FACULTY

Dr. Lumpkin received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of North Texas in music education, and received a Doctor of Musical Arts. in trombone performance from the University of Oklahoma. He taught at the University of North Texas for 28 years before coming to UNC Charlotte to chair the Department of Music. While at the University of North Texas he served as Assistant Dean of the College of Music from 1991 to 1993. He has extensive experience teaching both undergraduate and doctoral students in applied trombone and trombone literature. He is a past-president of the International Trombone Association and is a clinician and educational consultant for Conn-Selmer, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana. Dr. Lumpkin has a national and international reputation as a trombonist and conductor. He has performed and recorded regularly with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Opera Orchestra in addition to the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony and others.

John Allemeier received his Ph.D. in Composition from the University of Iowa, his Master of Music in Composition from Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Music in Performance from Augustana College.  He has studied composition in Europe at the 41^st and 42^nd Internationalen Ferienkurse fr Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany and the 6^th International Composition Course in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.  Dr. Allemeier's music has been programmed on such international venues as Russia-America: Music of the XXI Century - Moscow Conservatory, the Seoul International Computer Music Festival and the 7th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music, on national conferences of the Society of Composers and the Society for Electro Acoustic Music in the United States, and at regional conferences of the College Music Society and the Society of Composers.  His music has been recognized by the Ibla Foundation European International Competition for Composers and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with honorable mention in the ASCAP Foundation/Rudolf Nissim Composers Competition and ASCAP Standard Awards.  Dr. Allemeier has received supporting grants from Marshall University and the University of Iowa Fine Arts Council.  His music is published by Carl Fischer Music Publishers, C. Alan Publications, M. Baker Publications and European American Music.

FREDERICK BOYD (euphonium, tuba, music education, brass ensembles)

 

Fred Boyd is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the Bachelor of Music, the Music Performers Certificate in Trombone and the Master of Music degree in Performance and Literature.  Mr. Boyd was bass trombonist of the Syracuse (NY) Symphony for 32 years.  Active as a free-lance and orchestral musician, he is also an accomplished euphonium and tuba player.  Previous teaching experience includes summers at the Chautauqua Institution School of Music, sabbatical positions at the Eastman School of Music and Ithaca College, and Colgate University.  Mr. Boyd has also performed with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), the Century Orchestra of Osaka (Japan) and the Symphonies of Boston, Rochester, Buffalo, Grand Tetons, Charlotte, Charleston, Hilton Head, Raleigh and others.

 

WILL CAMPBELL (Jazz Ensembles, Jazz Improvisation, Applied Saxophone)

Originally from North Carolina, Will Campbell is the Director of Jazz Studies and Saxophone Instructor at UNC Charlotte. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance and Literature degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the of Bachelor of Music (Jazz Studies) and Master of Music (Saxophone Performance) from the University of North Texas. While attending UNT, he was a member of the One O'clock Lab Band and directed the Three O'Clock Lab Band. From 1990 to 1994, he toured internationally as a member of the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra. Recording credits include Blue Light, Red Light, When My Heart Finds Christmas, and The New York Big Band Concert (Video).  Dr. Campbell has performed with artists such as Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker, Bobby Shew, Pete Christlieb, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Doc Severinsen, Louie Bellson, and ensembles such as The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, The Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.  In 1995, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Fellowship Grant, which allowed him to study privately with renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts in New York City. Since 1999, he has been a member of the University of North Texas Summer Jazz Workshop Faculty. Dr. Campbell has performed at conferences for the North American Saxophone Alliance, International Association for Jazz Education, and the World Saxophone Congress and has published two articles in the Jazz Education Journal. His arrangement of "Pure Imagination" for jazz ensemble is now available through UNC Jazz Press (University of Northern Colorado). Dr. Campbell is an Artist/Clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company and plays Selmer saxophones exclusively. 

JOHN CLOER (music in arts and society)

John Cloer received his Masters degree from Indiana University, his Bachelors degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo (cum laude), and is currently finishing his doctorate degree in cello and conducting from Columbia University. His formal education includes cello study with such renowned artists as Janos Starker, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Mihaly Virizlay; and chamber music study in the internationally acclaimed master classes of Rostislav Dubinsky (Borodin String Quartet), Gyorgy Sebok, Josef Gingold, and Menahem Pressler. His performing career includes duo recitals throughout the United States, a tour of Switzerland under the auspices of the Trogen Musikdorf Festival, solo appearances with orchestras in South Korea, live performances through both radio and television as well as numerous solo and premier performances of avant-garde works of which he is an avid champion. He is also a frequent performer on several concert series in New York City.

