Department of Music
Adam Hayes is an internationally recognized performer, educator and clinician.
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April Allen is the Visual & Performing Arts Department Assistant where she strives every day to keep things running smoothly.
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Ruth Powell Baker is a Senior Lecturer of Music.
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Kris Carlisle is a professional pianist and educator. A native of California, he has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
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Dr. Stefanie Cash is Director of Music Education at Berry College. Dr. Cash is responsible for teaching methods and techniques classes, conducting the Berry Women's Choir as well as supervising student teachers.
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John David is Artist-in-Residence and Director of Jazz and Percussion Studies at Berry College in Rome, GA. Appointed to this position in Fall 2013, Mr. David is the director of the Berry Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Percussion Ensemble, Steel Band and Viking Drumline.
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Joining the faculty at Berry College in the Fall of 2022, Dr. Michael DeSousa is excited to be returning home to the North Georgia area. He has earned a Doctorate in Musical Arts and a Master of Music degree from the University of Kentucky.
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Chris Ferebee is a composer, musicologist, and plucked string player. He holds degrees from the University of Durham (BA, MA) and the University of Oxford (DPhil).
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Dr. Alyssa Grey is an active musician, educator, and conductor. She completed undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Music Theory & Composition from the University of Miami where she studied with GRAMMY-Award Winning composer Lansing McLoskey.
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Eric Hanson has been a member of the Chattanooga Symphony since 1994. Prior to coming to Chattanooga Mr. Hanson served as Principal Bassist with the Huntsville Symphony and was an active musician in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, performing frequently as a substitute with the Milwaukee Symphony.
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A native of coastal Georgia, Ellie Jenkins (horn) has been visiting Berry College since she was seven years old, and joined the faculty in 2009. She is an active performer, playing principal horn in the Carroll Symphony, second horn with the Rome Symphony, and performing frequently with the Chamber Players of the South.
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A native of Louisiana, Dr. Paul Neal is currently the Director of Choral Activities at Berry College where he oversees the choral program and serves as Professor of Music.
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Kathryn Nobles holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Berry College, and did graduate studies at Georgia State University in Piano Pedagogy. She has been an Adjunct Lecturer in the Berry music department since August 1986, teaching class piano and private lessons. She birthed the Kindermusik program at Berry in 1989 where she serves as director.
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Gary Paulo is Artist Affiliate of Saxophones at Berry College. Gary is a D'Addario Reserve Method Artist. He has performed with artists spanning many different genres of music. He is regularly called to play saxophone in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Symphony and Albany Symphony.
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She serves as Artist in Residence in Voice at Berry College in Rome, GA.
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Sean Thrower is a guitarist with interest and versatility in an eclectic mix of playing styles and genres, which has led him to perform in a wide variety of settings and venues across the world.
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Dr. Emily Laminack Wetzel teaches violin, viola and chamber music at Berry College, where she joined the music faculty as an Artist Affiliate in 2020.
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