Greenwood School of Music

Originally from Gallipolis, Ohio, Brant Adams (b. 1955) holds a bachelor of music degree in piano performance from Capital University (Columbus, Ohio), a master of music degree in music theory from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Ph.D. in theory from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied composition with Donald Grantham. He has taught at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and since 1987 at Oklahoma State University, where he currently serves as professor and coordinator of the theory/composition area, and served as interim department head for academic year 2004-5, and became permanent head from 2008-2015, and once again as interim Director of the Greenwood School for academic year 2022-23.

In 1992, Dr. Adams was awarded the Distinguished Composer of the Year Award by the Music Teachers National Association for his Masque and Bacchanalia for woodwind quintet and piano. In 1994, he wrote the incidental music for the off-Broadway play Exchange produced at the Soho Repertory Theatre in New York City. In 2000, he arranged and orchestrated Sing for the Cure, a compilation of choral compositions of ten composers from around the U.S. commissioned by the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and which has been performed in dozens of cities across the country.

His compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations have been performed and recorded around the world by orchestras and choral ensembles in England, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, the former Czech Republic, the Middle East, and across the United States. His choral compositions are published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and Mark Foster Music (Shawnee Press). He is widely known for his orchestrations and instrumental arrangements of sacred music which are published by the Lorenz Corporation, Shawnee Press, Alfred Music, and Southern Music. Performances of his music at regional and national meetings of professional music organizations include the Society of Composers, Inc., Music Teachers National Convention, American Choral Directors Association, College Band Directors National Association, and the National Flute Association. His orchestrations are frequently performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra and the Kennedy Center with the National Pops Orchestra, both with maestro Steven Reinecke conducting, and has also written music for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Dr. Adams also works periodically in the recording and publishing industry as a producer, arranger, orchestrator, and conductor.

At OSU, Dr. Adams has received several awards including two Outstanding Faculty Member awards, the Friends of Music Distinguished Music Professor Award, and the Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2021, he received the OSU Regents Distinguished Research Award for his many musical publications.

A versatile conductor with a passion for creating community through music, Luca Antonucci is equally at home in front of an orchestra, leading choirs, or in the opera pit. His work has included stops in the US, Europe, and Latin America, including in Boston Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood, the Wiener Konzerthaus, Argentina’s Centro Cultural Kirchner, Cape Town City Hall, Soweto’s historic Regina Mundi Church, and many others. 

He currently serves as the Director of Orchestral Studies at Oklahoma State University, Music Director of Boston Summer Opera, Artistic Director of the Open Door Ensembles of Boston, cover conductor for the Portland Symphony, and as a member of the music staff of the Berkshire Opera Festival, where he is Assistant Conductor and Chorusmaster, and has been invited to serve as a cover conductor with the Detroit Symphony and National Symphony Orchestra. 

Recent appearances include as guest conductor with the Spectrum Orchestra in Bloomfield Hills, MI and as Assistant Conductor with The Washington Chorus on its concert tour to Buenos Aires, where he prepared the Orquesta Juvenil Libertador de San Martín, Argentina’s premiere training orchestra, for its performances of Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” with baritone Will Liverman under the direction of Eugene Rogers.

A champion of music by composers from historically underrepresented backgrounds, Antonucci is the founder and Artistic Director of the Orchestra Without Borders of Boston, which presents works by composers from around the globe in collaboration with performers from a diverse range of traditions outside of classical music. He has also served as a producer on world-premiere recordings of the Michigan Orchestral Repertory Equity Initiative and as a production assistant on Naxos's critically-acclaimed recording of James P. Johnson's operas "De Organizer" and "The Dreamy Kid," and is the founder of the Boston Summer Singers, whose mission is to support local organizations working to change systemic social issues from hunger to immigrant rights through inclusive musical performances. 

An experienced educator and a passionate advocate of amateur music-making, Antonucci has brought dynamic leadership to a number of collegiate and community ensembles throughout the US, including the University of Michigan Campus Orchestras, the Michigan Life Sciences and Pops Orchestras, the Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, the Lincoln-Sudbury Civic Orchestra, and the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra and Youth Orchestra. He also worked as a middle and high school band director in the Boston area, where he taught subjects ranging from beginning improvisation and jazz band to the History of Hip-Hop, in addition to developing a middle-school music curriculum based on the intersection between blues music, American protest music of the 20th century, and samba-reggae. 

Dr. Antonucci is the co-founder of Boston Summer Opera, whose mission is to create opportunities for young professionals and advanced graduate students to explore the operatic repertoire alongside established singers, and his work as Chorusmaster of the Berkshire Opera Festival has been praised as “stellar” (the Berkshire Eagle) "thrilling" (OperaWire) and “vibrant” (In the Spotlight). Other recent production credits include as assistant conductor at Opera in the Heights for La Bohéme, and as assistant conductor and coach for three productions of the University of Michigan, including a 2023 "Orphée aux Enfers" that recieved national press. 

Previously, Dr. Antonucci enjoyed an active freelance career in Boston as a trumpeter, keyboardist, choral director, and singer, performing with the Boston Firemen’s Band, Bay Colony Brass, New England Film Orchestra, the Oberlandler Hofbrau Band, Charles River Brass Quintet, and Zamir Chorale, where he served as conducting intern, and holding a series of church music positions before an injury led him to pursue orchestral conducting full-time. 

The recipient of a U.S. Department of State Fulbright grant to study the life of Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna, where he published with the Journal of the Arnold Schönberg Center and studied at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Luca is the winner of numerous academic awards and a graduate of the Hartt School, the University of Michigan, and Amherst College. Most recently, he is published as a contributor to "Observing in Music Classrooms," edited by Colleen Conway.  

Additional studies include at the European American Musical Alliance, Domaine Forget, the Donau Brass Festival, the International Conductors Institute, the Conductors Institute of South Carolina, the International Conducting Workshop and Festival, the Conductors Retreat at Medomak, and the Miami Beach International Classical Music Festival, where he was awarded first prize in the annual conducting competition. He has participated in masterclasses with Benjamin Zander, Donald Schleicher, Mark Gibson, and Edward Gardner, among others.

Dr. Christian Bester joined the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music in 2023 as Assistant Professor of Voice, where he specializes in teaching Applied Voice, and voice related subjects. Dr. Bester's research focuses on marginalized and underrepresented groups, specifically Afrikaans Art Song Literature and Art Song Literature for the LGBTQIA+ community. Dr. Bester serves as Artistic Director for Voces Intimae - The Art of Song, a non-profit arts organization based in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining OSU, Christian served at Northeastern State University, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Lawrence Conservatory and Baylor University.

Research Interests:

Dr. Bester's research focuses on marginalized and underrepresented groups.

Publications:

Oxford University Press
Afrikaans Art Song Literature: Translation and Pronunciation Guide - (2025)

National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) – Journal of Singing

"A Clear Midnight by Simon Sargon: The Joy of Walt Whitman's Poetry" - September 2024
"A Bushmen Myth Song Cycle by Niel van der Watt: Giving a Voice to Indigenous People" - May/June 2022
An Introduction to Afrikaans Art Song Literature: Origins and Repertoire - March/April 2022
An Introduction to Afrikaans Art Song Literature: A Guide to Lyric Diction - March/April 2022
"LGBTQ+ Vocal Literature – Songs for Life" - May/June 2021

Journal of Musical Arts in Africa (JMAA)
Pauline Bredelli South Africa's Elusive First Prima Donna - 2015

Professor Wendy Bickford is a former clarinetist with "The President’s Own" United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C, serving under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.  In addition to performing concerts, White House events, national concert tours and funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, she performed as a soloist and chamber musician and gave masterclasses as well as participated in several educational outreach initiatives across the United States.  

Professor Bickford is currently principal clarinet with the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, auxiliary clarinet in the Billings Symphony Orchestra and performs with Philadelphia area orchestras and chamber ensembles.  She has performed in venues such as the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (D.C.), Kimmel Center (PA), Boettcher Concert Hall (CO), Strathmore Concert Hall (MD), El Auditorio - Palacio de Congreso de Zaragoza in Spain and the Mexican Embassy (D.C.). Professor Bickford made her concerto debut with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra in the spring of 1999.  She has also been a featured soloist with the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, Temple Wind Symphony and “The President’s Own” Marine Band.  

Professor Bickford has been the Artist Lecturer of Clarinet at Moravian University, a Teaching Artist for Play On Philly’s Marian Anderson Young Artist Program and Visiting Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Montana.  While in Montana, she established a clarinet ensemble program for the middle school and high school students in the Billings community.

Professor Bickford earned degrees in clarinet performance from the Peabody Institute (B.M.) and the University of Northern Colorado (M.M.)  She is currently finishing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Temple University, studying with Ricardo Morales of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Her other prominent teachers include Mark Nuccio, Samuel Caviezel, Yehuda Gilad, Edward Palanker and Bil Jackson.

Wayne Bovenschen is in his 39th year serving as Professor of Percussion at Oklahoma State University. In this capacity, he directs the Concert Percussion Ensemble, Marching Percussion Ensemble, studio lessons, percussion techniques class, and is sponsor of the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. Mr. Bovenschen also serves as Assistant director of bands where he assists the Director of the Cowboy Marching Band and assists with the OSU Spirit Bands at Men's and Women's basketball games and wrestling events.

Prior university teaching experience includes band teaching assistant and percussion instructor for the Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band and percussion instructor for Lansing Community College. He has performed with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and the Cavaliers and Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps. Mr. Bovenschen is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, serving as a member of the International Percussion Ensemble Committee and twice as president of the Oklahoma Chapter. He is also a member of the CBDNA, MENC, International Association of Rudimental Percussionists, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and serves as a clinician for Yamaha Percussion, Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets and Remo Drum Heads, and Zildjian Cymbals.

Research Interests:

• Composition - Marching Percussion Ensemble
• Percussion Ensemble - recently active in commissioning new works for Concert Percussion Ensemble
• Music Education - impact of Drum Corps International on music education students

Ms. Chiang has been serving on the Keyboard Faculty at Oklahoma State University since 2013. She has performed in Great Plains Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conference, MTNA of Oklahoma, National Conference of National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors/The College Music Society, North American Saxophone Alliance and numerous state and regional festivals/conferences.

As an active recital pianist, collaborative artist, Pi-Ju Chiang appears frequently in solo, chamber and collaborative recitals in Taiwan, North America and Mexico. She has shared stage with renowned artists including Kevin Gebo, Randy Bowman, Brad Garner, Craig Moris, Lilly Abreu, Paul Sharpe, Jeff Bradetich, and the majority of the principal players in the Cleveland Orchestra, Oklahoma Philharmonic and Tulsa Symphony. She made her first debut as a collaborative artist in Taiwan at the annual opera gala in 1996, performing "L'orfeo" by Monteverdi. During this time she was also studio accompanist of Angelo Marenzi, a former voice faculty member at the Taipei National University of Art in Taiwan, where she received her Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance. Her experience as a collaborative pianist took her to the Bari Opera Theater in Italy where she performed two operas "La Boheme" and "Il Travatore" in 1997. She was the first Taiwanese pianist performing the two complete major opera works in Italy and since then started building her career as a talented collaborative pianist internationally. She was awarded third prize in the 2000 Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Competition in collaborative piano when she was studying at The University of Texas at Austin (MM, Piano Performance). Her outstanding talent in collaborative piano made her a full scholarship recipient to study at Rice University (MM, Piano Chamber Music/Accompanying). Ms. Chiang was invited to be a participant in the 2004 Cleveland Art Song Festival. She was awarded with the Rosa Lobe Memorial Award in Accompanying at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2005 (Professional Studies, Collaborative Piano) recognizing her highest level of artistic achievements while attending CIM , and was appointed as a CIM collaborative faculty member immediately after having graduated in May of the same year. Ms. Chiang's performances have been frequently broadcast on WCLV 104.9, northeast Ohio's classical radio station. Her recordings can be found at instantencore.com.

Her latest project with OSU faculty including Laura Talbott-Clark on project director and violin, Meredith Blecha-Wells on cello, Jacqueline Skara on viola, Erin Murphy on flute, and April Golliver-Mohiuddin on voice, is debut of collection of duet works by American composer Mary Howe. This collection was recorded in 2021 and the album ("Between Us" - Music for Two by Mary Howe) has been published by Parma Recordings since June 2022 as well as Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Youtube and Deezer.

Ms. Chiang has served in master classes for internationally acclaimed artists and was highly thought of by Stephanie Brythe, Janet Bookspan, David Daniel, Warren Jones, Martin Katz, Ida Kavafian, Arthur Rowe, Eric Rosonblith, Cavani Quartet, Osiris Trio, and many others. She was a frequent performer on Cleveland Institute of Music stages, have recently played the Tchaikovky Piano Trio and Dohnanyi Piano Quintet with major principal players in The Cleveland Orchestra. 

A native of Taiwan, Ms. Chiang began playing piano at the age of four. At age of nine, she was accepted at the special music school for gifted children in Taiwan and was awarded first prize in National Taiwan Piano Competitions for three consecutive years. Her major teachers include Anita Pontremoli, Brian Connelly, David Renner, Song-Jen Hsu and Rolf-Peter Wille.

2026 OSU Edmon Low Library Honoree                         

2026 OSU Vice President of Research Top Researcher
2025 College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award

Joseph Cooper is the Associate Professor of Trumpet at Oklahoma State University. He is a member of the Mirari Brass Quintet and co-founder of the trumpet/saxophone duo Composite Brass. Previously he taught at the University of Texas- San Antonio, Texas Lutheran University, and Lee College (TX). He has presented recitals and masterclasses at international and national conferences and universities nationwide, along with coaching the Houston Youth Symphony Orchestras trumpet and brass sections to national awards in 2009-2011. 

