@ Associate or Adjunct Graduate Faculty
* Members of UMKC Graduate Faculty
# Members of UMKC Doctoral Faculty
+ Located at UM-St. Louis campus
Conservatory of Music and Dance
@Marita Abner 
; adjunct assistant professor of music (bassoon); B.A. (Swarthmore College); M.M. (Yale University).
#*Olga Ackerly; associate professor of music (musicology); B.M., M.M. (Manhattan School of Music); M.A., M.Ph., Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
Inci Bashar; professor emeritus of music (voice); Ll.B. (University of Istanbul); (Istanbul's Civic Conservatory of Music); (Hochschule fur musick, Munich); (Ankara State Opera Studio). (Former member of the Cologne, Dortnund and Istanbul state operas.)
Shirley Bean; associate professor emeritus of music (music theory); B.M.E. (University of Kansas City); M.M., D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Robert Beck ; director of conservatory recording; B.L.A., M.F.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*Keith Benjamin ; associate professor of music (trumpet); B.M.E. (Morningside College); M.M. (University of Northern Iowa); D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music). (Member of Missouri Brass Quintet.)
Thilde Beuing; professor emeritus of music (voice); private teacher for voice from Hochschule fur Musik, Berlin.
@Barbara Bishop ; adjunct assistant professor of music (oboe); B.M. (Eastman School of Music); M.M. (University of Minnesota).
@Ryan Board ; visiting assistant professor of music (choral); B.M.E. (University of Northern Colorado); M.M. (conducting) (Westminister Choir College of Rider University): D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
@Linda Ade Brand ; visiting assistant professor of music (opera, musical theatre); B.A. (Bethany College); M.F.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Hugh Brown; associate professor emeritus of music (viola).
Ellen Campbell ; assistant professor of music (horn); B.A. (Luther College); M.M. (Michigan State University). (Member of Missouri Brass Quintet.)
#*Jane M. Carl ; associate professor of music (clarinet); B.M., M.M., D.M.A. (University of Michigan).
Richard Cass ; distinguished teaching professor emeritus of music (piano); B.A. (Furman University); (Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris.)
#*Chen Yi ; Lorena Searcy Cravens/Millsap/Missouri Endowed Professor in Composition; B.A., M.A. (Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing); D.M.A. (Columbia University).
@#Un Chong Christopher ; adjunct assistant professor of music (voice); B.M., M.M. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Mark E. Clark ; teaching associate (piano technician); B.M. (University of Texas-Austin); (Registered piano technician).
#*JoDee Davis ; assistant professor of music (trombone); B.M., M.M. (University of Northen Iowa); D.M. (Indiana University). (Member of Missouri Brass Quintet.)
Steven D. Davis ; associate professor of music (conducting, wind symphony); B.M.E. (Florida State University), M.M. (University of Minnesota)
#*Anne B. DeLaunay ; associate professor of music (voice, music/opera literature); B.M., M.M., D.M.A. (Louisiana State University).
#*John A. Ditto ; associate professor of music (organ); B.M. (Drake University); M.M. (University of Michigan); Performer's Certificate, D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music). (Concert management with Phyllis Stringham, Waukesha, Wisconsin.)
Eph Ehly; professor emeritus of music (choral music, conducting); B.A. (Kearney State College); M.A. (George Peabody College for Teachers); D.M.A. (University of Colorado).
@Beth Loeber Elswick ; adjunct assistant professor of music (music theory); B.A. (Southwest Missouri State University); B.M. (University of Arizona); M.S.Ed. (Southwest Missouri State University); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*Carter Enyeart ; Rose Ann Carr Millsap/Missouri Endowed Professor in Cello; B.M. (Eastman School of Music); M.M. (Carnegie-Mellon University).
#*William Everett ; associate professor of music (musicology) and area coordinator, music history/musicology and chair, division of composition, music theory, and musicology; B.M. (Texas Tech University); M.M. (Southern Methodist University); Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
Raymond Feener ; assistant professor of music (voice); B.M., M.M. (Ohio University); D.M. (Florida State University).
#*Hali Fieldman ; associate professor of music (music theory); B.M. (Peabody Conservatory of Music); M.A.M., M.M. (Eastman School of Music); Ph.D. (University of Michigan).
#*William E. Fredrickson ; associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of music (music education); B.M. (State University College of New York at Fredonia); M.M. (Syracuse University); Ph.D. (Florida State University).
