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University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
1420 Austin Bluffs Pkwy
Colorado Springs, CO 80918

 
Name / Title Expertise Phone / Email

Suzanne MacAulay, Ph.D.
Chair

Material Culture, Ethnographic Textiles, Art of the Pacific Rim

719/255-3865
smacaula@uccs.edu

Beverly Kiselich
Program Assistant

 

719/255-4065
719/255-4066
bkiselic@uccs.edu

Art History

Elissa Auther, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Art History

Modern & Contemporary Art, Feminist Art & Theory

719/255-4612
eauther@uccs.edu

Judith Couchman
Lecturer

Medieval Art

judithcouchman@comcast.net

Carolyn Intemann
Lecturer

Renaissance & Baroque Art, 19th Century Painting & Sculpture

719/255-4360
cinteman@uccs.edu

Kathryn Lewis-Salem
Lecturer

AH 1000: Art through the Ages, Part I; AH 1001: Art through the Ages, Part II

719/255-4382

Suzanne MacAulay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Material Culture, Ethnographic Textiles, Art of the Pacific Rim

719/255-3865
smacaula@uccs.edu

Senga Nengudi-Fittz
Lecturer

Woman of Color & Indigenous Arts

sfittz@uccs.edu

Michaela Steen
Lecturer

AH 1500 Art & Ideas, Ancient Near Eastern Art

719/255-4062
msteen2@uccs.edu

Film Studies

Teresa Meadows, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

 

719/255-4049
tmeadows@uccs.edu

Robert von Dassanowsky, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Film Studies

Film Studies

719/255-3562
rvondass@uccs.edu

Barry Wurst
Lecturer

Hollywood Film

719/255-4360
barrywurst@hotmail.com

Museum Studies & Gallery Practice

Karin Larkin, Ph.D.
Lecturer

Museum Studies

719/255-3567
klarkin@uccs.edu

Hillary Mannion
Lecturer

Museum Studies

 

Daisy McConnell
Director, Galleries of Contemporary Art

GOCA1420 & GOCA121

719/255-3504
dmcconne@uccs.edu

Music (Full-Time Faculty)

Jane Rigler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Flute, Composition, Improvisation, Interdisciplinary Music Performance, Jazz History, 20th Century Music History, Performance Art, Creativity, Chamber Ensemble

719/255-5144
jrigler@uccs.edu

Curtis Smith, M.A.
Senior Instructor

Piano, Theory, Computer Music, Creativity, Music & Art

719/255-3569
csmith@uccs.edu

Glen Whitehead, D.M.A
Associate Professor
Director, UCCS Music Program

Trumpet, Contemporary Music, Jazz & Improvised Music, Electro Acoustic Ensemble, Interdisciplinary Improvisation, Sound Art

719/255-4155
gwhitehe@uccs.edu

Music (Part-Time Faculty)

Brad Bietry, M.M. (Jazz Studies), B.M. (Piano Performance, Jazz), CCM (Jazz Studies in Jazz Piano and Saxophone)
Lecturer
Director, UCCS Jazz Ensemble

Director of UCCS Jazz Ensemble, Private Lessons in Jazz/Commercial Piano

jazzybrad2002@comcast.net
www.bamjazz.org
www.bradbietry.com

Jeff Cloutier
Lecturer

Audio Engineering

773/349-3120
jeff@jeffcloutier.com

Gayle Grace, M.A.
Lecturer

Voice, University Choir

gaylegrace13@gmail.com

Made Lasmawan
Lecturer

Balinese Gamelan Ensemble, Intro to Ethnomusicology

mlasmawan@coloradocollege.edu

William Malone, M.M.
Lecturer
Director, Music - Pikes Peak Community College

Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Intro to Non-Western Music & Jazz History, Music Theory III/IV

william.malone@ppcc.edu

Colin McAllister, D.M.A.
Lecturer
Coordinator, VAPA Music Program

Guitar (Classical, Experimental, Jazz), Guitar Ensemble, Music and Entrepreneurship

719/255-5134
cmcallis@uccs.edu
www.colinmcallister.com

Abe Minzer, D.M.A.
Lecturer

Music History, Appreciation and Theory, Piano

719/229-2239
aminzer@comcast.net
www.classicallyalive.com
www.abeminzer.com

Solveig Olsen
Lecturer

Voice, VAPA Vocal Ensemble, Beginning and Advanced Musical Theater, Sight Singing and Ear Training I,II, and III

773/520-0022
solveig_o@yahoo.com
www.solveigolsen.com

Sharon Skidgel, D.M.A. (Collaborative Piano - all styles)
Lecturer

Intro to Music, History of Rock Music, Class Piano, Twentieth-Century Music History, Sight Singing

719/200-2284
sskidgel@uccs.edu

Scott Walton, D.M.A.
Lecturer

Jazz History, Intro to Music

swalton@ucsd.edu

Private Lesson Instructors [click here to register]

 

Woodwinds

 

Jane Rigler, Ph.D.
Head of Woodwinds

Flute, Composition & Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Electo Acoustic

719/255-5144
jrigler@uccs.edu

Nancy Brown

Oboe

719/637-3793
n-brown@q.com

www.crystalcreekmusic.com

William Malone, M.A.
PPCC Music Director

Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute (Jazz, Classical)

william.malone@ppcc.edu

 

Brass

 

Glen Whitehead, D.M.A.
Head of Brass

Trumpet, Composition & Improvisation, Electro Acoustic, Sound Design

719/255-4155
gwhitehe@uccs.edu

Jeremy van Hoy
Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Trombone/Low Brass

jeremyvanhoy@gmail.com

Bron Wright
Colorado Springs Philharmonic (Principal Trombonist), Fort Collins Philharmonic, Boulder Philharmonic

