Faculty
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Dr. Burgess is Associate Chair of Music and Director of the Choral/Vocal studies programs at Catawba College. His teaching responsibilities include those within the Department of Music as well as campus-wide teaching in the First Year Seminar and Honors Programs at the college. He also serves as college organist and collaborative pianist for the Shuford School of Performing Arts. Read More » |
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Chamberlain is a Professor of Music and serves as the Director of Worship Arts at Catawba College. A first generation college student, she earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, cum laude from Wingate University, Master of Music and Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and additional studies through the Hartt School of Music, Hartford, Connecticut. Read More » |
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Flutist Dr. Tika Douthit is an avid performer and music educator from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. An Assistant Professor of Music at Winston-Salem State University, Forsyth Technical Community College, and instructor of Flute at Catawba College, Dr. Douthit serves as Assistant Director of Bands and Conductor of the WSSU Flute Choir. Formerly, Dr. Douthit taught in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System for seven years as Director of Bands at Philo Middle School. Dr. Douthit has published recently in Teaching Music, a publication of the National Association for Music Education, and her research focuses on African-American composers of flute music and flute pedagogical techniques. Read More » |
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Etters’ responsibilities at Catawba College include coordinating the Music Education degree program, overseeing instrumental music activities (including the Catawba College Wind Ensemble and Brass Ensemble), as well as teaching for both Teacher Education and General Education programs. In addition to the above responsibilities, Etters is currently working on a thorough redesign of the Music Education curriculum to better prepare Catawba students for professional success. Read More » |
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Dr. David Lee Fish, Ph.D., serves as the director of both the college's Popular Music and Music Business degree concentrations. He is also the current chair of the Association for Popular Music Education, a national organization he helped found that is made up of leading colleges and universities with programs of study in that area. At Catawba, Fish teaches courses on music business, songwriting, the theory of popular music, music technology, and world music. He also directs the Vernaculars, a contemporary popular ensemble. Read More » |
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As soloist and avid chamber musician, Jacob Hahn has given recitals in Texas, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Shenzhen, China, Kecskemet, Hungary, and the National Theatre of Costa Rica. He has also premiered Alexander Amadeo’s First Piano Concerto in Syracuse, NY, and appeared on the Joyful Noise Concert Series in Liverpool, NY. Read More » |
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As a voice teacher and lecturer, Hamilton is comfortable teaching a range of styles, including Pop, rock, blues, jazz, r&b, hip-hop, classical and musical theatre. His eclectic taste in music began when he was in high school at The North Carolina School of the Arts where he studied and sang Italian art songs by day and country music at night which lead him to Nashville. He continued to pursue his interest in popular music while studying classical music at The Boston Conservatory. It is his mission to incorporate traditional vocal technique into teaching contemporary vocal music. Read More » |
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Harris received her B.M. in Music Education from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA and Her M. A. in Management and Leadership from Liberty University. Her responsibilities at Catawba College include directing the Catawba Spirit Marching band and the Catawba Spirit Pep Band. She also assists in teaching Music Education classes and Music Appreciation classes. She is in charge of recruitment for the athletic band programs and regularly visits and clinics at local schools. Harris' is working in collaboration with Catawba College and Salisbury Academy to start a band program for fifth through eighth grade students. Read More » |
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Johnson has been an Instructor at Catawba College since 2010. He currently teaches guitar, bass, and drum kit private lessons, as well as Audio Recording and five of the Popular Music Vernaculars ensembles. He received a BS in Music Industry Studies from Appalachian State University in 2006 and an MFA in Film Music Composition from UNC School of the Arts in 2010. He has been teaching professionally throughout NC since 2006. When Cameron is not teaching, he can be seen performing with his progressive metal band ‘Atma Weapon’ and his acoustic latin-jazz quartet ‘Nueva Voz’. |
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John Kale
John Kale is an adjunct faculty member in the Worship Arts and Popular Music Programs. In addition, he is Director of Praise Bands. |
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Jeff Little is a full-time faculty member and Artist in Residence for the Popular Music Program. In addition, he is Director for the Music Business program. Little has over 30 years of experience in the music industry as a critically acclaimed musician, artist manager, educator and administrator for college music industry programs. His performances include such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the American Folk Festival, the National Council for the Traditional Arts, American Piano Masters, and the PBS concert “Doc Watson and Jeff Little”. He has been featured many times on PBS as well as NPR and has performed internationally for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in such countries as Sri Lanka, Oman, Bahrain, France and Tanzania. In addition, Little has worked in many management and production areas of the music industry, including work with national artists such as Keith Urban and John Michael Montgomery. Little is a recipient of the Distinguished Lecturer Award from The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, College of Education at The University of Texas. He is a SESAC affiliated songwriter and in 2014 was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame. |