Mr. Cloer has taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Antioch College in Ohio, Hardin-Simmons University in Texas, Yonsei University and the Seoul High School of Music and Art in Seoul, Korea. He has performed with such orchestras as the St. Catherine's Symphony in Canada, the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Ohio, the South Carolina Chamber Orchestra, the Charleston Symphony and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and is a frequent guest clinician for cello and chamber music master classes in both North and South Carolina. As well, he has taught cello and chamber music at the North Carolina School of the Arts acclaimed summer program, Musica Piccola.

JENNIFER COSTA (Class Piano)

Jennifer Costa graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a Master of Music and with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Pedagogy (summa cum laude). While attending Loyola University, she was the recipient of several Music Theory awards, as well as the Ignatian Award for Outstanding Graduate Student. Mrs. Costa has been teaching piano and accompanying church and school choirs and soloists for the past ten years. She is currently affiliated with the Charlotte Piano Teachers' Forum, the National Federation of Music Clubs, and the Suzuki Association of the Americas. In addition to teaching music, Mrs. Costa is the pianist at Eastern Hills Baptist Church.

JANE DILLARD (Applied Voice)

Mrs. Dillard received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from East Carolina University, with postgraduate study at the Music Hochschle in Munich, Germany with Hans Hotter, and in New York with Thomas Martin and Harold Luckstone of New York University. While Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida, she also coached with Thanos Mellos and the famous Greek mezzo soprano, Elena Nickolaidi. She concertized and sang with orchestras in Europe and in the eastern and southern United States. She performed as mezzo soprano soloist with the Charlotte Symphony and the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte as well as presented many recitals at UNC Charlotte. Mrs. Dillard has performed leading roles with the Lake George Opera, Brevard Music Festival, St. Petersburg Opera, and Opera Carolina. Her voice students have won honors in competitions sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and the Music Teachers National Association, the Leontyne Price National Vocal Competition, and the National Federations of Music Clubs. They have won scholarships presented by the Opera Guild of Charlotte, have appeared with Opera Carolina, the Brevard Music Festival, the Charlotte Choral Society, and have received scholarships to nationally recognized schools of music. Mrs. Dillard has been a Master for the NATS Intern Program, and the International Voice Foundation. She frequently serves as a judge for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and other prestigious vocal competitions throughout the United States. She is the immediate Past-President of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

JENNIFER DIOR (applied flute, flute choir, flute quartet)

Jennifer Dior, a native of Long Island, NY has been teaching at UNC-Charlotte since 2003. She received a degree in music performance from Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Harold Bennett, Andrew Lolya and Carol Wincenc. She has played in many orchestras including: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Asheville Symphony, Greensboro Symphony, Greenville (SC) Symphony, and the South Carolina Philharmonic, where she served as principal flute. She has played in many chamber music groups, including: Chamber music at St. Peters, Providence United Methodist Recital series and Ethos Chamber Orchestra. She has performed flute and piccolo solos with the South Carolina Philharmonic, the Charlotte Symphony and the Charlotte Civic Orchestra. She previously has taught at Wingate University. She maintains an active teaching studio in her home as well as teaching flute choir for the Community School of the Arts.

RICK DIOR (Applied Percussion, Percussion Ensembles, Percussion Methods,. Recording Techniques)

Mr. Dior is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with renowned timpanist Fred Hinger and Jazz Composer Bob Mintzer.  He has also studied extensively with famed jazz drummer Joe Morello.  Rick has performed live with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Bobby McFerrin, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Bill Watrous and Marvin Hamlish among many others.  Many of these performances have taken place with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, with which he has performed since 1990 as a section percussionist, principal percussionist and timpanist. He is also currently the principal percussionist with the Charlotte Philharmonic. Rick has operated a private teaching studio for over fifteen years.  His students have gone on to attend many prestigious institutions such as The Julliard School of Music, The Manhattan School of Music, The Eastman School of Music, and The New England Conservatory. He is the author of the acclaimed book Advanced Coordination for Drum Set and Hand Percussion. Mr. Dior is also the owner of one of Charlottes top recording studios, Acoustic Barn Studios (www.acousticbarn.com), where he records and produces many outstanding artists.

