Natalie L. Haslam College of Music

Joni Pappas

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ADDRESS

University of Tennessee
College of Music
242 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040

Phone
865-974-3241

Joni Pappas

Lecturer of Music

Joni Pappas is a board certified music therapist specializing in early childhood intervention, special education and older adults.  Her private practice has included work in pre-schools, early childhood centers, and special education programs in Iowa, Mississippi, Indiana and West Virginia.  She has also developed Time for Music, a music therapy based early childhood music program.

In addition to her work as a music therapist, Mrs. Pappas has served as an adjunct faculty member at Mississippi State University, Ball State University and Marshall University.

Mrs. Pappas received her Bachelor of Arts in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and her Master of Arts in Music Education with an equivalency in Music Therapy from the University of Iowa.

Education

MA, Music Education, equivalency in Music Therapy – University of Iowa (1997)
BA, Music Education and Vocal Performance – Calvin College (1994)

Jeffrey Pappas

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ADDRESS

University of Tennessee
College of Music
117K Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040

Phone
865-974-3241 (main office)

Jeffrey Pappas

Natalie L. Haslam Founding Dean of the College of Music

Jeffrey Pappas holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Northern Kentucky University, a Masters of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Illinois, and the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa. His conducting teachers have included William Hatcher, Don Moses, Chester Alwes and James Dixon.

He is currently a professor of music and the Natalie Haslam Founding Dean of the College of Music at the University of Tennessee. Prior to this appointment, he was the Chair of the Department of Music at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, and the Director of Choral Activities and Coordinator of Ensembles and Conducting at Ball State University where he conducted the Chamber Choir, taught upper-level undergraduate conducting, masters and doctoral level choral literature and conducting, and administrated the choral area.  He has also served as the Director of Choral Activities at Mississippi State University and at Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa and on the music faculty at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio.

His choirs have performed throughout the Midwest, in Southern California, Colorado, Atlanta and New Orleans, (over 18 states total) and as the conductor of the Clarke Collegiate Singers were enthusiastically received during a concert tour of Ireland in 1993. In 1996 they toured the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany where they were one of only two non-Austrian choirs invited to sing in the famed Salzburg Domkirche that year.  In May 2003, he conducted the Mississippi State University Chamber Singers in a concert tour of France and Italy that included invited appearances at the Cathedrals of Nice and Monaco.  Reviews of these performances hailed the Chamber Singers as an “ensemble of exceptional level that presented an a cappella concert the audience will not soon forget” and further stated that “the Chamber Singers…possess an impressive cohesion and musicality without exception, and throughout the concert the ensemble unfolded a thread of silky, shimmering sound that delighted and left the audience totally under the spell of these effective ambassadors of the American musical cause.  The Ball State University Chamber Choir was an invited ensemble at the 2006 Indiana Music Educators Conference and at the Regional Music Educators Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska in November 2006.  In May 2007, he conducted members of the BSU Chamber and Concert Choirs in a concert tour of Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic, which included performances at the Stephansdom, St. Vitas Cathedral and Elte University.

He has also been active in church music having led ministries at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church (Huntington, WV), First Methodist Church (Columbus, MS), Roberts Park Methodist Church (Indianapolis, IN) and High Street Methodist Church (Muncie, IN).

Pappas has presented at the International Vocal Symposium in St. John’s Newfoundland on three occasions, and is frequently called on to be a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator at choral festivals, workshops, and competitions.  In 2003, he guest conducted the Mississippi All-State Choir and in February 2007 returned to conduct the Kenai Alaska Choral festival.  In 2009, he conducted a high school honor choir in Maryland and a community college choral festival in Chicago, IL.  He has also conducted the annual Messiah performance by the Columbus (MS) Chorus and Orchestra on numerous occasions.

A proponent of all styles of music, Pappas is particularly proud of the new works he has commissioned and/or conducted.  In 2005, the Ball State Chamber Choir began a commissioning project entitled First Hearing.  Joseph Harchanko’s Visions was the first work in this series.  Jody Nagel’s I stood musing in a black world was premiered in 2006.

He has also been active in the American Choral Directors Association, serving as Repertoire and Standards Chairperson for 4-Year Colleges and Universities in Iowa and Mississippi, Membership Chair and President-Elect in Mississippi, the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Music and Worship for the Indiana Choral Directors Association and the Membership Chair for the Central Division.

