Select an area of study below to learn more about the Music Department’s world-class faculty.

Chairs

Dr. Donald Reid Womack | Department Chair, Professor of Music
Dr. Maya Sypert | Associate Chair, Professor of Music
Dr. Thomas Osborne | Graduate Chair, Professor of Music
Dr. Thomas Yee | Undergraduate Chair, Professor of Music

Composition & Theory

Dr. Donald Reid Womack | Area Head, Professor of Music
Dr. Takuma Itoh | Professor of Music (on sabbatical Fall 2025)
Dr. Thomas Osborne | Professor of Music
Dr. Tyler Ramos | Instructor of Music

Musicology

Dr. Elina Hamilton | Area Head, Assistant Professor of Music
Dr. Kate McQuiston | Professor of Music

Jane Kerns | Lecturer in Music
Dr. Valeria Wenderoth | Lecturer in Music

Ethnomusicology

Dr. R. Anderson Sutton | Area Head, Professor of Music
Dr. Kuan Yuan-Yu | Assistant Professor of Music

Christopher Blasdel | Lecturer in Music
Dr. Benjamin Fairfield | Lecturer in Music, Thai Ensemble
Dr. Eun-Young Jung | Lecturer in Music
Jay W. Junker | Lecturer in Music, Traditional & Popular Music
Norman Kaneshiro | Lecturer in Music, Okinawan Ensemble
Darin Miyashiro | Lecturer in Music, Japanese Koto
Byron Moon | Lecturer in Music, Javanese Gamelan
Dr. Kirk Sullivan | Lecturer in Music
Noenoelani Zuttermeister | Lecturer in Music, Hawaiian Hula & Chant

Music Education

Dr. Chet-Yeng Loong | Area Head, Professor of Music
Dr. Kim Barclift | Assistant Professor of Music
Dr. Jeffrey Boeckman | Professor of Music, Director of Bands
Dr. Alec Schumacker | Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choirs
Prof. Joseph Stepec | Associate Professor of Music, Director of Orchestras

Rucci Aamodt | Lecturer in Music

Ensembles

Dr. Jeffrey Boeckman | Area Head, Professor of Music, Director of Bands
Dr. Thomas Kloss | Assistant Professor of Music, Associate Director of Bands
Gwen Nakamura | Assistant Director of Bands
Dr. Alec Schumacker | Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choirs
Prof. Joseph Stepec | Associate Professor of Music, Director of Orchestras

Dean Taba | Lecturer in Music, Jazz Band

Piano

Dr. Jonathan Korth | Area Head,Professor of Music
Dr. Tyler Ramos | Instructor of Music
Dr. Thomas Yee | Professor of Music

Bichuan Li | Lecturer in Music, Keyboard Coordinator
Dr. Wendy Yamashita | Lecturer in Music

Voice

Dr. Maya Sypert | Area Head, Professor of Music, Mezzo-Soprano
Dr. Alec Schumacker | Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choirs

Dr. Martina Bingham | Lecturer in Music, Voice
Blair Boone-Migura | Lecturer in Music, Song Literature

Instrumental

Dr. Jeffrey Boeckman | Area Head, Professor of Music, Director of Bands
Dr. Thomas Kloss | Assistant Professor of Music, Associate Director of Bands
Dr. I-Bei Lin | Professor of Music, Cello & Chamber Music
Prof. Joseph Stepec | Associate Professor of Music, Director of Orchestras

