UMass Boston

Department Chair

Carrie Ann Quinn
CarrieAnn.Quinn@umb.edu

Administrative Contacts

Tanya Williams, Administrative Assistant
Tanya.Williams@umb.edu

Bill Doncaster, Outreach Coordinator
Bill.Doncaster@umb.edu

Joshua Kohler, Production Manager
Joshua.Kohler@umb.edu

Program Coordinators

Sommer Forrester, Music Program Coordinator
Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

Amy Sue Hazel, Theatre Arts Program Coordinator
AmySue.Hazel [@] umb.edu

Danny Swain, Dance Program Coordinator
Daniel.Swain@umb.edu

Ensemble Directors & Music Coordinators

Ensemble Directors

Sommer Forrester, Conductor, UMass Boston Orchestra
Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

David Giessow, Choral Director
David.Giessow@umb.edu

Peter Janson, Director, Jazz Ensembles
Peter,Janson@umb.edu

Music Coordinators

Peter Janson, Guitar Studies
Peter.Janson@umb.edu

Sommer Forrester, Juries
Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu 

Sommer Forrester, Music Education
Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

Timothy McFarland, Piano Studies
Timothy.McFarland@umb.edu

David Giessow, Vocal Studies
David.Giessow@umb.edu 

Standing Committee Chairs

Music Curriculum Committee
David Pruett
David.Pruett@umb.edu

Theatre Curriculum Committee
Robert Lublin
Robert.Lublin@umb.edu

Dance Curriculum Committee
Amy Sue Hazel
AmySue.Hazel [@] umb.edu

Department Personnel Committee
Robert Lublin
Robert.Lublin@umb.edu

Susan Cunningham Campbell Scholarship Committee
Peter Jansen
Peter.Jansen [@] umb.edu

Music Ensemble Committee (MEC)
Sommer Forrester
Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

Theatre Arts Productions Advisory (TAPA) Committee
Joshua Kohler
Joshua.Kohler@umb.edu

The Department of Performing Arts comprises faculty in Dance, Music and Theatre Arts. 

Music (Classroom)

• Steven Cornelius, Senior Lecturer
• Sommer Forrester, Associate Professor
• David Giessow, Senior Lecturer
• Peter Janson,Senior Lecturer III
• Timothy McFarland, Senior Lecturer II
• Mary Oleskiewicz, Professor
• David Patterson, Professor
• David Pruett, Associate Professor
• Frederick Stubbs, Senior Lecturer II

Theatre Arts

• Michael Fennimore, Senior Lecturer II
• Daniel Gidron, Senior Lecturer II
• David “Butch” Foley, Technical Director
• Amy Sue Hazel, Assistant Professor
• Rafael Jaen, Professor
• Ginger Lazarus, Senior Lecturer II
• Charles Linshaw, Associate Professor
• Robert Lublin, Professor
• Carrie Ann Quinn, Professor
• Michael Vincent, Associate Lecturer

Dance

• Kelley Donovan, Associate Lecturer A
• Sharon Montella, Associate Lecturer
• Daniel R. Swain, Senior Lecturer II

Music (Applied Faculty and Accompanists)

• Ashley Addington, Associate Lecturer
• Linnea Bardarson, Associate Lecturer A
• Ervin Dhimo, Associate Lecturer A
• Paul Geresy, Associate Lecturer A
• David Giessow, Senior Lecturer
• Todd Carter Gordon, Associate Lecturer A
• Terry Halco, Lecturer I
• Seth Hamlin, Associate Lecturer A
• Peter Janson, Senior Lecturer III
• Russell Kniffin, Associate Lecturer
• Catherine Lawlor, Lecturer
• Adam Levin, Associate Lecturer A
• Timothy McFarland, Senior Lecturer II
• Ryan Noe, Associate Lecturer A
• Kenneth Mok, Associate Lecturer
• Mary Oleskiewicz, Professor
• Mario Perrett, Associate Lecturer A
• Darren Sacks, Associate Lecturer
• Brooke David Sofferman, Associate Lecturer A
• Priscilla Taylor, Associate Lecturer A