norton

Professor, Percussion, Coordinator of Percussion Area
Phone: (615) 460-6987
Email: chris.norton@belmont.edu
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Paulo Oliveira
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Paulo Oliveira

Associate Professor, Guitar
Phone: 615-460-2624
Email: paulo.oliveira@belmont.edu
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Kathryn Paradise
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Kathryn Paradise

Instructor of Commercial Voice
Email: kathryn.paradise@belmont.edu
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Mark Volker

Professor of Music and Coordinator of Composition Studies
Phone: 615-460-8206
Email: mark.volker@belmont.edu
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Mark Whatley

Coordinator of Vocal Studies and Associate Professor of Voice
Email: mark.whatley@belmont.edu
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Academic Faculty


Music Education

Conducting

Music Theory

Music History/Musicology

Composition/Arranging

Church Music

Wayne Causey
College of Music & Performing Arts

Wayne Causey

Adjunct Instructor of Church Music
Email: wayne.causey@belmont.edu
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Daniel Landes
College of Music & Performing Arts

Daniel Landes

Professor of Music in Piano and Director of the Woods Piano Concert Series
Email: dan.landes@belmont.edu
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Music Technology

Music Therapy

College of Music & Performing Arts

Alejandra Ferrer

Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Therapy
Phone: 615-460-5777
Email: alejandra.ferrer@belmont.edu
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Nicole Richard Williams
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Nicole Richard Williams

Assistant Professor, Music Therapy
Email: nicole.richardwilliams@belmont.edu
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Channing Shippen
College of Music & Performing Arts

Channing Shippen

Music Therapy Instructor
Email: channing.shippen@belmont.edu
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Performance Faculty


Brass

Musical Theatre

Piano/Keyboard

Guitar/Bass

Percussion

Strings

Voice-Classical

Voice-Commercial

Woodwinds

Contact Us

College of Music and Performing Arts

1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212

School of Music:  615.460.6408

Department of Theatre & Dance: 615.460.5503

CMPA Admissions: 615.460.8116