Faculty Profiles
Douglas Bianchi
Director of Bands
2362 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2615
Director of WSU Bands, brasswinds and woodwinds...
ad3364@wayne.edu
Director of Bands
2362 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2615
Director of WSU Bands, brasswinds and woodwinds...
ad3364@wayne.edu
Karl Braunschweig
2341 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1799
EDUCATION:B.A., magna cum laude, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1991 music theory/compositionM.M., University of Michigan, 1993 music theoryPh.D., University of Michigan, 1997 m...
ad4348@wayne.edu
2341 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1799
EDUCATION:B.A., magna cum laude, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1991 music theory/compositionM.M., University of Michigan, 1993 music theoryPh.D., University of Michigan, 1997 m...
ad4348@wayne.edu
Frances Brockington
2326 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2619
Frances N. Brockington, soprano, is a native Detroiter and favorite to area audiences.In 2005, Miss Brockington received the prestigious Msgr. Daniel Ryan Award as Outstanding Form...
ad3353@wayne.edu
2326 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2619
Frances N. Brockington, soprano, is a native Detroiter and favorite to area audiences.In 2005, Miss Brockington received the prestigious Msgr. Daniel Ryan Award as Outstanding Form...
ad3353@wayne.edu
Abigail Butler
2390 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2673
Abigail Butler completed her undergraduate studies in voice performance at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. She received a master of music degree from Midwestern State Un...
ag7752@wayne.edu
2390 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2673
Abigail Butler completed her undergraduate studies in voice performance at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. She received a master of music degree from Midwestern State Un...
ag7752@wayne.edu
Christopher Collins
Professor and Director of Jazz Studies
1353, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1780
Chris Collins is a professional jazz woodwind player who has toured throughout Japan, South Africa, Europe and North America as the leader of his own ensembles and as a featured so...
ac4080@wayne.edu
Professor and Director of Jazz Studies
1353, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1780
Chris Collins is a professional jazz woodwind player who has toured throughout Japan, South Africa, Europe and North America as the leader of his own ensembles and as a featured so...
ac4080@wayne.edu
Robert Conway
2353 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2676
Pianist Robert Conway is one of the most exciting and versatile performers of 20th Century music in the country today. A frequent solo recitalist and chamber musician, he has a lar...
ad4914@wayne.edu
2353 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2676
Pianist Robert Conway is one of the most exciting and versatile performers of 20th Century music in the country today. A frequent solo recitalist and chamber musician, he has a lar...
ad4914@wayne.edu
Thomas Court
Co-Director of Music Technology
2356, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-7550
Thomas Court is a recording engineer / sound designer by trade. After completing an honorable moment in the military, Mr. Court began recording and composing music professionally i...
aa6520@wayne.edu
Co-Director of Music Technology
2356, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-7550
Thomas Court is a recording engineer / sound designer by trade. After completing an honorable moment in the military, Mr. Court began recording and composing music professionally i...
aa6520@wayne.edu
Norah Duncan
Associate Department Chair
1321.7 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1775
Norah Duncan IV is Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Music at Wayne State University. He is also the Area Coordinator for Organ Performance. Additionally, he directs the W...
ac8468@wayne.edu
Associate Department Chair
1321.7 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1775
Norah Duncan IV is Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Music at Wayne State University. He is also the Area Coordinator for Organ Performance. Additionally, he directs the W...
ac8468@wayne.edu
Ivan Griffin
Lecturer in Voice
Phone: 313-577-3181
American baritone Ivan Griffin is a versatile artist whose experiences range from opera and concert to musical theater. He has been praised for, among other things, his “excellent ...
ay6984@wayne.edu
Lecturer in Voice
Phone: 313-577-3181
American baritone Ivan Griffin is a versatile artist whose experiences range from opera and concert to musical theater. He has been praised for, among other things, his “excellent ...
ay6984@wayne.edu
James Hartway
Distinguished Professor of Music
2343 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1771
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1944, James Hartway began a lifelong study of music with piano lessons at age seven. In middle school and throughout high school he pursued this avocat...
ac2554@wayne.edu
Distinguished Professor of Music
2343 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1771
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1944, James Hartway began a lifelong study of music with piano lessons at age seven. In middle school and throughout high school he pursued this avocat...
