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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Maynard J. Klein |
1948 - 1977 |
Professor of Music Director of University Choirs |
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George R. Cavender |
1952 - 1990 | Professor of Conducting |
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Josef Blatt |
1953 - 1976 |
Professor of Music Director of University Orchestras Director of Opera Productions |
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Thomas Hilbish |
1965 - 1988 |
Professor of Music (Conducting) Director of University Choirs |
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H. Roberts Reynolds |
1975 - 2002 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Music (Conducting) Director of University Bands Lecturer in Education |
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Gustav Meier |
1976 - 1996 |
Professor of Music (Conducting) Director of University Orchestras Director of Opera Productions |
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Eric Becher |
1981 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Music |
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Donald J. Schleicher |
1986 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Music (Conducting) |
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Theodore Morrison |
1987 - 2005 | Associate Professor of Music (Conducting) |
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Richard Mark Rosenberg |
1987 - 1990 | Assistant Professor of Conducting |
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Jerry O. Blackstone |
1988 - 2018 | Professor of Music, Conducting |
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Dennis R. Gloke |
1990 - 1996 | Assistant Professor of Conducting and Music Education |
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Gary J. Lewis |
1990 - 1995 | Donald R. Shepherd Assistant Professor of Conducting |
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Pier G. Calabria |
1995 - 1999 | Assistant Professor of Music (Conducting) |
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Kevin L. Sedatole |
1996 - 1999 | Donald R. Shepherd Assistant Professor of Music (Conducting and Music Education) |
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James R. Tapia |
1998 - 2001 |
Donald R. Shepherd Chair in Conducting Assistant Professor of Music (Conducting) |
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Rossen I. Milanov |
1999 - 2000 | Assistant Professor of Music (Conducting) |
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James L. Nix |
2001 - 2007 |
Donald R. Shepherd Chair in Conducting Clinical Assistant Professor of Music (Conducting) |
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Jonathan Shames |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Piano & Conducting |
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Jamie Lee Nix |
2001 - 2007 |
Assistant Professor of Conducting Donald R. Shepherd Chair of Conducting |
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Steven D. Davis |
2002 - 2006 |
Assistant Professor of Conducting Associate Director of Bands |
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Paul Andrew Rardin |
2005 - 2011 | Associate Profesor of Music |
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Christopher Kendall |
2005 - 2020 | Dean and Professor of Music, Theatre & Dance |
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Scott Boerma |
2007 - 2013 | Clinical Associate Professor of Conducting |
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Christopher James Lees |
2009 - 2014 | Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering |