School
of Music Faculty
Dr.
Catherine Allard
Diction/Vocal
Dr. T. Adam Blackstock
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
Horn
Music Education
Bands
Dr. Robert Gibson
Guitar
Dr. Michael Hix
Coordinator of Choral Music
Voice
Dr. Meg Jackson
Voice/Ethnomusicology
Dr. John Jinright
Music Industry
Double Reeds
Piano
Dr. Kevin Manderville
Guitarist
Dr. Diane Orlofsky
Director of Concert Chorale, Collegiate Singers and frequency
Dr. Timothy Phillips
Clarinet
Music History
James
Smith
Coordinator of Undergraduate
Music Studies
Trombone
Ray
Smith
Saxophone
Bands/Jazz
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
Voice
Andy Williamson
Guitar
Dr. Hui-Ting Yang
Piano
Accompanist
Dr. James Zingara
Coordinator of Applied
Studies
Trumpet
Brass Ensembles
Ginger Zingara
Strings
Theory
School of Music Staff
Rhonda Taylor
Administrative
Secretary
School of Music
Monique Crawley
Administrative Assistant
University
Bands
Graduate Assistants
Laura Aaron
University Chorus/Music
Education
Zach Dobos
University Bands
Brandon Poiroux
University Bands
David Samuel
University Bands
Eric Ward
Music Industry
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Dr. James Zingara
John M. Long School of Music
Smith Hall
Troy University
Troy, AL 36082
(334) 670-3323
website
Dr. James Zingara is currently professor of trumpet at Troy University in Troy, Alabama where he teaches applied trumpet, brass methods, graduate score study, conducts the Troy University Trumpet Ensemble and serves as Coordinator of Performance Studies. He has performed in 30 states as well as England, Singapore and Denmark. From 1989-1996 he served as principal cornet/trumpet soloist with the US Air Force Heritage of America Band. Former positions include the National Symphonic Winds, Sinfonia da Camera, Illinois Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and the Cheyenne Symphony. As a chamber musician, he has performed with the Chicago Chamber Brass, the University of Illinois Faculty Brass Quintet, Ensemble Screamer, the Heritage Brass and many other regional brass quintets and ensembles. His over 120 solo appearances have included professional, military, university and high school level organizations across the United States. He has recorded on the Telarc, Zephyr, Capstone and Mark labels, including a Grammy Award winning CD in 1994.
Dr. Zingara holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, East Carolina University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trumpet performance from the University of Illinois. His principal teachers include Michael Ewald, John Aley, Britton Theurer, Manny Laureano, Charles Schlueter, and David Baldwin. Dr. Zingara currently represents Edwards Trumpets as a performing artist/clinician and is principal trumpet of the Northwest Florida Symphony, the Northwest Florida Philharmonic and the Troy Brass. He also serves as a trumpet faculty member at Blue Lake International Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lakes, Michigan.
Publications have included articles and reviews in the International Trumpet Guild Journal, Teaching Music, The National Association of College Wind and Percussion Teachers Journal, The Canadian Band Journal and Ala Breve. Honors include the A.A. Harding and Mark Hindsley Band Awards from the University of Illinois, membership in the Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Kappa Lambda academic honors fraternities and the United States Air Force Commendation Medal.
Together with his wife, Ginger, Dr. Zingara co-hosts a weekly WTSU radio program "BandWorld" and with her, serves as Co-Music Director of the Music South Symphony Orchestra and two community orchestra in Southeast Alabama.
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