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Paul Ellison, professor of double bass; Robert Yekovich, dean of the Shepherd School of Music; Cho-Liang Lin, professor of violin; and Michael Webster, professor of clarinet, met with Mark O' Connor (center), who recently performed a Guest Artist Recital and Workshop at the Shepherd School of Music.

Pierre Jalbert, associate professor of composition and theory; and Norman Fischer, professor of cello, along with students of the Shepherd School attended an open discussion led by the Kronos Quartet on April 11, 2008.

SHEPHERD SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF

The Shepherd School of Music is one of the nation's youngest major university level music programs. In the last few years, it has also become one of the most prominent. The school has attracted an international student body and faculty whose impact on the cultural life of Rice and greater Houston is apparent everywhere.

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.

Dean of the Shepherd School of Music Robert Yekovich
Violin Kenneth Goldsmith Cho-Liang Lin Sergiu Luca Kathleen Winkler Viola James Dunham Ivo-Jan van der Werff Cello Norman Fischer Lynn Harrell Brinton Smith Double Bass Paul Ellison Timothy Pitts Flute Leone Buyse Oboe Robert Atherholt Clarinet Michael Webster Bassoon Benjamin Kamins Horn William VerMeulen Trumpet Marie Speziale Trombone David Waters	Tuba David Kirk Percussion Richard Brown Harp Paula Page Piano Brian Connelly Jeanne Kierman Fischer Sohyoung Park Jon Kimura Parker Robert Roux Dean Shank Organ Clyde Holloway Voice Kathleen Kaun Stephen King Susanne Mentzer Opera Studies Richard Bado Jan de Chambrier Debra Dickinson Susan Lorette Dunn Robert Brewer* Conducting Hans Graf Thomas Jaber Larry Rachleff	Composition and Theory Karim Al-Zand Anthony Brandt Shih-Hui Chen Arthur Gottschalk Pierre Jalbert Richard Lavenda Kurt Stallmann Musicology Walter Bailey Gregory Barnett Marcia Citron David Ferris Peter Loewen Orchestral Repertoire Joan DerHovsepian Christopher French Angela Fuller Thomas LeGrand Lecturers Nancy Bailey Rachel Buchman Phillip Kloeckner Virginia Nance Sylvia Ouellette Janet Rarick Robert Simpson Adjunct Lecturers David Rosenfield Tracy Satterfield* C. Richard Stasney Pieter Visser
*Visiting Faculty 2007-2008

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