Diana Andrews- Cello Instructor
Experience:
Harbor Baptist & Grace Christian School-piano and music teacher Columbia SC (1976-1980)
West Park Christian Academy-piano and music teacher Knoxville, TN (1982-1984)
Berean Baptist Academy- Music Teacher Fayetteville, NC (2005-2006)
Private Piano, cello, and violin teacher (1979-2007)
Mt. Clemens Symphony- Mt. Clements, Michigan
Chattanooga Symphony- Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fayetteville Symphony- Fayetteville, NC
Education:
Interlochen National Music Camp (1968)
Central Michigan University Music Education program (1968-1969)
Tennesee Temple College (1969-1970)
Various Seminars in continuing music education (1980-2006)
Private instruction in cello, piano, and voice (1962-1986)
Giles Blankenship- Guitar Instructor
Biography Coming Soon
Anna Bunn- Piano Instructor
Career-Related Experience: Fellowship Recipient-School of Music, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC August 2008-Present
Kindermusik Instructor July 2008-Present
Music Library Assistant-School of Music, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC November 2007-May 2008
Student Teaching Intern-Mac Williams Middle School, Fayetteville, NC January 2007-May 2007
Organist/Youth Choir Director- St. Marks Lutheran Church, Lumberton, NC November 2004-July 2007
Freshman Seminar Peer Advisor/Co-Teacher-The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC August 2006-December 2006
Color Guard Instructor-West Bladen High School, Bladenboro, NC August 2005-November 2006
Music Library Assistant-Music Department, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC August 2004-July 2006
Music Experience:
Level I Mastership Certification in Early Childhood from Gordon Institute of Music Learning Theory (Summer, 2008)
Proficient in Piano, Organ, Trumpet and Horn Performed with the Mighty Sound of the Southeast Marching Band and Concert Band at The University of South Carolina (Fall, 2007) University Chorus (Spring, 2008)
South Carolina (Fall, 2007 University Chorus (Spring, 2008)
Performed with University Band, University Choir, University Pep Band, Spirit of Carolinas Marching Band, Steel Drum Band, and Percussion Ensemble at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Member of Carolina Gold Drum and Bugle Corps (2003-2005)
Education:
Master of Music in Music Theory August 2009
The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Bachelor of Music Education May 2007
Emphasis in Piano/Instrumental, Minor in sacred music
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
Special Awards:
Golden Key International Honor Society (Fall, 2008)
International Scholar Laureate Program Delegation on Music (May 2007)
Doris B. Johnson Endowed Scholarship (Spring 2005, Spring 2006)
NC-ACTS Educational Award (Fall 2005-Spring 2006)
National Deans List (Spring 2006)
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (Fall 2005)
Honors List (Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2006)
Chancellors List (Spring 2005)
Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society (August 2003)
Joy Cogswell-Director, Snyder Music Academy, Kindermusik and Piano Instructor
Experience:
Formerly Director of the Methodist College Performing Arts Program (1984-2002)
Founder and Director of the Methodist College Summer MusiCamp (1987-2002)
Kindermusik Instructor (1990-present): Holds the distinction of Kindermusik Maestro
Private and Group Piano instructor (1970-present)
Pianist-Snyder Memorial Baptist Church (1974-present)
Director of the Snyder Youth Choir (1986-1999); currently Assistant Director of the
Snyder Youth Choir
Children’s Choir Coordinator, Snyder Memorial Baptist Church (2007-present)
Solo piano performances with The Fayetteville Symphony
Frequent accompanist for vocal and instrumental soloists
Education:
Bachelor of Music Education with piano principal from Florida State University
Graduate study: Florida State University Meredith College Licensed Kindermusik Instructor
Special Awards:
Outstanding Faculty Award, Methodist College, 1996
Kindermusik Maestro 2000-present
Kindermusik Maestro award for Outreach and Masterful Teaching 2004
Fayetteville, NC Music Hall of Fame
Sue Cooke- Piano Instructor
Experience:
Middle School Music Teacher, Caruthersville, MO (1970-1972)
