Music, Theatre, and Dance: Full Time Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Sr. Joan McCusker, IHM, Ph.D., Chair
Associate professor of music education
SLV Room 209, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2531
mccusker@maryu.marywood.edu

• Ph.D., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
• M.M., Ithaca College
• B.M., Marywood University

Chair; music education K-12 vocal/general methods; student teaching supervisor; emerging musical literacy.

Barbara Blackledge, M.F.A.
Associate professor of theatre
SLV Room 219, (570) 961-4517
bblackledge@maryu.marywood.edu

• M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• M.A., University of Virginia
• B.A., Trinity College

Director of theatre degree programs

Jennifer Griffith Cowgill, D.M.
Associate professor of voice
SLV Room 237A, (570) 348-6268 ext 2529
cowgill@maryu.marywood.edu

• D.M., Florida State University
• M.M., Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University
• B.M., Oberlin Conservatory

Applied voice, vocal pedagogy, vocal science and breathing technique

Anita L. Gadberry, Ph.D., MT-BC
Assistant professor of music therapy
SLV Room 101, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2527
agadberry@maryu.marywood.edu

• Ph.D., University of Kansas
• M.A., Texas Women's University
• B.M., Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Director of music therapy

Rick Hoffenberg, D.M.A.
Associate professor of choral conducting
SLV Room 206, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2537
rhoffenberg@maryu.marywood.edu

• D.M.A., Yale University
• M.M.A., Yale University
• M.M., Westminster Choir College
• A.B., Princeton University

Director of choral activities (campus choir, chamber singers); choral conducting; vocal pedagogy/coaching; applied voice; applied piano.

David Jumper, M.M. (pro-rata faculty)
Applied trumpet; jazz faculty
SLV Room 218, (570) 348-6268
djumper@maryu.marywood.edu

• M.M., University of New Orleans
• B.S., The Penn State University - University Park, PA

Director of trumpet ensemble; written theory; jazz theory & improvisation; instrumental music education

Nathaniel F. Parker, D.M.A.
Assistant professor of orchestral conducting
SLV Room 201, (570) 348-6268 ext.2212
nparker@maryu.marywood.edu

• D.M.A., Michigan State University
• M.M., Bowling Green State University
• B.M., Arizona State University

Director of orchestral activities; instrumental conducting; double reed methods; music history

F. David Romines, D.M.A.
Assistant professor of music education
SLV Room 212, (570) 348-6268 ext.2533
dromines@maryu.marywood.edu

• D.M.A., University of Southern Mississippi
• M.M., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• B.M., University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Director of wind ensemble; music education K-12/band; student teaching supervisor; brass and woodwind methods; instrumental conducting

Sophie Till, M.M.
Clinical Assistant Professor of violin
SLV Room 219, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2378
sophietill@maryu.marywood.edu

• M.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Advanced degree, Royal Academy of Music, London; UK Musikhochschule, Luebeck, Germany

Applied violin/viola; string methods; aural skills; applications of Golandsky/Taubmann to string performance

D. Charles Truitt, M.A.
Assistant professor of music
SLV Room 208, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2530
charlestruitt@maryu.marywood.edu

• M.A., Marywood University
• B.Mus., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford

Written theory; applied guitar