Faculty

Performing Arts Faculty and Staff

Music Academic Studies

Fredrick Tarrant

Fredrick Tarrant

Dean, School of Performing Arts

FKT@reinhardt.edu
770-720-9221

Music History

B.M. Baylor University
M.M. Baylor University
Ph.D. Indiana University
Professor of Music

Mason-Conklin

Mason Conklin

Assistant Professor of Music

NMC@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5658

Piano, Class Piano, Theory

B.M. Baylor University
M.M. Baylor University
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

Alexander-Wasserman

Alexander Wasserman

Assistant Professor of Music

AMW@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5560

Piano, Theory, Director of the Reinhardt Piano Festival and Academy

B.M. University of Southern California
M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music
D.M.A. Cleveland Institute of Music

Nic-Deuson

Nicolas Deuson

Adjunct Professor of Music

NAD2@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5560

Guitar, Music Theory

B.M. University of Georgia
M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music
D.M.A. The University of Southern California

www.nicolasdeuson.com

Music Education Studies and Primary Ensemble Conductors

Dr. Kerry Bryant, Director of Instrumental Activities

Kerry Bryant

Assistant Professor of Music

KGB@reinhardt.edu

Director of Instrumental Activities

B.M.E. University of Kentucky
M.M.E. University of South Carolina
Ed.S. Lincoln Memorial University
Ed.D. Liberty University

Dr. Kerry Bryant is Director of Instrumental Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at Reinhardt
University. Most recently he served as Director of Bands at Young Harris College, and as Adjunct Instructor of
Music Education at Reinhardt University. Prior to his collegiate career, over a period 32 years, Dr. Bryant
served primarily as Director of Bands for several prominent high school band programs in GA, as well as Fine
Arts Coordinator and elementary music teacher. Thus Dr. Bryant’s music education experience spans the
continuum of grade levels, from kindergarten through graduate-level music courses.

Concert ensembles under his direction have been invited to perform at many college and regional band clinics,
conventions and symposia. He has performed at the Mid-West International Band Clinic as a former member of
Tara Winds. He has numerous arrangements, transcriptions and editions of concert band works in various private
and school libraries and catalogs, including Schirmer Rental and Arrangers Publishing. Dr. Bryant maintains an
active travel schedule throughout the southeastern U.S. with guest conducting, evaluation, and clinician services for
many band programs and state music associations.

Dr. Bryant was awarded Music Educator of the Year in 2016 by the Georgia Music Educators Association. He
was also selected as a 2011 Honoree for the Woodruff Arts Center (Atlanta, GA) Salutes Georgia Arts in
Education Leaders. He has been awarded the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence four times. He
is a member of Phi Beta Mu National Honorary Bandmasters, and has served on the editorial board for the
Music Educators Journal. He has served as an instrumental music education standards writer and reviewer for
the Georgia Department of Education.

Dr. Bryant has degrees from the University of Kentucky (BME, 1986), University of South Carolina (MME,
1993), Lincoln Memorial University (Ed.S, Administration and Supervision, 2005) and Liberty University
(Ed.D., Education Leadership, 2012). He lives in Waleska, GA, with his wife Kelly, a professional flutist in the
Atlanta Opera Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (on call), and adjunct Professor of Flute at Reinhardt
and Kennesaw State Universities. They have two children: Jack, age 22, a horn performance fellow at the Curtis
Institute of Music, and Helen, age 19, a piano performance major at the University of Michigan.

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Martha Shaw

Professor of Music

MPS1@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5639

Director of Choral Activities

B.M.E. Shorter College
M.S. University of Tennessee
D.M.A. University of South Carolina

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Dennis Naughton

Adjunct Professor of Music & Director, Pep Bands & Marching Band

dennis.naughton@reinhardt.edu

B.S. in Music Education Georgia State University
Masters of Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi

Mr. Dennis Naughton currently serves as a professor of music education at Reinhardt University where he serves as a student teaching supervisor, percussion ensemble, athletic bands, methods classes, and co -conductor of the Reinhardt Wind Symphony. In June of 2020, he retired as the director of bands at Flowery Branch High School in Flowery Branch, Georgia. During his 30 year teaching tenure, he was also director of bands at North Springs High School, Riverwood International Charter School and East Coweta High School. His bands received invitations to perform at the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama, the University of Southern Mississippi, Kennesaw State University, and Georgia state University. In addition to his teaching experience, he has also spent 14 summers as a staff member of the Encore Music Camps in Milledgeville, Georgia, the Spirit U summer Camp, Spirit Camps, and he spent a year as a staff member of the Atlanta Olympic Band.

