Alabama's Public Liberal Arts University

Department of Music

Faculty and Staff

Kenneth J. Procter, Dean, College of Fine Arts and Professor of Art
B.S., Millersville State College; M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Robert E. Wright, Professor of Music, Chair, Department of Music.
DMA, University of Miami; MM, University of South Florida; BM, Samford University.
Director of Choral Activities, Choral Conducting and Literature, Music Literature, Head of Voice Area.
wrightr@montevallo.edu

Joseph Ardovino, Associate Professor of Music.
DMA, University of Alabama; MM, University of Cincinnati; BM, University of Alabama.
Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Trumpet, Chamber Music, Conducting, Head of the Instrumental Area, Faculty Brass Quintet-Trumpet.
ardovinj@montevallo.edu

Lori Ardovino, Professor of Music.
DMA, University of Cincinnati; MM, Michigan State University; BS, BA, Moorhead State University.
Clarinet, Saxophone, Woodwind Pedagogy, Music History, Chamber Music, Faculty Woodwind Quintet-Clarinet, Director of Graduate Studies in Music.
ardovinl@montevallo.edu

Jay Burnham, Adjunct Instructor of Music.
BA, Cleveland Institute of Music.
Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, Drum Circle.

Martin Cochran, Assistant professor of Music.
DMA, University of Alabama; MM, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; BME, Louisiana State University.
Music Education, Low Brass, Instrumental Pedagogy, Wind and Percussion Literature, Music Appreciation.
cochranme@montevallo.edu

Roderick George, Assistant Professor of Music.
DM, Florida State University; MM, Southern Illinois University; BA, Stillman College.
Voice, Diction, Vocal Literature.
georgerl@montevallo.edu

Cynthia Perry Jones, Professor of Music
DMA, Eastman School of Music; MM, BM, University of Alabama.
Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Group Piano, Head of the Keyboard Area.
jonescp@montevallo.edu

Kevin J. Kozak, Adjunct Instructor of Music.
MM, BM, Manhattan School of Music.
Brass Padegogy, Horn, Faculty Woodwind Quintet-Horn, Faculty Brass Quintet-Horn.

Joseph Landers, Assistant Professor of Music
DMA, University of Nebraska; MM, University of Toronto; BME, University of Alabama
Composition, Music Theory, Music History, Music Appreciation.
landersj@montevallo.edu

Betty Louise Lumby, Professor of Music.
DSM, Union Theological Seminary; MM, University of Michigan; B.Mus., University of Detroit; BM, Detroit Institute of Musical Art. FAGO, Fellow, American Guild of Organists, U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Germany.
Organ, Harpsichord, Church Music Courses.
lumbybl@montevallo.edu

Marvin McCombs, Adjunct Instructor of Music.
MA, Institute of Spanish Philology; BA, University of Alabama.
Guitar.

Julie McEntee, Department Secretary.
BM, University of Montevallo.
mcenteej@montevallo.edu

Gary Packwood, Assistant Professor of Music
DMA, Louisiana State University; MA, Florida Atlantic University; BME, Southeastern Louisiana University.
Vocal-Choral Music Education, Director of University Chorus.
packwoodgd@montevallo.edu

Anthony P. Pattin, Professor of Music.
DMA, University of Alabama; MM, University of Michigan; BM, University of Toledo.
Piano, Music Appreciation.
pattina@montevallo.edu

Jack D. Sharp, Adjunct Instructor of Music.
MM, Indiana University; BM, University of Alabama.
Bassoon, Faculty Woodwind Quintet-Bassoon.

James Sullivan, Adjunct Instructor of Music.
MM, Boston University; BME, University of Georgia.
Oboe, Faculty Woodwind Quintet-Oboe.

Lisa Wienhold, Adjunct Instructor of Music.
Artist Diploma, MM, BM, Peabody Conservatory of Music; BMRAS, Peabody Conservatory and Johns Hopkins University.
Flute, Flute Choir, Faculty Woodwind Quintet-Flute.

Melanie B. Williams, Associate Professor of Music.
DMA, MM, Louisiana State University; BM, Belhaven College.
Voice, Diction, Vocal Literature and Pedagogy.
williamsm@montevallo.edu

Charles Wood, Instructor of Music
MM, BMEd, East Texas State University
Voice, Opera, Aural Skills.
woodce@montevallo.edu

 

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