Music Faculty Laura J. Gray Faculty; Acting Undergrad Advisor (Jan-June 2026) Faculty Profile Contact: 519-885-0220 ext. 24247ljgray@uwaterloo.ca CGC 1104 Faculty Kate Kennedy Steiner On Sabbatical Jan-Jun 2026 - Faculty; Chapel Choir Ensemble Director; Director of Church Music & Worship; Undergraduate Advisor Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24264 E-mail: ksteiner@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty Maisie Sum Faculty; Balinese Percussion Ensemble Director Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 Ext 24219 E-mail: maisie.sum@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty Karen Sunabacka Faculty Faculty Profile Contact: (519) 885-0220 ext. 24245karen.sunabacka@uwaterloo.ca Faculty Mark Vuorinen Faculty; Music Department Chair; Chamber Choir Ensemble Director; Noon Hour Concert Coordinator Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24226 Email: mvuorinen@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty Staff Sonja Seiler Staff; Music Ensemble & Concert Coordinator Contact: 519-885-0220 x24256 s2seiler@uwaterloo.ca CGR 1103 Staff Claudia Van Decker Staff; Undergraduate Academic and Administrative Coordinator Contact: 519-885-0220 x24226cvandecker@uwaterloo.ca CGR 1103 Staff Ensemble Directors Judith Davenport Instrumental Chamber Ensembles Director; Viola Contact: Email: viola73@rogers.com Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor Liska Jetchick University Choir Ensemble Director Contact: Email: liska.jetchick@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director Stephanie Kramer Voice; Vocal Techniques Ensemble Director; Art Song; Studio Co-ordinator Contact: Email: S2kramer@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor I Dewa Made Suparta Artist-in-Residence: Balinese Percussion Ensemble Artistic Director, Composition Contact: Email: dewa.suparta@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor; Ensemble Director Daniel Warren orchestra@uwaterloo Ensemble Director Contact: Email:Daniel.Warren@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director Michael E. Wood Jazz Ensemble Director; Percussion Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24226 Email: percwood@wightman.ca Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor Sessional Instructors Ben Bolt-Martin Cello Contact Email: bboltmartin@gmail.com Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor Ross Edwards Clarinet Contact Email: music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Marina Gallagher Special topics: Video Game Music; Understanding Music Contact: Email: mj3galla@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Ernie Kalwa Saxophone Contact: Email: ekalwa@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Debra Lacoste Trumpet Contact: Email: dlacoste@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Kathryn Ladano Bass Clarinet Contact: Email: kladano@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Brian Lefresne Introduction to Jazz Contact: Email: blefresn@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Cam McKittrick Music & Technology Contact: Email: c.mckittrick@icloud.com Part-Time Instructor Peter Nikiforuk Organ Contact: Email: peter.j.niki@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Terry Paynter Music Theory Contact: Email: tpaynter@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Anna Ronai Piano Contact: Email: music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Mariette Stephenson Guitar Contact: Email: m3stephenson@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Deborah Stroh French Horn Contact: Email: music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Laurel Swinden Flute Contact: Email: lswinden@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Rachel Thomas Trombone Contact: Email:rachel.stoco@sympatico.ca Part-Time Instructor Trevor Wagler Music Theory Contact: Email: trevor.wagler@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Ian Whitman Double Bass Contact: Email: ian.whitman@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Simon Wood Popular Music and Culture, Music and Film Contact: Email: j2wood@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Jung Tsai Violin Contact: Email: jungt2005@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor TBA Tuba Contact: Email:music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor TBA Oboe Contact: Email:music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Accompanist Charmaine Fopoussi Accompanist / Coach Contact: Email: charmaine.fopoussi@gmail.com
Music Faculty Laura J. Gray Faculty; Acting Undergrad Advisor (Jan-June 2026) Faculty Profile Contact: 519-885-0220 ext. 24247ljgray@uwaterloo.ca CGC 1104 Faculty Kate Kennedy Steiner On Sabbatical Jan-Jun 2026 - Faculty; Chapel Choir Ensemble Director; Director of Church Music & Worship; Undergraduate Advisor Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24264 E-mail: ksteiner@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty Maisie Sum Faculty; Balinese Percussion Ensemble Director Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 Ext 24219 E-mail: maisie.sum@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty Karen Sunabacka Faculty Faculty Profile Contact: (519) 885-0220 ext. 24245karen.sunabacka@uwaterloo.ca Faculty Mark Vuorinen Faculty; Music Department Chair; Chamber Choir Ensemble Director; Noon Hour Concert Coordinator Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24226 Email: mvuorinen@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty Staff Sonja Seiler Staff; Music Ensemble & Concert Coordinator Contact: 519-885-0220 x24256 s2seiler@uwaterloo.ca CGR 1103 Staff Claudia Van Decker Staff; Undergraduate Academic and Administrative Coordinator Contact: 519-885-0220 