A school of music is its faculty. The Shepherd School is proud to state that quality of instruction is paramount. Our illustrious faculty of artist-teachers are dedicated to the highest possible cultivation of the talents and skills of each individual student.
Violin
Paul Kantor
Cho-Liang Lin
Kathleen Winkler
Viola
James Dunham
Ivo-Jan van der Werff
Cello
Norman Fischer
Desmond Hoebig
Brinton Averil Smith
Double Bass
Paul Ellison
Timothy Pitts
Flute
Leone Buyse
Oboe
Robert Atherholt
Clarinet
Richie Hawley
Bassoon
Benjamin Kamins
Horn
William VerMeulen
Trumpet
Barbara Butler
Charlie Geyer
Trombone
Allen Barnhill
Tuba
David Kirk
Percussion
Matthew Strauss
Harp
Paula Page
Piano
Brian Connelly
Jeanne Kierman Fischer
Sohyoung Park
Jon Kimura Parker
Robert Roux
Virginia Weckstrom
Organ
Ken Cowan
Voice
Stephen King
Robin Rice
Nova Thomas (Fall 2020)
Opera Studies
Debra Dickinson
Susan Lorette Dunn
Michael Heaston
Ana María Martínez
Artist-in-Residence
Conducting
Thomas Jaber
Larry Rachleff
Composition & Theory
Karim Al-Zand
Damian Blättler
Anthony Brandt
Shih-Hui Chen
Arthur Gottschalk
Pierre Jalbert
Richard Lavenda
Kurt Stallmann
Musicology
Gregory Barnett
David Ferris
Alexandra Kieffer
Peter Loewen
Danielle Ward-Griffin
Orchestral & Chamber Repertoire
Joan DerHovsepian
Christopher French
Kenneth Goldsmith
Eric Halen
Thomas LeGrand
Janet Rarick
Michael Webster
Lecturers
Mario Aschauer
Karol Bennett
Rachel Buchman
Rick Erickson
Terry Gaschen
Mary Greitzer
Jerry Hou
Peter Shaw
Robert Simpson
Christopher Turbessi
Chapman Welch