CORY DOVER (basketball band)

Mr. Dover holds the Bachelor's degree in Music from Winthrop University. He is a string specialist with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools and is a working bassist throughout North and South Carolina. Mr. Dover has served as Director of the UNC Charlotte Basketball Band, which performs at all men's and women's home basketball games and at selected away tournament events, since 1999.

CHRIS FENSOM (trumpet)

Chris is currently active in the Charlotte, NC area as an orchestral and chamber musician. He is also currently a member of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in Charleston, SC. In recent years, Chris has held the post of Associate Principal Trumpet with both the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Prior to these engagements, he was a member of the Virginia Symphony, based in Norfolk, VA, performing as Assistant Principal/Third Trumpet for nearly five years. Playing with the Charlotte Symphony most recently brought him to the Charlotte area.

Chris has recorded and toured extensively with many ensembles, including the renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble as well as the Montreal Chamber Players. He has been fortunate also in his travels to have been able to study with some of the worlds finest musicians including members of the Vienna Philharmonic as well as the London Symphony. He has also taken part in the Fellowship programs of both the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan as well as the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts. In touring, he has enjoyed many performances in the worlds finest concert halls, including New Yorks Carnegie Hall, Washington D.C.s Kennedy Center as well as Tokyos Suntory Concert Hall.

AMBER FERENZ (bassoon)

Ms. Ferenz holds an M.F.A. in Bassoon Performance from the California Institute of the Arts, and a B.M. from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She studied with Julie Feves, Mark Popkin, George Goslee, and Steven Dibner. Amber is an advocate of new music, and performs regularly with inauthentica, a Los Angeles chamber music collective. She is an active North Carolina freelancer, playing bassoon and contrabassoon with The North Carolina Symphony, as well as the symphonies of Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Amber is a member of the Open Dream Ensemble, where she performs not only as a bassoonist, but also as an actress, singer, and dancer, presenting performances of children's theatre productions to students all over North Carolina. She maintains a private studio in Winston-Salem, and previously taught bassoon at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Her compositions for bassoon ensemble are published by T.D. Ellis editions.

NOEL FREIDLINE (Vocal Jazz Ensemble, History of Rock, Evolution of Jazz, Jazz Combos, Music Business)

Noel Freidline is a graduate of the University of North Florida, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Music (magna cum laude).  A pianist and vocalist, Noel has been the leader of his own quintet since 1991. The Noel Freidline Quintet will release their seventh CD Live at the Jazz Corner, in September of 2007.  A previous release by the NFQ, Four Nights at the Slammer, went to #31 on the national jazz radio charts.  With the NFQ Noel has performed at numerous jazz festivals, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Northsea Jazz Festival, as well as six appearances at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.  Other performance credits include a three year house band position at The Bellagio in Las Vegas, as well as performing at actress Julia Roberts surprise 35^th birthday party.  Noel Freidline was a member of the Nevada Jazz Orchestra, and performs regularly with the Charlotte Philharmonic.  In 2006 Noel was named Best Jazz Musician by Charlotte Magazine.   

As a composer and arranger, Noel has written and recorded music for ESPN, ABC and the Walt Disney Company. 

Additional info on Noel Freidline can be found at his website:  www.noelfreidline.com

MIRA FRISCH (Cello, Director of String Chamber Music)

Dr. Frisch received the Bachelor of Arts degree in music and mathematics from Saint Olaf College, the Master of Music degree in Cello Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Cello Performance from the University of Minnesota. Her primary teachers include Tanya Remenikova, Richard Aaron, Irene Sharp, and Colin Hampton. She previously taught chamber music and cello at Truman State University in Missouri and at the summer Festival Musicale della Toscana in Italy.  

Dr. Frisch has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States and in Bermuda, Italy, and France.  With violinist Anna Cromwell, she recently performed at the National Gallery of Bermuda and at the University of Minnesota's Bravo! Festival.  She was a member of the Quad Cities (Iowa) Symphony Orchestra for two years and can be heard as a guest artist on the Compact Disc There Lies the Home, produced by CANTUS (a professional vocal ensemble based in Minneapolis, Minnesota). In Charlotte, Dr. Frisch has performed with the Charlotte Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and will be featured as a soloist in the Philharmonic's 2007-2008 season.