As a tenor soloist, his concert and/or opera performances have included Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Massenet’s Herodiade, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Stravinsky’s Les Noces.

He is joined in Knoxville by his wife, Joni, daughter, Amara and son, Case.

Education

DMA, Choral Conducting and Pedagogy – University of Iowa (1997)
MM, Choral Conducting – University of Illinois (1988)
BM, Vocal Performance – Northern Kentucky University (1986)

Cecily Nall

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ADDRESS

University of Tennessee
College of Music
311 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040

Phone
865-974-7985

Cecily Nall

Senior Lecturer of Voice

During her international career, leading soprano Cecily Nall performed in a variety of venues throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. Highlights of her performing career include leading and supporting roles with the San Francisco Opera, Baltimore Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Atlanta Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Opera Memphis, West Palm Beach Opera, among others. In Europe, Ms. Nall was engaged as a principal artist with the Stadttheater Aachen and Staatstheater Darmstadt and appeared as a guest artist with numerous German theaters including Leipzig, Dortmund, Mannheim, Hannover, Wiesbaden, Würzberg, and Bielefeld, to name a few. Additional international appearances included performances as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Festival Dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy and Charleston, South Carolina, and as Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile.

On the concert stage, Ms. Nall appeared with several orchestras, including the Cincinnati, Kentucky, Dayton, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio Symphony Orchestras. In 2006, she was the soprano soloist with the Point Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh, led by Efraín Amaya, for its tour of Italy. Additionally, she has sung recitals in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Cincinnati.

Cecily Nall first attracted attention as a winner of the Metropolitan Opera, Baltimore Opera, Rosa Ponselle, and Eleanor Steber vocal competitions. She began her professional performing career as a member of the Cincinnati Opera Young American Artists Program (YAAP), and the Ensemble Company of the Cincinnati Opera (ECCO!). A native of Georgia, she holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia, a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and received additional vocal training at the Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina, and the American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz, Austria.

From 2004-2007, Ms. Nall was Assistant Professor of Voice at the College of Music, Florida State University. While there, she performed several solo and collaborative recitals at the College of Music and appeared as soloist with the Tallahassee Community Chorus and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Cecily Nall was Artist-in-Residence at the Musical Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio from 1997-2004.

Education

MM, Vocal Performance – University of Cincinnati (2004)
BM, Music Education – Berry College, Rome Georgia (1977)

Barbara A. Murphy

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ADDRESS

University of Tennessee
College of Music
239 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040

Phone
865-974-7549

Barbara A. Murphy

Associate Professor of Music Theory

Barbara Murphy is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Tennessee, teaching undergraduate classes in music theory and graduate classes in theory pedagogy, analytical techniques, and technology in music research. Her research focuses on technology in music theory and theory pedagogy. Recent research projects include the incorporation of theatrical improvisation in pedagogy, chunking in harmonic dictation, Open Educational Resources (OERs), and online education. Murphy has presented at national conferences including College Music Society and the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI). She is currently the Co-editor of the Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction. Along with Brendan McConville, she has authored an e-book, Foundations of Music Theory: An interactive e-book. She has articles published in Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, College Music Symposium, Sacred Music, the Journal of Research in Music Pedagogy, and the Journal of Research in Music Education.

Music Theory Materials

Music Theory Manual

Education

PhD, Music Theory – The Ohio State University (1989)
MA, Music Theory – The Ohio State University (1980)
BM, Music Education and Music Theory – Youngstown State University, Ohio (1978)

Brendan McConville

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ADDRESS
University of Tennessee
College of Music
243 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040
Phone
865-974-7546

Brendan McConville

Interim Associate Dean of Academic & Faculty Affairs, Professor of Music Theory / Composition

Brendan McConville is  Interim Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs in the College of Music. He also co-directs the University of Tennessee study abroad program in Bologna, Italy. He holds a PhD in Music Theory & Composition from Rutgers University and completed undergraduate training at Peabody Conservatory and the Johns Hopkins University.

