School
of Music Faculty
Dr.
Catherine Allard
Voice
Diction
Dr. T. Adam Blackstock
Assistant Professor of
Percussion
Assistant Director of Bands
Dr.
Larry Blocher
Director
Music Education
Bands
Dovie Cutchen
Piano
Dr. William Denison
Piano
Organ
Carol
Franks
Flute
Music Theory
Sam Fredrick
Music Appreciation
Ralph
Ford
Director of Bands
Coordinator of Winds and
Percussion
Carla Gallahan
Coordinator of Music
Education Interns
Music Education
Horn
Dr. Robert Gibson
Guitar
Dr. Michael Hix
Coordinator of Choral Music
Voice
Dr. Meg Jackson
Coordinator of Music
History/Ethnomusicology Voice
Dr. John Jinright
Music Industry
Double Reeds
Piano
Michael Keeley
Trumpet
Dr. Kevin Manderville
Guitar
Dr. Diane Orlofsky
Director of University Choirs
Music Education
Dr. Katrina Phillips
Clarinet
Music Theory
Dr. Timothy Phillips
Clarinet
Music History
James
Smith
Coordinator of Undergraduate
Music Education
Trombone
Ray
Smith
Coordinator of Jazz Studies
Concert Band
Saxophone
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
Eric Ward
Music Industry
Percussion
Lewis Webb, Jr.
Gospel Choir
Voice
Andy Williamson
Guitar
Dr. Hui-Ting Yang
Piano
Accompanist
Dr. James Zingara
Coordinator of Applied
Studies
Trumpet
Brass Ensembles
Ginger Zingara
Strings
Music Theory
School of Music Staff
Rhonda Taylor
Administrative
Secretary
School of Music
Monique Crawley
Administrative Secretary
University
Band
Graduate Assistants
Laura Aaron
University Choirs
Music Education
Zach Dobos
University Bands
Bucky Alleman
University Bands
Matt Woulard
University Bands
Shane Brantley
Music Industry
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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.
Hix made his South American debut singing at the XII Concurso y Festival Internacional di Canto Lirico in Peru. Recent European performances include the bass solos in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Heligmesse at the International Haydn Festival in Vienna, Austria.
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 Angelotti in Tosca, 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, Christmas Oratorio, 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, Cobb Symphony, Southeastern Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Bach Parley, Okaloosa Chamber Singers and Florida State New Music Ensemble.
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 has been published in the Journal of Singing, the Choral Journal, the American Theater Organ Society Journal, and Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century published by Salem Press. His research interests include: Opera, 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, aural skills, and music history. He is married to soprano/ethnomusicologist Meg Jackson. They have three, furry, four-legged children (cats) named Oktai, Xango, and Solomon.
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