Through the Joint Music Program (JMP) between Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music, the following faculty members provide private music lessons, studio coaching, and courses in music theory to CWRU students.
To learn more about applied music study with these JMP faculty members, please contact Jennifer Wright.
Music Theory and Composition
- Timothy Cutler
Head, Music Theory - Sam Bivens
- Alex Cooke composition (secondary)
- Marshall Griffith
- Lisa Rainsong
- Alan Reese
- Diane Urista
- Allen Yueh
Strings
- Julie Andrijeski baroque violin
Senior Instructor, Artistic Coordinator of HPP Ensembles (CWRU) - Brian Kay lute and theorbo
- Donald Better guitar (classical/jazz/electric/bass)
Jazz or Classical Guitar Ensemble (MUEN 355) - Lisa Boyko viola
String & Piano Chamber Music (MUEN 386) - Bryan Dumm cello
- Jody Guinn harp
- Kathleen Horvath double bass
Associate Professor, Director of Orchestras (CWRU) - Ida Mercer cello (secondary)
- Carol Ruzicka violin
- René Schiffer historical cello
- Stephen Sims violin
- Jaap ter Linden viola da gamba
Voice
- Joan Ellison voice (popular)
- Dina Kuznetsova voice
- Denise Milner Howell voice
- Dean Southern voice
Interim Dean of Academic Affairs (CIM)
Keyboard
- Peter Bennett harpsichord
Head, Historical Performance Practice (CWRU) - Francesca Brittan harpsichord and fortepiano
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Musicology (CWRU) - Lisa Crawford harpsichord
- Derek Nishimura piano
Head, Keyboard Skills (CIM) - Sean Schulze piano
Chair, Preparatory Piano (CIM) - Gerardo Teissonnière piano
- Shuai Wang piano (secondary)
- Todd Wilson organ
Brass
- Paul Ferguson trombone
Senior Instructor, Jazz Ensembles (CWRU) - Meghan Guegold horn
Horn Ensemble (MUEN 355) - Ryan Scherber tuba and euphonium
Assistant Professor, Director of Bands (CWRU) - Loren Toplitz trumpet
Brass Quintet (MUEN 355)
Winds
- Gregory Banaszak saxophone
Saxophone Quartet (MUEN 355) - Mark DeMio bassoon
- Dan Gilbert clarinet
- Debra Nagy baroque oboe
Adjunct Instructor (CWRU) - Heidi Ruby-Kushious flute
- Kathie Stewart baroque flute and recorder
- Cynthia Watson oboe
Brass/Woodwind Chamber Music (MUEN 355)
Percussion
- Matthew Larson percussion and drum set
Lecturer, Percussion Ensemble (CWRU)