Cooper has been an active and versatile musician for more than twenty years, performing in orchestras, brass quintets, and various chamber ensembles. His chamber work with the Mirari Brass Quintet has taken him across the United States and he has also appeared with the brass quintets of the Austin and Tulsa symphony orchestras. His chamber duo, Composite Brass, has performed at international conferences—from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to Miami—for the International Trumpet Guild, the International Saxophone Symposium, and the College Music Society. Since moving to Oklahoma in 2019, he has performed as a substitute musician with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Tulsa Symphony, and the Tulsa Ballet. From 2005 to 2019, he performed frequently with the Austin Symphony and Austin Opera orchestras and with the Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio, and the Houston Grand Opera. Additional orchestral performances include engagements with the Colorado (CO), Wheeling (WV), Mid-Texas, Brazos Valley (TX), and Northwest Arkansas (AR) symphony orchestras. Beyond the classical realm, Cooper has performed with artists such as Peter Gabriel, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Belle and Sebastian and P.D.Q. Bach, to name a few.

Cooper is deeply committed to education. His former students have established successful careers as performers and educators across the United States, from major orchestral positions to elementary music classrooms. Recent student success includes winning auditions for the principal trumpet of the Tulsa Symphony and the United States Navy fleet bands as well as placement into graduate programs across the United States. His students have also auditioned into summer music festivals, nationally, and they have consistently advanced to the live round of the National Trumpet Competition annually, since 2016. For over a decade, he worked extensively with pre-college musicians who went on to earn top placements in the Texas and Oklahoma All-State bands, orchestras, and jazz ensembles, as well as in the National Youth Orchestra and NYO2. Many pre-college students went on to study as music majors and now enjoy careers in music. 

Cooper can be heard on several recordings, including Echo Chamber with the Composite Brass Duo; New Canons as a co-soloist with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas; Wine Dark Sea as an ensemble member and soloist on the Ticheli Clarinet Concerto with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble; and Personality Test with the Mirari Brass Quintet.

Actively engaged in the trumpet community, he has served the International Trumpet Guild and adjudicated for the National Trumpet Competition. Cooper is a Yamaha Artist and proudly endorses Yamaha trumpets.

Research Interests:
Trumpet, trumpet pedagogy, trumpet performance, trumpet literature, brass quintet, trumpet and saxophone duo, orchestra, chamber music, high brass, brass ensemble.

Dr. Zack Deininger is the Assistant Director of Bands at Oklahoma State University. His duties include directing the Concert Band and Spirit Band (basketball and wrestling pep band); serving as Assistant Director of the Cowboy Marching Band, including arranging and writing drill; and instructor of undergraduate courses within the music education program. Previously, Deininger served as Assistant Director of Bands at Kansas State University where he assisted with all aspects of the concert and athletic band program and instructed courses within the School of Music, Theater, and Dance.

            Dr. Deininger received a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Wind Conducting from the University of South Carolina where he served as a graduate assistant with the Carolina Bands. At the University of South Carolina, he assisted with all aspects of the concert and athletic bands, including arranging and writing drill for the University of South Carolina Marching Band, and assisted with undergraduate conducting courses. Prior to receiving his doctorate, Dr. Deininger served as the Assistant Director of Bands at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nevada (a suburb of Las Vegas). In this position, he co-directed the 175-member Green Valley Marching and Athletic Bands, directed the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band III, served as assistant conductor of the Symphonic Winds, and was instructor of the Advanced Placement Music Theory course and Chamber Class. In addition to his duties at Green Valley High School, he also served on the Nevada All-State Band Committee and as Chairperson of the Southern Nevada Band Association’s High School Honor Jazz Bands.

Receiving a Master’s Degree in Music Education from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, Dr. Deininger assisted with all aspects of the Auburn Band Program serving as conductor of the Auburn University Campus Band, assistant conductor of the Auburn University Symphonic Winds, instructor of the undergraduate advanced conducting course, and assistant to all aspects of the Athletic Band Program. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio where he studied horn under Grammy award winner Dr. Andrew Pelletier and served as Drum Major for the Falcon Marching Band for three years under Dr. Carol Hayward.

Dr. Deininger is a staff member of various summer camps throughout the country where he instructs drum majors and student leaders in leadership and conducting. Dr. Deininger is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda. He is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.

Professor Glenn Dewey came to the Greenwood School of Music after an illustrious career as a member of "The President's Own" US Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra in Washington DC. During his 28-year career with this elite ensemble (15 of these years as Principal Bass), Mr. Dewey provided direct musical support for five Presidents of the United States, nine Commandants of the Marine Corps and performed for thousands of concerts, White House events, receptions and educational outreach initiatives including seven inaugurations, eight national concert tours and hundreds of performances during the bands' public concert series. He has performed over 150 Marine Chamber Orchestra concerts and more than 500 concerts with the Marine Band.