Middle School and High School music teacher, East Baton Rouge (1976-1979)
Elementary Music Teacher, East Baton Rouge Parish School System (1979-2008)
Choir Director, First Presbyterian Church, Caruthersville, MO (1970-1972)
Private piano and voice lessons for many years
Education:
Bachelor of Music Education, Southeast Missouri University
Graduate Study: Completed course work for MM in Vocal Performance, Louisiana State University
Orff-Schulwerk Level I, Louisiana State University
Orff-Schulwerk Level II, Louisiana State University
Special Awards:
Gertrude Bott Saucier Opera Scholarship Award
Rotary Opera Scholarship
Jesse Davis – Piano Instructor
Experience:
Interim Music Minister and Pianist at Enon Baptist Church in Salisbury, North Carolina
Music Director at Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Waco, Texas
Interim Pianist at First Baptist Church in Hillsboro, Texas
Music Minister at East Waco Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Waco, Texas
Pianist at Rosemont Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Education/Studies:
Eastern Music Festival at Greensboro, North Carolina
Vienna International Piano Academy
Texas Christian University/Cliburn Piano Institute Young Artist Program at Fort Worth, Texas
Bachelor of Music in Performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts
Master of Music in Piano Performance from Baylor University
Certificate for Piano Artists awarded by the International Certificate for Piano Artists from Ecole Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot” (Paris), University of Florida College of Fine Arts and the Foundation Bell’arte (Brussels, Belguim)
Special Awards:
Rosario Marciano Prize from the Vienna International Pianists Academy
First Place Raleigh Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition
Semifinalist for 2004 New Orleans International Piano Competition
First Place North Carolina Music Teachers Association Yamaha Piano Competition
First Place Greensboro Music Teachers Piano Competition
First Place AJ Fletcher Scholarship Competition
Accompanying Assistantship Baylor University
Second Place Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Concerto Competition
Charis Duke – Piano/Oboe Instructor
Experience:
Instructor of Music at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Private Piano and Oboe Instructor
Freelance composer
Brigham Young Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestras
Education:
Bachelor of Music in Music Composition at Brigham Young University
Master of Music in Music Composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Greg Euton – Guitar Instructor
Experience:
Merrimac Music, Lumberton, NC (1983-1997) Taught guitar, voice, piano, percussion, and music theory.
McFadyen Music, Fayetteville, NC (1987-2007) Taught guitar, voice, mandolin, banjo, bass, music theory, keyboards, piano and percussion.
Education:
Bachelor of Computer Technology at Control Data Institute, Atlanta, GA (1977)
Bachelor of Voice Performance, Pembroke, NC (1988)
Georgene Fassoux- Music Therapy Instructor
Experience:
Music Director, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Southern Pines, NC
Music Teacher, Pope John Paul II Catholic School, Southern Pines, NC
Teacher, St. Anthony’s Vacation Bible School, Southern Pines, NC
Teacher, Episcopal Day School Summer Program, Southern Pines, NC
Music Therapist, FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, NC
Music Therapist, Sandhill’s Children’s Center, Southern Pines, NC
Music Therapist, Grace Ridge, A Retirement Community, Morganton, NC
Music Therapist, Marshall I. Pickens Hospital, Greenville, SC
Music Therapist, Broughton Hospital, Morganton, NC
Education:
Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude. Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.
Certified by the Certification Board for Music Therapists- Fellow of the Association for Music and Imagery
Shannon French – Voice Instructor
Experience:
Shannon French has been lauded as a performer with a “silky voice” and “powerful stage presence.”
Originally from Texas, Shannon started her performance career in musical theatre. After graduating from Louisiana State University, she went to Germany and performed in numerous musicals. Her most memorable was Guiliette Trapani in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, Aspects of Love.
