Art Faculty
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
Links of Interest
"It's not art unless it has the potential to be a disaster."
—Banksy
—Banksy
- Associate Chair, Visual and Performing Arts
- Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Artist-in-Residence, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences
- gordillo@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2930
- Walker 209C
Links of Interest
- Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Links of Interest
Music Faculty
- Department Chair, Visual and Performing Arts
- Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Director of Choral Activities
- jaredand@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2143
- Walker 209D
Specialties/Activities
- Choral Singing
- Contemporary Choral Music
- Musical Theater
- Skill Acquisition in the Large Group Rehearsal
- Ear-Training
- Visiting Instructor of Music
"Traveler, there is no road. A road is made by walking."
- Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Director of Jazz Studies
- abmeckle@mtu.edu
- Rozsa 203
Links of Interest
- Teaching Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Director, Music Composition Program
- ecmeyer@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3015
- Rozsa 206
Links of Interest
Specialties/Activities
- Classical music composition
- Violin/viola performance, instruction
Music Lessons Faculty
- Piano & Flute Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Percussion Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Harp Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Piano and Organ Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Piano Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Oboe Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Erin Matas
- Library Director
- French Horn Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- ematas@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2419
- Library 211
- Trumpet Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Voice Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Sarah Rimkus
- Instructor of Composition, Visual and Performing Arts
Links of Interest
- Cello Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Violin Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Sound and Film Faculty
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
Specialties/Activities
- Sound Recording & Mixing
- Synthesizer Programming
- Sound Effects Creation
- Open Educational Resource Development
- Distinguished Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- cplummer@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3282
- Walker 212A
Specialties/Activities
- Sound Design
- Sound System Consultation
- Sound Mixing
- Sound Studies
- Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- sherwood@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2162
- Walker 102
Specialties/Activities
- Sound Design
- Music Composition
- Sound Systems Design and Engineering
"Also, you'll find a pair of safety glasses and some earplugs under your seats. Please feel free to use them."
—Max Fischer, Rushmore
—Max Fischer, Rushmore
- Director, Humanities Digital Media Zone
- Teaching Professor in Digital Media and Cinema, Humanities
- Faculty Advisor, Cin/Optic Communication and Media Enterprise
- ersmith@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3263
- Walker 120E
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Digital Media Production
- Documentary Production and Theory
- Film Theory and Criticism
- Academic Technology Administration
- British Literature
- Sound Mixing Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Sound Mixing Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
- Sound Mixing Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts
Theatre Faculty
- Adjunct Instructor of Theatre, Visual and Performing Arts
- Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- kacyr@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2692
- Rozsa 114
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- mkcyr@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3222
- Walker 204A
- Professor, Visual and Performing Arts
- helsel@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3283
- Walker 209E
Specialties/Activities
- Acting
- Voice and Articulation
- Musical Theatre
- Audition Techniques
- Vocal Techniques for Media and Theatre
- Presentation
Emeriti Faculty
"Artistry is not bounded by the arts. I tell my students that as they become more confident in their own creativity it will make them a better engineer, mathematician, or forester."
- Professor Emerita
Links of Interest
Specialties/Activities
- Watercolor
- Watermedia art
- Experimental texture and media techniques
- Professor Emerita
- mcfriedr@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3284
- Walker 204A
Specialties/Activities
- Costume Design and Construction
- Lighting Design
- Scene Design
- Color Science for Designers in Theatre
- Professor Emeritus
- mjirish@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2145
- Rozsa 203
Links of Interest
Specialties/Activities
- Jazz Studies
- Jazz Guitar
- Composer/Arranger
- Clinician/Adjudicator/Performer
- Rhythm Section Specialist