He received his B.S. in Music Education from Georgia State University in 1990 and his Masters of Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2008.

As an active member of the GMEA, he has served on the instrumental council, served on the GMEA board, hosted the GMEA performance evaluation, honor bands, and numerous all-state auditions. He has also presented clinics and performed at the Georgia Music Educators' in-Service Conference held annually in Savannah, Georgia. He is member of the Phi Beta Mu International School Bandmasters Fraternity and has been awarded the NBA citation of excellence on 5 occasions. Mr. Naughton has worked with the Southern Star Music Festival for 20 years serving as the instrumental coordinator.

Mr. Naughton lives in Woodstock, Georgia with his wife Christy Naughton. She is the band director at Northwestern Middle School in Fulton County.

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Dr. George Blankson

Assistant Professor of Music & Music Education Coordinator

george.blankson@reinhardt.edu

office:770-720-5891
Cell: 662-801-4986
 

B.M. in Phil., Univ. of Cape Coast, Ghana
M.M.E., Univ. of Cape Coast, Ghana
Ph.D., Univ. of Mississippi

Dr. George Blankson, Assistant Professor of Music, serves as the Coordinator for Music Education at Reinhardt University. He teaches music education courses and supervises student teachers. Prior to joining the faculty at Reinhardt, Dr. Blankson received a Ph.D. in music education from the University of Mississippi. He has over ten years of teaching experience, ranging from the elementary to the postsecondary level. Dr. Blankson actively presents research and workshops at international and national conferences, traveling in U.S. and in countries including Germany, Ghana, and Nigeria. His research interests are in program evaluation, music teaching competencies, multicultural music education. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Blankson also performs as a pianist and directs African drumming and dance ensemble, with her most rewarding roles being a husband to Sarah and father to David.

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Dr. Chris Ferebee

Director, Adjunct Professor of Theory and Composition

chris.ferebee@reinhardt.edu

B.M., Univ. of Durham, England
M.M., Univ. of Durham, England
Ph.D., Univ. of Oxford, England

CHRIS FEREBEE

Chris Ferebee is a composer living in Atlanta, GA. He holds an undergraduate and a Master's degree from the University of Durham, England, and a PhD in Music Composition at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, supervised by Professor Martyn Harry, whom he previously studied with at Durham. Previous teachers also include Dr. Matthew Shlomowitz and Professor Jeremy Dibble (musicology).

As a native Atlantan who lived in England for nearly a decade, Chris's music centers on his love of the deep South and the English countryside. In addition to composing, Chris also writes for and performs on plucked-string instruments with fusion ensemble, Floyds Row. While at Oxford, Chris was the co-artistic director of the M@SH Centre for Experimental Music.

He lives with his wife, Amber, and two young children in North Atlanta.

Music Theory

James Terrell

Adjunct Professor of Music Theory

james.terrell@reinhardt.edu

B.M., Columbus State Univ.
M.M., Univ. of Massachusetts

Applied Keyboard Studies

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Marla Bishop

MJB@reinhardt.edu

Piano Class

B.A. Kennesaw State University
M.M. Converse College

Mason-Conklin

Mason Conklin

Assistant Professor of Music

NMC@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5658

Piano, Class Piano, Theory

B.M. Baylor University
M.M. Baylor University
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

Diliana-Slavova

Diliana Slavova

Adjunct Professor of Music

DMS@reinhardt.edu

Harpsichord

B.M. State Academy of Music Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgaria
M.M. Georgia State University

Alexander-Wasserman

Alexander Wasserman

Assistant Professor of Music

AMW@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5560

Piano, Theory, Director of the Reinhardt Piano Festival and Academy

B.M. University of Southern California
M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music
D.M.A. Cleveland Institute of Music

