Faculty and Instructors

Maria Virginia Acuña

Assistant Teaching Professor
Music History, Musicology
Patrick Boyle

Associate Professor
Jazz Studies, Ethnomusicology
Benjamin Butterfield

Professor, Head of Voice
Music
Steven Capaldo

Associate Professor, Graduate Advisor
Music Education, Wind Symphony, Conducting
On leave
Wendell Clanton

Assistant Teaching Professor
Saxophone, Vocal Jazz
On leave
Adam Con

Professor
Music Education, Chorus
On leave Jan-Jun 2026
Ajtony Csaba

Associate Professor
Orchestra, Conducting
Ann Elliott-Goldschmid

Associate Professor
Violin, String Chamber Music, Strings Mentoring
Anne Grimm

Assistant Teaching Professor
Voice
Pamela Highbaugh Aloni

Associate Professor
Cello, String Chamber Music, Strings Mentoring
Joanna Hood

Associate Professor
Viola, String Chamber Music, Baroque Collegium
Merrie Klazek

Associate Professor
Trumpet, Brass Chamber Music, Musicianship, Chair of Performance
Alexis Luko

Director; Full Professor
Music History, Musicology
Lauren McCall

Assistant Research Professor
Composition, Music Technology
Kirk McNally

Fine Arts Acting Dean, Associate Professor
Music Technology
Sarah Belle Reid

Assistant Professor
Technology
On leave until July 2027
Arthur Rowe

Professor
Piano and Collaborative Piano
Joseph Salem

Associate Professor
Music History, Musicology, Theory
Suzanne Snizek

Associate Professor
Flute, Woodwind Chamber Music, Music History
Anthony Tan

Associate Professor
Composition

Music Performance Instructors

Malcolm Armstrong

Music Performance Instructor
Double bass
Kyron Basu

Music Performance Instructor
Voice
David Bourque

Music Performance Instructor
Clarinet
Simon Farintosh

Music Performance Instructor
Guitar
Michelle Feng

Music Performance Instructor
Oboe
Jenny Gunter

Music Performance Instructor
Bassoon
May Ling Kwok

Music Performance Instructor
Piano
William Linwood

Music Performance Instructor
Percussion
DJ Lochead

Music Performance Instructor
Scott MacInnes

Music Performance Instructor
Trombone
Michelle Mares

Music Performance Instructor
Piano
Mark McDonald

Music Performance Instructor
Organ, harpsichord
Sam McNally

Music Performance Instructor
Horn
Alexander Richards

Music Performance Instructor
Saxophone
Katrina Russell

Music Performance Instructor
Bassoon
Eva Solar-Kinderman

Music Performance Instructor
Piano

Sessional Instructors

NameAreaContact
Sessional Instructor
Music Education
Sessional Instructor
Chamber Singers
Sessional Instructor
Music Theory
Sessional Instructor
Music Education
Sessional Lecturer
Music theory, Musicianship
Music theory, Musicianship
Sessional Instructor
Film Music
Sessional Instructor
Music Education
Sessional Instructor
Music Composition
Sessional Instructor
Music Theory
Sessional Instructor
Music theory
Music Theory
Sessional Instructor
Recording Techniques
Sessional Instructor
Popular Music; Film Music
Sessional Instructor
Vocal Jazz, Music Education
Vocal Jazz, Music Education
Sessional Instructor
Concert Band
Sessional Instructor
UVic Chorus, Lyric Diction, Vocal Coach, Pianist
UVic Chorus, Lyric Diction, Vocal Coach, Pianist

Administrative and Technical Professionals

Rebecca Clausen

Rebecca Clausen

Administrative Assistant
Liam Elliot

Liam Elliot

Music Technology Assistant
Kristy Farkas

Kristy Farkas

Concert & Publicity Manager
Bethany McNeil

Bethany McNeil

Administrative Officer
Linda Sheldon

Linda Sheldon

Department Secretary & Graduate Secretary

Visiting, Adjunct & Cross-listed Appointments

NameAreaContact
Peter Driessen
Cross-Listed Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Recording Techniques
Patricia Kostek
Adjunct Faculty; Professor Emerita
Clarinet, Chamber Music
W. Andrew Schloss
Adjunct Faculty; Professor Emeritus
Electronic & Computer Music, Acoustics, Ethnomusicology
Milton Schlosser
Adjunct Faculty
Piano
Piano
George Tzanetakis
Cross-listed Professor
Music and Computer Science
Music and Computer Science

Professor Emeritus

NameAreaContact
Professor Emerita
Head of Voice
Professor Emeritus
Composition
Professor Emeritus
Composition, Computer Music, Music Theory
Professor Emerita
Music History, Theory, Head of Musicology
Professor Emeritus
Horn
Professor Emerita
Music Education, Philomela Women's Choir (conductor)
Professor Emeritus
Conducting, Music Education, University Wind Symphony (Conductor)
Professor Emerita
Clarinet, Chamber Music
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Head of Theory
Professor Emeritus
Music Theory
Professor Emeritus
Trombone, Jazz Studies
Professor Emeritus
Conducting, Music Theory, University Chamber Singers (Conducting)
Associate Professor Emerita
Oboe, Head of Woodwinds and Woodwind Chamber Music, Improvisation
Professor Emeritus
Flute, Orchestration
Professor Emeritus
Trumpet, Chamber Music, Co-Head of performance
Professor Emeritus
Electronic & Computer Music, Acoustics, Ethnomusicology
Professor Emerita
Violin, String Chamber Music
Professor Emeritus
Piano, History of Keyboard Music, 19th-Century Performance Practices
Professor Emerita
Voice, Chamber Singers (conductor)