#*Andrew Granade ; assistant professor of music (musicology); B.M. (Ouachita Baptist University); M.M., Ph.D. (University of Illinois).
#*Robert W. Groene II ; associate professor of music (music therapy) and interim associate dean, academic affairs and director of music therapy; B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (University of Minnesota).
#*Gustavo R. Halley ; associate professor of music (voice); B.A. (Jacksonville University); M.M., D.M. (Florida State University).
Alexander W. Hamilton; associate professor emeritus of music (music education); B.S.E., M.Ed., (University of Arkansas); D.M.A. (University of Texas at Austin).
Deanna Hanson-Abromeit ; assistant professor of music (music therapy); B.M., M.A. (University of Iowa).
Linda Ross Happy ; associate professor emeritus of music (class piano); B.M.E. (University of Nebraska); M.M. (Northwestern University); D.M.A. (University of Colorado).
@Paul Hatton ; adjunct assistant professor of music (violin); (Juilliard School); (North Carolina School of the Arts).
Milton G. Hehr; associate professor emeritus of music (music theory, music history and literature); B.M. (Jordan College of Fine Arts of Butler University); M.M., Ph.D. (Boston University).
Mary Pat Henry ; chair of dance and associate professor of dance (ballet); B.F.A. (University of Utah); M.F.A. (Florida State University).
Patricia Higdon ; teaching assistant, accompanist (piano sight reading); B.M. (Houghton College); M.M. (Cleveland Institute of Music).
*Benny Kim ; associate professor of music (violin); B.M., M.M. (Juilliard School).
Tiberius Klausner; professor emeritus of music (violin); Diploma (National Academy of Music, Budapest); Premier Prix (Conservatoire National de Musique, Paris); Diploma (The Juilliard School). Member of Volker String Quartet.
Richard C. Knoll; professor emeritus of music (voice); (University of Denver); (Northwestern University); Chicago Lyric Opera; Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
@Karen Kushner ; adjunct associate professor of music (piano); B.M. (Northwestern University); M.M. (Juilliard School).
Wanda Lathom-Radocy; professor emeritus of music (music therapy); B.M.E., M.M.E, Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
Scott Lee ; assistant professor of music (viola); B. M. (The Julliard School); M.M. (Mannes College of Music).
John R. Leisenring; professor emeritus of music (trombone/jazz studies); B.M., M.M. (University of Wisconsin-Madison); D.M.A. (University of Illinois).
@Kenneth Lidge ; adjunct assistant professor of music (theory); B.M. E. (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire); M.M. (University of Illinois-Champaign); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
Martha Holmes Longmire; professor emeritus of music (voice); B.M. (Southern Methodist University). Advanced study with Lotte Lehmann, John Charles Thomas.
@Mary Jo Lorek ; adjunct assistant professor of music (theory); B.M. (University of North Carolina); M.M. (University of Kentucky); Ph.D. (Florida State University).
Sabrina Madison-Cannon ; assistant professor of dance (modern); B.F.A. (National Academy of Arts); M.F.A. (University of Iowa).
#*John McIntyre ; professor of music (piano); Artist Diploma (University of Toronto); M.M. (Boston University); Graduate study (Paris Conservatory).
@Jennifer Medina ; visiting assistant professor of dance (modern); B.F.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); M.F.A. (University of Iowa).
#*James Mobberley ; curators' professor of music (composition); B.A., M.M. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); D.M.A. (Cleveland Institute of music).
Dale Morehouse ; associate professor of music (voice, opera); B.A. (University of Central Florida); M.M. (Binghamton University).
@John A. Mueter ; teaching assistant, accompanist, (foreign language for singing); B.M. (Hartt School of Music); M.A. (Washington State University).
Laura New ; adjunct assistant professor of music (music theory); B.A. (Delta State University); M.M. (New Mexico State University).
*Douglas Niedt ; associate professor of music (guitar); B.M. (University of Missouri-Kansas City); (Studied with Segovia, Ghiglia, Yepes, Morel and Parkening. Records with Antigua Records.)
#*Robert Olson ; professor of music (conducting, orchestra); B.M. (Northern Illinois University); M.M. (Michigan State University); D.M.A. (University of Washington).
#*Michael Pagan ; assistant professor of music (jazz studies); B.M., M.A, (Kent State University); D.M. (Northwestern University).
#*Joseph Parisi ; assistant professor of music (music education, instrumental music); B.M. (State University College of New York at Potsdam); M.M. (Florida State University); Ph.D. (Florida State University).
