Caroline Jetton
Music Education
GCPA 1103 | (765) 658 - 4503
Caroline Jetton serves as Associate Dean of Academics and Advising for the School of Music, Director of Music Teacher Education, and Professor of Music. Her teaching responsibilities are in the area of music education and have included elementary and secondary general music, early childhood, diverse needs, foundations of music education, and student teaching supervision.
Zack Clark
Music Education
GCPA 1110 | (765) 658 - 6757
Zack Clark is a Ph.D. student in music education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He previously earned his B.A. degree in music education from California State University, Bakersfield, and his M.A. from San Jose State University. Zack also is certified in Mindfulness-Based Wellness and Pedagogy.
Megan Ankuda
Music Education
GCPA 0163 | (765) 658 - 6736
Megan Ankuda is a Ph.D. candidate in music education at Indiana University, with a minor in education policy. She taught elementary general and choral music for 11 years in New Haven, Connecticut. Megan’s paper, The Problems of Quaver, was presented at the International Society for Philosophy of Music Education in Oslo, Norway.
Kathleen Swayze
Music Education
GCPA 0163 | (765) 658 - 6736
A violinist and violist, originally from northern Virginia, Kathleen Swayze earned music education degrees from Indiana University and Butler University. She taught middle school orchestra for 23 years, the last 15 of which were at Zionsville Middle School. A published composer of string orchestra music for young people and sought-after guest clinician and speaker, Kathleen was awarded Outstanding Middle School Music Educator by the Indiana Music Educators Association.
Eliza Brown
Music Theory, Composition
GCPA 1107 | (765) 658 - 1021
Eliza Brown is a composer of concert music, music-theater and opera, whose works have been performed throughout the Americas and Europe by leading interpreters of new music, including Ensemble Dal Niente, Spektral Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Network for New Music, Ensemble SurPlus, Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, and Wild Rumpus New Music Collective.
William Pearson
Music Theory, Composition
GCPA 1108 | (765) 658 - 1059
William Pearson is a composer and organist. His work includes several film scores for Aeon.co, combining live improvisation with digital processing. His acoustic compositions, derived from hand-made graphic scores, have been performed by world-class ensembles. In addition to his teaching at DePauw, he is the advisor for the Student Contemporary Ensemble and the Art Walk interdisciplinary arts festival.
Mica Redden
Horn
GCPA 0119 | (765) 658 - 4384
Horn player and composer, Mica Redden (they/them), earned their Bachelor of Music degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. They went on to receive their Master of Music degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where they also pursued their Doctor of Music degree. Mica maintains a busy studio and freelancing career in Indianapolis.
Scott Spiegelberg
Music Theory
GCPA 1106 | (765) 658 - 4359
Scott Spiegelberg is interested in the perception of timbre, theory pedagogy, improvisation, and popular music analysis. He is researching how much average listeners are aware of timbre, what timbral sources they can identify, and how much information about timbral sources and qualities affect music enjoyment.
Elissa Harbert
Musicology
GCPA 1104 | (765) 658 - 4396
Elissa Harbert is an award-winning musicologist specializing in musical theater, with broad expertise in music of the U.S. and Europe. Her research focuses on Broadway musicals as they intersect with gender, race and ethnicity, cultural memory, and historical representation. She teaches a wide variety of musicology courses and is affiliated faculty with Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Matthew Balensuela
Musicology
GCPA 1105 | (765) 658 - 4398
C. Matthew Balensuela is a musicologist who teaches a variety of classes for both music majors and non-majors. His research interests have included early music theory, pedagogy, and popular music.
Veronica Pejril
Coordinator, Music Instructional Technology
GCPA 1148 | (765) 658 - 4389
Veronica Pejril composes new and experimental music and teaches methods in contemporary music making with digital tools. An alumna of the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois and the Computer Music Center at Princeton, she studied composition with Paul Lansky, Steven Mackey and Milton Babbitt.