x24226cvandecker@uwaterloo.ca CGR 1103 Staff Ensemble Directors Judith Davenport Instrumental Chamber Ensembles Director; Viola Contact: Email: viola73@rogers.com Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor Liska Jetchick University Choir Ensemble Director Contact: Email: liska.jetchick@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director Stephanie Kramer Voice; Vocal Techniques Ensemble Director; Art Song; Studio Co-ordinator Contact: Email: S2kramer@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor I Dewa Made Suparta Artist-in-Residence: Balinese Percussion Ensemble Artistic Director, Composition Contact: Email: dewa.suparta@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor; Ensemble Director Daniel Warren orchestra@uwaterloo Ensemble Director Contact: Email:Daniel.Warren@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director Michael E. Wood Jazz Ensemble Director; Percussion Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24226 Email: percwood@wightman.ca Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor Sessional Instructors Ben Bolt-Martin Cello Contact Email: bboltmartin@gmail.com Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor Ross Edwards Clarinet Contact Email: music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Marina Gallagher Special topics: Video Game Music; Understanding Music Contact: Email: mj3galla@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Ernie Kalwa Saxophone Contact: Email: ekalwa@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Debra Lacoste Trumpet Contact: Email: dlacoste@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Kathryn Ladano Bass Clarinet Contact: Email: kladano@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Brian Lefresne Introduction to Jazz Contact: Email: blefresn@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Cam McKittrick Music & Technology Contact: Email: c.mckittrick@icloud.com Part-Time Instructor Peter Nikiforuk Organ Contact: Email: peter.j.niki@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Terry Paynter Music Theory Contact: Email: tpaynter@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Anna Ronai Piano Contact: Email: music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Mariette Stephenson Guitar Contact: Email: m3stephenson@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Deborah Stroh French Horn Contact: Email: music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Laurel Swinden Flute Contact: Email: lswinden@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Rachel Thomas Trombone Contact: Email:rachel.stoco@sympatico.ca Part-Time Instructor Trevor Wagler Music Theory Contact: Email: trevor.wagler@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Ian Whitman Double Bass Contact: Email: ian.whitman@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor Simon Wood Popular Music and Culture, Music and Film Contact: Email: j2wood@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Jung Tsai Violin Contact: Email: jungt2005@gmail.com Part-Time Instructor TBA Tuba Contact: Email:music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor TBA Oboe Contact: Email:music@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor Accompanist Charmaine Fopoussi Accompanist / Coach Contact: Email: charmaine.fopoussi@gmail.com
Laura J. Gray Faculty; Acting Undergrad Advisor (Jan-June 2026) Faculty Profile Contact: 519-885-0220 ext. 24247ljgray@uwaterloo.ca CGC 1104 Faculty
Kate Kennedy Steiner On Sabbatical Jan-Jun 2026 - Faculty; Chapel Choir Ensemble Director; Director of Church Music & Worship; Undergraduate Advisor Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24264 E-mail: ksteiner@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty
Maisie Sum Faculty; Balinese Percussion Ensemble Director Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 Ext 24219 E-mail: maisie.sum@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty
Karen Sunabacka Faculty Faculty Profile Contact: (519) 885-0220 ext. 24245karen.sunabacka@uwaterloo.ca Faculty
Mark Vuorinen Faculty; Music Department Chair; Chamber Choir Ensemble Director; Noon Hour Concert Coordinator Faculty Profile Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24226 Email: mvuorinen@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Faculty
Sonja Seiler Staff; Music Ensemble & Concert Coordinator Contact: 519-885-0220 x24256 s2seiler@uwaterloo.ca CGR 1103 Staff
Claudia Van Decker Staff; Undergraduate Academic and Administrative Coordinator Contact: 519-885-0220 x24226cvandecker@uwaterloo.ca CGR 1103 Staff
Judith Davenport Instrumental Chamber Ensembles Director; Viola Contact: Email: viola73@rogers.com Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor
Liska Jetchick University Choir Ensemble Director Contact: Email: liska.jetchick@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director
Stephanie Kramer Voice; Vocal Techniques Ensemble Director; Art Song; Studio Co-ordinator Contact: Email: S2kramer@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor
I Dewa Made Suparta Artist-in-Residence: Balinese Percussion Ensemble Artistic Director, Composition Contact: Email: dewa.suparta@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor; Ensemble Director
Daniel Warren orchestra@uwaterloo Ensemble Director Contact: Email:Daniel.Warren@uwaterloo.ca Ensemble Director
Michael E. Wood Jazz Ensemble Director; Percussion Contact: Phone: 519-885-0220 x24226 Email: percwood@wightman.ca Ensemble Director; Part-Time Instructor
Marina Gallagher Special topics: Video Game Music; Understanding Music Contact: Email: mj3galla@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor
Simon Wood Popular Music and Culture, Music and Film Contact: Email: j2wood@uwaterloo.ca Part-Time Instructor
