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Butler, Louise; Music Instructor
	Office: 15-110A Phone: (509) 533-4164 Email: LouiseB@spokanefalls.edu
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Cotter, Daniel; Clarinet Instructor
	Office: 15-110D Phone: (509) 533-4164 Email: DanielC@spokanefalls.edu
With degrees in clarinet performance from The Harid Conservatory in Florida and with a Masters Degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music, Daniel Cotter has been invited to perform as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Harid Philharmonia, the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, the Philharmonic of Veracruz, and the Jalisco Philharmonic, among others. Also, as a soloist he has participated in concerts broadcast on various radio stations in New York, Cleveland, Washington D.C., as well as here in Spokane on KPBX. On numerous occasions Mr. Cotter has been invited to play with the Cleveland Orchestra and New World Symphony Clarinet sections. He has been Principal Clarinet of the Philharmonic of the State of Veracruz, the Florida Sunshine Pops, the Miami Ballet, the Gold Coast Opera, the Florida Symphonic Pops Orchestra, the Sarasota Music Festival Orchestra and the Santo Domigo Festival Orchestra. Mr. Cotter was also a Professor at the Superior Institute of Music of the State of Veracruz from 2001-2005. He has studied conducting with Arthur Weisberg, the former conductor of Ensemble 21 and a Grammy winning artist, and with Morihiko Nakahara of the Spokane Symphony. Currently Mr. Cotter is a clarinetist with the Spokane Symphony.
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Drumm, Melissa; Voice and Intro Instructor
	Office: 15-002 Phone: (509) 533-3195 Email: MelissaD@spokanefalls.edu
Ms. Drumm joined the SFCC Music Department faculty in 1992, teaching Private Voice, Singing I and II, and Music Appreciation courses. The professional career for soprano Melissa Percy Drumm includes both concert and opera performances. She has been guest artist at the International Institute at Round Top, Texas, the International Institute for Vocal Arts in North Carolina and Florida, and the Bach Festival in Central Florida. She has been a guest recitalist at Washburn University, Lees-McRae College, Westchester Conservatory of Music and as a member of the Kansas Arts Commission Touring Program. Her European engagements include performances in Graz, Vienna, and at "Studio VOICES" in Paris. Ms. Drumm’s operatic performances began in New York at the Amato Opera and Verdi Square Opera. She made her debut as Micaela in "Carmen", followed by Susanna in "The Marriage of Figaro". She has also sung roles in "La Boheme", "Suor Angelica", "La Traviata" and "Cosi Fan Tutte" and in "L’Elisir D’Amore" with the Ft. Worth Opera. A native of Kansas, Ms. Drumm holds a Master of Music from Texas Christian University. She studied with William Woodruff and Margaret Kalil in New York and has worked under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Paul Nadler and Joel Ethan Fried. She also received training from Eleanor Steber, Mignon Dunn and Licia Albanese. As a member of the faculty at Spokane Falls Community College, Ms. Drumm has performed with the SFCC Orchestra, SFCC Community Band, Jazz Ensemble, Choral ensembles and the Spartan Theatre in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Camelot". Ms. Drumm has been listed multiple times in the "Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers". Within the Spokane community, she has also performed for "Art on the Green", Opera Buffs, Holy Names Music Center. Ms. Drumm is the Director of Music Ministry at Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church.