Mr. Dewey has performed in 49 of our 50 states and also abroad in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. He has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York City, The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana Illinois, Benaroya Hall in Seattle Washington, Strathmore Concert Hall in Bethesda Maryland, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, and frequent performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.

A versatile instrumentalist who performs regularly on both double bass and electric bass, Glenn has performed with Jazz and Commercial artists such as Kenny Werner, Terell Stafford, Arturo Sandoval, Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Lee Greenwood, Sammy Nestico, Jamey Aebersold, Manhattan Transfer, Toby Keith, Larry Gatlin, Steve Allen, Paul Winter, and Michael Feinstein.

As a classical performer, Mr. Dewey has worked with artists such as YoYo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, and Leon Fleisher and he has played under the baton of Minnesota Orchestra's Music Director Osmo Vänskä, Detroit Symphony Orchestra conductor Leonard Slatkin, and Los Angeles Philharmonic conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Glenn can also be heard performing on the Naxos recording "Carmen Symphony" under the baton of conductor and composer José Serebrier. Glenn won an Emmy Award for Best Special Event Programming for his participation in The US Marine Band's three-part series on PBS television of "The All-Star Band – Masterpieces for Symphonic Band" Directed by Maestro Gerard Schwartz. Mr. Dewey is a featured soloist on the Grammy-nominated two-disc recording titled "John Williams and The President's Own".

Professor Dewey has been a part of the music faculty at Millikin University in Decatur Illinois, Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and Northern Virginia Community College and prior to joining OSU completed 28 years as the Professor of Bass at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. At GMU Mr. Dewey held positions as Director of Jazz Combos, and Area Coordinator of the string program and during his last 10 years was the Executive Producer of Mason Music Productions. Additionally, for ten years Glenn was the Director of the summer chamber music camp "Ovations Chamber Strings".

Graduates of Mr. Dewey's studio have been accepted into programs at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Scotland, the Curtis Institute, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music at the University of Southern California. They have won auditions for festivals such as Brevard and the Castleton Festival, and become freelance musicians throughout Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, Boston, and throughout the eastern seaboard. They also perform with ensembles such as the Southbank Sinfonia in London England, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Maryland Symphony, Fairfax Symphony, and the United States Navy band Washington DC.

Professor Dewey studied at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Master of Music Degree from Northwestern University.

Mr. Dewey currently resides in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife Lori. They have three wonderful children, Andrew, Miles, and Corinne, a granddaughter, Jaina, and 2 golden retrievers named Sadie and Maya.

Christopher Evatt is a pianist and organist based in Oklahoma City, where he maintains an active musical career as a performer, educator, and church musician. Prior to coming to OSU, he worked as a collaborative pianist for such institutions as the Longy School of Music, Keene State College, and most recently Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Recent performances include collaborative recitals at Oklahoma City University and Temple University, solo recitals at St. Francis of Assisi and First Presbyterian Church in OKC, and organ continuo with the Tactus Ensemble.

After his love of collaborative piano was sparked by attending the Interlochen Arts Camp in high school, Evatt pursued studies first at St. Olaf College under Christopher Atzinger, then at University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Bachelor’s in Piano Performance under David Renner and Master’s in Collaborative Piano under Anne Epperson and Colette Valentine. He then studied with Jean Barr at the Eastman School of Music for his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music. He has performed in Spain with the St. Olaf Orchestra and in Italy with the Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs’ Cecilia Ensemble.

Dr. Evatt is Director of Parish Music at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Edmond, OK, where he oversees an active music program, directing choir and handbells in addition to playing for 4 weekly services. In 2023 he oversaw the installation of a new 4-manual Walker organ. He has presented workshops on church music at the LCMS Institute on Liturgy in Seward, NE and the Caedmon Church Music Conference in Dallas. His organ teachers include John Ferguson, Judith Hancock, and Malcolm Matthews. He currently serves as Dean of the OKC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Dr. Kevin Flynn enjoys an active career as a teacher and performing artist, firmly believing that each informs the other. Flynn is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University, Assistant Principal Cello in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Acting Principal Cello in the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, and the Sajo and Chiqui Fellow of the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. He is cellist in the groundbreaking historically-informed chamber ensemble Tonos del Sur and the prize-winning Cercis String Quartet. 

Highlights of Flynn’s 2025-26 season include a CD recording, tour, and video production of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concerti with Emilio Colón and the Colón Cello Quartet, concerts with the Brightmusic Society of Oklahoma, BEMI & BLEMF2026 with Tonos del Sur, and musical collaborations with cellists Sterling Elliot and Sophie Shao, violinist Jeff Myers, pianist Dr. Tomomi Sato, and clarinetist Wendy Bickford.

