School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Emeritus Faculty
Gregory Bueche, 1938-1968
Head of the Department of Music; Director of Bands
Wendel Diebel, 1948-1974
Coordinator of Piano Area; Professor of Piano
Edward Anderson, 1948-1982
Director of Choral Activities
Robert Garrettson, 1968-1985
Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Professor of Piano
Stephen Busch, 1962 -1997
Coordinator of Music Education
Otto Werner, 1961-1998
Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance; Director of Bands
John Parsons, 1964-1994
Professor of Music Theory and Music History
Robert Braddy, 1968-1999
Professor of Theatre
Porter Woods, 1970-1998
Professor of Theatre
Robert Cavarra, 1963-2000
Professor of Organ
Wil Schwartz, 1949-2002
Director of Orchestras
Lee Egbert, 1987-2004
Director of Choral Activities
John Lueck, 1976-2004
Coordinator of Voice Area; Associate Professor of Voice
William Runyan, 1973-2004
Professor of Music
Morris Burns, 1970-2005
Professor of Theatre
James McCray, 1978-2005
Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance; Professor of Music Education, Music History, and Composition; Choral Conductor
Robert Nisbett, 1965-2005
Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance; Professor of Music History
Janet Morrow King, 1985-2009
Coordinator of Voice Area; Associate Professor of Voice
David Shaner, 1985-2009
Associate Professor of Trumpet
Charles Lawson, 1981-2011
Associate Professor of Clarinet
William Davis, 1984-2014
Professor of Music Therapy
Paul Metz, 1986-2016
Professor of Music Theory, Interim Chair (2014-2015)
Jane Slusarski-Harris, 1988-2018
Director of Dance, Professor of Dance
Laura Jones, 1993-2018
Professor of Theatre, Director of Theatre (1997-2006), Chair of University Center for the Arts Users Group (2000-2007)
Janet Landreth, 1975-2019
Professor of Piano, Coordinator of Keyboard Studies
Eric Prince, 1999-2020
Professor of Theatre; Founder of the Center for Studies in Beckett and Performance
Wes Kenney, 2003-2023
Director of Orchestras
Walton Jones, 2006-2023
Professor of Theatre, Acting and Directing