Applied Voice Studies

Reverie-Berger

Reverie Berger

Associate Professor of Music

RMB@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5701

Voice

B.M. University of Michigan
M.M. Manhattan School of Music
D.M.A. University of Michigan

https://reverieberger.sitelio.me/

Dr. Reverie Berger, a native of California, moved to metro Atlanta in 2007 and has been an active performer and teacher in the area. Recent regional performances include the title role in Cinderella (La Cenerentola), Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, Sister Berthe in The Sound of Music, soloist in Sophisticated Ladies, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, and performer in The Atlanta Opera’s 24-Hour Opera Project. Concert soloist engagements include Handel's Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Rutter’s Feel the Spirit, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, Mozart's Requiem, and Rossini's Stabat Mater. She has performed throughout the South and Midwest with companies such as Capitol City Opera, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Chicago Opera Theater, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Peach State Opera, and First Coast Opera. Dr. Berger is an Assistant Professor of Music at Reinhardt University and joined the faculty in 2009. She has degrees from The University of Michigan (D.M.A. and B.M.) and The Manhattan School of Music (M.M.). Dr. Berger's students have won awards in state, regional, and national NATS Student Auditions. Dr. Berger also won the Southeast Regional NATS Artist Awards in 2012 and was a national semi-finalist in the competition. She currently lives in Marietta with her husband and two sons.

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Anne Schantz

Assistant Professor of Music

ACS@reinhardt.edu
770-720-9169

Voice

B.S. Southern Nazarene University
M.M. University of Oklahoma
D.M.A. University of North Texas

Rebecca-Salter

Rebecca Salter

Associate Professor of Music

RAS@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5773

Voice

B.M. Oklahoma City University
M.M. Oklahoma City University
D.M.A University of Oklahoma

Dr. Rebecca Ann Salter is an Associate Professor of Voice at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia, where she serves at the Voice Area Coordinator.  Dr. Salter earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts in vocal performance at the University of Oklahoma, where she studied with Salvatore Champagne. Prior to that, she studied with Larry Wade Keller at Oklahoma City University, where she earned her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees in vocal performance. Former students have performed on television and film, on Broadway, in national and international Broadway tours, and with various regional theatres. Many of Dr. Salter’s students have been winners and finalists at GANATS, SERNATS, and National NATS auditions. As a performer, Dr. Salter has received numerous awards, including the Benton-Schmidt Scholarship and Metropolitan Opera National Council District First Alternate (the year that Kelli O’Hara won), and was a Finalist in the 2010 TEXOMA-NATS Artist Awards Competition. Dr. Salter is a 2016 participant in the Naked Voice Institute at Northwestern University with W. Stephen Smith, and is certified from The Institute for Contemporary Commercial Music in Vocal Pedagogy (The LoVetri Method - Level I). She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (current Vice President of the Georgia Chapter, and former Registrar for the Southeastern Region) and Pi Kappa Lambda. She resides in the Lake Arrowhead community with her husband, Joseph.

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Cory Schantz

Associate Professor of Music

CNS@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5759

Voice

B.M. Oklahoma Baptist University
M.M. Austin Peay State University
D.M.A. University of Oklahoma

www.CorySchantz.com

Dr. Cory Schantz has sung principal roles with Atlanta Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Baltimore Opera, among others. Most recently, he made his company debut with Opera Birmingham, singing the role of Capulet in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.

An active interpreter of oratorio and concert singer, Dr. Schantz made his Carnegie Hall debut in April 2018, singing the baritone solos in Handel’s Messiah. He has also appeared as soloist with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Johns Creek Symphony, Rome Symphony, Billings Messiah Festival, and Brazos Chamber Orchestra. In 2017, Dr. Schantz appeared as baritone soloist on the recording Canciones del Corazon, by the Reinhardt University Chamber Singers.

As a recitalist, Dr. Schantz has performed recitals and presented masterclasses at Austin Peay State University, University of Connecticut, University of South Alabama, and the University of Tennessee. Upcoming recitals include performances at University of Toledo and Florida State University.