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Edighoffer, Gary; Audio Technology and Woodwinds Instructor
	Office: 15-009 Phone: (509) 533-3724 Email: GaryE@spokanefalls.edu
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Fague, David; Music Instructor
	Office: 19-119D Phone: (509) 533-3212 Email: DavidF@spokanefalls.edu
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Gamberoni, Steve; Audio Technology Instructor
	Office: 19- Phone: (509) 533-3212 Email: SteveG@spokanefalls.edu
Steve has been a faculty member in the Audio Technology program at Spokane Falls Community College since 2006. Steve came to Spokane to head up the new, fast-growing audio program and was instrumental in designing the curriculum and setting up the school’s new state-of-the-art Digital Audio Lab. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Steve still takes on freelance recording and mixing projects. Steve’s background in the industry started in 1994 when he graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Music degree, majoring in Recording Arts and Sciences. He then took his degree to Philadelphia where he first broke into the recording industry working at Baker Sound, a post-production and voice-over facility. He moved to Los Angeles where he worked as an engineer at several large commercial recording studios, including Sunset Sound and Bay 7. By the time he left LA in 2003, Steve was an accomplished freelance audio engineer with credits including major artists, record labels and entertainment companies such as Usher, Ben Harper, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kid Rock, Ivan Neville, Shangri-La Entertainment, Geffen Records, and Capital Records. With his background established in the commercial recording field, Steve turned his attention to teaching the recording arts. He was on the faculty at Full Sail, a major media arts college in Orlando, Florida, before joining the faculty at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he designed and taught courses in their newly established Music Industry program.
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Guerrero, Rosi; Classical Piano Instructor
	Office: 15-106 Phone: (509) 533-3719 Email: RosiG@spokanefalls.edu
Dr. Rosi Guerrero has been a full-time tenured faculty member in the music department since 1998 and heads the piano department at Spokane Falls Community School. Her expertises lie in class piano instruction from beginner to advanced levels, private piano instruction, piano pedagogy involving children in a young preparatory program, and music theory instruction. Recently, Dr. Guerrero piloted a funding proposal to upgrade the music building at SFCC, and the music department was awarded $15 million dollars to renovate and add-on to it’s building in 2009. Dr. Guerrero is a member of the Washington State Music Teachers Association Spokane Chapter and the Music Teachers National Association. She has an extensive educational background with a Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, a Master of Music Degree from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, and a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. All three degrees emphasize a major in piano performance. Guerrero’s piano studies also include Gyorgy Sebok at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta, Canada, Robin Wood, Nohema Fernandez and Ralph Votapek. Dr. Guerrero is a strong advocate of the philosophy that music education and participation in music should be accessible to everyone. Music is expressive, inventive, meaningful, but most importantly, humanistic. It is an artistic form of self-expression from within. Offering music instruction within the community provides all students with diverse backgrounds, regardless of their age, level or ethnicity, the opportunity to contribute to the cultural and social life of the communities in which they live. Rosi has been an adjudicator for the Washington State Music Teachers Association State Honors Piano Recital Competition, the Washington State Music Teachers Association Honors Recognition Piano Recital and the Michigan Music Association Annual Piano Competition. She has toured Japan, Quebec and Vancouver for the Worldwide and National Music Festival. As a performer, Rosi has had a wide variety of experiences in the solo, chamber and accompanying repertoire. She has performed in numerous recitals throughout Western Canada, Southwestern and Eastern United States, and presented a piano lecture recital on "The Evolution and Idiosyncrasy of Stravinsky’s Solo Piano Works" in Michigan. Rosi Guerrero also actively participates in seminars and workshop's across the Western region, including the Piano Pedagogy summer workshops in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Pacific Northwest Teachers Seminar in Portland, Oregon, and the Seminar in Community and Technical College Education in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Guerrero served on the music faculty as an adjunct instructor in piano pedagogy at Michigan State University (MSU) and has been a former faculty member of the Community Music School at MSU, the Tucson Valley Suzuki Association, and the Southwest School of Music in Tucson. Functioning as supervisor and coordinator of the Class Piano Program at MSU, she supervised and trained the class piano graduate teaching assistants and dealt with approximately 125 music majors and non-music majors at the undergraduate level on a daily basis. Through lecture-demonstrations of keyboard applications skills and music fundamentals, she assisted students in acquiring skills to improvise, develop aural cognition, harmonize and apply theoretical concepts to other subjects within their degree program. Her extensive training also includes working with beginning level pedagogy courses and the piano pedagogy Children’s Preparatory Program at MSU, providing hands-on demonstrations and acting as supervising teacher for undergraduate pedagogy and piano majors. This is an innovative and valuable program to undergraduate degree students because it provides the opportunity for college students to become directly involved within the community, and at the same time, equips students with the necessary teaching tools in order to prepare them toward a successful teaching career in music.
