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

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 Coordinator
MSM 148
(713) 743-3318
tkoozin@uh.edu

Musicology

Matthew Dirst
Musicology Division  Coordinator
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

Lawrence Edelson
Artistic Director of the Moores Opera Center

lmedelson@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

Dana Pradervand
Woodwind & Brass Division Head
TDECU Stadium E134
(713) 743–3627
dspradervand@uh.edu