As a music theorist, his areas of research include twentieth-century music analysis and the use of emerging technologies in music theory pedagogy. His writings appear in a variety of scholarly journals including Theory and Practice, The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, College Music Symposium, Perspectives of New Music, and Tempo, and he is co-author of Music Theory Foundations: an Interactive eBook (with Barbara Murphy). He serves as Editor for Technology/Online Resource Reviews for the College Music Symposium. He has co-developed mobile music theory applications for iOS and Android devices, and he is an active presenter of his research involving the use of relevant and mobile technologies in the classroom. These technologies have included social media and Web tools, Google applications, podcasts, collaborative and peer-review platforms, and online music sharing programs. He is an active presenter and member of the College Music Society (CMS), the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), and the Society for Music Theory (SMT) organizations. He currently serves as Treasurer for ATMI.

As a composer, he recently completed an affiliated fellowship at the American Academy of Rome (2022) where he wrote a new song cycle for collaborators in Italy. In 2016 he was awarded a Fulbright to Italy to compose a new vocal chamber work setting Gabriele D’Annuzio’s famous poem, “La Pioggia nel Pineto.” The work was released in 2018 on the award-winning album Un D’Annunzio Nuovo, which can be found on all major music distribution sites (Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, etc.). To build the work, he recorded the natural sounds of the Italian countryside – where D’Annunzio wrote the poem over 100 years ago – and put them into a background canvas for the vocal chamber piece. The sounds of the environment in the poem (e.g. cicadas, waves, rain, birds, frogs, etc.), presented both naturally and manipulated through computer software, create the sonic landscape for the performers. His music has been recognized by The American Prize in music composition and he has won three Global Music Awards. His music is available on the labels Wide Classique, ERMmedia, DaVinci, and Navona, and has published with BRS Music. His works have been commissioned, performed, televised, and recorded in the United States and in Europe.

As Director for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Music, he was actively involved in updating and enhancing curricular designs as well as improving student retention, mental health, advising, and tutoring services. He has worked closely with colleagues in the School of Music, the Haslam College of Business, and the College of Communication & Information to assist in building creative interdisciplinary programs, and he is currently working with administrators at Pellissippi State Community College to build a new articulation agreement in music. Since entering administration he has been active in the National Association of Music Executives in State Universities (NAMESU) and National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) organizations.

Education

PhD, Theory/Composition – Rutgers University (2007)
MA, Theory/Composition – Rutgers University (2005)
BA, Music – Johns Hopkins University and Peabody Institute of Music (2000)

Sean McCollough

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ADDRESS
University of Tennessee
College of Music
234 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040
Phone
865-974-7556

Sean McCollough

Senior Lecturer of Musicology

Sean McCollough’s general area of specialty is American music with an emphasis in the music of Appalachia. As part of his graduate studies, he participated in the East Tennessee State University bluegrass program. He teaches Appalachian Music, the History of Rock, Introduction to Music in Western Culture, and directs the UT Appalachian String Band. He plays guitar, claw-hammer banjo, mandolin, and piano. He performs regularly with the modern-folk band, The Lonetones and plays music in schools and other venues for children. He hosts a radio show on WDVX called Kidstuff and is the Saturday host of the WDVX Blue Plate Special. He has multiple albums to his credit as a performer, songwriter, sound engineer and/or producer. He also helps book the Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival. Historical Musicology, Ethnomusicology.

Education

MM, Musicology – University of Tennessee (1996)
BA, College Scholars – University of Tennessee (1989)

Fuller Lyon

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ADDRESS
University of Tennessee
College of Music
227B Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040
Phone
865-974-2094

Fuller Lyon

Senior Lecturer, Assistant Director of Bands, Associate Director of Marching and Athletic Bands

Fuller Lyon serves as the Assistant Director of Bands and Associate Director of Marching and Athletic Bands at his alma mater, the University of Tennessee. His duties include working with the Pride of the Southland Marching Band, the Basketball Pep Band, conducting the UT Concert Band, and teaching courses in the Music Education area.

Prior to his return to Knoxville, Dr. Lyon served as the Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Missouri, assisting with Marching Mizzou, Mini Mizzou, conducting the Symphonic Band and University Band, teaching undergraduate conducting and marching band techniques, and coordinating all special events hosted by the MU Band program, including Band Day, Champion of Champions marching festival, and the Homecoming Parade competition. He also served as the tubist in the Mizzou Faculty Brass Quintet.

