Music
Music Faculty
Ms. Cathy Adkins
Associate Professor Music, Music History & College Organist
Office: 151 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1395
Email: cadkins@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1976; M.M., University of Michigan, 1979; University of Michigan, 1979-80, 1983-85; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1995-97
Mr. Steven Alford
Adjunct Music Faculty, Saxophone, Director of Jazz Studies
Office: Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1433
Email: salford@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., University of Miami (FL) 1995- Music/Saxophone
Mr. Anthony Ammons
Adjunct Music Faculty, Horn
Office: 116 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1209
Email: aammons@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Mars Hill College, 1988; M.M., Appalachian State University, 1989
Ms. Jennifer Anderson
Adjunct Music Faculty, Bassoon
Office: 120 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1426
Email: janderson@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: BM Michigan State Univ. 2000 – Bassoon performance, MM Florida State Univ. 2003 – Bassoon performance
Mr. Dominic Aquilino
Email: daquilino@mhc.edu
Education: BFA – Music, State University of New York at Purchase, 1995; MM – Voice/Opera Theatre, The Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York, 2001; Professional Studies in Music/Opera Theatre, The Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York, 2003
Mr. Ron Carpenter
Adjunct Music Faculty, Tuba
Office: Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1209
Email: rcarpenter@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: Bachelor of Music East Carolina Univ. Music Performance, May 2003, Master of Music, Univ. of North Texas, Music Performance, May 2006
Mr. Brad Curtioff
Staff Accompanist
Email: bcurtioff@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: BM West Virginia Univ. 2004 – Music/Piano
Dr. John Entzi
Adjunct Music Faculty, Trumpet/Jazz
Office: Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1209
Email: jentzi@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: BME UNCG 1974, MA ASU 1978, DMA USC Columbia 1999
Dr. Julie Fortney
Professor of Music, Voice Division Coordinator
Office: 200 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1222
Email: jfortney@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.A., Mundelein College, 1962; M.M., Indiana University, 1966; D.M.A., University of Colorado, 1972
Mrs. Cara Jenkins
Adjunct Music Faculty, Oboe
Office: 118 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1426
Email: cjenkins@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: Bachelors Music Educ. Univ. of Nevada, w/ honors 2001. MM Oboe Performance, Univ. of North Texas 2003
Mr. Fred Lemmons
Adjunct Professor of Music, Clarinet
Office: Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1433
Email: flemmons@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.S. Music Education, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 1982; M.M. Clarinet Performance, Louisiana State University, 1986; "The President’s Own," United States Marine Band, 1988-2009.
Ms. Rebecca Long
Instructor of Music
Office: 100 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1509
Email: rlong@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6768
Education: M.S. Music Theory, University of Southern Mississippi.
Mrs. Virginia McKnight
Staff Accompanist
Office: 102 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1431
Email: vmcknight@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: Bachelor of Music-Piano major, Stetson University; Master of Music-Piano-Accompanying, Florida State University
Mrs. Anne Parker
Staff Accompanist
Office: Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1209
Email: aparker@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: BA, Wake Forest University, 1968; MA, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1973
Dr. Joel Reed
Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, & Department Chair
Office: 205 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1131
Email: jreed@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Mars Hill College, 1968; M.C.M., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1973; Ed.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975; Westminister Choir College, 1980, 1984
Mr. Michael Robinson
Director of Bands
Office: 204 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1210
Email: mrobinson@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Mars Hill College, 1977
Ms. Cynthia Roop
Adjunct Music Faculty, Flute, Aural Skills
Office: 120 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1107
Email: croop@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M.E. Murray State University 1992, M.Ed Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst 2001, Flute performance Univ. of Oklahoma 2004
Mrs. Robin Smathers
Adjunct Professor of Music, Music Education/Methods
Office: Moore Fine Arts
Phone: (828) 689-1210
Email: rsmathers@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: 1977 University of Connecticut, B.S. in Music Education; 1997 North Carolina Christa McAuliffe Teaching Fellow; 2002 National Board Certified, Early to Middle Childhood Music
Dr. Jim Sparrow
Associate Professor of Music, Trombone/Euphonium Instrumental Division Coordinator
Office: 162 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1433
Email: jsparrow@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Website: www.docsparrow.com
Education: B.M., Columbus College, 1977; M.A., University of Denver, 1983; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, 1999
Mr. Gary Spence
Adjunct Music Faculty, Folk Guitar/Banjo
Office: 100 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1209
Email: gspence@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.A. Mars Hill College
Mr. David Starkey
Adjunct Music Faculty, Voice/Opera
Office: 102 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1431
Email: dstarkey@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Youngstown State University , 1991; M.M., Indiana University, 1995
Dr. Teresa Sumpter
Assistant Professor of Music, Piano, Keyboard Division Coordinator
Office: Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1308
Email: tsumpter@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Ball State University, 1986; M.B.A., West Virginia University, 1994; M.M., University of Oklahoma, 2005; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2008
Dr. Al Theisen
Assistant Professor of Music, Music Theory and Music Technology
Office: Moore Fine Arts 118
Phone: (828) 689-1565
Email: atheisen@mhc.edu
Education: B.M., University of Southern Mississippi, 2003; M.M.; University of Southern Mississippi, 2006; Ph.D., Florida State University, 2010.
Dr. Brian Tinkel
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Percussion Studies
Office: 112 Moore Auditorium
Phone: (828) 689-1588
Email: btinkel@mhc.edu
Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.S., University of Massachusetts, 1996; B.M., University of Massachusetts, 2000; M.M; University of Massachusetts, 2002; D.M.A., The University of Oklahoma, 2009.