College Directory & Contact Information

 

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

School of Music Office
225-578-3261

School of Theatre Office
225-578-4174

Department of Bands Office
225-578-2384

College Dean’s Office
225-578-9959

Music & Dramatic Arts Building Fax
225-578-2562

School of Music Building Fax
225-578-2562

Box Offices

College Box Office
225-578-3527
cmdaboxoffice@lsu.edu 

Union Theater Box Office
225-578-5128
unionbox@lsu.edu 

Admissions Contacts

Music – All Programs
musicadmissions@lsu.edu

Theatre – Film & Television Program
FilmTVAdmission@lsu.edu

Theatre – Theatre Program
TheatreAdmission@lsu.edu 

Mailing Addresses

School of Music
102 School of Music Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

School of Theatre
105 Music & Dramatic Arts Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Department of Bands
292 Band Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

 

Administrators & Staff

Name Title Email
Eric Lau Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts cmdadeansoffice@lsu.edu 
Kristin Sosnowsky Chair, School of Theatre, Executive Associate Dean ksosno1@lsu.edu 
James Byo Director, School of Music jbyo@lsu.edu 
     
Drew Alvarez Front Office Coordinator, School of Theatre drewalvarez@lsu.edu 
Jason Bowers Assistant Director, School of Music jbowe17@lsu.edu 
Maddie Brown Director of Development, College Lead, LSU Foundation mbrown@lsufoundation.org 
Doris Butler Business Officer, School of Music dbutler@lsu.edu 
Leonce Clement Creative Coordinator, College of Music & Dramatic Arts lclement1@lsu.edu 
Trey Davis Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Studies cmdagradstudies@lsu.edu 
Kara Duplantier Business Manager, Department of Bands karadup@lsu.edu 
Melissa Fay Business Manager, School of Theatre mfay@lsu.edu 
Paloma Gonzalez Student Services Data Coordinator, College of Music & Dramatic Arts paloma@lsu.edu 
Zachary Hazelwood Director of Operations, Events Manager zhazel1@lsu.edu 
William Kelley Audio Engineer, School of Music wdkelley@lsu.edu 
Susannah Knoll Executive Assistant to the Dean, HR Analyst smonta1@lsu.edu 
Nathaniel Malkow Student Success and Recruiting Coordinator, School of Music nmalko1@lsu.edu 
Pamela Pike Associate Dean of Research, Creative Practice & Community Engagement pdpike@lsu.edu 
Kaitlin Richard Assistant to the Director, Office Coordinator, School of Music krichard1@lsu.edu 
Joe Rush Piano Technician, School of Music jrush10@lsu.edu 
Cullen Sadler Marketing Coordinator, College of Music & Dramatic Arts jsadle5@lsu.edu 
Amy Smith Assistant Dean of Student Success asmith10@lsu.edu 
Vastine Stabler Managing Artistic Director, Swine Palace stabler1@lsu.edu 
Erin Verpil Business Manager, School of Music verpil@lsu.edu 
Rebecca Wagner Student Success and Recruiting Coordinator, School of Theatre rwagner1@lsu.edu 
Shannon Walsh Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion swalsh@lsu.edu 
Hayley Westphal Director of Development, LSU Foundation hwestphal@lsufoundation.org 

 