Dr. Lyon graduated with his DMA and Master’s degrees in Wind Conducting from LSU and his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Tennessee. As a Graduate Assistant at LSU, he conducted all three concert ensembles, the Bengal Brass Pep Band, assisted with the “Golden Band from Tigerland,” and served as a tubist in both the LSU Wind Ensemble and Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble. In addition to his Graduate Assistant duties, he served as the Assistant Conductor of the LSU Performing Arts Academy Youth Wind Ensemble for two years. Dr. Lyon has studied conducting with Donald McKinney, Carlos Riazuelo, Gary Sousa, and Don Ryder, and tuba with Joe Skillen, Robert Nunez, Joe Hebert, Sande MacMorran, and the late Neil Tidwell.

During his previous tenure at UT, he served as Drum Major of the “Pride of the Southland” Marching Band for two years (1998 and 1999) and earned both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Sport Management. After completing his Master’s degree in 2001, he spent the next seven years on staff with the UT Band program, and performing in both the Old City Brass Quintet and Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band.

Dr. Lyon has been a drill designer for such groups as the LSU “Golden Band from Tigerland”, the Marching Mizzou, the University of Kentucky Wildcat Marching Band, Grand Valley State University, and the Tennessee “Pride of the Southland” Marching Band. The Madison Scout alumnus has been on the brass staffs of both the Cavaliers and the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps.

Dr. Lyon is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, the National Association for Music Education, the Tennessee Music Education Association, and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.

Education

DMA, Conducting – Louisiana State University (2014)
MM, Conducting – Louisiana State University (2012)
BM, Music Education – University of Tennessee (2010)
MS, Sport Management – University of Tennessee (2001)
BS, Sport Management – University of Tennessee (2000)

Alexander Lapins

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ADDRESS
University of Tennessee
College of Music
307 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040
Phone
865-974-6310

Alexander Lapins

Associate Professor of Tuba/Euphonium; Area Coordinator of Brass

Alexander Lapins, associate professor of tuba/euphonium, teaches applied tuba and euphonium, chamber music, brass pedagogy, and performs with the faculty brass quintet at the University of Tennessee School of Music. He is a founding member of Quintasonic Brass, and during the summer he serves as an instructor at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Lapins has also taught at Northern Arizona University, the University of Indianapolis, and Indiana State University.

Lapins has appeared as a soloist with orchestras, concert bands, and chamber groups. He has performed throughout the United States, China, South America, and Europe. A diverse performer, Lapins is the only tubist to have won fellowships at both the Tanglewood Music Center and the Henry Mancini Institute.

Lapins performed as principal tubist of several professional orchestras and brass quintets throughout Indiana, and was a first-call substitute/extra musician with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed with the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera Orchestra, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra. Professor Lapins has also performed with the Disney Collegiate All-Star Band, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, the New Sousa Band, and Harvey Phillips’ Tubacompany.

Lapins has extensive experience as a first-call studio musician. He can be heard on hundreds of recordings for Hal Leonard, Warner Brothers, Disney, Plank Road, Sacred Music Services, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, SMS Brass Choir, and a variety of other record and publishing companies.

Lapins is devoted to expanding the repertoire of the tuba across all genres. An avid supporter of new music, Lapins has premiered dozens of new works and has been active in regularly commissioning new works for brass.

Lapins has been featured at regional and international ITEA conferences, the United States Army Band Tuba/Euphonium Workshops, National Association of Collegiate Wind and Percussion Instructors national conferences, and the International Women’s Brass Conferences. In 2011 he hosted the Southwest Regional ITEA conference at the NAU School of Music, and in 2016 he hosted ITEA’s International Tuba/Euphonium Conference at UT. He has presented guest recitals and master classes at many schools of music. Lapins’ books “Dueling Fundamentals for Two Tubas” (2018) and “Dueling Fundamentals for Two Euphoniums” (2019), advanced and engaging fundamentals exercises in two voices, are available from Mountain Peak Music. He is also author of the tuba chapter of MPM’s innovative hybrid text “Teaching Brass.”