Flynn earned his Doctor of Music as the Eva Heinitz Memorial Fellow and teaching assistant to Emilio Colón at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music and in Philosophy from Grand Valley State University. Flynn’s primary teachers include Emilio Colón, Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Joanna Blendulf, Helga Winold, Stanley Ritchie, and Edward Kelsey Moore. He has participated in masterclasses with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Uri Vardi, and Steve Doane.

Within the wide scope of what it means to be a percussionist, Dr. Michael Giunta’s background is in performing orchestral percussion/timpani, Jazz, Afro-Cuban percussion, and Contemporary Music. Having been a part of numerous commissions of new-music and over thirty world premieres, Dr. Giunta is avidly seeking out new, queer and adventurous works for percussion. He has worked closely with composers such as Kakia Gkoudina, Daijana Wallace, Seare Farhat, and numerous other world-renowned creative artists. As an orchestral performer, he currently serves as Principal Percussionist with the Midland Symphony Orchestra and has previously served as Assistant Timpani/Section Percussion with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra for two seasons. Dr. Giunta has attended the Brevard Institute for two summers where he studied under Gwendolyn Dease, Jerry Noble, David Fishlock, and Charles Ross. In 2019 and 2023 he was a fellow at the Cortona Sessions for New Music studying under Ji-Hye Jung and Michael Compitello giving several world premieres. He has performed under world-renowned conductors such as JoAnn Falletta, Keith Lockhart, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Rune Bergman, Christian Zacharias, and Matthias Bamert. Dr. Giunta's primary teachers have been Gwendolyn Dease, Kevin Jones, Jon Weber, Gerald Scholl, Robert McCormick, Jeremy Katenic, Barry Smith, and John Shaw. 

Prior to his appointment at OSU, Dr. Giunta served as Visiting Assistant Professor at Pittsburg State University in 2025, and Adjunct Instructor at Michigan State University in 2022 and 2023. Dr. Giunta is passionate about helping each student find their voice as an artist and helping them to carve out their own path as a creative professional. He is a member of Percussive Arts Society and is an educator-artist endorser for Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets and Zildjian Cymbals. 

Mezzo-Soprano April Golliver-Mohiuddin is recognized for her expressive artistry and compelling stage presence in both operatic and concert repertoire. As Professor of Voice at Oklahoma State University, she is equally dedicated to performance and pedagogy, mentoring the next generation of singers while maintaining an active national performing career. She holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Oklahoma City University.

Celebrated for her rich mezzo-soprano timbre and interpretive depth, Golliver-Mohiuddin has appeared with opera companies and orchestras throughout the United States, including Tulsa Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, Louisiana Opera, and Mobile Opera. She has also collaborated with ensembles such as the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Canterbury Voices, the Tulsa Signature Symphony, and the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, bringing her artistry to audiences across the country.

A sought-after concert soloist, her repertoire includes major choral–orchestral works such as Requiem and Coronation Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Mass in C Major and Choral Fantasy by Ludwig van Beethoven; Symphony No. 2 in C minor by Gustav Mahler; Lord Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn; Messiah by George Frideric Handel; Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach; Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn; and Alto Rhapsody by Johannes Brahms. Her performances are noted for their musical sensitivity, dramatic insight, and vibrant vocal color.

Golliver-Mohiuddin made her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2010, performing Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de Dominica, K. 321, and Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K. 339. Earlier in her career she toured throughout the Czech Republic as alto soloist in Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. She has also appeared at the renowned Aspen Music Festival and the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium in Spoleto, Italy.

An accomplished chamber musician, she has presented recital programs at the International Music by Women Festival and the International Festival of Czech Music, as well as national conferences of the National Flute Association, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

In addition to her performing career, Golliver-Mohiuddin is a dedicated teacher and mentor whose work has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Oklahoma State University Award of Excellence for Academic Advisement, the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, the Friends of Music Distinguished Music Professor Award, and the Wise–Diggs–Berry Award for Teaching Excellence.

Allan F. Goodwin is the Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at Oklahoma State University. In these capacities, Professor Goodwin serves as the Director of the CowboyMarching Band, principal conductor of the Symphonic Band, and teaches courses in instrumental music education.

Prior to his appointment at Oklahoma State, Professor Goodwin served for 12 years as Associate Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands, and taught courses in advanced instrumental conducting, wind band administration and repertoire, and instrumental rehearsal techniques at Texas A&M University-Commerce.  The TAMUC “Pride” Marching Band, for which Goodwin served as director, program coordinator and arranger, was a regular invitee to exhibition performances at Bands of America and Texas UIL Area and State Marching Contest events, with performances including the Bands of America Grand National Championships.