Dr. Schantz studied with Marilyn Horne at The University of Oklahoma (where he earned his D.M.A.) and the Académie Musicale de Villecroze (France). He has served on the voice faculty at Ouachita Baptist University, Oklahoma State University, South Dakota State University and is currently on faculty at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia, where he teaches voice and coordinates the opera program.

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Pedro Carreras

Adjunct Professor of Music

PEC@reinhardt.edu

Voice

B.M. Georgia Southern University
M.M. Florida State University

Pedro Carreras (BA, Voice Performance, Georgia Southern University; MM, Voice Performance, Florida State University) joined the Reinhardt faculty in 2017 as an Adjunct Professor of Voice. He has been an active performer and teacher for over ten years. Recent opera credits include Rodolfo in La Boheme, Cavaradossi in Tosca, French Sentry in Silent Night, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, and Prince Charming in Knightly News. Mr. Carreras has also performed in several musical theatre revues, including Bernstein, Sondheim, Cole Porter, and Music from the Golden Age. He works regularly with all three Atlanta area opera companies: Capitol City Opera, Peach State Opera, and The Atlanta Opera. Mr. Carreras also performs regularly as a concert artist, appearing as the tenor soloist in Bruckner's Te deum, Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra's Peace and Harmony concerts, and in Ramírez' Misa Criolla with the Alpharetta Comunity Chorus. He has had several students perform professionally in the Atlanta area with such companies as The Alliance Theatre, OnStage Atlanta, Stone Mountain Park, and the Georgia Aquarium. Students have also won awards at the Georgia NATS and Southeastern Regional NATS competitions.

Instrumental Applied Studies

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Herb Buffington

Artist Affiliate, Organ

Herbert Buffington

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Herbert Buffington began his musical career as a treble chorister in the Choir of Men and Boys at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, where he also held the position of Cathedral Sub-Organist for several years before entering undergraduate school. He earned degrees from Duke University (A.B.) and the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (M.Mus.). European study was at the Vienna International Music Center and the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, Austria. His organ teachers have included Fenner Douglass, Robert Parkins, Peter Planyavsky, and Donald S. Sutherland. Improvisation study has been with Bruce Neswick, David Dahl, and Gerre Hancock.

Nationally recognized for his artistry and skill in organ improvisation, he won Second Prize in the American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation in 2010 and he frequently teaches improvisation and service playing master classes. His work has been featured many times on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Performance Today” and American Public Media’s “Pipedreams.” Following a performance at The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, MO, a review in the Kansas City Star praised his improvisation on “Veni creator spiritus” as a “fascinating solo organ fantasy . . . a tour de force.”

Mr. Buffington maintains an active concert schedule and has performed in major venues including Washington National Cathedral, National City Christian Church, the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis, Indiana, the Cathedral of the Advent, Birmingham, Alabama, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Texas at Austin, Duke University Chapel, the Brevard Music Center Summer Festival, Brevard, North Carolina, the Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia, and the Westobou Festival, Augusta, Georgia. Additionally, he collaborates several times each year with pianist Randall Frieling to present piano and organ duo concerts. Recordings on the Sonare label include works by Bach, Elgar, Franck, Mendelssohn, Reger, Tournemire, and Widor, as well as improvisations.

 

Mr. Buffington is an Artist Affiliate teaching organ performance at Reinhardt University, and most recently was Artist-in-Residence at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta. Immediately prior to his appointment at St. Luke’s Church, he was for twenty-five years the Organist and Associate Choir Director at the historic Peachtree Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in midtown Atlanta.

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Kelly Bryant

Artist Affiliate, Flute

KSB@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5790

B.M. University of South Carolina
M.M. University of South Carolina
Atlanta Opera Orchestra

Nic-Deuson

Nicolas Deuson

Adjunct Professor of Music

NAD2@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5560

Guitar, Music Theory

B.M. University of Georgia
M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music
D.M.A. The University of Southern California

www.nicolasdeuson.com

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Paul Dickinson

Artist Affiliate, Euphonium and Tuba

ptd@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5799

Tuba, Euphonium

B.M. Furman University
M.M. Georgia State University
D.M. Florida State University

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Christina Gavin

Artist Affiliate, Oboe

christina.gavin@reinhardt.edu

B.M., Music Performance, Florida St. Univ.

