AREAS OF STUDY
Explore our many programs designed for artists, scholars, and educators ready to shape the future of music.
Shaping the Future of Music, One Student at a Time
Preparing the next generation through excellence, mentorship, and innovation.
We are dedicated to inspiring and preparing the musicians of the next generation. The Moores School of Music, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and a member of the Texas Association of Music Schools, offers a rigorous and comprehensive education across a wide range of musical disciplines. Whether pursuing performance, education, composition, or therapy, students learn from world-class faculty dedicated to growth as musicians and individuals. With a strong commitment to mentorship, innovation, and artistic excellence, each program is designed to challenge, inspire, and prepare the next generation for a dynamic career in today’s ever-evolving musical landscape.
Faculty Per Program
- , Affiliate Artist in Tuba
- , Professor of Practice in Euphonium
- , Affiliate Artist in Bass Trombone
- Richard Harris, Affiliate Artist in Trumpet
- , Affiliate Artist in Trumpet
- , Affiliate Artist in French Horn
- , Affiliate Artist in Trombone
- Brent Phillips, Affiliate Artist in Trombone
- , Professor of Practice in French Horn; Head of Brass
- , Affiliate Artist in Trumpet
- , Associate Professor of Composition; Director of Graduate Studies
- Rob Smith, Professor and Coordinator of Composition; Director of AURA Contemporary Ensemble
- Joel Thompson, Affiliate Artist in Composition
- , Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Choral Studies
- , Director of Bands
- , Adeeb and Adeeba Hourani Endowed Professor of Conducting
- Anthony Maglione, Associate Professor and Director of Choral Studies
- , Instructional Assistant Professor of Conducting; Music Director of the Moores Opera Center
- , Affiliate Artist in Guitar
- , Affiliate Artist in Jazz Guitar
- , Affiliate Artist in Jazz and Contemporary Bass
- , Director of Jazz Studies
- Gary Norian, Affiliate Artist in Jazz Piano
- , Affiliate Artist in Jazz Guitar
- , Affiliate Artist in Saxophone
- , Associate Professor of Music Education
- , Lecturer in Music Education
- , Associate Professor of Music Education; Division Head of Music Education
- , Professor of Practice in Music Education
- , Assistant Professor in Music Education
- , Adjunct Professor in String Methods
- Janwin Overstreet-Goode, Coordinator of Music Student Teaching and Certification
Music Theory
- , Lecturer in Music Theory and Musicology
- , Assistant Professor of Music Theory
- , Professor and Head of Music Theory
- , Associate Professor of Music Theory
- , Professor of Music Theory
Musicology
- , Lecturer of Musicology
- , Professor and Head of Musicology
- , John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Musicology
- , Assistant Professor of Musicology
- Juan Fernando Velasquez, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
- , Alice and Fletcher Pratt Endowed Professor of Music Therapy; Aspire Initiative Endowed Director of the Music Therapy Program; Professor, Moores School of Music and Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
- , Associate Professor and Head of Organ
- , Affiliate Artist in Percussion; Lecturer in Musicology
- , Instructional Associate of Percussion
- , Professor and Head of Percussion; C W Moores Endowed Professor
- , Edythe Bates Old Professor of Piano; Head of Keyboards; Director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts
- Gary Norian, Affiliate Artist in Jazz Piano
- , Associate Professor of Piano
- , Assistant Professor of Piano
- , Instructional Professor of Accompanying
- , Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy
- , Affiliate Artist in Jazz and Contemporary Bass
- , Professor of Practice in Viola
- , Professor of Practice in Cello
- , Affiliate Artist in Harp
- , Affiliate Artist in Cello
- , Affiliate Artist in Double Bass
- , Professor of Practice in Violin
- , Affiliate Artist in Violin
- , Associate Professor of Violin; Head of Strings
- , Professor of Practice in Voice & Pedagogy
- , Instructional Assistant Professor of Voice
- , Professor and Head of Voice; C W Moores Endowed Professor
- , Professor of Voice
- , Professor of Voice
- , Instructional Associate Professor of Voice
- , Affiliate Artist in Oboe/English Horn
- , Affiliate Artist in Flute
- , Professor of Practice in Clarinet; Head of Woodwinds
- , Affiliate Artist in Oboe
- , Affiliate Artist in Clarinet
- Tyler Martin, Affiliate Artist in Flute
- , Affiliate Artist in Clarinet
- Chester Rowell, Affiliate Artist in Clarinet
- , Affiliate Artist in Flute
- , Affiliate Artist in Bassoon
- , Affiliate Artist in Saxophone