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Halversen, Paul; Music Theory and Bass Instructor (Department Chair)
	Office: 15-101 Phone: (509) 533-3723 Email: PaulH@spokanefalls.edu
Paul Halversen is currently in his 34th year as a member of the college’s music faculty. For over 20 of those years, he directed the college’s concert band. He received his B.S. and M.A. degrees in Music from Brigham Young University, specializing in instrumental conducting, music theory and brass performance. He has continued his studies at Washington State and Eastern Washington Universities. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University and Whitworth College and as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the western and northwestern United States and British Columbia. He has been chosen as guest conductor for numerous honors bands and choirs, most recently the Idaho Regional Honors Band and the Southeast Alaska Honors Band. Mr. Halversen is former director of the Spokane Jazz Society and has twice been guest lecturer/performer in jazz studies at the Musikhochschule in Lubeck, Germany. His current teaching assignments include Music Theory and Introduction to Music.
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Heller, Dru; Music Instructor
	Office: 15-107 Phone: (509) 533-3720 Email: DruH@spokanefalls.edu
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Jackson, Roy; Guitar and Commercial Music Instructor
	Office: 15-110D Phone: (509) 533-3742 Email: RoyJ@spokanefalls.edu
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Krumbholz, Gerald; Music Theory Instructor
	Office: 15-107 Phone: (509) 533-3991 Email: GeraldK@spokanefalls.edu
Gerald A. Krumbholz received his B.A. in music education from the University of South Florida, his M.M. in music theory from the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, and his Ph.D. in music theory from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. His doctoral dissertation, "Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg’s Abhandlung von der Fuge (1753-4)", examined both Marpurg’s theories on fugal procedure as well as the musical and literary sources for those theories. Prior to his arrival at SFCC Dr. Krumbholz has taught music theory courses at the Eastman School of Music, Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY), Ithaca College, the Oberlin Conservatory, DePauw University, and Knox College. His research interests include the history of music theory, counterpoint, music theory pedagogy, American popular song from 1900-1950, and film music. He has published articles in "Theory and Practice" and "The Harmonizer" and has presented a paper "Mozart’s Symphonic Triptych: Thematic Connections in the Symphonies K. 543, K. 550, and K. 551" at meeting of the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory. He is an active barbershop harmony singer, arranger, judge, and currently sings with Spokane’s men’s barbershop chorus, "The Pages of Harmony".
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Lansing, Nathan; Music Instructor
	Office: 24-312 Phone: (509) 533-3721 Email: NathanL@spokanefalls.edu
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McCann, Brian; Music Instructor
	Office: 15-110A Phone: (509) 533-4164 Email: BrianM@spokanefalls.edu
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McCollim, Danny; Audio Technology, Improv and Jazz Piano Instructor
	Office: 19-119D Phone: (509) 533-3238 Email: DannyM@spokanefalls.edu
Danny is a member of the music faculty at SFCC and Whitworth College and has performed with jazz greats Michael Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Watts and Richie Cole, to name a few. He is very involved in the local music scene as a member of All Fall Down, the leader of Jazz Conspiracy and a featured performer with the Spokane Symphony and Spokane Jazz Orchestra. Danny received his B.A. in Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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Meyer, Pamela; Audio Technology and Functional Piano Instructor
	Office: 15-009 Phone: (509) 533-3724 Email: PamelaM@spokanefalls.edu