At ease on the operatic as well as the recital stage, her portrayal of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel was considered by critics, “the most believable Hansel one has seen.” Some of her other roles include Orlofsky, Cherubino, Suzuki, Flora in La Traviata, Mary Warren in The Crucible and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. She has performed with such companies as Altenburg City Opera in Germany, Long Leaf Opera, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Natchez Opera, Opera Company of North Carolina, and Capital Opera Raleigh. On the recital stage, Shannon has presented song recitals in Paris, Stuttgart, and in Moscow at the prestigious Dom Zhurnalista theatre and the FIAN Institute. She will be seen next in Richard Wall’s A Time For Singing, in Chapel Hill, NC.
She has performed principle roles in theatre and musical theatre throughout the USA and Germany. Her favorite roles include Aldonza in Man of LaMancha, Tuptim in The King and I, and Evangeline in the American premiere of Cole Porter’s Nymph Errant, which earned her a nod from the Denver Post Desk Critic’s Award for best leading actress in a musical.
Education:
Bachelor of Music at Southwest Texas State University
Master of Music in vocal studies at Louisiana State University
Special Awards:
3rd Place Winner International Competition, Kilpinen Art Song Competition, 2005
Denver Post Drama Desk Award Nominee, Denver Post 2002
Kathy Gambill- Piano Instructor
Kathy was born in Indianapolis, Ind., but grew up in Ohio. She has worked for Cumberland County Schools for 13 years, the last 4 in the Professional Library at the Educational Resource Center.
She attended Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, Illinois and in 1977 graduated with a degree in Dietetics.
She has taught private piano lessons for 24 years, the past 5 at the Snyder Music Academy.
She is married to Geron and they have 4 children, Jennifer, Eric, Ryan, and Kyle, and is a new grandmother!
She enjoys reading, cooking, going to the beach and spending time with family and friends.
Kerri Hurley – Kindermusik Instructor
Experience:
Licensed Kindermusik Instructor
Faculty of the Preparatory Performing Arts Program at Methodist College
Children’s Choir Coordinator and Music Time Choir at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church
Serves in various musical groups at Snyder including the Adult Choir, Ladies Handbells, ladies Vocal Ensemble, and the church orchestra
Substitute piano accompanist at Snyder
Education:
Bachelors degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Richard Jones – Trombone Instructor
Experience:
Taught instrumental music at: Epps High School, Greenville, NC, Prince George County Schools, Upper Marlboro, Maryland and in the public schools of Washington, DC.
Band Director at: West Virginia State College, West Virginia, and Alabama State College, Montgomery, Alabama.
Assistant Professor of Music and Band Director at A & T State University and at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.
Associate Professor of Music and Band Director-Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
Member and Manager of The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra
Member and serves on the Board of Directors for The Fayetteville Brass Ensemble
Manager and Booking Agent for the North Carolina Jazz Ensemble
Performed 27 years in the Snyder Singing Christmas Tree
Education:
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education-A& T State University
Degree from the United States Navy School of Music
Master’s Degree-Northwestern University
Ph.D in Music-Trombone as major instrument-Boston University
Special Awards:
Received grants from the North Carolina Arts Council totaling of $20,000.00 to promote jazz in North Carolina
Received awards for performance at the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic:
All American Band Masters Band-3 years
Directors Reading Band-5 years
Directors Reading Orchestra-1 year
Steve Kamradt- Violin and Viola Instructor
Performance Experience:
La Porte Symphony Orchestra, 1973-1976
La Porte Little Theater Orchestra, 1974-1976
Valparaiso University Orchestra, 1976-1980
Valparaiso Chamber Orchestra, 1976-1980
Collegium Musicum, Valparaiso University, 1979-1980
Various solo performances, including Stamitz Viola Concerto with the Valparaiso University Orchestra, 1979, and Honors Graduate Recital, 1980
Teaching Experience:
Private tutoring, violin and viola, 1978-1981
Private tutoring violin, December 2001 to present
Education:
Bachelor of Applied Music, Valparaiso University, December 1980
Associate of Applied Science, Community College of the Air Force, 1989
Previous private teachers include Betty Gehring, Valparaiso University, 1976-1980;
Milton Preeves, first violinist, Chicago Symphony, summer and fall of 1978; James Von Valkenberg, Indiana University, South Bend, summer and fall 1979; Robin Hicks, Oxford University, England, 1988-1989;
Rolanda Allison, Fayetteville State University, February 2001 to present
Megan Kenny- Suzuki Violin Instructor
Experience:
Megan Murphy Kenny, violinist, holds a Master of Music degree in violin performance from the Yale School of Music, where she was a Harry and Margaret Simeone Scholar and recipient of the Harriet G. Fox Memorial Prize, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame. Her teachers have included Syoko Aki, Carolyn Plummer, and William Haroutounian. Ms. Kenny has performed in master classes for artists such as Almida and Roland Vamos, Pamela Frank, and the Muir Quartet and she received chamber coachings from Martin Beaver of the Tokyo Quartet while at Yale. She is a recipient of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship.
