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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
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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

Jo Williamson-Adcock
Administrative Assistant
School of Music

Monique Crawley
Administrative Assistant
University Bands

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Tori Lee
University Chorus
Music Education

Tony Hawthorne
University Bands

Dawn Parkinson
University Chorus /
Music Education

David Samuel
University Bands

Eric Ward
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Sean Weiler
University Bands

 



   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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