School of Music

Name Title Email
James Byo Director of the School of Music, Carl Prince Matthies Memorial Professor, Music Education jbyo@lsu.edu 
Jesse Allison Associate Professor, Experimental Music & Digital Media jtallison@lsu.edu 
Lori Bade Nell S. & Boyd H. McMullan Distinguished Professor, Voice lbade1@lsu.edu 
Inessa Bazayev Manship Associate Professor, Music Theory ibazayev@lsu.edu 
Stephen David Beck Derryl & Helen Haymon Professor, Composition & Electro-Acoustic Music sdbeck@lsu.edu 
Nanci Belmont Assistant Professor, Bassoon nbelmont@lsu.edu 
John Bishop Instructor, Guitar & Jazz johnbishop1@lsu.edu 
Michael Borowitz Associate Professor, Opera mborowitz@lsu.edu 
Brett Boutwell William F. Swor Alumni Associate Professor, Musicology boutwell@lsu.edu 
Jason Bowers Instructor, Music Education jbowe17@lsu.edu 
Stuart Breczinski Visiting Assistant Professor, Oboe ---
Griffin Campbell J. Franklin Bayhi Alumni Professor, Saxophone gcampbe@lsu.edu 
Jane Cassidy Roy & Margaret Gianelloni Alumni Professor, Music Education jcassid@lsu.edu 
Trey Davis Stephanie Landry Barineau Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choral Studies treydavis@lsu.edu 
Willis Delony LSU Boyd Professor, Piano and Jazz Studies wdelony@lsu.edu 
Brett Dietz Mattax Professor, Percussion bdietz1@lsu.edu 
Kamile Geist Associate Professor, Music Therapy kgeist@lsu.edu 
Mara Gibson Associate Professor, Composition mgibson1@lsu.edu 
Andreas Giger Louise & Kenneth L. Kinney Professor of Opera and Professor, Musicology agiger1@lsu.edu 
Charles Goodman Assistant Professor, Tuba & Euphonium goodman1@lsu.edu 
Robert Grayson Edith K. Kirkpatrick Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Voice rgrayson@lsu.edu 
Paul Groves Artist-in-Residence, Voice ---
Michael Gurt Paula G. Manship Distinguished Professor, Piano mugurt@lsu.edu 
Lin He Associate Professor, Violin linhe@lsu.edu 
Laurence Hebert Director, LSU Gospel Choir laurencehebert@lsu.edu 
Brandon Hendrickson Assistant Professor, Voice bhendrickson1@lsu.edu 
Simon Holoweiko Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Bands sholow1@lsu.edu 
Blake Howe Manship Professor, Musicology bhowe@lsu.edu 
Dennis Jesse Galante Family Associate Professor, Voice djesse@lsu.edu 
Cecilia Kang Associate Professor, Clarinet kang1@lsu.edu 
Katherine Kemler Charles & Mary Barre Alumni Professor, Flute kkemler@lsu.edu 
Carson King-Fournier Visiting Assistant Professor, Trombone ckingfournier@lsu.edu 
Warren Kimball Instructor, Academic Studies wkimba1@lsu.edu 
Elena Lacheva Professional-in-Residence, Collaborative Piano elacheva1@lsu.edu  
Weston Lewis Instructor, Visiting Assistant Director of Bands wslewis@lsu.edu  
Espen Lilleslåtten Associate Professor, Violin espen@lsu.edu 
Olivia Lucas Assistant Professor, Music Theory olivialucas1@lsu.edu 
James "Dugg" McDonough Mary Barrett Fruehan Associate Professor, Opera mcdugg@lsu.edu 
Alison McFarland Associate Professor, Musicology amcfar@lsu.edu 
Sandra Moon Associate Professor, Voice sandramoon@lsu.edu 
Brian Nabors Assistant Professor, Composition bnabors1@lsu.edu 
Seth Orgel Manship Professor, Horn sorgel1@lsu.edu 
Ana María Otamendi Janice & Gerald Pellar Professor, Collaborative Piano otamendi1@lsu.edu 
Dennis Parker Derryl & Helen Haymon Professor, Cello dparke5@lsu.edu 
Terry Patrick-Harris Professional-in-Residence, Voice tharr11@lsu.edu 
Robert Peck Professor, Music Theory rpeck@lsu.edu 
Jeffrey Perry Paula G. Manship Professor, Music Theory jperry@lsu.edu 
Pamela Pike Herndon Spillman Professor, Piano Pedagogy pdpike@lsu.edu 
Molly Redfield Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies mredfield@lsu.edu 
Alissa Rowe Associate Professor, Galante Director of Choral Studies alissarowe@lsu.edu 
David Saccardi Assistant Professor, Music Education dsaccardi@lsu.edu 
Loraine Sims Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick Professor, Voice lsims@lsu.edu 
D. J. Sparr Visiting Instructor, Composition dsparr2@lsu.edu 
Kimberly Sparr Associate Professor, Viola ksparr1@lsu.edu 
Doug Stone Associate Professor, Jazz Studies dougstone1@lsu.edu 
Damon Talley Professor, Manship Director of Bands dtalley@lsu.edu 
Scott Terrell Associate Professor, Martin Howard Director of Orchestral Studies sterrell@lsu.edu 
Christopher Trapani Assistant Professor, Experimental Music & Digital Media ctrapani@lsu.edu 
Jena Vangel Visiting Instructor, Trumpet ---
Matthew Vangjel Associate Professor, Trumpet mvangj1@lsu.edu 
Yung-chiao Wei Professor, Double Bass ywei1@lsu.edu 
Gabriella Werries Instructor, Harp gchiha1@lsu.edu  

 

School of Theatre

Name Title Email
Kristin Sosnowsky Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, Professor of Arts Administration ksosno1@lsu.edu 
Drew Alvarez Office Coordinator drewalvarez@lsu.edu 
Jeremy Bernardoni Assistant Professor of Costume Design jbarnardoni1@lsu.edu 
Suzanne Chambliss Adjunct, Costume and Design ---
Sonya Cooke Assistant Professor of Acting cooke1@lsu.edu 
Brett Duggan Adjunct, Theatre ---
John Michael Eddy Professional-In-Residence, Props Master jeddy2@lsu.edu 
Nick Erickson Associate Professor of Stage Movement nickwe@lsu.edu 
Femi Euba Professor of Black Drama and Playwriting, Louise and Kenneth Kinney Professor theuba@lsu.edu 
John Fletcher Associate Professor of Theatre History, Billy J. Harbin Professor jfletch@lsu.edu 
George Judy Professor of Acting and Directing, Gresdna A. Doty Professor gjudy@lsu.edu 
Kyla Kazuschyk Associate Professor of Costume Technology kkazuschyk@lsu.edu 
Vince LiCata Adjuct Professor licata@lsu.edu 
Smaida Massatt Assistant Professor, Entertainment Lighting and Media Production smaidamassatt@lsu.edu 
James L. Murphy Professor of Theatre Technology, Technical Director, and Production Manager jlmurphy@lsu.edu 
Elizabeth Parquet Adjunct, Theatre ---
Katie Pryor Adjunct, Film and Television katie@filmbatonrouge.com 
Claudio Ribeiro Professional-in-Residence, Co-Head of Dance cribeiro1@lsu.edu
Rockford Sansom Assistant Professor of Voice rocky1@lsu.edu 
Alan Sikes Associate Professor of Theatre History asikes@lsu.edu 
Chris Stelly Adjunct, Film and Television ---
Vanessa Uhlig Visiting Professor, Film and Television vuhlig@lsu.edu 
Shannon Walsh Associate Professor of Theatre History swalsh@lsu.edu 
Apollo Weaver Assistant Professor of Scenic Design apolloweaver@lsu.edu 
Chris Wood Professional-In-Residence, Scenic Technology chriswood@lsu.edu