Ms. Meyer has been a member of the SFCC Music Department faculty since 1993, where she supervises Demo CD projects, provides SFCC Music Department concert production services, and teaches Live Sound Reinforcement and Functional Piano. In addition, she is an advisor to the Jazz Presents Club, producing numerous international jazz artists in concert and clinic at SFCC. She has worked in concert production and studio recording as an independent sound technician since 1992, and is recognized as one of the area’s finest sound engineers. She is highly skilled with numerous musical applications, developed from her experience with many national and local productions as a front-of-house engineer, monitor engineer, and systems engineer in different venues across the Pacific Northwest. Some of her clients include: The Coeur d’Alene Symphony, Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Whitworth University, Centerstage, Lewis & Clark High School, North Central High School, Mead High School, Eastern Washington University, and Spokane Symphony. Ms. Meyer has operated sound and light equipment for musical productions since 1998 at Lewis & Clark High School and St George’s School, including "Hello Dolly", "Kiss Me Kate", "Guys and Dolls", "You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown" (also light design), "Grease" (also light design) and "Seusical". Ms. Meyer has also engineered for numerous distinguished performers and touring acts such as Clark Terry, Bob Mintzer, Herb Ellis, Louie Bellson, David Sanchez, Mike Stern Band, Dennis Chambers, Dave Weckl, Bob Berg, Lyle Mays, Jon Faddis, Dave and Dan Brubeck, Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side of Miles, Trane and Wayne, Ernie Watts, and Utah Phillips, Little Feat, Hal Ketchum, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Los Van Van, Mavis Staples, Suzy Bogguss, John Hiatt, John Mayall, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Keb’ Mo’, Asleep at the Wheel, John Prine, Johnny Lang, Leroy Bell, Jackie Greene, Curtis Salgato, Madeleine Peyroux and more. Her professional career includes flute and saxophone performance and currently performs with and co-leads Desafinado, a nine-piece Brazilian jazz band. Other performance credits include the 560th Air Force Band at Fairchild AFB, and Chutpah, an eight-piece Klezmer band. Ms. Meyer is currently a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 93 – 1995. She graduated from SFCC with honors (Jazz studies/Audio engineer A.A.S. and General Studies A.A.).
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Miller, Charles; Music Instructor
	Office: 15-110A Phone: (509) 533-4164 Email: CharlesMi@spokanefalls.edu
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Potter, Shelley; Orchestra and Strings Instructor
	Office: 15-110A Phone: (509) 533-4164 Email: ShelleyP@spokanefalls.edu
Shelley began playing violin at the age of four and started performing at eight years old. She attended Washington State University, studying with Dr. Meredith Arksey, and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in violin performance. She played three summers in the Silver Bay String Quartet in upstate New York, and currently plays in the Riverside Trio, based in Spokane. She is also a member of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. Shelley joined the SFCC music department in the Fall of 2003, teaching violin, viola, String Ensemble, and as a co-instructor (concertmaster) of the SFCC orchestra.
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Wakeley, Dave; Music Instructor
	Office: 15-009 Phone: (509) 533-3711 Email: DaveW@spokanefalls.edu
Dave Wakeley currently serves as the Director of the Spokane Falls Community College Community Band. He has been a member of the faculty since 1990. He is the former director of the SFCC Jazz Ensemble and Co Director of the SFCC Jazz Festival. He teaches courses in Jazz History, Intro to Music, The Business of Music and Arranging as well as Jazz Combos and the newly formed Pep Band. He also teaches the Jazz in America class at Whitworth College. Mr. Wakeley has also taught at Shadle Park High School, University High School and the University of Connecticut. He is a popular adjudicator and clinician. Recent experience includes the Boise District Marching Band Championships, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Jazz Unlimited Jazz Festival, Eastern Washington Music Educators Jazz festival, guest conductor of the 2003 Yakima Valley Music Educators Honor Band and 2003 and 2005 Bi County Music Educators Honor Band. Mr. Wakeley’s freelance percussion performance experiences range from Jazz, Blues, Rock, Country, Bluegrass and Salsa bands to Symphony Orchestras and Big Bands including recent performances