Summer Music Instructors
Learning from the best
Each year, Summer Music Clinic instructors convene on UW-Madison’s campus to teach the next generations about music in as many facets as possible. Get to know our faculty.
Updated Summer 2025 instructors coming soon!
Junior session instructors
Junior session instructors
Effaeye Aawenyn
Fiddle Band
Kaleigh Acord
Violin
Josh Baker
Saxophone
Pacal Bayley
Learn to DJ/Score Creation
Grant Blschka
Bass/Rock Band
Danielle Breisach
Flute
Sahada Buckley
Violin
Laura Burns
Viola/Chamber Strings
Isabel Celata
Voice, A Cappella
Emma Cifrino
Viola
Prenicia Clifton
Vocal Coaching
Emma Dayhuff
Jazz/Double Bass
Whitney Derendinger
Acting for Musicians
Guin Diehl
Horn
Kagen Dunn
Visual Music
Michael Ellenbecker
Bassoon
Brian Ellingboe
Bassoon
Audrey Ferrero
Singing Exploration
Lindsay Flowers
Oboe, Audition Crushing
Kevin Friermood
Tuba/Euphonium
Vince Fuh
Accompanist
Scott Gendel
Accompanist
Richard Hildner
Guitar
Gretchen Hill
Clarinet
Jeni Houser
Voice, Vocal Coaching
Heidi Keener
Flute
Beth Kille
Guitar
Trygve Lebakken
What’s Going On In the Score – Inside the Mind of a Composer
Lina Lee
Piano
Amy Lewis
Musical Creativity through Improvisational Play
Arun Luthra
Jazz/Konnakol/Composition & Arranging
Mandjou Mara
West African Drumming
Lo Marie
Guitar/Rock Band
Sarah Marty
Music/Arts Business and Administration
Betsy McCann
Band
Max Moeck
Saxophone, Woodwind Choir/Sectional
Angelos Ntais
Piano
Titus Peck
Band
Carolina Perez
Band, Jazz
Keslie Pharis
Oboe
Jamie Pitt
Choir and Musical Theatre
Daniel Plane
Fiddle Band
Ijoister Pyle-Harris
Orchestra/Violin
Leonardo Quintero
Guitar
Jesse Rathgeber
Musical Making/Ukulele Jam
Zou Zou Robidoux
Cello
Mike Ross
Choir
Julia Rottmayer
Voice
Jon Schipper
Trumpet, Jazz
Arielle Silver
Melody and Freedom, Find Your Story, Let’s Create
Courtney Snyder
Band, Chamber Winds, Conducting
Ben Therrell
Cello
Jon Vriesacker
Jazz Improv
Corey Whitmore
Multimedia, Beat Making, Digital Audio Production
Johanna Wienholts
Harp
Beth Wilson
Accompanist
Juli Wood
Jazz and Improv
Justin Wright
Spoken Word
Nathan Wysock
Guitar
Senior session instructors
Senior session instructors
Charlene Adzima
Fiddle Band/Alternative String Styles
Chris Allen
Guitar
Zachary Bethel
Trombone
Sarah Brailey
Voice
Mary Brandenstein
Voice, Musical Theatre, Melody and Rhythm
Madlen Breckbill
Viola
Ben Carlee
Flute
Patrick Coughlin
Drumline and Percussion
Tom Curry
Tuba/Euphonium
Henry Dorn
Band, Composition/Arranging, What’s Going On In the Score
Alexandra Dotson
Trombone
Rob DZ
Songwriting/Hip Hop Performance
Matt Endres
Jazz, Rock Band, Drum Set
Shannon Farley
Violin
Sarah Gillespie
Horn
Emily Glick
Musical Theatre/Acting
Brian Gnojek
Clarinet
Todd Hammes
Percussion and Percussion Ensemble
Anne Heaton
Writing Melodies/Harmony and Structure/Songwriting/Hip Hop Performance
Marsha Heuer
Musical Theatre
Luke Hrovat-Staedter
Vocal Coaching/Harmonic Styles/Arranging for A Cappella/Voice/Sightsinging
Ben Jaeger
Rock Band
AJ Jaurez
Dance for Musicians
Lance Ketterer
Digital Audio Recording
Matthew Koester
Saxophone
Brendin Larson
Musical Theatre, Voice
Ben Lokuta
The Funky Drummer
John Lynch
Band, Conducting
Audrey Martinovich
Media Production/Digital Audio Recording
Nick Moran
Latin American Music
Nicole Nelson
Dance for Musicians
Liz Olson
Choir, Musical Theatre, Voice, Aural Skills, Sightsinging
Louka Patenaude
Guitar
Matt Pickart
Violin, Improv, Chamber Strings
Soma Pierce-Smit
Orchestra, Violin, Conducting
Will Preston
Accompanying and Collaborative Piano
Tom Ross
Brazilian Drumming and Percussion
Chris Rottmayer
Jazz, Harmonic Styles, Piano
Katherine Schmit
Trumpet
John Scoville
Piano and Accompanist
Leotha Stanley
Gospel Choir
Chris Thomas
Film Scoring, Chamber Winds
Chelsea Tipton
Orchestra, Chamber Strings
Martha Vallon
Cello/Baroque and Roll
John Wagner
Trumpet
James Waldo
Cello
Johannes Wallmann
Jazz Ensemble
Lawren Brianna Ware
Piano, Composition and Arranging, Harmonic Styles
Nikara Warren
Jazz/Percussion
Frank Watkins
Choir, Conducting, Voice
Michael Weinstein
Advanced Harmonic Styles
Dawn Wohn
Violin
