The Lord has assembled a special faculty of highly qualified, Christ-focused musicians and artist-teachers at BJU. The faculty holds doctoral degrees from over a dozen different graduate schools and conservatories and are active performers, researchers, authors, and clinicians in their respective fields of specialization.
Faculty
Michael Moore, Chair
Emily Waggoner, Associate Chair
Laura Brundage, MM, assistant professor – voice
Pattye Casarow, DMA, professor – music education, choir (Interim Dean, School of Fine Arts & Communication)
Bruce Cox, DMA, professor – trumpet, band
Seth Custer, PhD, professor – music theory (Head, Department of Music Theory & Technology)
Christopher Enloe, MM, assistant professor – music theory
Isaac Greene, DMA, assistant professor – guitar, music theory
Andrew Huish, DMA, assistant professor – choir (Director of Choral Activities)
Brandon Ironside, DMA, associate professor – violin & viola
Nathan MacAvoy, DMA, assistant professor – piano
Deanna Moore, DMA, professor – piano (Head, Department of Performance Studies)
Michael Moore, PhD, professor – music education, orchestra
Paul Overly, DM, professor – low brass, music history (Head, Department of Music History & Literature)
Ken Renfrow, PhD, professor – piano pedagogy, music technology
Megan Stapleton, DMA, assistant professor - voice
David Townsend, MM, assistant professor – music education, percussion (Head, Department of Music Education)
Emily Waggoner, MM, associate professor – harp, music literature
Adjunct Faculty
Katie Bracewell, MM, violin & viola
Jose Carrion, MM, double bass
Fred Coleman, DPasTh, church music
Ruth Coleman, MA, piano
Donna Crawford, MM, organ
Stephanie Huish, MM, piano
Kristen Ironside, DMA, collaborative piano
Paul Jantz, MA, trombone
Todd Jones, PhD, music history, voice
Daniel Leedy, MM, low brass
Dave Lehman, MM, piano
Mary AllyeB Purtle, BS, woodwinds
Jeanette Schlimgen, MM, horn
Jonathan Simmons, DMA, cello
Lorri Turcios, EdD, piano
Precollege Music At BJU Faculty
Laura Brundage, voice
Katie Bracewell, viola
Ruth Coleman, piano
Donna Crawford, organ
Seth Custer, saxophone
Lisa Flower, piano
Isaac Greene, guitar
Sarah Greene, piano
Stephanie Huish, piano
Brandon Ironside, violin
Nathan MacAvoy, piano
Paul Overly, low brass
Mary AllyeB Purtle, woodwinds
Jeanette Schlimgen, horn
Megan Stapleton, voice
Jonathan Simmons, cello
David Townsend, percussion
Emily Waggoner, harp
David Washer, piano
Rachelle Whitcomb, strings
Alex Wright, woodwinds