Lapins has graduate degrees in music performance from Indiana University and the University of Michigan, and a bachelor’s degree in music industry from James Madison University. His principal teachers include Daniel Perantoni, Fritz Kaenzig, Kevin Stees, Tony Kniffen, and Mike Bunn. He has also studied with Gene Pokorny, David Fedderly, Jim Self, and Mike Roylance.

Lapins is a member of the International Tuba/Euphonium Association, the American Federation of Musicians, the National Association of Collegiate Wind and Percussion Instructors, and the International Women’s Brass Conference. He is a regular contributor to the ITEA Journal, and an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi. Alexander Lapins is an Eastman Music Instrument Company sponsored artist.

Education

DM – Indiana University
MM – University of Michigan
BM –  James Madison University

Eunsuk Jung

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ADDRESS
The University of Tennessee
336 Natalie L Haslam Music Center
1741 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996-2600

Eunsuk Jung

Senior Lecturer of Piano, Coordinator of Class Piano

Dr. Eunsuk Jung is a pianist, collaborative artist, and pedagogue. She made her orchestral debut in 1992 with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra in Korea. Since then, she has been performed solo recitals, concerti and chamber concerts throughout Asia and the United States. Her most recent solo performance was at Carnegie Hall in NYC. She has also been an active collaborative artist and has continuously worked with professional instrumentalists throughout the East Coast. Her recitals include working with well-known clarinet players at the ICA (International Clarinet Association Conference), world-renowned tuba and euphonium players at the ITEC (International Tuba Euphonium Conference), University of Tennessee woodwind faculty members, and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra String Quartet.

In addition to her performances, Dr. Jung has been invited to give master classes in the United States and Korea and serve as a judge at various music competitions, including the Music Teachers National Association Regional Division in Tennessee and Kentucky, YMIC (Young Musicians Inspiring Change) International Competition, the Association of Christian Schools Fine Arts Competition, Youth Aliyah Concert Competition, and the University of Tennessee’s Celebration of Excellence.

As a pedagogue, Dr. Jung is currently on the music faculty of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Coordinator of Class Piano studies. She previously worked at Hiwassee College in TN where she served as the Piano Area Chair for all keyboard studies. She recently served as the President of the Knoxville Music Teachers Association and advisor of MTNA Collegiate Chapter at the University of Tennessee. She holds both a Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees in Piano Performance from West Virginia University and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Mokwon University in South Korea. Dr. Jung studied organ and harpsichord and held organ recitals while she was at West Virginia University. She is currently serving as the organist at Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Education

DMA, Piano Performance – West Virginia University (2004)
MM, Piano Performance – West Virginia University
BM, Piano Performance – Mokwon University

Edie Johnson

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ADDRESS
University of Tennessee
College of Music
207A AMB
Knoxville, TN 37996-4040
Phone
865-974-7539

Edie Johnson

Lecturer of Organ

Edie Johnson, Organist and Music Associate at Church Street United Methodist Church, teaches organ, harpsichord, and sacred music courses. Previously, she served as Assistant Organist/Choir Director at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Seminary Organist and Affiliate Professor of Church Music at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, IN.  She has also taught at Taylor University and Indiana University.

Johnson has won prizes in many organ performance competitions including first place in the John Rodland organ and church music scholarship competition. She has performed for national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Association of Anglican Musicians, the Organ Historical Society and the National General Assembly of the Disciples of Christ Church. Several of her performances have been broadcast on American Public Media’s Pipedreams. In 2011, Johnson premiered El Tigre, Pamela Decker’s first work for organ and orchestra at the 2011 Southeast AGO Regional Convention.  In addition to solo organ performances, she also is active as a chamber musician on both piano and organ.

Edie Johnson is active in the work of the Royal School of Church Music in America.  She has served on its Board of Directors and has been a Housemaster and Course Organist for many of the Carolina and Charlotte Summer Courses.

A particular interest is the use of mental imagery and rehearsal in music learning, teaching and performing. Johnson has given many presentations to universities, chapters of the American Guild of Organists and to the Association of Anglican Musicians based on research regarding techniques to optimize practice sessions and relieve performance anxiety.

Education

DM, Organ Performance and Literature – Indiana University 2003
MM, Organ Performance – Indiana University, 1998
Furman University, Magna cum laude, Organ Performance, 1996