Faculty
Beth Cram Porter
, Chair; Associate Professor of Vocal Music.
Education: B.M., Baylor University, 1984; M.A., Western Carolina
University, 1996; voice student of Joyce Farwell. At Cedarville
since 1997.
Connie Anderson
, Assistant Professor of Piano Pedagogy.
Education: B.A., Cedarville University, 1973; M.M., Wright State
University, 1994. At Cedarville since 1999.
Lyle Anderson
, Professor of Music. Education: B.M.E., Cedarville
University, 1970; M.A., The Ohio State University, 1971; Ph.D., The
Ohio State University, 1977. At Cedarville since 1970.
Charles Clevenger
, Senior Professor of Music. Education: B.A.,
Bob Jones University, 1974; piano student of Imogene Darling,
Laurence Morton, Raymond Dudley, and Richard Morris; M.M.,
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 1976;
D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music,
1985. At Cedarville since 1982.
Bruce Curlette
, Professor of Music. Education: B.S., Jacksonville
State University, 1979; M.M., Eastman School of Music, 1981;
clarinet student of D. Stanley Hasty; D.M.A., The Ohio State
University, 1991; clarinet student of James M. Pyne. At Cedarville
since 2001.
Michael DiCuirci
, Senior Professor of Instrumental Music.
Education: B.M., University of Michigan, 1971; euphonium/
trombone student of Fred Snyder, Abe Torchinsky, and Glenn
Smith; M.M., University of Michigan, 1977. At Cedarville since
1979.
Carlos Elias
, Professor of Music. Education: Artist Diploma,
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, 1999; B.M., Bioloa University,
1990; M.M., College-Conservatory of Music University of
Cincinnati 1993. At Cedarville since 2013.
Austin Jaquith
, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and
Composition. Education: B.M., Cleveland Institute of Music, 2003;
M.M., University of Houston, 2005; D.M.A., Indiana University,
2009. At Cedarville since 2009.
David Lawhead,
Associate Professor of Music Education.
Education: MM, University of South Florida, 1989; BME,
Cedarville University, 1982. At Cedarville since 2013
John Mortensen
, Professor of Piano. Education: B.M.A.,
University of Michigan, 1988; piano student of Anne Koscielny
and Raymond Hanson; M.M., University of Maryland, 1990;
D.M.A., University of Maryland, 1994. At Cedarville since 1995.
Roger O’Neel
, Associate Professor of Church Music. Education:
B.M., Ouachita Baptist University, 1985; M.M., Choral Conducting,
Southern Methodist University, 1987; M.M., Music Theory,
Southern Methodist University, 1988; Ph.D., University of Texas at
Austin, 1996. At Cedarville since 2002.
Charles Pagnard
, Professor of Instrumental Music. Education:
B.M., Bowling Green State University, 1970; trumpet student of
Sidney Mear, Richard Jones, Edwin Betts, and Ettore Chiudioni;
M.M., Eastman School of Music, 1976; graduate study, University
of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 1984. At Cedarville
since 1977.
Susan Plemons
, Assistant Professor of Worship; Education; B.M.,
Baylor University, 1984; M.M., University of South Florida, 1996. At
Cedarville since 2013.
Mark Spencer
, Associate Professor of Vocal Music. Education:
B.A., Judson College, 1981; M.M., Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, 1984; D.M.A., Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, 1992; voice student of Jack Coldiron. At
Cedarville since 1993.
Steven Winteregg
, Associate Academic Vice President: College
of Arts and Sciences. Professor of Music. Education: B.M.E.,
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 1974;
M.M., Wright State University, 1979; D.M.A., The Ohio State
University, 1987. At Cedarville since 2004.
Sandra Yang
, Assistant Professor of Music History, Education:
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1971; M.A., U.C.L.A.,
1992; Ph.D., U.C.L.A., 1997. At Cedarville since 2009.
Emeriti
David Matson
, Professor Emeritus of Music History. Education:
B.A., Cedarville University, 1960; graduate study, State College of
Iowa, 1962–63; M.A., The Ohio State University, 1968; Ph.D., The
Ohio State University, 1978. At Cedarville since 1965.
Adjunct Faculty
• Lori Akins, flute
• Chet Jenkins, saxophone
• Judy Bede, piano pedagogy • Michael LaMattina,
• Jim Cato, worship
percussion
• Sheridan Currie, viola
• Andrew Millat, trombone
• Jackie Davis, harp
• Andrea Padgett, horn
• John Filbrun, guitar
• Andra Padrichelli, cello
• Lisa Grove, oboe
• Lawrence Pitzer, guitar
• Amy Hutchison, piano
• Crystal Stabenow, voice
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