Faculty Profiles




Douglas Bianchi
Director of Bands
2362 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2615
Director of WSU Bands, brasswinds and woodwinds...
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Director of Bands
2362 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2615
Director of WSU Bands, brasswinds and woodwinds...
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Karl Braunschweig
2341 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1799
Karl Braunschweig Assistant Professor, Co-director, Music Theory (Ph.D. and M.M., University of Michigan, B.A. St. Olaf College) Courses (see catalogue): Ear Training I-IV, Analyti...
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2341 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1799
Karl Braunschweig Assistant Professor, Co-director, Music Theory (Ph.D. and M.M., University of Michigan, B.A. St. Olaf College) Courses (see catalogue): Ear Training I-IV, Analyti...
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Frances Brockington
2326 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2619
Frances Brockington, soprano, is Director of the Department of Music's Vocal Division at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She is also director of WSU’s Opera Workshop. ...
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2326 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2619
Frances Brockington, soprano, is Director of the Department of Music's Vocal Division at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She is also director of WSU’s Opera Workshop. ...
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Abigail Butler
2390 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2673
Abigail Butler completed her undergraduate studies in voice performance at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. She received a master of music degree from Midwestern State Un...
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2390 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2673
Abigail Butler completed her undergraduate studies in voice performance at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. She received a master of music degree from Midwestern State Un...
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Marcy Chanteaux
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Christopher Collins
Director of Jazz Studies
1353, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1780
April 24, 2008, WDET-FM interview with Ed LoveProfessor Collins was interviewed Apr. 24, 2008, on WDET-FM Detroit, about the Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project. Audio of the 8 minut...
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Director of Jazz Studies
1353, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1780
April 24, 2008, WDET-FM interview with Ed LoveProfessor Collins was interviewed Apr. 24, 2008, on WDET-FM Detroit, about the Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project. Audio of the 8 minut...
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Robert Conway
2353 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2676
Pianist Robert Conway is one of the most exciting and versatile performers of 20th Century music in the country today. A frequent solo recitalist and chamber musician, he has a lar...
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2353 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2676
Pianist Robert Conway is one of the most exciting and versatile performers of 20th Century music in the country today. A frequent solo recitalist and chamber musician, he has a lar...
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Thomas Court
Co-Director of Music Technology
2356, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-7550
Thomas Court is a recording engineer / sound designer by trade. After completing an honorable moment in the military, Mr. Court began recording and composing music professionally i...
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Co-Director of Music Technology
2356, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-7550
Thomas Court is a recording engineer / sound designer by trade. After completing an honorable moment in the military, Mr. Court began recording and composing music professionally i...
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Norah Duncan
Associate Department Chair
1321.7 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1775
Norah Duncan IV is Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Music at Wayne State University. He is also the Area Coordinator for Organ Performance. Additionally, he directs the W...
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Associate Department Chair
1321.7 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1775
Norah Duncan IV is Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Music at Wayne State University. He is also the Area Coordinator for Organ Performance. Additionally, he directs the W...
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James Hartway
2343 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1771
World Class DetroitersDistinguished Professor Hartway was featured on Emery King's series "World Class Detroiters," February 9, 2008. Video is available below; choose the version a...
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2343 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1771
World Class DetroitersDistinguished Professor Hartway was featured on Emery King's series "World Class Detroiters," February 9, 2008. Video is available below; choose the version a...
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Kypros Leandros Markou
Professor and Director Orchestral Studies
1336, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4303
Kypros Markou is Professor and Director of Orchestral Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Additionally he is Music Director of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra in Michigan...
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Professor and Director Orchestral Studies
1336, Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4303
Kypros Markou is Professor and Director of Orchestral Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Additionally he is Music Director of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra in Michigan...
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Russell Miller
2310, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-9467
Director of Jazz Big Band IITeaches Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Arranging & Orchestration, and Woodwind courses...
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2310, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-9467
Director of Jazz Big Band IITeaches Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Arranging & Orchestration, and Woodwind courses...
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Laura Roelofs
2347 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4306
Described by critics as "brilliant" and "intensely expressive", violinist Laura Leigh Roelofs is equally at home in the chamber music and orchestral fields. She performed for fourt...
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2347 Old Main
Phone: 313-993-4306
Described by critics as "brilliant" and "intensely expressive", violinist Laura Leigh Roelofs is equally at home in the chamber music and orchestral fields. She performed for fourt...
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Dennis J. Tini
Distinguished Professor
2339 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2545
Dennis J. Tini, Distinguished Professor, is internationally in demand as a conductor, jazz pianist, clinician/adjudicator and arts consultant, and has appeared regularly at major m...
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Distinguished Professor
2339 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2545
Dennis J. Tini, Distinguished Professor, is internationally in demand as a conductor, jazz pianist, clinician/adjudicator and arts consultant, and has appeared regularly at major m...
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John D. Vander Weg
Chair
1321 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1795
John D. Vander Weg, is Chair and Professor of Music....
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Chair
1321 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-1795
John D. Vander Weg, is Chair and Professor of Music....
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Terese Volk
2388, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2674
Dr. Volk came to Wayne State University from the Buffalo (NY) Public Schools where she taught instrumental music for 26 years. She has also held adjunct professorships at the State...
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2388, Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2674
Dr. Volk came to Wayne State University from the Buffalo (NY) Public Schools where she taught instrumental music for 26 years. She has also held adjunct professorships at the State...
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Mary Wischusen
1324 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2612
Mary Wischusen was born in New Jersey and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music (1968) from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. She received both of her graduate degrees from Rut...
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1324 Old Main
Phone: 313-577-2612
Mary Wischusen was born in New Jersey and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music (1968) from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. She received both of her graduate degrees from Rut...
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