At Texas A&M University–Commerce, Professor Goodwin also served as Director of the SummerMusic Camp Series, which collectively drew over 1,000 prospective students to campus each Summer. Goodwin also created and coordinated curriculum for the Marching Arts Director Symposium, a three-day workshop for high school band directors from around the country, which offered hands-on instructional sessions and masterclasses with industry leaders in the marching and pageantry arts.

Prior to his time in Commerce, Prof. Goodwin served for ten years as the charter Director of Bands at Sachse High School, a large 6A high school in the Garland Independent School District, in Northeast Dallas. In his fifteen years of public school teaching, Mr. Goodwin has also been part of the band staff at Naaman Forest High School and served as Supervisor of Instrumental Music and Director of Bands for the Ponca City Public School System, in North Central Oklahoma.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Goodwin holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of North Texas College of Music and a Master of Music degree in Music Education and Conducting from the University of Tulsa’s Henry Kendall College of Arts & Sciences. While at TU, Mr. Goodwin served as a director, drill designer and arranger for the university’s “Sound of the Golden Hurricane” Marching Band, coordinator of athletic bands, conductor of the Concert Band and brass choir, and as an instructor in brass pedagogy. His principal teachers include Robert Winslow, Dennis Fisher, Gerald Siverson, Kenneth G. Grass and Wayne Downey. He has collaborated, hosted symposia and honor band events with conductors including Frederick Fennell, Ray Cramer, Gary Green, Alan McMurray, Craig Kirchhoff, Steven Davis, Kevin Sedatole, Emily Threinen, Paula Crider, Richard Floyd, and Jack Delaney (among others), and has collaborated with composers including, but not limited to, Michael Daugherty, James Syler, Steven Bryant, Paul Dooley, James Stephenson, Michael Markowski, Jim Bonney, Julie Giroux, Nathan Daughtrey, and John Mackey.

Professor Goodwin is active as an arranger, program coordinator, clinician, consultant, and adjudicator for marching bands throughout the Southwest, is in demand as a clinician with public school concert ensembles, and frequently serves as an honor band conductor and teacher staff development speaker. An alumnus of The Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps, he has also been an instructor and recruiter for the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, from Denver, Colorado, Black Gold Drum and Bugle Corps, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Capital Regiment, from Columbus, Ohio.

Mr. Goodwin holds a lifetime teaching certificate in the state of Texas, is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, The National Association for Music Education, The Oklahoma Music Educators Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.

Christopher Haygood is Professor of Conducting and Choral Studies and serves as Interim Director of Choral and Vocal Studies for the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University. Under Christopher's direction, Cantamus Camerata received First Place in the Chamber and Treble Choir categories at the LLangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales, premiered Argentinian composer Martín Palmeri's Nisi Dominus at Cadogan Hall in London, performed at OkMEA's Winter Conference, and will perform at the Southwest American Choral Directors Association Conference in 2026. University Singers performed at Carnegie Hall and the OkMEA Winter Conference, Spirit of OSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble performed at the OKMEA Winter Conference and received "Gold" in their category in the Queen of the Adriatic Sea International Choral Competition.

Christopher was honored as a Sigma Alpha Iota National Arts Associate and the recipient of the First Lady of OSU Distinguished Professor of Music Award in 2018. Christopher has conducted choirs and appeared as a clinician across Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Highlights of his appearances as guest conductor include the National Choir of Taiwan in the National Concert Hall of Taipei, the Bacau Philharmonic, and the Vidin State Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria. He has prepared choruses for collaborations with Helmuth Rilling, Andrea Bocelli, Jennifer Hudson, and The Tonight Show.

Diverse research interests led Christopher to Prague, for exploration into the choral music of Holocaust survivor Petr Eben and New Zealand for research of choral music based on Māori texts. He has published articles on music research and conducting pedagogy in the International Bulletin of Choral Music, numerous conducting resource guides in Teaching Music through Performance in Choir, and articles in The Choral Conductor's Companion. He appeared as a clinician at the Northwest ACDA Convention, Southwest ACDA Convention, National Collegiate Choral Organization, Oklahoma Music Educators Conference, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Georgia Southern University, the Noble Series at the University of Southern California, the University of Miami, keynote speaker for the secondary music educators of the Dallas Unified School District, and the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association conference. 

Christopher received the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California with additional fields in Vocal Arts, Sacred Music, and Instrumental Conducting. Christopher studied conducting with Jo-Michael Scheibe, Nick Strimple, and Larry Livingston. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Arts in English from Samford University, a Master of Music in Conducting from the University of Mississippi with Jerry Jordan, and completed an international summer honors course in English and Music at the University of Cambridge. He is a member of Phi Kappa Lamba, the American Choral Directors Association, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the National Association for Music Education, the Oklahoma Music Educators Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

David Hier was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, where he studied piano with Bella Asmarian, counterpoint with William Shookhoff, and composition with Larysa Kuzmenko. He received his PhD in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music, where he studied under Henry Klumpenhouwer and Zachary Bernstein. Prior to joining the faculty at Oklahoma State University, Hier taught at the University of Texas at Austin, William Paterson University of New Jersey, and at the Eastman School of Music, where he was a finalist for the Teaching Assistant Prize.