Artist Diploma, San Fransisco Conservatory

Christina Gavin, Oboe, Biography

Christina Gavin is an oboist, English hornist, and educator in Atlanta, Georgia. Christina earned a Bachelor of Music Performance from the Florida State University under Eric Ohlsson, and an Artist’s Diploma in Music Performance from the San Francisco Conservatory under Russ deLuna and Eugene Izotov.

She is the recently appointed Artist Affiliate in Oboe at Reinhardt University in Waleska, GA as well as Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, GA. Christina has led a private studio composed of students from across the country since 2013, including offering virtual private lessons for non-local students. Christina is a regular clinician at schools in the Atlanta area and has had the honor of being a guest clinician and judge for various high school competitions in both Florida and Georgia.

In addition to her career in education, Christina is an active performer across the United States. She is the Second Oboe and English Horn in the Atlanta Opera, and the Principal Oboe in the Georgia Symphony. Christina regularly performs with numerous orchestras in the Southeast US including the Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and the Orlando Philharmonic. Christina has also performed with several other prestigious orchestras, most notably working as both a guest principal and guest second oboe for the San Francisco Symphony during her time living on the west coast.

Jeanne Heinze

Jeanne Heinze

Artist Affiliate, Clarinet

JMH@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5790

Clarinet

B.M.E. Louisiana State University
M.M. Manhattan School of Music
Atlanta Opera Orchestra

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William Hollifield

Artist Affiliate, Saxophone/Jazz Studies

william.hollifield@reinhardt.edu

B.M., University of Denver

M.M., Georgia State University

WILLIAM HOLLIFIELD, SAXOPHONE

Saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer William Hollifield was born and raised in Atlanta, GA.  While still early in his career, he has enjoyed a variety of experiences as a performer and composer.  He began his performance career playing at Carnegie Hall and on NPR's From the Top at the age of just 16.  Highlights include domestic and international performances sharing the stage with artists such as Sublime, Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls, Nicholas Patyon, Kevin Mahogany, Dave Douglas, Eddie Daniels, Blair Crimmins & the Hookers, The Shadowboxers, Chantae Cann, Algebra, Eric Whitacre, Christopher Martin (Principal Trumpet - Chicago Symphony) and Chris Cauley of The Voice.

William is a member of several of Atlanta's top nationally touring groups spanning many different genres.  As the saxophonist for the singer-songwriter Wesley Cook, William has opened for Santigold, Pat Benatar, and EOTO.  His progressive hip-hop group, Monkier, has opened for Snarky Puppy.  And, with Caitlin Andrews, he has recorded for and performed on Sundance Channel's original series "Red Road".

As a composer, William's works have enjoyed both commercial and artistic success.  He has written and arranged for The Voice, The Shadowboxers, Jean Kelley, Indee Killed the Pop Star, and the Caitlin Andrews Band.  His big band arrangements have been debuted by the Lamont Jazz Orchestra and the ConArtists of Brisbane Australia where he also headlined the Queensland Jazz Festival.

William is one of the most sought after teachers in Georgia. Having taught privately for nearly a decade, he retains a studio of over fifty students and works constantly with Atlanta-area public and private schools leading sectionals and holding master classes and clinics.  His lessons and articles have been featured on blogs and lessons sites including Lessons with Bob Reynolds and Jazz Drummers Resource.  His students routinely rank as some of the top students in the state as members of All State Band, Jazz Band, and Full Orchestra as well as attendees for Governor's Honors Program.

Jon Klausman

Jon Klausman

Artist Affiliate, Trumpet

jonathan.klausman@reinhardt.edu

B.M., Kennesaw St. Univ.
M.M., Univ. of Texas, Austin

JON KLAUSMAN, TRUMPET

Jonathan Klausman is a dynamic trumpet player who recently graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Master’s in Trumpet Performance. During Jonathan’s last semester of graduate work he served as the Teaching Assistant for the trumpet studio at the Butler School of Music. His role as the Teaching Assistant was to teach the undergraduate freshmen while teaching music studies major to play the trumpet, as well as teach non-music majors trumpet. Mr. Klausman was also charged with helping to organize the studio with four different teachers that were brought for the 2019-2020 academic school year.