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McCachren teaches music theory, music history, aural skills, and other classes, and directs the Performance Concentration. An active pianist, she regularly offers master classes for piano students and judges piano competitions. She currently holds the Katherine W. Osborne Endowed Chair for Keyboard with the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra. Her research interests range from the sixteenth-century madrigal to the music of Beethoven, and she has presented her research at regional, national, and international conferences. She also participated in music and fine arts delegations to Indonesia, Eastern Europe, and Russia, and she authored several articles for the Reader’s Guide to Music: History, Theory, Criticism and for the Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era. Read More » |
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Clarinetist/Saxophonist Mills has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and has participated in numerous conferences and festivals. She has performed Broadway Productions under the direction of Broadway Conductors, Maestro Kevin Stites and Steven Freeman. She is clarinet chair for 12 years with the Piedmont Wind Symphony and has performed with Grammy Award winning artists, Al Jarreau, Diane Schurr, Ronnie Milsap, Dionne Warwick, Arturo Sandoval, The Three Irish Tenors, Paul Anka, Kenny G, and Neil Sedaka. Mills has been the principal clarinetist of the Salem Band. She is also the Manager of the Salem Sax Quartet. Read More » |
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Teresa A. Moore-Mitchell
Moore-Mitchell has served as an adjunct instructor at Pfeiffer University, Winston Salem State University, Davidson County Community College and Assistant Professor of Voice at Livingstone College. While pursuing her music degrees, she established herself as a successful Christian Classical Concert Artist. Her varied repertoire includes contemporary art songs, operatic arias and Negro spirituals. Starting her solo concert career while still in high school, she has performed solo concerts/performances for over 29 years throughout the United States, Greece, the Greek Islands, Germany, France, Austria and Italy. One of her most notable international performances includes a solo concert for the United States Camp Darby Base in Pisa, Italy. This concert was aired on AFN Military television for members of our courageous military leaders and their families. Read More » |
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Poolos studied with the principal oboist of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and played for many year as principal oboist with the Salisbury – Rowan Symphony Orchestra. He has directed and performed in numerous pit orchestras, jazz bands, woodwind quintets and recording sessions throughout the region. He is currently Director of Bands at North Stanly Middle and High School and holds memberships in several professional organizations including The National Association for Music Education (NAfME), North Carolina Music Educators Association (NCMEA), North Carolina Bandmasters Association (SCDBA). Read More » |
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Dolpheus Ramseur joined the Catawba music business faculty in 2009 as a special guest of the music department to team teach the topics course Artist Management: From Dream to Deal. He manages Columbia Record's Avett Brothers, one of the top 100 live musical acts in the country, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Dolpheus is also founder and CEO of the successful independent label Ramseur Records. |
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Dr. Barry R. Sang is Professor of Religion, and Accreditation Liaison at Catawba, and has actively participated in vocal and instrumental music since the fifth grade. In addition to teaching as Instructor of Music in horn at the College, he is principle horn in the Catawba College Wind Ensemble, and substitute horn for the Salisbury Symphony. He has accompanied several musical productions throughout the area, including productions by Catawba’s Theatre Arts Department, Carolina Voices (Charlotte), Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Piedmont Players (Salisbury) and the Uwharrie Players (Albemarle). In 2009 Dr. Sang was privileged to play a horn obbligato with the Catawba Singers on stage, Carnegie Hall. He is also co-founder of the Resurrection Brass at First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury. |
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Alan Sledge teaches applied percussion at Catawba College. He earned his degree in Music Education from Winthrop University, studying percussion with Michael Williams and Christopher Dean. Sledge started his teaching career in Charlotte NC at Smith Middle School and Olympic High School. He also taught as percussion specialist with the Fort Mill SC Schools and the Mooresville Graded School District. Read More » |
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Stephenson holds the M.M. (Honors) and B.M. (Summa Cum Laude) in Vocal Performance from Winthrop University where she was a Founder's Scholar and the recipient of numerous academic and performance based scholarships and awards, including two graduate assistantships in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. She completed additional post-graduate work at the University of Kentucky and has participated in training at the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory. Stephenson was A 2017 recipient of a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts & Science Council. Representing Catawba College, Stephenson’s students have garnered First Place awards at the National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions. Read More » |
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Witt is an active performer in Piedmont area involved in chamber and orchestral music throughout the Carolinas. He has studied orchestral and chamber music from members of the National Symphony in Washington D.C. as well as other prominent chamber musicians including Chris Gekker and Greg Miller. Read More » |
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Phillip Edward Burgess 
Elizabeth Carlton
Julie Rhyne Chamberlain 
Tika Douthit
Stephen C. Etters 
David Lee Fish 
Jacob Hahn
David B. Hamilton
Tara Anne Harris
Cameron Johnson
Jeff Little
Jo Renee McCachren 
Kania C. Mills
Frank Poolos
Dolpheus Ramseur 
Barry R. Sang 
Alan Sledge
Caroline G. Stephenson
Aleksandr (Sacha) Witt