Hier has lectured on the music of Arnold Schoenberg, Roger Sessions, Max Reger, and Wolfgang Rihm at the Arnold Schoenberg Institute in Vienna, Austria, the European Music Analysis Conference in Strasbourg, France, the Society for Music Theory's annual meeting, and at various regional theory conferences in the US, including the Texas Society for Music Theory, the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic, and the Music Theory Society of New York State. His articles have appeared in Music Theory Online and Theory & Practice.

Hier is also an active composer whose music has been played in Canada, the United States, and Belgium by ensembles including the Lincoln Trio, the Transmission Ensemble, and the Tetra String Quartet. His Song of the Night for piano trio (2012) placed second in the Sejong Composition Competition and his String Quartet in D (2019) received an honorable mention in the John Eaton Memorial Composition Competition. Recent performances include a Serenade for Flute and Cello (2025) performed by Daniel Ketter and Emlyn Johnson at Miami University and performances and recordings of his Duo Concertante for Violin and Cello, Elegies for Violin and Piano, and Five Pieces for Cello and Piano in Brussels, Belgium.

Violinist Sun Huh is an internationally acclaimed performer and dedicated educator whose career spans Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Known for her expressive artistry and versatility, she has appeared as a soloist with prominent German orchestras including Neue Philharmonia Westfalen, Collegium Musicum Jülich, and Neue Kammerorchester Düsseldorf, with her debut at Düsseldorf’s Mozart Festival under conductor Rüdiger Bohn. Her solo performance at the UNHCR World Refugee Day ceremony in Switzerland was broadcast globally, marking one of many highlights in her wide-ranging international career.

A native of South Korea, Huh rose to prominence through top prizes in major Korean competitions including the Kyunghyang Newspaper & Ewha Womans University, Chosun Newspaper, and Kukmin Newspaper Music Concours. She later garnered international recognition through awards from the Manhattan International Music Competition, the New York International Music Concours, and the National Artist Competition.

Huh completed her Bachelor of Music at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and her Konzert-Examen at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, graduating with highest honors. She continued her education in the U.S. at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she earned her Performer Diploma, Master of Music, and Doctor of Music degrees. Her principal teachers included Stephan Picard, Ida Bieler, the late Ik-Hwan Bae, and Mark Kaplan. Her doctoral dissertation, focused on musicians’ health and performance related injuries, reflects her broad interest in performance science and pedagogy.

As an active orchestral musician, Huh has been a core member of the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, where she performs and leads masterclasses as a musical representative for D’Addario & Co., the Titin Foundations, the Shirley Givens Memorial Fellowship, and the Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades since 2019.

Huh’s career has been equally rich in chamber music. She is a founding member of the Cercis String Quartet, which won first prize at the Manhattan International Music Competition in 2022, and of the Zima Piano Trio. She has appeared at festivals such as the Edward Auer Summer Piano Workshop, Mineral Point Chamber Music Festival, Chamberfest Brown County, and the St. Andrews Chamber Music Festival in New Brunswick, Canada.

Her passion for music education is evident through her mentorship of young artists and her frequent masterclasses and lectures. She also serves as a coach with the Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra (DAAYO). She has served on the juries of several competitions including the Missouri Music Teachers Association (St. Louis District), the East Coast International Competition, and the New York Artist International Competition.

Dr. Ben Kambs is an Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at Oklahoma State University, where he conducts the University Singers and teaches choral methods, choral literature, and music education. His research focuses on the musical experiences and learning processes of individuals in choral ensembles, and he has presented at state and national conferences and published in journals including Update: Applications in Music Education, Music Educators Journal, and Arts Education Policy Review.

Prior to academia, Kambs directed choirs at Fairfield Junior/Senior High School (2003–2021), building an active, highly recognized program that performed at the Midwest regional ACDA convention and the Indiana Music Educators Association state convention. He holds a PhD in music education from Michigan State University (2024), a Master's in music education from Western Michigan University (2013), and a Bachelor's from St. Olaf College (2000). As a soloist, he performed Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and appeared frequently with the Manchester Symphony Orchestra.

Kambs is also active as a freelance show choir arranger and composer, with dozens of popular music arrangements and commissions for schools and community theaters. He continues to work as an adjudicator and clinician, having served the Central Oklahoma and East Central Oklahoma Choral Directors Associations' High School Honor Choirs and Indiana's Circle the State with Song festival; he currently chairs Repertoire and Resources for colleges/universities with the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association.