Leadership
John Kinchen
Chair, Director for Choral Activities, and Professor of Music
Office: JEN 101
Box: 3140
Phone: 731-661-5311
E-mail: jkinchen@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A, Boston University
M.M., Florida State University
B.M., Eastman School of Music
Areas of Service:
Voices of Proclamation
Stephanie Pippins
Academic Secretary, Music
Office: JEN 105
Box: 3140
Phone: 731-661-5345
E-mail: spippins@uu.edu
Education:
B.A., San Francisco State University
Faculty
Rhonda Bauer
Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education and Director of Summer High School Music Camp
Office: JEN 109
Box: 1896
Phone: 731-661-5226
E-mail: rbauer@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A in Conducting, Claremont Graduate University
M.S. in Education, California Baptist University
B.A. in Music Teacher Education, California State University, Fullerton
Areas of Service:
Music Education; Director, Summer High School Music Camp
Kathie Cepparulo
Piano (Adjunct)
E-mail: kcepparulo@uu.edu
Tony Cooper
Associate Professor of Worship Studies; Director, Center for Worship
Office: JEN 106
Box: 3135
Phone: 731-661-5228
E-mail: jcooper@uu.edu
Education:
Additional Study in Music Performance, University of Central Oklahoma
D.W.S. in Worship Studies, Liberty University
M.A. in Music & Worship, Liberty University
B.A. in Theology & Missions, Randall University
Areas of Service:
Sounds of Exaltation; Worship Courses; Worship Techniques
D.J. Culp
Associate Professor of Music
Office: JEN 115
Box: 3127
Phone: 731-661-5231
E-mail: dculp@uu.edu
Education:
Ph.D in Music Education, University of Mississippi
M.M. in Music Eduction, Murray State University
B.M. in Music Education, Murray State University
James Currence
French Horn (Adjunct)
E-mail: jcurrence@uu.edu
Education:
M.M. in Horn Performance, Lynn Conservatory
B.M. in Horn Performance, Shenandoah Conservatory
Kaleb Gooden
Film Scoring/Arranging (Adjunct)
E-mail: kgooden@uu.edu
Daniel Joyner
Commercial Voice (Adjunct)
E-mail: djoyner@uu.edu
Nathan Kennedy
Associate Professor of Piano and Commercial Keyboard
Office: JEN 103
Box: 3126
Phone: 731-661-5232
E-mail: nkennedy@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A in Collaborative Piano and Coaching, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
M.A. in Music Theory, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
M.M. in Piano Performance, University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.A. in Music Performance, Gustavus Adolphus College
Laurice Lanier
Commercial Voice (Adjunct)
E-mail: llanier@uu.edu
Education:
Additional Studies in Contemporary Commercial Vocal Pedagogy, Shenandoah Conservatory
M.A. in Vocal Performance, The Juilliard School of Music
B.A. in Vocal Performance & Foreign Language, The Juilliard School of Music
Bob Mayo
Assistant Professor of Recording Engineering and Music Technology
Office: JEN 117
Box: 3137
Phone: 731-661-5234
E-mail: bmayo@uu.edu
Education:
B.S. in Recording Industry Management, Middle Tennessee State University
Carol McClure
Harp (Adjunct)
E-mail: cmcclure@uu.edu
Mark McDowell
Assistant Professor of Commercial Music: Film Scoring & Media
Office: JEN 119
Box: 1909
Phone: 731-661-5021
E-mail: mmcdowell@uu.edu
Education:
M.A. in Music Education - Conducting, Liberty University
M.B.A. in Finance, Liberty University
B.A. in Commerical Music - Film Scoring, Liberty University
Brian McLemore
Clarinet and Saxophone (Adjunct)
E-mail: bmclemore@uu.edu
Education:
M.M., Ohio University
B.M., Bowling Green State University
Brian McLemore
Brian McLemore is the Adjunct Instructor for Saxophone at Union University, He also serves as the Director of Bands at Trinity Christian Academy, in Jackson, Tenn. He earned his BM in Music Education from Bowling Green State University, and his MM in Clarinet Performance from Ohio University.
Mr. McLemore has been featured as a soloist with the Union University Symphonic Band, and with the Jackson Symphonic Winds. He has been a member of the Hub City Saxophone Quartet since 2017. Mr. McLemore has taught clarinet and saxophone privately for many years throughout the United States, and currently maintains a private clarinet and saxophone studio in Jackson.
Dave Moody
Guitar and Songwriting (Adjunct)
E-mail: dmoody@uu.edu
Joey Moore
Trumpet (Adjunct)
E-mail: jmmoore@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A. Candidate in Trumpet Performance, University of Memphis
M.M. in Trumpet Performance, McGill University
B.M., Union University
Joey Moore
Joseph Moore enjoys an active career as a performer and educator. He is a member of the Jackson (TN) Symphony Orchestra and serves on the adjunct music faculties of Union University and Bethel University.
As an orchestral musician, he has performed with orchestras in North America and Europe, including the Jackson Symphony, South Florida Symphony, Palm Beach Opera, Musicians' Philharmonic of Montreal, the Balmoral Chamber Orchestra, the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra in Branson, Missouri, and the Crescendo Summer Institute Opera Orchestra in Sarastopak, Hungary. He has also been featured as soloist with high school and collegiate ensembles, including the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Union University Symphony Orchestra, and the Union University Symphonic Band. In April 2018, he was featured in recital as a Guest Artist at the Tennessee Technological University School of Music. In 2022, he won a first prize in the Golden Classical Music Awards International Solo Competition in New York City, and will make his solo debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in December 2022.