ac2554@wayne.edu
Kypros Leandros Markou
Professor and Director Orchestral Studies
1336, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4303
Kypros Markou is Professor and Director of Orchestral Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Additionally he is Music Director of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra in Michigan...
aa0952@wayne.edu
Professor and Director Orchestral Studies
1336, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4303
Kypros Markou is Professor and Director of Orchestral Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Additionally he is Music Director of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra in Michigan...
aa0952@wayne.edu
Russell Miller
2310, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-9467
Director of Jazz Big Band IITeaches Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Arranging & Orchestration, and Woodwind courses...
ac5188@wayne.edu
2310, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-9467
Director of Jazz Big Band IITeaches Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Arranging & Orchestration, and Woodwind courses...
ac5188@wayne.edu
Laura Roelofs
2347 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4306
Described by critics as "brilliant" and "intensely expressive", violinist Laura Leigh Roelofs is equally at home in the chamber music and orchestral fields. She performed for fourt...
av1230@wayne.edu
2347 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4306
Described by critics as "brilliant" and "intensely expressive", violinist Laura Leigh Roelofs is equally at home in the chamber music and orchestral fields. She performed for fourt...
av1230@wayne.edu
Dennis J. Tini
Distinguished Professor
2339 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2545
Distinguished Professor Tini appeared on WRCJ 90.9 FM Oct. 16, 2008,assisting the station's fundraising drive. This 2MB .mp3 is 9.5 mins.http://music.wayne.edu/files/WRCJ161008.mp3...
aa5272@wayne.edu
Distinguished Professor
2339 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2545
Distinguished Professor Tini appeared on WRCJ 90.9 FM Oct. 16, 2008,assisting the station's fundraising drive. This 2MB .mp3 is 9.5 mins.http://music.wayne.edu/files/WRCJ161008.mp3...
aa5272@wayne.edu
John D. Vander Weg
Chair
1321 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1795
John D. Vander Weg, is Chair and Professor of Music....
jdvw@wayne.edu
Chair
1321 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1795
John D. Vander Weg, is Chair and Professor of Music....
jdvw@wayne.edu
Terese Volk Tuohey
2388, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2674
Dr. Volk came to Wayne State University from the Buffalo (NY) Public Schools where she taught instrumental music for 26 years. She has also held adjunct professorships at the State...
ag7658@wayne.edu
2388, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2674
Dr. Volk came to Wayne State University from the Buffalo (NY) Public Schools where she taught instrumental music for 26 years. She has also held adjunct professorships at the State...
ag7658@wayne.edu
Mary Wischusen
1324 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2612
Mary Wischusen was born in New Jersey and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music (1968) from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. She received both of her graduate degrees from Rut...
aa2188@wayne.edu
1324 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2612
Mary Wischusen was born in New Jersey and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music (1968) from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. She received both of her graduate degrees from Rut...
aa2188@wayne.edu
Janet Wright-McCaskill
2360 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-4218
Janet McCaskill is Lecturer of Music and Director of the Warrior Marching Band and Pep Band, conductor of the Campus Band and Low Brass Ensemble and teaches applied Euphon...
eg5381@wayne.edu
2360 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-4218
Janet McCaskill is Lecturer of Music and Director of the Warrior Marching Band and Pep Band, conductor of the Campus Band and Low Brass Ensemble and teaches applied Euphon...
eg5381@wayne.edu
Part-time Faculty Profiles
Jon Anderson
Music Theory and History
2342 Old Main
Jon Anderson is part-time lecturer in the Music Department at Wayne State University, teaching Music Theory and History. He also serves as the Dance Media & Production coordina...
au8215@wayne.edu
Music Theory and History
2342 Old Main
Jon Anderson is part-time lecturer in the Music Department at Wayne State University, teaching Music Theory and History. He also serves as the Dance Media & Production coordina...
au8215@wayne.edu
Keith Claeys
Percussion and Percussion Ensemble
2374 Old Main
Attended Wayne State University where he studied with Salvatore Rabbio. Other teachers include Norman Fickett, Alan Abel and the late Charles Owen. Since graduating from WSU, K...
ad9549@wayne.edu
Percussion and Percussion Ensemble
2374 Old Main
Attended Wayne State University where he studied with Salvatore Rabbio. Other teachers include Norman Fickett, Alan Abel and the late Charles Owen. Since graduating from WSU, K...