SONYA GABLE-WILSON (Arts and Society: Music)

Dr. Gable-Wilson received her Bachelors of Arts in Vocal Performance from the University of W. Georgia where she studied with Inge Manski.  She received a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Doctoral of Music in Voice and Musicology from the University of Florida.  Dr. Gable-Wilson is a coloratura soprano, has won various awards in both performance and teaching including Regional Metropolitan Opera Auditions, National Association of Teachers of Singing, and Graduate Teaching Awards and has performed numerous opera and musical theater roles.  Dr. Gable-Wilson teaches private voice and piano, holds national master classes and workshops on Healthy Singing, and is music director for various musical theater productions in the southeast.  Before coming to Charlotte she taught at University of Florida, Mississippi State University, and Lake City Community College.  Dr. Gable-Wilson has an e-book entitled "Let Freedom Sing" and her research and national lectures specialize in 19th century African-American concert singers. 

KARI GILES (Violin, viola)

Ms. Giles began violin studies as a Suzuki kid at the age of five. Her love of music led to summers at Brevard Music Center with Mary Daniels, and High School and College degrees under Elaine Richey at the North Carolina School of the Arts. Following a desire for adventure and chamber music, she then pursued a Masters Degree in Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory. During her years in San Francisco she was privileged to work and perform with many wonderful musicians including Mark Sokol, Ian Swensen, and Robert Mann.

A meeting and performance with Minnesota Concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis lured her away from California to the frozen Midwest, where she spent several years studying with Mrs. Fleezanis, as well as performing with the Minnesota Opera, and freelancing with the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

Ms Giles joined the Charlotte Symphony as assistant Concertmaster in the 2006-2007 season. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and baking, spoiling her cats, and horseback riding.

JAMES GRYMES (Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies in Music; Arts and Society:  Music, Freshman Music Seminar, and Music History)

James A. Grymes received his Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from The Florida State University, where he also earned Masters degrees in Historical Musicology and Bassoon Performance, as well as a Certificate in Early Music.  While at Florida State, Dr. Grymes was a member of the Tallahassee and Albany (GA) Symphony Orchestras.  Dr. Grymes received his baccalaureate degree in Music Education from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Grymes is a leading authority on the life and works of the famous Hungarian-born musician Ernst von Dohnányi and the author of Ernst von Dohnányi:  A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 2001), as well as the editor of Ernst von Dohnányi:  A Song of Life (Indiana University Press, 2002) and Perspectives on Ernst von Dohnányi (Scarecrow Press, 2005).  In addition to presenting academic papers at national and international conferences hosted by organizations such as the American Musicological Society, the College Music Society, and the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Grymes has contributed articles to journals such as Music Library Association Notes, Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, and The Hungarian Quarterly, and his research has been published in German and Hungarian.   

Dr. Grymes is also an engaging lecturer who has addressed audiences at venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, and he has presented his cutting-edge teaching techniques at a number of national conferences on pedagogical innovations.  His ground-breaking classes have been featured in news stories by regional affiliates of CBS, Fox, NBC, and NPR - some of which were rebroadcast nationwide - and he has been interviewed by national print and broadcast media including The New York Times, ABC News, and CNN about his classes.  Dr. Grymes is currently Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies in Music and Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

RANDY HALDEMAN (Choral Music Education, Choirs, Choral Conducting)

A native of Wisconsin, Randy Haldeman has taught Choral and General Music at all levels of academia Pre-K through collegiate - in Wisconsin, Idaho, Illinois, Florida, Vermont, and Italy. Haldeman earned the Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, the Master of Music degree in Voice and Opera Performance from Northwestern University, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education (Choral Conducting emphasis) from Florida State University. Haldemans choral arrangements are published in the Rodney Eichenberger Choral Series, and have been performed by groups under the direction of Andr Thomas, Rodney Eichenberger, and other collegiate directors throughout the country. Active as a performer as well as an educator, Haldeman has garnered critical praise on the operatic, musical theatre, and concert stages. Appearances of national importance include Mr. Snow in the 50th Anniversary Production of Carousel, and Uncle Billy in the Chicago premier of Sheldon Harniks A Wonderful Life. As a conductor, his choral groups have received enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics alike in 11 states and Europe, including several state and regional festivals and contests. He currently directs UNC-Charlotte's choral music program, is Coordinator of Choral Music Education, and teaches conducting and music education courses.

