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General Contact

Moores School of Music
The University of Houston
3333 Cullen Boulevard, Room 120
Houston, TX 77204-4017
(713) 743-3009

Leadership

Brian Kai Chin
Director of the Moores School of Music
MSM 120H

Jeremy Johnson
Managing Director, Programs and Strategy
MSM 120C
jjohns66@Central.UH.EDU

Daryl Robinson
Director of Undergraduate Studies
MSM 248
(713) 743-7316
darobinson@uh.edu

Marcus Maroney
Director of Graduate Studies
MSM 141
(713) 743–9477
mkmarone@central.uh.edu

Cynthia Clayton
Associate Director of Faculty Success
MSM 301
(713) 743–3304
cynthiaclayton@uh.edu

Blake Wilkins
Associate Director of Recruitment
MSM 186
(713) 743–3192
bwilkins@uh.edu

Admissions

Kelly Ibarra
Admissions Manager
(713) 743-5934
musicadmissions@uh.edu

Advising

Stacia Morgan Dunn
Assistant Director for Student Success
(713) 743-3314
slmorgan@uh.edu

Katherine Urias
Academic Advisor
(713)743-7746
kaurias@central.uh.edu

Box Office

(713) 743-3388
kgmcaboxoffice@uh.edu


Departmental Contacts

AURA & Music Composition

Rob Smith
Director, AURA Contemporary Ensemble

Composition Division Coordinator
MSM 327
(713) 743-3163
RobSmith@uh.edu

Band

David Bertman
Director of Bands
Winston E134
(713) 743-3183
dbertman@uh.edu

Choral

Betsy Weber
Director of Choral Studies
MSM 154
(713) 743-3194
bweber@uh.edu

Community Arts Academy

Evan Leslie
Director
MSM 120Q
(713) 743-2822
eleslie@uh.edu

Michelle Girardot
Office Coordinator
MSM 120Q
(713) 743-3398
caa@uh.edu

Jazz

Noe Marmolejo 

Director of Jazz Studies
MSM 146   

(713) 743-3191

nmarmolejo@uh.edu

Mariachi

Jose Longoria 

Director of Mariachi Pumas
MSM 164
jilongor@central.uh.edu

Music Education

Julie Derges
Music Education Division Head
MSM 130
(713) 743-4547
jdkastner@uh.edu

Music Theory

Timothy Koozin
Music Theory Division Head
MSM 148
(713) 743-3318
tkoozin@uh.edu

Musicology

Matthew Dirst
Musicology Division Head
Composition, Music Theory and Musicology Division Head  
MSM 215
(713) 743-3150
mdirst@uh.ed

Organ

Daryl Robinson
Organ Coordinator
MSM 166
(713) 743-7316
darobinson@uh.edu

Opera

Kathleen Belcher
Artistic Director of the Moores Opera Center
MSM 100
713-743-5318
kbelcher@uh.edu

Orchestra

Franz Krager
Director of Orchestras
MSM 174
713-743-3189
fak@uh.edu

Percussion

Blake M. Wilkins
Director of Percussion Studies
(713) 743-3192
bwilkins@uh.edu

Piano

Timothy Hester
Piano Division Head
MSM 227
(713) 743-3309
thester@uh.edu

Strings

Kirsten Yon
Strings Division Head
MSM 201
(713) 743-3154
kayon@uh.edu

Texas Music Festival, Lack Master Series

Alan Austin
TMF, General and Artistic Director
Lack Series, Director
(713) 743-3167
tmf@uh.edu

Voice

Cynthia Clayton 

Voice Division Head
(713) 743-3304 

cynthiaclayton@uh.edu

Woodwinds & Brass

Yevgeny Dokshansky
Professor of Practice, Clarinet, and Head of Woodwinds
Office TBD
Phone TBD
ydokshan@central.uh.edu