Faculty and Staff
- Mark Mandarano
- Department Chair, Professor and Director of Instrumental Activities
- mmandara@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6804
- he/him/his
- Ryan Dugan
- Concert Supervisor
- rdugan@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6194
- Cléa Galhano
- Director of Early Music Ensemble
- cgalhano@macalester.edu
- Joan Griffith
- Director of MacJazz
- griffith@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6859
- she/her/hers
- Peter Hennig
- Director of Jazz and Pop Combos
- phennig@macalester.edu
- Aaron Isakson
- Director of Wind Symphony
- aisakson@macalester.edu
- Reid Kruger
- Visiting Instructor
- rkruger@macalester.edu
- he/him/his
- Geli Li
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- gli@macalester.edu
- she/her/hers
- Victoria Malawey
- Professor (music theory)
- vmalawey@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6182
- she/her or they/them
- Mark Mazullo
- Professor (musicology and piano)
- mazullo@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6582
- he/him/his
- Michael McGaghie
- Professor and Director of Choral Activities
- mmcgaghi@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6831
- he/him/his
- Sowah Mensah
- Director of the African Music Ensemble
- mensah@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6184
- Mackenzie Stern
- Department Coordinator
- mstern@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6808
- she/her/hers
- Jenya Trubnikava
- Staff Accompanist
- jtrubnik@macalester.edu
- Chuen-Fung Wong
- Professor (ethnomusicology/world music)
- wong@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6520
Retired Faculty
- Carleton Macy
- Professor Emeritus Theory / Composition
- macy@macalester.edu
Studio Instructors Directory
Accordion | African voice, percussion, flute, marimba | Bagpipes | Bass | Bass (jazz) | Bassoon | Cello | Dan Tranh | Clarinet | Flute | Guitar | Guitar (jazz)| Harp | Horn | Mandolin | Oboe | Organ | Percussion | Piano and keyboard skills| Piano (jazz) | Recorder | Saxophone | Sitar | Trombone | Trumpet | Trumpet (jazz) | Tuba | Ukulele | Viola | Viola da Gamba | Violin | Voice | Voice (jazz/contemporary)
- Chris Bates
- Bass (jazz)
- shabba.bates@gmail.com
- Mike Breidenbach
- Director of Piping
- breidenbach@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6695
- Julie Elhard
- Viola Da Gamba
- jelhard@macalester.edu
- Cléa Galhano
- Director of Early Music Ensemble
- cgalhano@macalester.edu
- Emily Gerard
- Harp
- egerard@macalester.edu
- Joan Griffith
- Director of MacJazz
- griffith@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6859
- she/her/hers
- Lydia Grimes
- Lydia Grimes
- Viola
- lgrimes@macalester.edu
- Shelley Hanson
- Director of Wind Symphony
- hansons@macalester.edu
- she/her/hers
- Peter Hennig
- Director of Jazz and Pop Combos
- phennig@macalester.edu
- Rachel Holder
- Voice (Jazz/Contemporary)
- rholder@macalester.edu
- Patricia A. Kent
- Voice
- pkent@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6808
- LeAnn Lindgren
- Saxophone
- llindgre@macalester.edu
- Mark Mazullo
- Professor (musicology and piano)
- mazullo@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6582
- he/him/his
- Matt McClung
- Percussion
- jmcclung@macalester.edu
- Sowah Mensah
- Director of the African Music Ensemble
- mensah@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6184
- Natalia Moiseeva
- Violin
- nmoiseev@macalester.edu
- Bryan Nichols
- Piano (Jazz)
- Tim O’Keefe
- Middle Eastern Percussion
- tokeefe@macalester.edu
- Felix Regalado
- Trombone
- fregalad@macalester.edu
- Bradley Shermock
- Trumpet
- bshermoc@macalester.edu
- Jeffrey Thygeson
- Guitar/Ukelele
- thygeson@macalester.edu
- Thi Ngoc-Vu Lalum
- Dan Tranh
- tvu@macalester.edu
- Jessica Yang
- Bassoon
- jyang8@macalester.edu