Coordinator/Supervisor/Instructor
Scott Zane Smith has been active in the School of Music for 22 years in many areas. He is currently the Coordinator of the Class Piano Curriculum and Supervisor of the graduate students teaching in the Piano Pedagogy curriculum. As an instructor, he is teaching or has taught Music Appreciation, Group Voice and Acting, Private Voice, Jazz and Show Choir Methods, Theory and Composition and all sections of Class piano. Professor Smith also assists local high school musical theatre programs by assigning music education students to observe and participate in the production of a school’s spring musical. He is currently supervising student teachers during the second semester of the academic year. As an accompanist, Professor Smith has accompanied in the flute, violin, oboe, and voice studios and also accompanied in musical theatre performance classes in the School of Theatre. As an adjudicator, Professor Smith judges for events sponsored by Virginia Choral Directors Association (VCDA), Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA), and the Virginia Bland Competitions. He also actively adjudicates show choir festivals in the Mid-Atlantic. As a clinician, he has served as guest conductor for county and district choruses throughout Virginia and has been a guest clinician at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) Summer Arts Program; conducting and choreographing.
Professor Smith has also served on the faculty at Shenandoah University, Lynchburg College, and Mary Baldwin College and is currently the artistic director of CHORDIALLY YOURS (formally Masterworks Chorus) located in Broadway, VA. He received an undergraduate degree in music education from James Madison University, a master’s degree in Piano Accompanying from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University and has completed 100 Post Masters credits from Shenandoah University and James Madison University acquiring certification in the College Student Personnel Administration program (CSPA). Professor Smith previously taught in Rockingham County Public Schools and was named to Who’s Who among Teachers, and Who’s Who among Americans. He is also the Minister of Music at Linville Creek Church of the Brethren in Broadway, VA and resides in McGaheysville, Virginia.
Lori Piitz
Professor, Piano Area Coordinator
piitzle@jmu.edu
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Eric Ruple
Professor, Steinway Artist
rupleek@jmu.edu
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Jocelyn Chan
Lead Piano Technician
chan2sm@jmu.edu
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Heather J. Coltman
Provost & Senior Vice President
coltmahj@jmu.edu
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Oliver Scott
Instructor, Jazz Piano
oscott961@gmail.com
Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy
Associate Professor, Director of Choral Activities, Coordinator of Voice Area
vanderjx@jmu.edu
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Sonya Baker
Professor
bakersg@jmu.edu
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W. Bryce Hayes
Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choral Activities
hayeswb@jmu.edu
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Jamison Walker
Assistant Professor
walke5jl@jmu.edu
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David Newman
Instructor
newmanda@jmu.edu
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Brenda Witmer
Instructor
witmerbk@jmu.edu
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Lisa M. Maynard
Associate Professor, String Music Education,
Coordinator of Music Education
maynarlm@jmu.edu
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William Dabback
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies and Admissions
dabbacwm@jmu.edu
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W. Bryce Hayes
Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choral Activities
hayeswb@jmu.edu
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Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy
Associate Professor, Director of Choral Activities, Coordinator of Voice Area
vanderjx@jmu.edu
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David Stringham
Director of Research, Entrepreneurship, and Engagement in the College of Visual and Performing Arts
stringda@jmu.edu
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Benjamin Guerrero
Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, Instructor
guerrebj@jmu.edu
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Rhonda Stees
Instructor
steesrl@jmu.edu
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