Faculty

Meet the Music Faculty

Bruce Polay, Chair
Professor of Music
D.M.A., Arizona State University, 1989
"My teaching certainly informs my work as a conductor, composer and pianist, just as my concert and creative experiences enhance and shape my classroom perspective."

Laura Lane
Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Iowa, 1989
"My long-time love of contemporary American music continues to be a priority for me and I am particularly interested in discovering young women composers."

Jeremy Day-O'Connell
Associate Professor of Music
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002
"I have always been fascinated by the simple question, 'How does music work?'"

Sarah Day-O'Connell
Associate Professor of Music
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2004
"I am writing a book on the English Canzonetta, a genre of song popular in the late 18th century. I combine musical analysis with interpretation of literary, visual, and material culture in order to explore how Joseph Haydn's canzonettas, and the canzonetta genre more broadly, participated in debates about gender, industrialization, and politics."

Nikki Malley
Instructor of Music
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2012
"As a performer, I continue to experiment with new approaches to jazz improvisation."

Lecturers
Carolyn Kellert
Sarah Moran
Dean Petrie

Megan Clewell, piano

Adjunct Faculty
Knox's adjunct faculty are professional musicians who provide individual instruction on the instruments noted.

Julia Andrews, piano
Amber Clark, classical piano, organ, and harpsichord
Denise Cooksey, flute
Andy Crawford, jazz band
Millie Dowling, viola
Greg Etzel, voice
Laurel Etzel, Band Director
Sharon Faust, oboe
Sherrill Filzen, french horn
Garold Fowler, bass
Daniel Godsil, piano
Mary Harlan, piano
Kevin Hart, percussion, jazz percussion, and jazz piano
Justin Haynes, saxophone, jazz guitar
David Hoffman, trumpet/jazz trumpet, jazz piano, jazz arranging and composition
Carolyn Kellert, music education
Gregg Lewis, voice
Ashlee Mack, piano
Kevin Malley, saxophone and jazz saxophone
Jill Marasa, clarinet
Semenya McCord, jazz voice
John Miller, jazz guitar
John Mindeman, trombone
Sarah Moran, voice
Alison Mueth, voice
Dean Petrie, tuba and euphonium
Randy Pobanz, classical guitar
Louise Polay, violin
Carolyn Suda, cello, string ensemble, string quartet, cello choir
Brian Zeglis, percussion/jazz percussion
Jennifer Zeglis, bassoon

Emeritus faculty
Charles Edward Farley
Robert W. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Music