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. Jeff Emge, Interim Director, School of Performing Arts
• Donna Abbey, Administrative Assistant

Faculty

• Sue Bugg
  Flute
  
  
• Vicki J. Conway
  Piano & Organ
  
  
• Elena Daughtery
  Collaborative Pianist
  
  
• Sharon Knox Deuby
  Clarinet
  
  
• Dr. Jeff Emge
  Wind Ensemble
  Conducting, Oboe, Music Theory, Music Education
  
  
• Mike Grinnell
  Violin, String Methods
  
  
• Dr. Kyle Gullings
  Music Theory & Composition
  
  
• Dr. Dan Kyzer
  Guitar Ensemble
  Classical Guitar
  
  
• Dr. Jeremy McBain
  Brass Ensemble
  Trumpet
  
  
• Dr. Katherine McBain
  Horn
  
  
• Maria Ogburn
  Music History
  
  
• Jessica Ogilvie
  Music Appreciation
  
  
• Dr. Sooah Park
  Opera and Musical Theatre
  Voice
  
  
• Dr. Sarah Roberts
  Jazz Ensembles
  Saxophone, Improvisation, Music of the Americas, World Music
  
  
• Dr. Corey Robinson
  Percussion
  
  
• Dr. Cameron Rose
  Director of Choral Activities
  Conducting, Choral Literature, Diction, Music Literature
  
  
• Danny Vinson
  Low Brass
  
  
• Michael Ward
  Theater & Cinema