Mr. Klausman played as lead trumpet in the UT Jazz Orchestra during the 2018-2019 academic school year, and played in the UT Wind Ensemble under the direction of Jerry Junkin during the 2019-2020 academic school year. Mr. Klausman has been very fortunate to study under some of the best teachers in the trumpet community. His teachers include the following: Marie Speziale, Billy Hunter, David Hickman, Ryan Anthony, Christopher Martin, and Michael Martin, Dr. Douglas Lindsey and Michael Tiscione.

Jonathan is an avid tennis player, whitewater kayaker from Marietta, Georgia and is beyond happy to finally be married to his beautiful wife Damarys.

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Mackenzie Newell

Artist Affiliate, Horn

Mackenzie.Newell@reinhardt.edu

B.M. Boston University
M.M. New England Conservatory of Music

Mackenzie Newell is a French hornist and educator currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Boston University and a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music. While in Boston, Mackenzie performed with groups such as the Boston Pops and the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra. In addition to playing regularly with the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Mackenzie currently teaches horn players from beginner through collegiate levels.

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Hollie Lawing Pritchard

Artist Affiliate, Trombone

hlp@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5799
Cell - 678-492-1130

B.M. Georgia State University
Graduate Studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music

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Justin Iadonisi

Artist Affiliate, Percussion

justin.iadonisi@reinhardt.edu

Sean Thrower

Adjunct Professor of Guitar

 

sean.thrower@reinhardt.edu

B.M., Columbus State Univ.
M.M., Univ. of Massachusetts

Collaborative Pianists

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Wanda Cantrell

WDC@reinhardt.edu 
770-720-9171

B.M.E. Berry College

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Marcena Kinney

MLK@reinhardt.edu

B.M. Shorter College
M.M. Northwestern University

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Janelle Martinez

JRH@reinhard.edu

B.M. Reinhardt University

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Kimberly Markham

kimberly.markham@reinhardt.edu

Collaborative Pianist

B.M. Shorter College

Diliana-Slavova

Diliana Slavova

DMS@reinhardt.edu

B.M. State Academy of Music Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgaria
M.M. Georgia State University

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Fabia Smith

FIS@reinhardt.edu

B.M. University of Miami at Coral Gables (FL)
M.M. University of Michigan

Melanie-Williams

Melanie Williams

MWP@reinhardt.edu

B.M. Georgia State University
M.M. Lee University

Theatre and Musical Theatre Studies

David-Nisbet

David Nisbet

Associate Professor of Music

DSN@reinhardt.edu
770-720-5860

Theatre Program Coordinator, Musical Theatre, Theatre

B.A. Millikin University
M.F.A. Illinois State University

Kimberly Markham

Musical Theatre Pianist

kimberly.markham@reinhardt.edu

Collaborative Pianist

B.M. Shorter College

Morgan-Brooks

Morgan Brooks

Adjunct Professor of Theatre

MMB@reinhardt.edu

Technical and Operations Manager of the Reinhardt Theatre

B.A. Rhodes College
M.A. Savannah College of Art and Design

Morgan McCrary Brooks (B.A. in Theatre, Rhodes College; M.A. in Performing Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design) serves as Reinhardt University Theatre's Technical and Operations Manager and instructor of technical theatre classes. She also teaches acting classes and summer camps at the Grand Theatre in Cartersville, GA; and works as a freelance designer and director in the Atlanta area theatre community. She is a Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Award nominee (Into the Woods, Act3 Productions, 2017) and winner (scenic design for Foxfire, StageWorks, Inc., 2013). She is pleased to be a part of Reinhardt University and looks forward to the many exciting things to come in the world of performing arts at Reinhardt.

Jamie-McCord

Jamie McCord

Adjunct Professor of Dance

JLM@reinhardt.edu

Dance

B.A. Kennesaw State University

Administration

Fredrick Tarrant

Fredrick Tarrant

Dean, School of Performing Arts

FKT@reinhardt.edu
770-720-9221

Music History

B.M. Baylor University
M.M. Baylor University
Ph.D. Indiana University
Professor of Music