School
of Music Faculty
Dr.
Catherine Allard
Voice
Music History
Director of Collegiate Singers
Bryden
Atwater
Percussion
Dr.
Larry Blocher
Director
Music Education
Bands
Dovie Cutchen
Strings
Piano
Dr. William Denison
Piano
Organ
Matt Dunlap
Guitar
Carol
Franks
Flute
Music
Theory
Sam Fredrick
Music Appreciation
Ralph
Ford
Director of Bands
Coordinator of Winds and
Percussion
Carla Gallahan
Horn
Music Education
Bands
Dr. Michael Hix
Coordinator of Choral Music
Voice
Dr. Meg Jackson
Visiting Assistant Professor of
Voice/Ethnomusicology
Dr. John Jinright
Double Reeds
Piano
Music Industry
Tori Lee
Show Choir
Dr. Diane Orlofsky
Director of Concert Chorale
Music Education
Choir
Piano
Dr. Timothy Phillips
Music History
Clarinet
James
Smith
Coordinator of Undergraduate
Music Studies
Trombone
Ray
Smith
Saxophone
Music Technology
Bands
Robert W. Smith
Coordinator of Music Industry
Gwen Threadgill
Class Piano
Music Eduation
Carl Vollrath
Composition
Music Appreciation
Dr. Mark
Walker
Associate Director of Bands
Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Low Brass
Lewis Webb, Jr.
Gospel Choir
Choir
Class Voice
Piano
Voice
Andy Williamson
Guitar
Dr. Hui-Ting Yang
Instructor of Piano
Accompanist
Dr. James Zingara
Coordinator of Applied Studies
Trumpet
Brass Ensembles
Ginger Zingara
Music Appreciation
Theory
Orchestra
School of Music Staff
Jo
Williamson-Adcock
Administrative
Assistant
School of Music
Monique Crawley
Administrative Assistant
University
Bands
Graduate Assistants
Tori Lee
University Chorus
Music Education
Tony Hawthorne
University Bands
Dawn Parkinson
University Chorus /
Music Education
David Samuel
University Bands
Eric Ward
Music Industry
Sean Weiler
University Bands
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Dr. Michael Hix
mhix@troy.edu
John M. Long School of Music
Smith Hall
Troy University
Troy, AL 36082
(334) 670-3144
Baritone, Michael Hix has been praised by critics for his "expressive voice" and "commanding stage presence." Originally from Ozark, Alabama, Hix holds a Bachelor of Music degree in music theory from Furman University, dual masters degrees in voice and historical musicology from Florida State University and Doctorate of Music in Voice Performance from Florida State University. Recently Dr. Hix participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program where he worked under the tutelage of Dr. Stephen King.
In June 2006 Hix was featured as a soloist on the “Bernstein on Broadway” concert with the Boston Pops. Conducted by Keith Lockhart, the concert included selections from West Side Story, Candide, Wonderful Town and On the Town.
In July and August of 2006, Hix was a vocal fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony’s Institute for Advanced Musical Study. While at Tanglewood he was featured in concerts at Seiji Ozawa Hall, where he performed works by Mozart, Dessau, and Copland, and Babbitt. In addition to his performances while at Tanglewood, Hix had the opportunity to coach with Dawn Upshaw, Lucy Shelton, and Ken Griffiths, and sing in masterclasses with James Levine, Kurt Ollman, and Phyliss Curtin.
Recent operatic roles include Falke in Die Fledermaus, Lord Mountararat in Iolanthe, Germont in La Traviata, Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Noye in Noye’s Fludde, Monterone in Rigoletto, and Bertouf in the world premiere of A Friend of Napoleon by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Robert Ward. Hix has sung with Ohio Light Opera, Opera Birmingham, Ashlawn-Highland Opera, Opera del Sol, Florida State Opera, and Furman University Opera.
Past concert and oratorio solo engagements have included Mendelssohn’s Elijah, J.S. Bach’s Johannes-Passion and Lutherische Messen, Handel’s Messiah, John Eccles’ Hymn to Harmony, Mozart’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Vaughan William’s Hodie, and Mahler’ Kindertotenlieder. Hix has been featured in concerts with the Boston Pops, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony, Tupelo Symphony, Southeastern Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Bach Parley, and Florida State New Music Ensemble.
Hix is featured in the role of Colonel Van Zandt on the Albany Records CD of Sigmund Romberg’s Maytime. He can be seen in the role of Ramsauer in the Operetta Archives DVD of Emmerich Kálmán’s A Soldier’s Promise (Der Gute Kamerad.) Hix recently recorded the baritone solo in Stephen Melillo’s large scale work Last World Standing, which is available on Stormworks Records.
As a musicologist, Hix is the winner of numerous awards including the Simonton
Literary Prize and a student presentation award from the American Musicological Society. His research interests include: Baroque vocal music, silent film music, the theater organ, politics and music, and 20th century song repertoire.
Hix is an Assistant Professor of Voice and the Coordinator of Choral/Vocal studies at Troy University in Alabama, where he teaches voice and aural skills. He is married to soprano/ethnomusicologist Meg Jackson. They have two, furry, four-legged children (cats) named Moses and Oktai.
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