An active orchestral musician, Ms. Kenny has performed with the Boston Philharmonic, Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston (Associate Concertmaster), Bangor Symphony, New Bedford Symphony, Waterbury Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, South Bend Symphony, Billings Symphony, Rimrock Opera Company, Great Falls Symphony, String Orchestra of the Rockies, Synchrony Chamber Orchestra, South Bend Symphony, Tar River Philharmonic, Opera Carolina, and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in their 2003 Carnegie Hall performance. She returned to Carnegie’s Weill Hall in April 2009 with David Michael Wolff to perform in the New York debut of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 as arranged by Frederick Chopin for piano soloist and string quintet. Ms. Kenny is currently a member of the Fayetteville Symphony and the Carolina Philharmonic and performs regularly as a freelance musician throughout the southeast. As a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Kenny performs annually as a faculty member of the Red Lodge Music Festival and was recently featured as a guest artist with the Meritage Quartet in a concert series throughout Montana. She is a faculty member at University of North Carolina Pembroke and the Snyder Music Academy in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Education:
Master of Music, Violin Performance, Yale School of Music
Bachelor of Arts, Violin Performance and Anthropology, University of Notre Dame
American String Teachers Association 2008
Suzuki Association of the Americas 2007-present
Special Awards:
Harry and Margaret Simeone Scholar, Yale School of Music
Harriet G. Fox Memorial Prize Recipient, Yale School of Music
First Runner-up, MASO Biennial Young Artist Competition 2001, 1997
First Place, University of Notre Dame Concert Competition 2000
Honorable Mention, MTNA Northwest Regional Competition 1998
National Symphony Orchestra Fellowship, Washington, DC 1997
First Place, MSMTA String Competition, Senior Division 1996
Jane Leland- Piano Instructor
Experience:
-Spent two summers traveling with a singing tour group as an accompanist, representing and recruiting for Hyles-Anderson College
-Taught twenty-seven students private piano while in high school and college
- Worked with Kindergarten children, teaching songs and verses for their kindergarten graduation play
-One semester of student teaching K-5th grade music classes at Hammond Baptist Grade School, arranging children’s singing groups and teaching as a substitute for all music classes.
-Two years working with grade school children in a music class as a teacher’s assistant in High School.
Education:
Bachelor of Science, secondary education: music and homemaking; 2006
Hyles-Anderson College
Sheryl Lynch-Parker- Trumpet Instructor
Teaching Experience:
Fayetteville State University 2003-present
Associate Professor of Music Hazelwood Public Schools, Hazelwood, Missouri, 2000-2003
Elementary Band Director
Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska, 1993-2000
Associate Professor of Music, tenured.