ANNE HARLEY (Applied Voice, Opera Workshop)

A native of Toronto, Canada, Anne Harley holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University (Comparative Literature, French and Russian), the Master of Music degree from Boston University (Voice Performance), attended the Boston University Opera Institute and received her Doctorate in Music from Boston University (Historical Performance with a concentration in voice) in 2006. She has taught at Longy Conservatory and Boston University. Several years ago, she founded The Voice Institute, an interdisciplinary institute for voice training, which hosts workshops combining bel canto voice training, extended voice performance training and theatrical voice work (including Fitzmaurice Voicework) for performers of all kinds. In 2006, she was invited to join an international voicework exchange for teachers of voice at the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia and at San Diego State University. She is a specialist in contemporary and early music, and has appeared across North America and Europe with Opera Boston, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Unlimited, The American Repertory Theatre, The Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, and Boston Camerata. She has spent several seasons performing new works at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Alberta, Canada) and at the Tanglewood Festival. She debuted in Europe at Amsterdams Conzertgebouw as the lead in Handels Acis and Galatea, and has since toured in Europe several times. In conjunction with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and Oberlin College, she performed the leading roles in the modern-day premier of Royers Le Pouvoir de lAmour. In 2000, she cofounded the ground-breaking early Russian music ensemble, TALISMAN in 2000 with Dr. Oleg Timofeyev, and their first recording project was awarded the Noah Greenberg award by the American Musicological Society and lauded by Gramophone. Since then, then group has recorded several more CDs of early Russian music and was recently featured at the Boston Early Music Festival 2005. They have presented programs and residencies at Harvard University, Yale University, Wellesley College, Oberlin College, Colby College, University of Iowa and Grinnell College, among others. She joined the music faculty of University of North Carolina at Charlotte as Assistant Professor in Fall 2006.

REESE MANCEAUX (Woodwind chamber music)

Mr. Manceaux holds a Master Degree in Woodwind Performance (sax, clarinet, flute, oboe) from Winthrop University. He obtained his Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University and UNC-Charlotte studying both saxophone with Dr. Griffin Campbell (LSU), Tim Gordon (Winthrop), and clarinet with  Dr. Phil Thompson (Winthrop), Dr. Douglas Bish, and Gene Kavadlo (UNC-Charlotte). Mr. Manceaux has also studied woodwinds with Mark Thomas, Dr. Robert Spring, and James Houlik. 

He is principal clarinetist with the Charlotte Civic Orchestra and performs extensively throughout the region with such organizations as the Blumenthal Broadway Lights Series, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Greenville (SC) Symphony Orchestra, Piedmont Players (Salisbury), CPCC Summer Theatre, and CPCC Opera Company.

LAURENCE MARKS (Director of Bands, Instrumental Conducting, Charlotte Youth Wind Ensemble)

A native of California, Dr. Larry Marks, Associate Professor and Director of Bands, joined the music faculty of UNC-Charlotte in 1999. He also instructs courses in conducting and music education. During his tenure, the band program has grown to include two concert bands: the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, and a Chamber Winds organization. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble has appeared in behalf of the North Carolina Music Educators Association (2002); and was the first UNCC ensemble ever invited to play at a national event, performing at the College Band Directors National Associations 2006 convention at Nashville, TN. Dr, Marks has received praise from several notable composers, including Walter Hartley, Samuel Hazo and David Gillingham, for interpretive renderings of their works. He frequently serves as a clinician, adjudicator and guest conductor, having appeared in twenty-three states and Canada. Dr. Marks holds degrees in clarinet performance and music education from San Jose State University; a masters in music education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and the doctorate in music education/wind conducting from the University of Southern California. Prior to undertaking doctoral studies, Dr. Marks produced nationally prominent high school bands in California. He came to UNC-Charlotte from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he served as Associate Director of Bands. Other prior appointments included positions at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Louisville.. Dr. Marks also conducts the Charlotte Youth Wind Ensemble, a regional honors band the draws talented high school students from .North and South Carolina.

MICHAEL MOSLEY (Applied Bass, Applied Guitar, Guitar Ensemble)

Mr. Mosley received his degrees from Hardin-Simmons University and Indiana University, where he studied music theory and bass. He is co-principal bassist with the Charlotte Symphony. An accomplished musician, he is co-principal bassist with the Charlotte Symphony and performs with the North Carolina Dance Theatre and Opera Carolina.  He also performs regularly with the Viva Klezmer ensemble and in many area churches. Mr. Mosley coordinates the music theory area for the Department of Music and regularly receives excellent reviews of his teaching from students in the Department.  As a guitarist, he has studied and attended master classes with Christopher Parkening, Alexander Lagoya, Jose Tomas, Manuel Barrueco and others.  Professor Mosley is professionally affiliated with the Guitar Foundation of America and the International Society of Bassists.

