Administration

Department of Music

Dr. Louis Hanzlik, Department Head

Prof. John Mastroianni, Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Studies

Prof. Jessica Von Villas Dickerson, Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Advising

Dr. Ronald Squibbs, Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies

School of Fine Arts

Deanna Fitzgerald, Dean
Alain Frogley, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Research, & Creative Practices
Colleen K. Bridgeman, Assistant Dean, Chief Operations Officer

Faculty and Staff

The Department’s faculty members are organized into areas, each with a Coordinator.

Robert McEwan, Coordinator of Brass and Percussion
Dr. Angelina Gadeliya, Coordinator of Keyboard Studies
Dr. Constance Rock, Coordinator of Applied Vocal Studies
Dr. Solomiya Ivakhiv, Coordinator of Strings
Dr. Paul McShee, Coordinator of Woodwinds and Music Minor Coordinator
Sophie Shao, Chamber Music Coordinator
Earl MacDonald, Director of Jazz Studies
Dr. Jamie Spillane, Director of Choral Studies
Dr. Stefanie Acevedo, Coordinator of Music History and Theory

Dr. Janet Kim, Coordinator of Instrumental Ensembles

Biographical and contact information for all members of the music faculty can be found here. Full-time faculty members are assigned as student advisors. The assigned advisor’s name is indicated on the student’s Student Administration website, https://student.studentadmin.uconn.edu/.

As a general guide, questions can be directed to the Program Assistant:

Advising (after student-advisor consultation), changing majors, add/drop, plans of study, student information, facilities/equipment issues, scholarships, registration matters, campus referrals, lockers, departmentally-owned instruments, auditions, jury results, student payroll, independent study proposals, Concerto Competition applications, website, etc.