Full-Time Faculty
Rhonda Bauer
Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education and Director of Summer High School Music Camp
Office: JEN 109
Box: 1896
Phone: 731-661-5226
E-mail: rbauer@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A in Conducting, Claremont Graduate University
M.S. in Education, California Baptist University
B.A. in Music Teacher Education, California State University, Fullerton
Tony Cooper
Interim Co-Chair and Associate Professor of Worship Studies; Director, Center for Worship
Office: JEN 106
Box: 3135
Phone: 731-661-5228
E-mail: jcooper@uu.edu
Education:
Additional Study in Music Performance, University of Central Oklahoma
D.W.S. in Worship Studies, Liberty University
M.A. in Music & Worship, Liberty University
B.A. in Theology & Missions, Randall University
D.J. Culp
Associate Professor of Music
Office: JEN 115
Box: 3127
Phone: 731-661-5231
E-mail: dculp@uu.edu
Education:
Ph.D in Music Education, University of Mississippi
M.M. in Music Eduction, Murray State University
B.M. in Music Education, Murray State University
Nathan Kennedy
Associate Professor of Piano and Commercial Keyboard
Office: JEN 103
Box: 3126
Phone: 731-661-5232
E-mail: nkennedy@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A in Collaborative Piano and Coaching, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
M.A. in Music Theory, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
M.M. in Piano Performance, University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.A. in Music Performance, Gustavus Adolphus College
Bob Mayo
Assistant Professor of Recording Engineering and Music Technology
Office: JEN 117
Box: 3137
Phone: 731-661-5234
E-mail: bmayo@uu.edu
Education:
B.S. in Recording Industry Management, Middle Tennessee State University
Mark McDowell
Assistant Professor of Commercial Music: Film Scoring & Media
Office: JEN 119
Box: 1909
Phone: 731-661-5021
E-mail: mmcdowell@uu.edu
Education:
M.A. in Music Education - Conducting, Liberty University
M.B.A. in Finance, Liberty University
B.A. in Commercial Music - Film Scoring, Liberty University
Kate Rawls
Associate Professor of Music
Office: JEN 102
Box: 3149
Phone: 731-661-5229
E-mail: mrawls@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A in Vocal Performance, University of South Carolina
M.M. in Vocal Performance, Austin Peay State University
B.M. in Music Education, Union University
Joshua Veltman
Interim Co-Chair and Professor of Music
Office: JEN 116
Box: 3154
Phone: 731-661-5227
E-mail: jveltman@uu.edu
Education:
Ph.D in Musicology, Ohio State University
M.A. in Musicology, Ohio State University
B.A. in Music History, Calvin College
Adjunct Faculty
Hannah Brown
Commercial Voice (Adjunct)
E-mail: hnbrown@uu.edu
Daniel Joyner
Commercial Voice (Adjunct)
E-mail: djoyner@uu.edu
Miguel Lesmes
Violin (Adjunct)
E-mail: mlesmes@uu.edu
Danny Ray Martin
Guitar (Adjunct)
E-mail: drmartin@uu.edu
Brian McLemore
Clarinet and Saxophone (Adjunct)
E-mail: bmclemore@uu.edu
Education:
M.M., Ohio University
B.M., Bowling Green State University
Brian McLemore
Brian McLemore is the Adjunct Instructor for Saxophone at Union University, He also serves as the Director of Bands at Trinity Christian Academy, in Jackson, Tenn. He earned his BM in Music Education from Bowling Green State University, and his MM in Clarinet Performance from Ohio University.
Mr. McLemore has been featured as a soloist with the Union University Symphonic Band, and with the Jackson Symphonic Winds. He has been a member of the Hub City Saxophone Quartet since 2017. Mr. McLemore has taught clarinet and saxophone privately for many years throughout the United States, and currently maintains a private clarinet and saxophone studio in Jackson.
Martin Palacios
Violin/Viola (Adjunct)
Education:
M.M. in String Pedagogy, University of Memphis
M.A. in String Performance, Pensacola Christian College
B.A. in String Performance, Pensacola Christian College
Dennis Smith
Trumpet, Brass Methods (Adjunct)
E-mail: dasmith@uu.edu
Education:
D.M.A. in Trumpet Performance, University of Memphis
M.M., University of North Texas
B.M., Missouri State University
Roddy Smith
Guitar and Songwriting (Adjunct)
E-mail: rsmith@uu.edu