Our Faculty and Staff

UT Tyler School of Performing Arts

Performing Arts Faculty at The University of Texas at Tyler are experienced, active professors whose work represents a diversity of aesthetic and research interests. For music faculty, excellence in teaching is their foremost mission, dedicated to bringing to students a broad diversity of musical experiences. Concert tours, guest artists, concerts, and the best environment for creative and intellectual growth in the region make the musical experience at UT Tyler outstanding.

Please contact the School of Performing Arts for consultation and specific details about degree programs, or the admissions office for general university admissions information.

Our administrative offices are located in FAC 2211, upstairs in the Center for the Musical Arts.

Administration

• Dr. Sarah Roberts
  Interim Director, School of Performing Arts
  
  
• Rebecca Hale
  Administative Assistant

Faculty

• Rico Allen
  Saxophone, Music Appreciation
  
  
• Juan Alonso
  Low Brass
  
  
• Dr. James Brinkmann
  Flute, History of Rock
  
  
• Vicki J. Conway
  Piano, Organ
  
  
• Elena Daughtery
  Collaborative Pianist
  
  
• Dr. Jeff Emge
  Oboe, Conducting, Music Theory, Music Education
  
  
• Gary Freeman
  Jazz Combo, Jazz Improv
  
  
• Dr. Kyle Gullings
  Music Theory, Composition
  
  
• Dr. Tyree Hastings
  Percussion
  
  
• Dr. Mary Heiden
  Music History
  
  
• Dr. Ashley Holder
  Clarinet
  
  
• Sergio Hernández Felix
  Guitar
  
  
• Anna Larson
  Violin, Chamber Music
  
  
• Dr. Jeremy McBain
  Brass Ensemble, Trumpet
  
  
• Maria Ogburn
  Music Appreciation
  
  
• Dr. Sooah Park
  Opera and Musical Theatre, Voice
  
  
• Kory Reeder
  Electronic Music
  
  
• Dr. Sarah Roberts
  Jazz Ensembles, Saxophone, Improvisation, Music of the Americas
  
  
• Dr. Cameron Rose-Balderas
  Director of Choral Activities
  
  
• Dr. Austin Seybert
  Wind Ensemble, Low Brass
  
  
• Michael Ward
  Theater & Cinema
  
  
• Tammy Moorehead
  Horn