with Tuxedo Junction Orchestra and the Men of Rhythm Big Bands. He recently performed with rock legends, The Diamonds, Papa Glenn’s Border Run Blues Band and Fred’s Kidz, a local resort rock band. Under his direction, the SFCC Jazz Ensemble performed with: John and Jeff Clayton, Jeff Hamilton, Dave Weckl, Louis Bellson, Peter Erskine, Pete Christlieb, Ernie Watts, Lew Tabakin, Bob Berg, David Sanchez, Stefon Harris, Dan Balmer, George Mitchell, Carlton Jackson, Ellen Rowe, Frank Mantooth, Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, Clay Jenkins, Kim Richmond, Ron Eschette, Todd Johnson, John Stowell, Eddie Palmieri, Jose Madera, Joe Santiago, Kristin Korb, Stan Kessler, Todd Wilkinson, Keith Mallory, Dave Tippett, Jeff Taylor, Daniel Barry and Dave Glenn. Awards for Mr. Wakeley and his ensembles include a Drum Corps International World Championship (1975 Madison scouts), 4 American National Championship awards in Drum Corps, 2 Drum Corps United Kingdom National Championships, 2 National Marching Band Championships, 2 Bands of America Regional Championships, Gold and Silver Medals at the Hawaiian International Music Festival with Spokane Falls Jazz groups. He was a 2 time Washington State Percussive Arts Society Rudimental Snare Champion and the Northwest Drums Corps Association Snare Drum, Rudimental Bass, Drum Quartet Champion and Outstanding Drum Major. As a composer/arranger, Mr. Wakeley has published more than 70 arrangements with William Allen Music and Arrangers Publishers Company and written hundreds of commissioned works for school music programs throughout the United States and Canada. He has collaborated with many of the top arrangers in the country including Jim Ott, Wayne Downey, Jay Chattaway, Jeff Taylor, Jerry Nowak, and Ralph Gingery.
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Watson, Nora; Instructor
	Office: 24-209 Phone: (509) 533-3888 Email: NoraW@spokanefalls.edu
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Westrick, Rick; Percussion Instructor
	Office: 15-110D Phone: (509) 533-3742 Email: RickW@spokanefalls.edu
Rick Westrick has been a member of the music faculty at Spokane Falls Community College since 1989, teaching jazz drumset. He received a B.M. from Eastern Washington University in 1981 and is an active freelance performer and teacher throughout the Spokane area. Rick is a member of the Spokane Symphony’s percussion section and performs regularly with the orchestra. As one of Spokane’s leading drumset players, Rick plays a variety of jazz, rock and Latin styles with groups such as Moko Jumbie, Desafinado, Spokane Jazz Orchestra, Danny McCollim Trio, Brent Edstrom Trio, Stagecoach West, and That Good Time Band. He is also a founding member of the popular performance-educational percussion group, Happy Hammers. In addition to teaching at SFCC, Rick is also director of the percussion ensemble at Gonzaga Preparatory School and maintains a large private teaching studio.
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Zimmerman, Charles; Choral and Music Theory Instructor
	Office: 15-103 Phone: (509) 533-3721 Email: CharlesZ@spokanefalls.edu
Charles Zimmerman is director of choral music at Spokane Falls Community College, conducting three choral ensembles. A member of the music faculty at SFCC since 1975, he also teaches theory and private voice. Mr. Zimmerman graduated from California State University at Northridge with a bachelors and master’s degree in vocal performance. He did graduate work in choral conducting and was a graduate assistant to Dr. Charles Hirt at the University Southern California. Zimmerman’s professional work includes national and international tours as a member of the Roger Wagner Chorale. He has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale under the direction of conductors James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormandy and Robert Shaw. In Spokane he has taught at Whitworth College and Gonzaga University, served as Conductor of the Spokane Chorale, Spokane Chamber Chorale, Director of Music at Messiah Lutheran Church and is currently singing with the St. Marks Chapel Singers. He has also serves as an adjudicator for vocal and choral competitions throughout the Northwest.
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Zyskowski, Marty; Music Instructor
	Office: 15-102 Phone: (509) 533-3720 Email: MartyZ@spokanefalls.edu
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