Faculty & Staff

Gale Odom • 869-5235
Dean of the School of Music; Professor of Music
B.M., North Texas State University, 1975. M.M., Indiana University, 1978. D.M.A., University of North Texas, 1991.

Christopher Allen 
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Webster University, 1984.

Leon Brown
Lecturer in Music
A.B., Stanford University, 1977. M.A., San Jose State at California, 1992.

Ronald Bukoff • 869-5247
Associate Professor of Music ; Director of Music Library
B.A., Chapman College, 1977. M.A., Indiana University, 1979. Ph.D., Cornell University, 1988. M.L.S., Indiana University, 1994.

Laura Crawford • 869-5639
Lecturer in Music ; Director of the Suzuki Violin School
B.M., University of Texas--Austin, 1975. M.M., University of Texas--Austin, 1976.

Cathy DeRousse
Adjunct in Music
B.M., Oklahoma Baptist University, 1975. M.M., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1979.

Horace English • 869-5174
Professor of Music
B.M., Shorter College, 1962. M.C.M., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1964. D.M., Florida State University, 1969.

Todd Gabriel • 869-5403
Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., The Juilliard School, 1980. M.M., Louisiana State University, 1984. D.M.A., University of Arizona, 2003.

Gay Grosz • 869-5072
Instructor of Music
B.M., Centenary College of Louisiana, 1990. M.Mus., Louisiana State University, 2000.

Peter Haas
Adjunct in Music
B.M., Boston University, 1982.

John Harper
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Centenary College of Louisiana. M.F.A., Virginia Tech. M.M., Florida State.

David Hobson • 869-5200
A.C. "Cheesy" Voran Choir Director; Lecturer in Music
B.M., Centenary College of LA, 1998. M.Mus., Emory University, 2003.

Sally Horak
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Cleveland Institute of Music, 1971.

Samara Humbert
Administrator for Suzuki School
D.M.A., University of Oregon, 2007. M.M., University of Oregon, 2004. B.M., Arizona State University, 2001.

Tom Hundemer
Lecturer in Music
B.M., University of Southern Mississippi, 1976. M.A., University of Iowa, 1979.

Robert Maynard
Adjunct in Music
B.M., Northeast Louisiana University, 1980.

Adrienne Moffett-Smith
Adjunct in Music
B.M., New England Conservatory, 1979.

Thomas Phillips
Adjunct in Music
B.M., University of Missouri, 1972. M.A., University of Iowa, 1975. M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1983.

Joy Ratcliff
Lecturer in Music
B.A., Centenary College, 1977. M.A., San Jose State University, 1981.

Michael Scarlato
Adjunct in Music
B.M., Centenary College, 1977. M.M., University of Miami, 1982.

Ross Smith • 869-5071
Associate Professor Of Music
B.M., Brigham Young University, 1992. M.M., University of Michigan, 1994. D.M.A., University of Michigan, 1997.

Thomas Stone • 869-5238
Professor of Music
B.M., Lawrence University, 1979. M.M.E., DePaul University, 1983. D.M.A., University of Cincinatti College--Conservatory of Music, 1996.

Chandler Teague
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Centenary College, 1974.

Julia Thorn • 869-5175
Associate Professor of Music
B.M., Loyola University, 1980. M.M., Loyola University, 1981. D.M.A., University of Alabama, 1997.

Kristina Vaska-Haas
Adjunct in Music
B.M., SUNY Postdam, 1982. M.M., Northern Illinois University, 1984.

Holly Watson
Adjunct in Music
B.M., Birmingham-Southern College, 1983. M.L.S., Eastman School of Music, 1984. D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 1987.

Susan Yankee • 869-5248
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Hart School of Music, University of Hartford, 1992. M.M., Yale University, 1994.

Theresa Zale-Bridges
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Northwestern University, 1985. M.M., Eastman School of Music, 1988.