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 1997
Guest Lecturer (graduate courses-summer session), Music Education
Junior High Band Camp, Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska, 1994-1999
Teaching Assistant in Trumpet
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 1990-1993
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Music Education
Callaway Public Schools, Callaway, Nebraska, 1983-1990
Instrumental Music Instructor
Lexington Public Schools, Lexington, Nebraska, 1979-1990
Instructor, Summer Band Program
Performing Experience:
Fine Art Series 2006-2007, Fayetteville, NC
FSU Faculty Chamber Recital- Double Take
Commissioned works for 2nd CD
Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Fayetteville, NC
Trumpet (Co-Principal & Section)
Fayetteville State University Concert Band 2006
Soloist – “Napoli”
Black History Month Faculty Recital, 2006-2007
Fayetteville State University
Summer Opera Series, Fayetteville State University, 2006-2007
“H.M.S. Pinafore”, “The Magic Flute”
Raleigh Jazz Orchestra, FSU Jazz Night 2006
Trumpet
Fine Arts Series 2004-2005, Fayetteville, NC
FSU Faculty Percussion Recital/Double Take Premiere
Lyceum/Fine Arts Series 2003-2004, Fayetteville, NC
FSU Faculty Solo/Chamber Recital-Double Take
Mississippi Day of Percussion, Jackson, MS 2004
Trumpet and percussion duo, Double Take
Tennessee Week of Percussion, Nashville, TN 2004
Trumpet and percussion duo, Double Take
Guest Artist for the Lyceum/Fine Arts 2003-2004 Series
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
Lyceum/Fine Arts 2003-2004 Series, Double Take, FSU
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
St. Louis Women’s Chorale, St. Louis Missouri, 2001
Guest Artist
Missouri Day of Percussion, St. Louis, MO 2002
Trumpet and percussion duo, Double Take
Premier Performance Series, University of Missouri-St. Louis 1999
Trumpet and percussion duo, Double Take
Recital. Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, SD 1998
Trumpet and percussion duo, Double Take
Chadron State College Music Faculty Recruiting Tours 1994-1997
Trumpet and Percussion Faculty Duo, Double Take
Education:
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. D.M.E. 1993 (Deans Citation for Academic Excellence) Minor Emphasis: Trumpet Performance/Pedagogy
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. M.M. 1983. Trumpet Performance/Pedagogy
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska. B.A.Ed. 1981 Music Education
North Carolina Teacher Certification, Standard Professional I, 2005
Missouri Teacher Certification, PCI-Instrumental Music Education, 1999
Julie Love- Piano Instructor
Experience:
Teacher, Berean Baptist Academy, Fayetteville, NC
Teacher, Sweethaven Christian Academy, Portsmouth, VA
Teacher, Friendship Christian Schools, Ewa Villages, HI
Private Lessons Taught- piano, violin, flute, voice
Education:
Bachelor of Science Degree from Northland Baptist Bible College
Graduate Work- Master of Music Education
James “Ryan” McPhail – Percussion Instructor
Experience:
Pit member Spirit of Atlanta Drum & Bugle Corps
Drumline instructor for DH Conley High School, Greenville, NC
Drumline instructor for Beargrass High School, Beargrass, NC
Drumline instructor for Oldham County High School, Buckner, Kentucky
Band Director East Montgomery Middle and High School
Band Director Terry Sanford High School
Band Director Richmond Senior High School
Band Director Pine Forest High School
Band Director Reid Ross Classical School
Education: Bachelor of Music from East Carolina University
Pauline Reimers – Flute Instructor
Experience:
Performer in various woodwind ensembles, community bands and orchestras
Private flute instructor
Education/Studies:
Student of Dr. Emily Newbold at West Chester University
Bachelor of Music from Fayetteville State University
Matthew Roehrich- Saxophone and Clarinet Instructor
Education:
MM Saxophone Performance, University of Northern Colorado '08
BM Jazz Studies, East Carolina University (summa cum laude) '06
Performance Experience:
Winner, Rocky Mountain Concerto Competition (2007)
Winner, Angie Southard Solo/Chamber Music Competition (2007)
Performances with Jimmy Dorsey Big Band, Chie Imaizumi Orchestra, Colorado Jazz Orchestra, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, Lynchburg College Jazz Ensemble (guest artist)
Teaching Experience:
Instructor of Saxophone, Methodist University ('08-present)
clinician at E.C. Glass High School, Lynchburg VA (08-09)
clinician at Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville NC ('09-present)
Jazz teaching assistantship at University of Northern Colorado (06-08)
Amanda Schafer- Piano Instructor
Experience:
Adjunct professor of applied piano, Campbell University
Instructor of piano, Village Music School, Cary, North Carolina, 2005
Instructor of piano, Mitchell’s Music Works, Cary, North Carolina, 2004-2005
