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Part-Time Instructors/Lesson Faculty

Part-Time Instructors/Lesson Faculty

Dr. Takeshi Abo  

Violin, Viola, ASO Concertmaster 

Jeff Ayres 

Trumpet 

Dr. Barbara Burdick 

Voice 

Lani Kelly

Oboe 

Andrew Duncan 

Bagpipes 

Dr. Lisa Raschiatore

Clarinet 

James Fiste 

Cello 

Carlos Melendez

 Guitar, Jazz Band Director

Tim Newman 

Trombone

Vicki Walker

Voice

Dr. Tess Miller 

Flute 

Jeffrey Loeffert

Saxophone 

Mary Beth Orr 

French Horn 

Kathleen Riley 

Class Piano 

Melissa Angel Straus 

Double Bass 

Randy Westmoreland 

Tuba, Euponium 

Andrea Worful 

Bassoon 

 

In the more than 100 years since its founding, Alma has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in Kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, student pipers and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.

 

Graduate Profile

Erik Janners

Erik Janners
Graduation: 1994
Major: Music Performance

The most important thing Erik Janners learned during his time at Alma College was to care for each individual performer under his direction.

“No matter how large the band, orchestra or choir, each person in the group is still an individual with his or her own problems, successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses,” the 1994 graduate says. “The Alma music faculty got to know me, and all of us in the program, as individual people, and gave each of us what we needed personally to grow.”