Music

The University of Texas at El Paso is a National Association of Schools of Music accredited institution.

The University of Texas at El Paso's Department of Music offers the Bachelor of Music degree in four major areas: Education, Performance, Commercial Music, and Theory-and-Composition. The department also offers the Master of Music degree in two major areas: Education and Performance. Many of our graduates are professional performers and educators in the southwestern United States. The Department also offers a Minor in Music with four options/tracks: Applied, Performance, Commercial/Recording, or Arts Entrepreneurship. Students should choose one option.

All candidates for the Bachelor of Music degree must declare a major instrument or voice as a performing medium. This instrument or voice should be studied for credit each semester in residence (summers excepted). Any standard band or orchestra instrument, keyboard or guitar may be chosen for major emphasis in the instrumental performance plan. In the music education plan, instrumental concentration, only standard band and orchestra instruments can be the performance area. Students in the music education plan, vocal concentration, must have voice as a major performing area. Students must audition for applied faculty for placement into MUSA 1195 Individual Instruction, Individual Instruction (applied study for music majors). Those not successfully placing into MUSA 1195 Individual Instruction may take MUSA 1190 Individual Instruction, pre-major lessons, or MUSA 1274 Voice Class, Voice Class for vocal majors, for up to 2 semesters.

Limits on Undergraduate Music Course Enrollment for Music Majors

Music Majors may enroll in undergraduate music classes a maximum of three (3) times. Exemptions will only be granted in cases of extreme hardship at the discretion of the chair.

A student may enroll more than three times in a variable-topic, studio, performance, workshop, or other course that is identified as "may be repeated for credit."A student may enroll in a course designated as variable-topic, studio, performance, workshop, or other course that is identified as "may be repeated for credit" in which he or she has unresolved grade of I (Incomplete).

Students enrolled in MUSA 1190 Individual Instruction, MUSA 1274 Voice Class, or MUSA 2280 Intermediate Guitar Class may only take those courses a maximum of two times.

Students enrolled in MUSA 1195 Individual Instruction must attempt entry to Upper-Level lessons through a barrier jury after the fourth semester of study in MUSA 1195 Individual Instruction. Students have a maximum of two attempts to successfully pass the barrier jury and gain entry into upper-level lessons.

Chair

Steve Wilson
Contact Information: swilson@utep.edu; 915-747-7804
Education: BMus, The University of Texas at El Paso; M.Mus., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; DMA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Professor

Dominic Dousa
Contact Information: ddousa@utep.edu; 915-747-7819
Education: BA, Harvard University; M.Mus., Central Michigan University; DA, Ball State University

Dena Jones
Contact Information: dkjones@utep.edu; 915-747-6625
Education: BMus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.Mus., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; DMA, The University of Arizona

Charles Leinberger
Contact Information: charlesl@utep.edu; 915-747-7800
Education: BMus, Northern Arizona University; M.Mus., The University of Miami; Ph D, The University of Arizona

Oscar Macchioni
Contact Information: omacchioni@utep.edu; 915-747-7817
Education: BM Ed, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán; M.Mus., Louisiana State University; DMA, The University of Arizona

Stephanie Meyers
Contact Information: smeyers@utep.edu; 915-747-7810
Education: BMus, New England Conservatory; M.Mus., New England Conservatory; DMA, New England Conservatory

Associate Professor

Brian Downen
Contact Information: bgdownen@utep.edu; 915-747-6352
Education: BS, Eastern Illinois University; M.Mus., Yale University - School of Music

Stephen Nordstrom
Contact Information: sbnordstrom@utep.edu; 915-747-5607
Education: BMus, University of North Texas; M.Mus., University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music; DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

Chris Reyman
Contact Information: cereyman@utep.edu; 915-747-7805
Education: BMus, Millikin University; M.Mus., University of Illinois; DMA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Curtis Tredway
Contact Information: ctredway@utep.edu; 915-747-5049
Education: BM Ed, Florida State University; M.Mus., The University of Southern Mississippi; Ph D, The University of Southern Mississippi

Elisa Wilson
Contact Information: ewilson@utep.edu; 915-747-8708
Education: BS, University of Illinois; M.Mus., Wichita State University; DMA, University of Illinois

Assistant Professor

Stephen Hunter
Contact Information: sahunter@utep.edu; 915-747-7813
Education: BM Ed, The University of Tennessee; M.Mus., Northwestern State University; DMA, University of Southern Mississippi

Brian Jarvis
Contact Information: bejarvis@utep.edu; 915-747-7814
Education: BMus, University of Missouri; M.Mus., Bowling Green State University; Ph D, Florida State University

Andy Smith
Contact Information: apsmith@utep.edu; 915-747-7802
Education: BM Ed, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.Mus., Middle Tennessee State University; DMA, Indiana University

Professor of Practice

Cherry Duke
Contact Information: ccduke@utep.edu; 915-747-6220
Education: BS, Texas Woman's University; Artist Diploma, The Hartt School - University of Hartford

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Nayeli Dousa
Contact Information: nayelil@utep.edu;
Education: DMA, University of Arizona

Phillip Hill
Contact Information: pdhill@utep.edu; 915-747-8756
Education: BMus, Mississippi College; M.Mus., The University of Texas at Austin; DMA, The University of Texas at Austin

Lindsey Macchiarella
Contact Information: lmacchiarella@utep.edu; 915-747-5967
Education: BA, University of California, Riverside; M.Mus., Florida State University; Ph D, Florida State University

Sara Renner
Contact Information: srrenner@utep.edu;
Education: BMus, University of Nebraska at Omaha; M.Mus., Columbus State University Schwob School of Music; DMA, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Associate Professor of Instruction

Nancy Taylor
Contact Information: netaylor@utep.edu; 915-747-7827
Education: BMus, Arizona State University; M.Mus., Indiana University; MOT, The University of Texas at El Paso; DMA, Texas Tech University

Senior Lecturer

Stephen Haddad
Contact Information: sahaddad@utep.edu; 915-747-7818
Education: BMus, West Texas State University; M.Mus., New Mexico State University

Gregory Luffey
Contact Information: gsluffey@utep.edu; 915-747-5642
Education: BMus, Virginia Commonwealth University; M.Mus., Virginia Commonwealth University; Post baccalaureate Certification Program, Texas State University

Programs

Bachelor of Music

Minor in Music (Choose one Option)

The University of Texas at El Paso
UTEP Department of Music
Fox Fine Arts Center, Room M301
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79968-0552

Phone: 915.747.5606
Email: music@utep.edu

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