Studio Instructors
Studio Instructors Directory
Accordion | African voice, percussion, flute, marimba | Bagpipes | Bass | Bass (jazz) | Bassoon | Cello | Clarinet | Dan Tranh | Flute | Guitar | Guitar (jazz) | Mandolin | Harp | Horn | Oboe | Organ |Percussion | Piano and keyboard skills | Piano (jazz) | Recorder | Saxophone | Sitar | Trombone | Trumpet | Ukulele | Viola | Viola da Gamba | Violin | Voice | Voice (jazz/contemporary)
Accordion
African Voice, Percussion, Flute, Marimba

- Sowah Mensah
- Director of the African Music Ensemble
- mensah@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6184
Bagpipes

- Mike Breidenbach
- Director of Piping
- breidenbach@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6695
Bass
Bass (Jazz)

- Chris Bates
- Bass (jazz)
- shabba.bates@gmail.com
Bass (Jazz) | Guitar (Jazz) | Mandolin

- Joan Griffith
- Director of MacJazz
- griffith@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6859
- she/her/hers
Bassoon

- Jessica Yang
- Bassoon
- jyang8@macalester.edu
Cello
Clarinet

- Shelley Hanson
- Director of Wind Symphony
- hansons@macalester.edu
- she/her/hers
Dan Tranh

- Thi Ngoc-Vu Lalum
- Dan Tranh
- tvu@macalester.edu
Flute
Guitar | Ukelele

- Jeffrey Thygeson
- Guitar/Ukelele
- thygeson@macalester.edu
Harp
Emily Gerard
Horn
Oboe
Organ
Percussion

- Peter Hennig
- Director of Jazz and Pop Combos
- phennig@macalester.edu

- Matt McClung
- Percussion
- jmcclung@macalester.edu
- Tim O’Keefe
- Middle Eastern Percussion
- tokeefe@macalester.edu
Piano and Keyboard Skills
Piano (Jazz)

- Bryan Nichols
- Piano (Jazz)
Recorder

- Cléa Galhano
- Director of Early Music Ensemble
- cgalhano@macalester.edu
Saxophone

- LeAnn Lindgren
- Saxophone
- llindgre@macalester.edu
Sitar
Trombone

- Felix Regalado
- Trombone
- fregalad@macalester.edu
Trumpet
Bradley Shermock
bshermoc@macalester.edu
Viola

- Lydia Grimes
- Lydia Grimes
- Viola
- lgrimes@macalester.edu
Viola Da Gamba

- Julie Elhard
- Viola Da Gamba
- jelhard@macalester.edu
Violin
Natalia Moiseeva
nmoiseev@macalester.edu
Voice

- Patricia A. Kent
- Voice
- pkent@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6808
Voice (Jazz/Contemporary)

- Rachel Holder
- Voice (Jazz/Contemporary)
- rholder@macalester.edu