Adjunct Faculty, JAZZ TRUMPET, Braddock Road Brass Band, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Jazz Times magazine writes: “Breedlove has chops…and is the leader of a tight, forceful band”. AllAboutJazz.com has called Graham Breedlove “A trumpet player with an exquisite tone and provocative harmonic ideas…Breedlove exhibits great control and cranks out some head-turning melodic ideas”.
Professor of JAZZ STUDIES and Director of the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Professor Jim Carroll has a versatile background ranging from tours with Michael Jackson to Woody Herman and The Thundering Herd. Jim received both his Undergraduate and Graduate training from Indiana University under the tutelage of David Baker and Eugene Rousseau.
Assistant Professor of VOICE and Diction, SOPRANO, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
We are thrilled to announce that Soprano Jennifer Casey Cabot is the newly appointed Term Assistant Professor of Voice and Diction at George Mason University, effective August 2023. Jennifer Casey Cabot is a seasoned opera singer who throughout her exciting career has always nurtured an interest in teaching.
Adjunct Applied Faculty, APPLIED PERCUSSION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Dr. Kanako Chikami, a native of Japan, is thrilled to be an adjunct percussion faculty member for the Dewberry School of Music of George Mason University.
Associate Professor/Director of GRADUATE MUSIC EDUCATION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Dr. Charles R. Ciorba, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Music Education, teaches courses in music education. Prior to joining the faculty at George Mason University, Dr. Ciorba was Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Music Education at the University of Oklahoma, where he (a) gained extensive experience supervising graduate research and (b) taught courses in the areas of research, psychology, philosophy, sociology, assessment, and quantitative analysis.
Adjunct Faculty, POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA, CVPA
Dennis Cole is a recognized authority of American Studies, whose primary research interest centers on the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, along with various vernacular and popular musical traditions from the United States and Canada.
Audition and Recruitment Coordinator, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Ms. Emily Craine is the Recruitment and Audition Coordinator for the Dewberry School of Music. She holds a Master of Arts in Arts Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Mason.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Marcus Daniel is from India and began learning the piano there at the age of seven. His father, who was a pianist and choir director was his first teacher. He was classically trained and was also playing in a rock band when he discovered jazz
Academic Program Manager, Music Advisor, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Carrie Ann Delaney earned her Bachelor and Master degrees in Music Education from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York. As an undergraduate, she performed as principal clarinet with the Wind Ensemble.
Adjunct Faculty, JAZZ TROMBONE, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Aaron Eckert, originally from Belleville, IL, is a trombonist with the U.S. Army Blues, the premier jazz ensemble of the Army.