Trombone

bronwright@gmail.com

 

Strings (click here for info)

 

Colin McAllister, D.M.A.
Head of Strings

Guitar (Classical, Experimental, Jazz), Guitar Ensemble

719/255-5134
cmcallis@uccs.edu
www.colinmcallister.com

Cynthia Robinson

Violin

crobins3@uccs.edu
fiddlinbiker.com

Susan Smith

Cello

curtandsus@msn.com

Mark Neihof
Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Acoustic Bass (Jazz, Classical)

bassnstein@gmail.com

Janet Feder

Classical/Instrumental Guitar (Fingerstyle) for Composers & Performers, Improvisation, Extended Techniques

brainbox@janetfeder.com
www.janetfeder.com

Alan Joseph

Jazz Guitar

ajosegtr@gmail.com

 

Piano

 

Curtis Smith, M.A.
Head of Piano

Piano

719/255-3569
csmith@uccs.edu

Brad Bietry, M.M. (Jazz Studies), B.M. (Piano Performance, Jazz), CCM (Jazz Studies in Jazz Piano and Saxophone)
Lecturer
Director, UCCS Jazz Ensemble

Director of UCCS Jazz Ensemble, Private Lessons in Jazz/Commercial Piano

jazzybrad2002@comcast.net
www.bamjazz.org
www.bradbietry.com

Abe Minzer

Piano

aminzer@comcast.net

Sharon Skidgel
Lecturer

Intro to Music, History of Rock Music, Class Piano, Twentieth-Century Music History, Sight Singing

719/200-2284
sskidgel@uccs.edu

Angelina Gadeliya, D.M.A.

Private Piano, Class Piano

646/382-5466
agadeliya@yahoo.com
www.angelinagadeliya.com

 

Percussion

 
Randy Bowen

Drums, Percussion rando3@earthlink.net
Bob Jurkscheit

Orchestral Percussion bobjanno@wmconnect.com
 

Voice

 

Gayle Grace

Voice (Jazz, Classical, Music Theatre)

gaylegrace13@gmail.com

Connie Heidenreich

Voice

conjh@earthlink.net

Solveig Olsen

Voice, VAPA Vocal Ensemble, Beginning and Advanced Musical Theater, Sight Singing and Ear Training I,II, and III

773/520-0022
solveig_o@yahoo.com
www.solveigolsen.com

 

Composition

 

Sean Hennessey

Film Music Composition

shenness@uccs.edu

Jane Rigler, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor

Composition/Improvisation

719/255-5144
jrigler@uccs.edu

Janet Feder

Composition/Improvisation

brainbox@janetfeder.com
www.janetfeder.com

 

Audio/Sound

 

Jeff Cloutier

Audio Engineering

773/349-3120
jeff@jeffcloutier.com

Theatre & Dance

Roy Ballard
Lecturer
Technical Director, THEATREWORKS

Technical Theatre

uburoy@aol.com

Leah Chander-Mills
Instructor

Acting and Voice

lchandle@uccs.edu

Caitlin Green
Development Director, THEATREWORKS

 

719/255-3114
cgreen@uccs.edu

Kevin Landis, Ph.D., M.F.A.
Assistant Professor
Director, Theatre

Theatre History, Theory and Advanced Acting

719/255-5133
klandis@uccs.edu

Joye Cook-Levy, M.A.
Lecturer

Educational Theatre and Outreach, Acting

jcooklev@uccs.edu

Drew Martorella
Executive Director, THEATREWORKS

London Theatre Tour

719/255-3275
dmartoe@uccs.edu

Teresa Meadows, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

French Theatre and Women in Theatre

719/255-4049
tmeadows@uccs.edu

Bob Rais
Lecturer

Comedy History and Practice

 

Mary Ripper Baker
BFA Modern Dance, Certified Pilates Instructor

Modern, ballet, jazz, tap, musical theatre, Pilates

719/310-2395
maryripper@hotmail.com
www.motionstudies.com

Murray Ross
Instructor
Artistic Director, THEATREWORKS

Theatre History and Directing

719/255-3134
mross@uccs.edu

Tiffany Tinsley-Weeks
Lecturer

Dance

 

Visual Art

Matt Barton, M.F.A
Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Visual Art

Sculpture

719/255-3880
mbarton@uccs.edu

Valerie Brodar, M.F.A
Associate Professor
Bachelor of Innovation Faculty Associate Director LAS

Media Arts

719/255-4306
vbrodar@uccs.edu

Carol Dass
Senior Instructor

Photography

719/255-4382
cdass@uccs.edu

Corey Drieth, M.F.A
Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Visual Art

Painting, Drawing

719/255-4052
cdrieth@uccs.edu

Pauline Foss, M.F.A
Senior Instructor

Painting, Drawing

pfoss@uccs.edu

Olivia Lundberg, M.F.A
Instructor

Painting, Drawing, Foundations

olivialundberg@yahoo.com 

Claire Rau, M.F.A
Senior Instructor

Sculpture, Foundations

crau@uccs.edu 

Erik Schubert, M.F.A
Lecturer

Photography

eschuber@uccs.edu

Eric Steen, M.F.A
Instructor

Foundations, Social Practice

esteen@uccs.edu

Visual Resource Center

Michaela Steen
Coordinator, Visual Resources

 

719/255-4062
msteen2@uccs.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Lin Fife, M.F.A
Professor Emerita

 

lfife@uccs.edu

Julia Hoerner, M.F.A
Professor Emerita