Faculty

 UAA is home to a multi-talented, passionate group of music educators that includes 5 full-time faculty and numerous adjuncts. Our faculty are immensely involved in the Anchorage music scene and serve as performers, artistic directors and guest conductors for the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Anchorage Concert Chorus and the Anchorage Opera, to name a few. In addition to community involvement, many of our faculty regularly perform nationally and internationally both as ensembles and as soloists. Please use the links below to learn more about our esteemed faculty. 

The chair of the Department of Music is Dr. Grant Cochran.

• Brass
  Jeff Manley, Adjunct

  Tuba

  tubaski@ak.net

   

  Linn Weeda, Adjunct
  Trumpet
  ARTS 334
  lweeda@alaska.edu
• Conducting

  Dr. Grant Cochran, Department Chair; Professor of Music
  Vocal/Choral Conducting
  ARTS 358
  (907) 786-1523
  grcochran@alaska.edu

   
• Ensembles
  Dr. Armin Abdihodzic, Associate Professor of Music
  Guitar Ensemble
  ARTS 368
  (907) 786-1554
  aabdihodzic@alaska.edu

   

  Linn Weeda, Adjunct
  Wind Ensemble
  lweeda@alaska.edu

   

  Dr. Grant Cochran, Department Chair; Professor of Music

  University Singers
  ARTS 358
  (907) 786-1523
  grcochran@alaska.edu

   

  Dr. Mari Hahn, Professor of Music

  Opera Ensemble
  ARTS 355
  (907) 786-1009
  mhahn6@alaska.edu

   

  John Damberg, Adjunct
  Percussion Ensemble
  jbdamberg@alaska.edu

   

  Dr. Oleg Proskurnya, Adjunct
  University Sinfonia
  oaproskurnya@alaska.edu

   
• Ethnomusicology
  Heidi Senungetuk, Adjunct
  (907) 786-6135
  hasenungetuk@alaska.edu

   

  Dr. Maria Williams, Director of Alaska Native Studies; Professor of Music
  SSB 378
  (907) 786-6136
  mariaw@alaska.edu
• Guitar
  Dr. Armin Abdihodzic, Assistant Professor of Music
  ARTS 368
  (907) 786-1554
  aabdihodzic@alaska.edu

    

  Shawn Lyons, Adjunct
  ARTS 370
  srlyons@alaska.edu
• Jazz
   Laura Koenig, Adjunct

  ljkoenig@alaska.edu

    

  Brenda Vulgamore, Adjunct
  Jazz Voice
  bkvulgamore@alaska.edu
• Music Education
  Dr. Grant Cochran, Department Chair; Professor of Music

  Voice Methods
  ARTS 358
  (907)786-1523
  grcochran@alaska.edu

   

  Linn Weeda, Term Professor
  Trumpet
  ARTS 334
  lweeda@alaska.edu

   

  John Damberg, Adjunct
  Percussion Methods
  jbdamberg@alaska.edu 
• Music History
  Dr. Mari Hahn, Professor of Music
  ARTS 355
  (907) 786-1009
  mhahn6@alaska.edu
• Music Theory
  Dean Epperson, Adjunct
  ARTS 370
  (907) 786-1631
  daepperson@alaska.edu

   

  Dr. John Lutterman, Associate Professor of Music
  Music Theory, Orchestration, Counterpoint
  ARTS 361
  (907) 786-1698
  jlutterman@alaska.edu

   

  Linn Weeda, Adjunct
  Aural Skills
  ARTS 334
  lweeda@alaska.edu
• Percussion
  John Damberg, Adjunct
  jbdamberg@alaska.edu
• Piano
  Dean Epperson, Adjunct
  ARTS 370
  (907) 786-1631
  daepperson@alaska.edu

   

  Rumi Smith, Adjunct

   

  Dr. Timothy Smith, Sr. Associate Dean for the College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Music
  ARTS 357
  (907) 786-1524
  tcsmith@alaska.edu

   

  Janet Stiles, Department Accompanist

   
• Strings
  Dawn Lindsay, Adjunct
  Violin
  dwohlgem@alaska.edu

   

  Dr. John Lutterman, Associate Professor of Music
  Cello and String Bass
  ARTS 361
  (907) 786-1698
  jlutterman@alaska.edu

   

  Dr. Oleg Proskurnya, Adjunct

  Violin and Viola

  oaproskurnya@alaska.edu

• Voice
  Dr. Grant Cochran, Department Chair; Professor of Music
  ARTS 358
  (907) 786-1523
  grcochran@alaska.edu

   

  David Dunlap, Adjunct

  otisorange@hotmail.com

   

  Kate Egan, Adjunct
  eganquimby@aol.com

   

  Dr. Mari Hahn, Professor of Music
  ARTS 355
  (907) 786-1009
  mhahn6@alaska.edu

   

  Brenda Vulgamore, Adjunct
  bkvulgamore@alaska.edu
• Woodwinds
  Dr. Laura Koenig, Adjunct

  Flute
  ARTS 344
  ljkoenig@alaska.edu