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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

Devin Monnens
Lecturer

Game Design, Critical Game Studies

dmonnens@gmail.com

Senga Nengudi-Fittz
Lecturer

Woman of Color & Indigenous Arts

sfittz@uccs.edu

Michaela Steen
Lecturer

AH 1500 Art & Ideas, Ancient Near East, Greek Orientalizing Period

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 & Gallery Practice

Caitlin Green
Co-Director

Gallery of Contemporary Art

719/255-3567
cgreen@uccs.edu

Karin Larkin, Ph.D.
Lecturer

Museum Studies

719/255-3567
klarkin@uccs.edu

Daisy McConnell
Co-Director

Gallery of Contemporary Art

719/255-3567
dmcconne@uccs.edu

Music (Full-Time Faculty)

Jane Rigler, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor

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
Assistant 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)

Stephanie Benton, B.M., M.M. (Choral Conducting)
Lecturer
Director, Aurora Singers

Sight Singing, Introduction to Music, Music Appreciation, VAPA Vocal Choir, Ear Training, Symphonic Lecture

sbenton@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

John Erickson
Lecturer

Audio Design/Studio Recording

john@istratsystems.com

Gayle Grace, M.A.
Lecturer

Voice, Jazz Vocal Ensemble

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

Abe Minzer
Lecturer

Piano

aminzer@comcast.net

Solveig Olsen
Lecturer

Voice

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

Sharon Skidgel, D.M.A. (Piano Accompaniment)
Lecturer

Class Piano, Rock & Roll Music

sskidge@comcast.net

Private Lesson Instructors [click here to register]

Bruce Anderson

Percussion, Drum Set, Marimba, Vibraphone

banderson72499@yahoo.com

Brad Bietry

Jazz Piano, Guitar (Jazz Composition, Arranging)

jazzybrad2002@comcast.net

Randy Bowen

Drums, Percussion

rando3@earthlink.net

Daniel Brandt, M.M. (Violin Performance)

Violin, Viola, String Studies

505/795-9066
danielbrandt.violinist@yahoo.com

Mathew Evans
CSU Fort Collins, Pueblo Symphony

French Horn

evanscorno@yahoo.com

Janet Feder

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

brainbox@janetfeder.com
www.janetfeder.com

Gayle Grace

Voice (Jazz, Classical, Music Theatre)

gaylegrace13@gmail.com

Wayne Hammerstadt

Guitar (Rock, Classical)

whammerstadt@gmail.com
hammerstadt.com

Connie Heidenreich

Voice

conjh@earthlink.net

Alan Joseph

Jazz Guitar

ajosegtr@gmail.com

Althea Klein

Piano

coloradokleins@msn.com

William Malone, M.A.
PPCC Music Director

Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute (Jazz, Classical)

william.malone@ppcc.edu

Rex Matzke

Jazz Saxophone

rgmatzke@aol.com

Gerald Miller

Cello

gkmcello@netscape.net

Abe Minzer

Piano

aminzer@comcast.net

Julia Mynett

Flute

juliemmy@comcast.net

Mark Neilhoff
Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Acoustic Bass (Jazz, Classical)

bassnstein@gmail.com

Solveig Olsen

Voice

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

Jane Rigler, Ph.D.
Instructor

Flute, Composition & Improvisation, Interdisciplinary, Electo Acoustic

719/255-5144
jrigler@uccs.edu

Cynthia Robinson

Violin

crobins3@uccs.edu
fiddlinbiker.com

Jana Ross

Jazz Voice

jross3@uccs.edu

Sharon Skidgel
Lecturer

Piano

sskidge@comcast.net

Curtis Smith, M.A.
Senior Instructor

Piano

719/255-3569
csmith@uccs.edu

Kim Stone
The Rippingtons, Spyro Gyra

Electric and Acoustic Bass

kimetstone@earthlink.net

Jeremy van Hoy
Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Trombone/Low Brass

jeremyvanhoy@gmail.com

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

Trumpet, Composition & Improvisation, Electro Acoustic, Sound Design

719/255-4155
gwhitehe@uccs.edu

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

Trombone

bronwright@gmail.com

David Zuercher
Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Trumpet

zdkknsi@msn.com

Theatre

Roy Ballard
Lecturer
Technical Director, THEATREWORKS

Technical Theatre

uburoy@aol.com

Leah Chander-Mills
Instructor

Acting and Voice

lchandle@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

Drew Martorella
Executive Director, THEATREWORKS

London Theatre Tour

719/255-3275
dmartoe@uccs.edu

Ryan Neely
Producing Director, THEATREWORKS

Stage Management

719/255-3671
rneely2@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

 

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

Media Arts

719/255-4306
vbrodar@uccs.edu

Carol Dass
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

Drawing, 2D Foundations

olivialundberg@yahoo.com 

Claire Rau, M.F.A
Instructor

2D, 3D Foundations

crau@uccs.edu 

Erik Schubert, M.F.A
Lecturer

Photography

eschuber@uccs.edu

Eric Steen, M.F.A
Instructor

2D 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