Studied at the Hochschule fur Musik, “Mozarteum” in Salzburg, Austria, 1998,1999
Attended master classes under Russian pianist Andrei Diev of the Moscow Conservatory, 1998,1999
Participated in master classes under pianist Timothy Dunne, 1999
Participated in master classes with Alexander Technique instructor Glenna Batson, 2000
Attended the Focus on Piano Literature Seminar at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2000
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from Peace College, May 2001
Master of Music from Ball State University, May 2003
Special Awards:
Full Assistantship, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2003-2004
Full Assistantship, Ball State University, 2001-2003
Peace College Piano Performance Scholarship, 1997-2001
Trent Ragland Fund for International Study and Travel, 1998
Honorable Mention, Southeastern Community College Piano Competition, 1999, 2000
Dean’s List, 1997-2001
Linda Schafer- Organ Instructor
Experience:
Teaching of private students, piano and organ (1968-present)
Organist, Eutaw Church of Christ, Fayetteville, NC (1962-1966)
Organist, Fort Bragg Chapels, Fort Bragg, NC (1964-1968)
Organist, Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, Fayetteville NC, includes accompanying choirs grade 5 through adult, (1968-2008)
Classroom Teacher, Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC, Music Appreciation Course, (1985-present)
Teaching of private students, Fayetteville Preparatory School of the Arts, Fayetteville NC (1985-)
Member of Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors, Fayetteville, NC (1970-present); Secretary of Board (1972, 1973)
Member of American Guild of Organists, Fayetteville, NC (1986-present)
Member of Fayetteville Piano Teachers Association, Fayetteville NC (1985)
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Music with piano and organ concentration, Minor in Education from Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC (1968)
M.A.T. in Music Education with organ performance concentration from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1971)
Private organ study with Dr. James Good, Baptist Theological Seminary, Raleigh, NC 1985
Robert Williams – Voice Instructor
Robert Weston Williams, baritone, is a native of Newberry, South Carolina. He holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music/Vocal Performance from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he studied with Dr. James Arthur Williams, the Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of South Carolina where his teachers included Dr. Donald Gray and Dr. Larry D. Wyatt. In June 2009, he was a featured soloist in the Snyder Youth Choir Music/Mission Tour of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. In January 2009, he toured Israel and was a featured soloist at the Theater of Caesarea, on the Sea of Galilee, and the Garden of the Tomb. Dr. Williams was a featured soloist in Rome, Italy in 2003 and 2005 with Operafestival di Roma. He has been a featured soloist in Alice Parker’s A Sermon from the Mountain with the Campbell University Choral Society, Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Robeson Choral Society, andHandel’s Messiah with several groups, including the Augusta Choral Society. He is a founding member of Long Leaf Opera, and has sung leading or supporting roles in several operas with LLO including the world premier of Joel Feigan’s Twelfth Night, Hoiby’s The Tempest, and Floyd’s Susannah. Other operatic appearances for Dr. Williams include La traviata and Amahl and the Night Visitors with Capital Opera Raleigh, L’Italiana Algerie with Columbia Lyric Opera, and Porgy & Bess with Cape Fear Regional Theatre. Dr. Williams has been featured with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra on several occasions, the most recent being when he served as Narrator for their 2008 performance of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. As an educator, he is an Associate Professor of Music at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where he teaches applied voice, music history, choral conducting, and serves as coordinator of humanities courses and assistant conductor of the Concert Choir. Prior to joining the faculty at FSU, Dr. Williams held teaching positions at Barber-Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina, and at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. He is an Instructor of Voice at The Snyder Music Academy of Snyder Memorial Baptist Church in Fayetteville, where he is also the Assistant Conductor of the Snyder Youth Choir. Additionally, Dr. Williams is Director of Music at Pittsboro United Methodist Church in Pittsboro, North Carolina, and holds membership in the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the American Choral Directors Association and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