As a chamber musician, he performs with the Jackson Symphony Brass Quintet, and was actively involved with the Jackson Symphony's "Symphony On the Move" series during the COVID-19 Pandemic from 2020-2021. He presented at the 2017 International Trumpet Guild conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and in 2018 was selected to perform Francis Poulenc's Le Bal Masque as part of McGill University's Musical Chairs! Chamber Music Festival at Le Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montréal.
He earned a Bachelor of Music at Union University, where he studied trumpet performance with Tom Grant and Dennis Smith, and music composition with the late Dr. Daniel Musselman. He went on to earn a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from McGill University in Montréal, Canada, where he studied with internationally-acclaimed trumpet soloist Richard Stoelzel. In May 2020, he was selected as one of sixteen participants to participate in a Summer Intensive for Trumpet at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he worked with Michael Sachs and Michael Miller of the Cleveland Orchestra. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Trumpet Performance at the University of Memphis where he studies with David Spencer.
In addition to enjoying an active performing career, Mr. Moore is an advocate for
excellence in music education. He currently serves on the adjunct faculty at Union University in
the Department of Music where he coaches brass chamber music and teaches Aural Skills, and at
Bethel University in the Department of Music where he teaches Applied Brass and Brass
Methods. His students in Middle School and High School have consistently won top prizes in
the West Tennessee Solo and Ensemble Festival. He and his wife, Joy, reside in Jackson.
Sean O'Hara
Bass (Adjunct)
E-mail: sohara@uu.edu
Doug Owens
Double Reed (Adjunct)
E-mail: dowens@uu.edu
Martin Palacios
Violin/Viola (Adjunct)
E-mail: mpalacios@uu.edu
Education:
M.M. in String Pedagogy, University of Memphis
M.A. in String Performance, Pensacola Christian College
B.A. in String Performance, Pensacola Christian College
Estefan Perez
Cello (Adjunct)
E-mail: eperez@uu.edu
Education:
M.A. in Cello Performance, University of Memphis
B.A. in Cello Performance, The Hartt School of Music
Rebeca Rathlef
Violin (Adjunct)
E-mail: rrathlef@uu.edu
Education:
B.M., University of São Paulo
M.A. in Violin Performance, University of Massachusetts - Amhurst
D.A. in Violin Performance, University of Memphis
Rebeca Rathlef
Brazilian violinist Beca Rathlef, based in Memphis, Tennessee, is an avid chamber musician and wellness enthusiast. She is the Adjunct violin Professor at Union University in Jackson, TN, and one of the violin teachers at the Germantown Baptist Church Conservatory.
She appreciates bringing the violin in non-traditional styles and genres to non-traditional places, such as underprivileged communities. She volunteered at the New Dreams Project in São Paulo, where she taught a studio of students from a local community of ages 6 to 34. The project offered extra curricular support for students, breakfast and lunch, and offered an opportunity to the students to develop social skills. She also volunteered in the IBASP Church Community Program.
After using the Alexander Technique to recover from a shoulder injury in her undergraduate study, she became passionate for students' health and well-being. Finding the best use of the body for self expression is one topic explored in her Suzuki Book 3 certification, Body Mapping Educator certification, as well as an Alexander Technique training.
She pursues her doctorate degree in the studio of Timothy Shiu. She is currently working on her dissertation about the application of Alexander Technique in the practice of the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Kate Rawls
Associate Professor of Music
Office: JEN 102
Box: 3149
Phone: 731-661-5229
E-mail: mrawls@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A in Vocal Performance, University of South Carolina
M.M. in Vocal Performance, Austin Peay State University
B.M. in Music Education, Union University
Jamie Rogan
Commercial Drum Set (Adjunct)
E-mail: jrogan@uu.edu
Dennis Smith
Trumpet, Brass Methods (Adjunct)
E-mail: dasmith@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A. Candidate in Trumpet Performance, University of Memphis
M.M., University of North Texas
B.M., Missouri State University
Roddy Smith
Guitar and Songwriting (Adjunct)
E-mail: rsmith@uu.edu
Tim Smith
Asst. Professor of Commercial Music Performance and Technology & Coordinator for Commerical Music
Office: JEN 104
Box: 3156
Phone: 731-661-5545
E-mail: timsmith@uu.edu
Education:
M.M. in Jazz Performance, University of Miami
B.M. in Studio Music and Jazz, University of Miami
Lewis Thompson
Commercial Keyboard (Adjunct)
E-mail: llthompson@uu.edu
Joshua Veltman
Professor of Music
Office: JEN 116
Box: 3154
Phone: 731-661-5227
E-mail: jveltman@uu.edu
Education:
Ph.D, Ohio State University
M.A., Ohio State University
B.A., Calvin College
Areas of Service:
Music History; Music Theory; Arts in Western Civilization
Jamie Weaver
Strings Ensemble, Violin (Adjunct)
E-mail: jweaver@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A., University of Memphis
M.M., Baylor University
B.M., Baylor University