The year in parentheses after a faculty member's name indicates his/her year of appointment at Mars Hill College.

Adkins, Cathy L:   Assistant Professor Music, Music History & College Organist (1989)
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
Alford, Steven W:   Adjunct Music Faculty, Saxophone, Director of Jazz Studies
Office: Moore Auditorium	Phone: (828) 689-1433
Email: salford@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: BM University of Miami (FL) 1995- Music/Saxophone
Anderson, Jennifer J:   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
Anthony, James R:   Adjunct Professor of Music, Clarinet
Office: Moore Auditorium	Phone: (828) 689-1433
Email: janthony@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: BME Central Michigan Univ. 1986- Music Edu
Carpenter, Ron:   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
Curtioff, Brad:   Staff Accompanist
Office: N/A	Phone: N/A
Email: bcurtioff@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: BM West Virginia Univ. 2004 – Music/Piano
Entzi, John A:   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
Fortney, Julie T:   Professor of Music, Voice Division Coordinator (1972)
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
Jarrell, Sandra W:   Adjunct Professor of Music, Keyboard Skills
Office: 141 Moore Auditorium	Phone: (828) 689-1209
Email: sjarrell@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: BM in Liturgical music, UNC Greensboro, 1965; Master of Church Music in Organ Performance, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1967; NC Teaching Cert., Mars Hill College, 1988. Additional graduate studies, Western Carolina University 1985-86
Jenkins, Cara M:   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
McKnight, Virginia:   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
Miller, F Lou:   Administrative Assistant, ACCESS & Music Department
Office: 204 Spilman	Phone: (828) 689-1307
Email: lmiller@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6682
Education: N/A
Parker, Anne E:   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
Perkins, Cynthia B:   Adjunct Music Faculty, Voice/ Musical Theatre
Office: 202 Moore Auditorium	Phone: (828) 689-1430
Email: cperkins@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: BM Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music 1962, MM Middle Tennessee State University, 1979
Reed, Joel F:   Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, & Department Chair (1985)
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
Reese, Vance Martin:   Assistant Professor of Music, Music Theory (2008)
Office: N/A	Phone: (828) 689-1432
Email: vreese@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Southern Methodist University, 1981; M.C.M., Scarritt College, 1983; D.M., Indiana University, 1997
Robinson, Michael L:   Director of Bands (2007)
Office: 204 Moore Auditorium	Phone: (828) 689-1210
Email: mrobinson@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Mars Hill College, 1977
Roop, Cynthia M:   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
Smathers, Robin H.:   Adjunct Professor of Music, Music Education/Methods
Office: Moore Auditorium	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
Sparrow, James:   Associate Professor of Music, Trombone/Euphonium Instrumental Division Coordinator (1994)
Office: 162 Moore Auditorium	Phone: (828) 689-1433
Email: jsparrow@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: B.M., Columbus College, 1977; M.A., University of Denver, 1983; D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, 1999
Spence, Gary:   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
Starkey, David C:   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
Sumpter, Teresa Lynn:   Assistant Professor of Music, Piano, Keyboard Division Coordinator (2008)
Office: N/A	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
Tinkel, Brian C:   Instructor of Music, Director of Percussion Studies (2005)
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
Walton, Hilary:   Adjunct Music Faculty, Horm
Office: 116 Moore Auditorium	Phone: (828) 689-1209
Email: hwalton@mhc.edu	Campus Box: 6693
Education: BM The Boston Conservatory 1981 – Horn Performance, MM The Boston Conservatory 1988 - Horn Performance