Faculty & Staff | Music
Carroll Dashiell
Chair and Professor
Department of Music
Robyn Ambrose
She/Her
administrative coordinator
Department of Music
Reginald Bowens
Assistant Professor - Jazz Studies; Co-coordinator of Vocal Jazz Studies
Department of Music
Cyrus Chestnut
Master Instructor – Jazz Piano, Improvisation
Department of Music
cyrus.chestnut@Howard.edu
Valerie (Kehembe) Eichelberger
Associate Professor – Classical and Jazz Voice, Coordinator of Music with Elective Studies in Business
Department of Music
veichelberger@Howard.edu
Matthew Franke, PhD
He/him
Master Instructor – Coordinator of Music History
Department of Music
matthew.franke@Howard.edu
Stephen Lynn Gibson
Adjunct Lecturer – Classical Piano
Department of Music
stephen.gibson@Howard.edu
Benita Gladney, DMA
Associate Professor – Music Education; Coordinator of Music Education
Department of Music
benita.gladney@Howard.edu
Fred Irby
Professor – Trumpet, Jazz Ensemble; Coordinator of Instrumental Music
Department of Music
firby@Howard.edu
Saïs Telmeth Kamalidiin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor – Flute, Jazz History; Coordinator of Graduate Examinations
Department of Music
skamalidiin@Howard.edu
Natalia Kazaryan
Assistant Professor of Piano, Coordinator of Piano Area
Department of Music
natalia.kazaryan@Howard.edu
William Kenlon, DMA
he/him
Area Coordinator, Theory & Composition
Department of Music
william.kenlon@howard.edu
Autumn Dawn McDonald, M.S.
she/her
Adjunct Lecturer
Department of Music
Connaitre Miller
Professor – Jazz Voice; Coordinator of Vocal Jazz Studies
Department of Music
conMiller@Howard.edu
Angela Powell Walker
Assistant Professor
Department of Music
Lora Robinson, MMT, MT-BC
She/Her
Assistant Professor & Coordinator for Music Therapy
Department of Music
lora.robinson@howard.edu
Guericke Christopher Royal, DMA
Associate Professor – Jazz Theory, Jazz Arranging, Music Technology; Coordinator of Jazz Studies with Music Technology Emphasis
Department of Music
groyal@Howard.edu
Mickey Thomas Terry, Ph.D.
he/him/his
Master Instructor – Organ, Howard Concert Choir Accompanist, Blacks in the Arts
Department of Music
mickey.terry@Howard.edu