ad9549@wayne.edu
Gerald Custer
2361 Old Main
Gerald Custer teaches Music Theory I, II, and III and Composition in the Department of Music. An award-winning. Grammy Award-nominated composer, he has more than 50 works in print ...
custer@wayne.edu
2361 Old Main
Gerald Custer teaches Music Theory I, II, and III and Composition in the Department of Music. An award-winning. Grammy Award-nominated composer, he has more than 50 works in print ...
custer@wayne.edu
Kelly Natasha Foreman
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
K. [Kelly] Natasha Foreman was born in Minneapolis, MN, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory and Composition at St. Olaf College in Northfield M...
ah7857@wayne.edu
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
K. [Kelly] Natasha Foreman was born in Minneapolis, MN, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory and Composition at St. Olaf College in Northfield M...
ah7857@wayne.edu
Jeff Heisler
Award winning solo, chamber, and collaborative musician, Jeff Heisler, is an advocate of contemporary music and excels in traditional repertoire as well as the avant-garde. Among h...
bw6876@wayne.edu
Award winning solo, chamber, and collaborative musician, Jeff Heisler, is an advocate of contemporary music and excels in traditional repertoire as well as the avant-garde. Among h...
bw6876@wayne.edu
Laura Larson
Flute, MOT
2305 Old Main
Laura Larson has distinguished herself throughout the flute world of the United States and abroad. Twice a winner in the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, she al...
larson.laura@sbcglobal.net
Flute, MOT
2305 Old Main
Laura Larson has distinguished herself throughout the flute world of the United States and abroad. Twice a winner in the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, she al...
larson.laura@sbcglobal.net
Eldonna May
Music History
Eldonna L. May is a faculty member of the music and/or humanities departments at the Wayne State University, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Oakland Community College, and Florida...
ad8192@wayne.edu
Music History
Eldonna L. May is a faculty member of the music and/or humanities departments at the Wayne State University, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Oakland Community College, and Florida...
ad8192@wayne.edu
Donald Platter
Woodwinds
2402 Old Main
Phone: Home: (248) 375-0473
Teaching: Woodwinds Class - Developing skills on all five woodwind instruments, plus skills in transposition and arranging for woodwind instruments. Conducting- Teaching and de...
dplatter@comcast.net
Woodwinds
2402 Old Main
Phone: Home: (248) 375-0473
Teaching: Woodwinds Class - Developing skills on all five woodwind instruments, plus skills in transposition and arranging for woodwind instruments. Conducting- Teaching and de...
dplatter@comcast.net
Dan Pliskow
Jazz Bass
Old Main
Phone: 248-549-5575
I was born in Detroit in 1935. In 1943, while in the second grade, I began taking cello in school and private lessons, eventually studying with Jacob Becker of the DSO. In high sch...
dpliskow@gmail.com
Jazz Bass
Old Main
Phone: 248-549-5575
I was born in Detroit in 1935. In 1943, while in the second grade, I began taking cello in school and private lessons, eventually studying with Jacob Becker of the DSO. In high sch...
dpliskow@gmail.com
Brian Roberts
Adjunct Associate Professor of Classical Guitar
2334 Old Main
~Applied Classical Guitar Lessons for classical guitar performance majors and minors.~Guitar Pedagogy and Liturature Class.~Classical Guitar Performance Class as part of the applie...
ad9294@wayne.edu
Adjunct Associate Professor of Classical Guitar
2334 Old Main
~Applied Classical Guitar Lessons for classical guitar performance majors and minors.~Guitar Pedagogy and Liturature Class.~Classical Guitar Performance Class as part of the applie...
ad9294@wayne.edu
David Taylor
Jazz Percussion
Phone: 586-876-9348
David Taylor studied percussion performance at the University of Cincinnati/College-Conservatory of Music where his principal teacher was William Youhass. Other teachers include Sa...
dstaylor2004@yahoo.com
Jazz Percussion
Phone: 586-876-9348
David Taylor studied percussion performance at the University of Cincinnati/College-Conservatory of Music where his principal teacher was William Youhass. Other teachers include Sa...
dstaylor2004@yahoo.com
