Applied Music Lessons
The Shepherd University Department of Music provides the opportunity for area music students to take applied lessons through a preparatory music program offered at the college. Local music students in elementary, middle and high school as well as adult students have the opportunity to receive private instruction from qualified music students, adjunct faculty or full time faculty members.
Instructors include:
Anne Munro - fluteGregory Shook - oboe
David Drosinos - clarinet
Brian Cambrel - clarinet/composition/theory
Jeremy Koch - saxophone
Richard Polonchak - bassoon
Dan Carter - horn
Wayne Cameron - trumpet
James Ryon - trombone
Chris Quade - tuba
Michelle Humphreys - percussion
Ronnie Shaw - drum set
Heather Austin Stone - violin/viola
Jeffry Newberger - violin/viola
Stephen Czarkowski - cello
Edward Leaf - double bass
Cam Millar - composition/theory/trombone
Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis - composition/theory/jazz piano
Brooke Evers - voice
Emily Santy - voice/piano
Adam Booth - piano
Susan Carpenter - piano
Carol Rose Duane, piano
Yu-hsuan Liao - piano
Gary Mullenax - piano
William Feasley - guitar
Student instructors are also available for all instruments and for theory, composition, and improvisation lessons.
Students may study voice, wind, percussion, string and piano on a weekly basis throughout the school year. Students also have the opportunity to study music theory, composition or improvisation with a private instructor through this program. Recitals are presented for the public at the end of each semester.
Preparatory Lesson Registration Form
Preparatory Lesson Policies and Procedures
Contact Kari Edge: 304-876-5555 or kedge@shepherd.edu