Jason Byerlotzer | Lecturer in Music, Trombone
Brad Davis | Lecturer in Music, Percussion
Dr. Nikki Ebisu | Lecturer in Music, Violin
Dr. Alex Hayashi | Lecturer in Music, Oboe/English Horn
Colton Hironaka| Lecturer in Music, Horn
Ignace Jang | Lecturer in Music, Violin
Marie Lickwar | Lecturer in Music, Horn
James Moffitt | Lecturer in Music, Clarinet
Paul Nelson | Lecturer in Music, Guitar
Dr. Thomas J. Ricer | Lecturer in Music, Tuba/Euphonium
Sabrina Saiki-Mita | Lecturer in Music, Flute
Jordan Schifino | Lecturer in Music, Percussion
Marsha Schweitzer | Lecturer in Music, Bassoon
Casey Tamanaha | Lecturer in Music, Trumpet
Anna Womack | Lecturer in Music, Viola
Sayuri Yamamoto | Lecturer in Music, Double Bass
Todd Yukumoto | Lecturer in Music, Saxophone

Staff

Linda Chun | Secretary, lhyc24@hawaii.edu, 808-956-7756 (Rm 3)
Tracie Nagao Bregman | Fiscal, tnagao@hawaii.edu, 808-956-7756 (Rm 3)
Gwen Nakamura |  Assistant Band Director, gwenn@hawaii.edu, 808-956-7657 (Rm 216)
Dr. William Watson | Educational Specialist, watsonwm@hawaii.edu, 808-956-7786 (Orvis)
Justin Woo | Director of Operations – Bands, justinyb@hawaii.edu, 808-956-5207 (Rm 107)

open | Music & Audiovisual Librarian, 808-956-5425 (Sinclair Library, Rm 102)

Graduate Assistants

Yunxin An
McCallen Choy
Paul Cosme
Mieke Johanna Doezma
Faith Ettlich
Pablo Furukawa
Reia Gray
Jack Dwyer Hernandez
Nicole Ikeda Cossi
Delaney McGrath Ross
Jose Taton
Audrey Walters
Savanna Watson
Joe Williams

Retired Faculty

Peter Coraggio | Piano*
Douglas Engelhardt | Music Education
Dorothy Gillett | Professor Emerita of Music, Music Education, Hawaiian Chorus*
Marvin Greenberg | Professor Emeritus of Music, Music Education
Dale Hall | Musicology
Robert Hines | Professor Emeritus of Music, Choral Conducting*
Annette Johansson | Professor Emerita of Music, Voice
Dorothy Kahananui | Professor Emerita of Music, Music Education*
Marian Kerr | Professor Emerita of Music, Piano*
Elmer Takeo Kudo | Professor Emeritus of Music, Composition & Theory
Frederick Lau | Professor Emeritus of Music, Ethnomusicology
Byong Won Lee | Professor Emeritus of Music, Ethnomusicology
Richard Lum | Professor Emeritus of Music, Director of Bands*
Paul Lyddon | Professor Emeritus of Music, Piano
Neil McKay | Professor Emeritus of Music, Composition & Theory*
Barbara McLain | Professor of Music, Music Education
Henry Miyamura | Professor Emeritus of Music, Orchestra & Clarinet*
Jane Freeman Moulin | Professor Emerita of Music
Prof. John Mount | Professor of Music, Voice
Grant K. Okamura | Professor Emeritus of Music, Band
Anthony Palmer | Music Education*
Laurence Paxton | Professor Emeritus of Music, Voice
William Pfeiffer | Professor Emeritus of Music, Voice *
Norman Rian | Professor Emeritus of Music, Choral*
Armand Russell | Professor Emeritus of Music, Composition & Theory*
Edward Shipwright | Professor Emeritus of Music, Piano*
Barbara Smith | Professor Emerita of Music, Ethnomusicology*
Hardja Susilo | Ethnomusicology*
Ricardo D. Trimillos | Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology
Allen Trubitt | Professor Emeritus of Music, Composition & Theory*
Floyd Uchima | Woodwinds, Bassoon, Music Education*
Raymond Vaught | Professor Emeritus of Music, Musicology*
Richard Vine | Professor Emeritus of Music, Choral*
Lesley Wright | Professor Emerita of Music, Musicology
Byron K. Yasui | Professor Emeritus of Music, Composition & Theory
Thomas Bingham | Professor Emeritus of Music

* deceased