#*Randall G. Pembrook ; dean, conservatory of music, and professor of music (music education); B.M., M.M. (Southern Illinois University); Ph.D. (Florida State University).
Marian F. Petersen; professor emeritus of music (theory); B.A. (San Francisco State University); M.M., Ph.D. (University of Utah).
#*Diane Petrella; assistant professor of music (piano, piano pedagogy); B.M. (Eastern Illinois University); M.M. (University of Wisconsin-Madison); D.M.A. (University of North Texas).
@LeRoy Pogemiller; interim dean emeritus, conservatory of music, and professor emeritus of music (music history and literature); B.M., M.M. (Conservatory of Music of Kansas City); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*Mary Posses ; associate professor of music (flute); B.A., M.M., M.M.A., D.M.A. (Yale University).
Ruth Anne Rich; professor emeritus of music (piano); B.M. (Florida State University); M.M. (Peabody Conservatory of Music); D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music); Diplome de Virtuosite (Schola Cantorum, Paris); License d'Enseignement (L'Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris); Licentiateship in Piano Performance (Royal Academy of Music, London).
Natalia Rivera ; teaching assistant, accompanist, (foreign language for singing); B.M. (New England Conservatory); M.A. (University of Minnesota).
#*Sheri Robb ; associate professor of music (music therapy); B.M. (Florida State University); M.E. (Auburn University); Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
#*Charles R. Robinson ; chair of music education/music therapy and professor of music (music education, choral music); B.M.E., Ph.D. (Florida State University); M.A. (California State University, Long Beach).
#*Paul Rudy ; associate professor of music (composition); B.A. (Bethel College); M.M. (University of Colorado, Boulder, Co); D.M.A. (The University of Texas at Austin).
Merton Shatzkin; professor emeritus of music (music theory); Diploma (The Juilliard School); M.M., Ph.D. (Eastman School of Music).
#*Rebecca Sherburn -Bly ; associate professor of music (voice); B.M. (California State University, Los Angeles); M.M. (University of Southern California); D.M.A. (University of Southern California).
#*Reynold Simpson ; associate professor of music (music theory); B.M. (The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University); M.F.A. (Princeton University); M.M., D.M.A. (The Juilliard School).
#*James Snell ; assistant professor of music (percussion); B.M. (University of Illinois); M.M. (Southern Methodist University); D.M.A. (University of Missouri-Kansas City).
#*Jane Solose ; associate professor of music (piano/harpsichord); B.M. (University of Toronto); M.M., D.M.A. (Eastman School of Music).
Joan Sommers ; professor emeritus of music (accordion); Associate Diploma and Licentiate Diploma (Accordion Institute of America in conjunction with the British College of Accordionists).
Paul Sommers; professor emeritus of music (voice); D.M.A. (University of Illinois).
#*Thomas Stein ; associate professor of music (tuba, euphonium); B.M., M.M. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). (Member of Missouri Brass Quintet.)
Sue Stubbs ; adjunct assistant professor of music (double bass); B.M. (Juilliard School); M.M. (University of Missouri).
Kent Swafford ; teaching assistant (piano technician); (University of Kansas); (Registered piano technician).
*Timothy Timmons ; chair of instrumental studies and associate professor of music (saxophone); B.M. (University of Tulsa); M.M. (Northwestern University).
@Sarah Tyrrell ; adjunct assistant professor of music (musicology); B.A. (Kansas State University); M.M. (New England Conservatory of Music); Ph.D (University of Kansas).
#*Olga Ackerly; associate professor of music (musicology); B.M., M.M. (Manhattan School of Music); M.A., M.Ph., Ph.D. (University of Kansas).
*Robert Watson ; William and Mary Grant/Missouri Endowed Professor in Jazz Studies; B.M. (University of Miami).
Paula B. Weber ; associate professor of dance (ballet); B.A. (Butler University); M.F.A. (Smith College).
#*Robert Weirich ; Jack Strandberg/Missouri Endowed Chair in Piano, chair of keyboard studies, and associate dean for performance studies; B.M. (Oberlin Conservatory of Music); D.M.A. (Yale University).
@Richard Lee Williams ; chair of vocal studies and assistant professor of music (coach-accompanist, foreign language for singing); B.A., B.M. (University of Akron); M.M. (University of Illinois).
Rodni Williams ; assistant professor of dance (modern); B.F.A. (Adelphi University).
@Zhou Long; visiting professor (composition); (Central Conservatory in Beijing); D.M.A. (Columbia University).