LYNDA PICKNEY (horn, woodwind chamber music, orchestra, music education)

Dr. Pickney is an orchestral musician who has performed professionally since the age of 18. She has been performing in professional orchestras for over thirty years and has been a contracted member of such orchestras as the Florida Philharmonic, Greater Miami Opera Orchestra, Fort Lauderdale Symphony, West Palm Beach Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, and toured Europe with the Chicago-based American Chamber Symphony.

Her skill as a musician also extends to the podium, where she has served as Music Director and Conductor of the Alliance Symphony Orchestra, the Paradise Valley Chamber Orchestra and has served as cover conductor for the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and developed educational outreach programs in which she conducted the Phoenix Symphony in public school programs and clinics. She has also served as clinician, in both the orchestral and band realm, in Illinois, Ohio, New York, Arizona and North Carolina, including a presentation at the Music Educators National Conference. During the Summer months she taught at the internationally acclaimed, Interlochen Arts Camp, located in Northern Michigan, where she had been on the conducting faculty for 19 consecutive years.

Currently she holds the position of Orchestra Director for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Founder and Music Director/Conductor of the UNCC Youth Orchestra, plays frequently as an extra with the Charlotte Symphony, and performs as a free-lance musician throughout the greater Charlotte area.

Dr. Pickney also maintains a private studio of high school horn students who consistently win auditions to participate in All-State Band and Orchestra, Western Regional All-State Orchestra and Honors Festivals. Her horn teachers include Elizabeth Bobo and Jerry Peel of the Florida Philharmonic; Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, and Arnold Jacobs of the Chicago Symphony; and Verne Reynolds of the Eastman School of Music and the Eastman Brass Quintet. Her conducting teachers include Dr. Timothy Russell of the Eastman School of Music and Arizona State University, Dr. William Reber of Arizona State University, and Ms. Elizabeth A. H. Green,  Professor Emeritus of the University of Michigan.

Dr. Pickney holds the following degrees: Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance from the University of Miami, Master of Music in Horn Performance and Master of Music in Music Education from Northwestern University, and Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.

Her most recent accomplishments include the acquisition of National Board Teacher Certification, selection for Who's Who Among American Teachers in 2004 and recipient of the title of Professional Development Master Teacher in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public School System.

JEFFREY PRICE (Applied Voice, Class Voice)

Dr. Price holds bachelors and masters degrees in music from UNC Greensboro and a Doctor of Music degree from Florida State University. He has also done post-doctoral study at Yale University with New York City Opera's principal tenor, Jerrold Siena. Dr. Price, a lyric tenor, has been an Artist Fellow at The Bach Aria Festival and Institute in Stony Brook (New York), a regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and has performed throughout the eastern United States and in China in solo recitals, opera, oratorio, and with symphony orchestras. Dr. Price has a number of recordings to his credit, the most recent being a compact disc of the songs of Vittorio Giannini that has national distribution. He is also the author of two books, including a collection of the previously unpublished songs of Giannini. Dr. Price has taught at UNC Greensboro and at Appalachian State University. Before coming to UNC Charlotte, he was Associate Professor of Music at Marshall University.

JOHN SADAK (clarinet)

A native of upstate New York, Mr. Sadak earned his MM in Clarinet Performance from the Manhattan School of Music. After graduation he served as Principal Clarinet for Miami City Ballet. Two years later he was appointed to the Clarinet/Bass Clarinet chair of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and Florida Grand Opera. He has collaborated with musicians ranging from Itzhak Perlman, John Williams and Cecilia Bartoli to Collective Soul. Mr. Sadak has been active as a session musician both in New York and Miami recording for various commercial artists. He has recorded for the Smithsonian Institute for a film on the future of music and can be heard on the Naxos label.

Since coming to Charlotte he has performed with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra as well as being an active freelance musician. Mr. Sadak has been instructing clarinetists since 1988. Before coming to UNCC Mr. Sadak has been on the music faculties at Concordia College and the New York Music Institute in New York as well as Florida International University and the New World School of the Arts in Miami. He has teaches Master Classes in Clarinet and Chamber Music throughout the area and maintains an active private studio.

DYLAN SAVAGE (Associate Professor of Piano: Applied Piano, Accompanying)