D. Lance Marsh is pleased to be in his seventh year at TheatreOCU, where he serves as Artistic Director and Head of Performance, as well as an Associate Professor in the School of Theatre. He directed Cosi, which was a Region VI Finalist production in the Kennedy center American College Theatre Festival, and was nominated (one of only 17 shows in the country) to go to the Kennedy Center. For the company, he has also directed Man and Superman, Twelfth Night, The Importance of Being Earnest, Three Sisters, Dancing at Lughnasa (Stage II) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stage II). This year he will direct Othello (Stage II) and The House of Atreus, a massive four-play Greek tragic saga, for which Professor Marsh also did the adaptation. The Company will also be producing his adaptation of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol this season, for the fourth straight year. Lance also serves as the Associate Artistic Director for Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park (where he directed Misalliance and acted in Hamlet in 2009 and directed A Comedy of Errors in 2010). Before coming to OCU, Lance taught at the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Arizona, as well as at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and at the University of Wisconsin- Baraboo/Sauk County. He holds a BFA in Theatre (Acting) from Stephens College and an MFA in Acting from UW-Madison. Before becoming a teacher, Lance spent over fifteen years as a professional actor, primarily performing in classical plays. He has appeared at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Western Stage, the California Shakespeare Festival, the Okoboji Summer Theatre, Next Act Theatre, First Stage Children’s Theatre, the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, the Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival, the Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, the Texas Shakespeare Festival, the Arizona Repertory Theatre and was a company member for 5 years at American Players Theatre. A proud member of Actors Equity, he recently he has performed at the Oklahoma City Rep in productions of Our Town, Hay Fever and Moonlight and Magnolias. His latest project is playing Bill Fordham in City Rep’s upcoming production of August: Osage County. He has directed professionally in California, Missouri, Iowa, Arizona and Wisconsin and directed The Glass Menagerie for City Rep a few years ago. He is the giddily excited father of Lily, who just entered kindergarten and teaches him every day how to keep his inner child alive.

Kevin Asselin received his MFA in Acting from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign and holds a BS in Music and Theatre from Plymouth State University. A member of the Actors Equity Association his acting credits include work with the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Writers Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Defiant Theatre, Harvest Moon Theatre, The Papermill Theatre, Illinois Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare on the Green, Struthers Library Theatre, Famous Door, The Chicago Symphony, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks among others. He is a certified Actor Combatant with the Fight Directors of Canada and the Society of American Fight Directors. As a Fight Director he has worked with Writers Theatre (Joseph Jefferson Nomination) Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Joseph Jefferson Nomination) Marriot Lincolnshire, American Players Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Apple Tree, Signal Theatre, Greasy Joan, ATC, Light Opera Works, Theatre at the Center, Festival 56 among others. His directing credits include productions of The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, The Learned Ladies, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Deceived, The Witch, and The Wizard of Oz among others. As an instructor he has worked with the University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois, Plymouth State University, and St. Mary’s College and the Classical Training Program at the Tony Award winning Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. He is the Co-Creator of “Montana Shakes,” an educational outreach component of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, which introduces Shakespeare to elementary schools throughout the Montana Region.

Ben Corbett is a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher (Shakespeare & Company, August 2012) whose classes at the School of Theatre include Vocal Production for the Actor I & II, Acting III, and Freshman Actor Workshop. He has also taught Accents and Dialects using the Phonetic Pillows and Audition Techniques. His directing credits at OCU include The Laramie Project, Love's Labour's Lost, and Angels in America: Millenium Approaches. He also played Chebutykin in OCU's production of Three Sisters. His professional vocal coaching credits include Shakespeare Dallas, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, Barter Theatre, Burning Coal Theatre Co., Bare Theatre, and Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Ben's professional acting credits include two and a half years as a resident actor at Barter Theatre, with additional roles at the William Inge Theatre Festival, City Rep, Blowing Rock Stage Co., Burning Coal Theatre Co., Light Opera Oklahoma, Shakespeare & Co., North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare Festival of Dallas. He is also a proud member of Actor's Equity, and an Associate Editor for Oklahoma for the International Dialects of English Archive. His research interests focus on the free, natural voice, male voice and men's awareness of and relationship to their voices.

Sarah dAngelo holds a BA degree in Drama from the University of Washington and a MFA in Acting from the University of Montana. She has performed across the country in theatres such as the Seattle Group Theatre, The New City Theatre, Freehold, Greenstage, Theatre Schmeatre Missoula Children’s Theatre, Chattanooga Theatre Ensemble, Oklahoma City Rep and the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles as well as in film, television and voice-overs. An educator since 2000, Sarah has taught at the University of Montana, Mission Mountain School, Chattanooga State and Friends University. Her creative and scholarly interests include Indigenous performance aesthetic, multi-media performance, and art as activism. She is a proud member of SAG, AFTRA and AEA.

Dr. Pasto is an actor, director, playwright, translator, and theatre historian. He has acted and directed for many theaters in Oklahoma, including Carpenter Square Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, and Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. His translation of a Spanish Golden Age play, The House of Trials by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, won the Franklin G. Smith Award for excellence in translation and has been published by Peter Lang Publishers. He teaches play analysis, theatre history, acting, and directing at OCU.

Paula Dawson received an MFA in Acting from the University of California-Davis and holds a BFA in Performance from Concordia University-Montreal. Her background is in physical theatre, clown, devised work and contemporary theatre practice. She has previously taught in the BFA acting programs at Utah State University and the University of Mississippi. She has worked for many years as an actor and director in the United States and Canada in both theatre and film, and was co-founder of Canadian theatre companies, StageLeft and Soulfishing, both devoted to the production of new works. Her work with and for young people includes touring with Theatre New Brunswick’s Young Company, leading workshops in video production/performance for Summerhouse Theatre, as well as developing acting curriculum and directing for OCU’s Performance Arts Academy. Ms. Dawson’s present research is in the area of contemporary theatre practice and pedagogy, including an exploration into kinesthetic response to architecture and landscape, and its relationship to the structure of narrative and character development/identity.

Timothy Fall has over 20 years experience in the entertainment industry as an actor, writer, director and producer. As an actor, he starred with Bob Newhart in the CBS series Bob. He was a series regular on UPN’s Pig Sty and CBS’s Good Company. In all, he has performed in more than 50 television shows and films. He was writer and co-executive producer of two ABC pilots, Full Circle and French Kiss, and wrote for the WB series Men, Women & Dogs. He has written numerous television pilots and several screenplays, including Just a Shot Away for the Paris-based production company Little Italy. Fall produced and directed the animated pilots DonDog@DonDog.com and Dennis Miller: Reluctant Time Traveler starring Dennis Miller. He has produced and directed several New Media series, including Loopy for Comedy.com. In 2010 he produced and directed the documentary Oklahoma, Music and The Mary Rose for the University of Central Oklahoma. Born in Missouri, Fall was graduated from Albany High School in 1981. He attended the University of Mississippi, William Jewell College and Harlaxton College, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK. He holds a B.A. in International Relations from The University of Memphis. He has traveled throughout Southeast Asia, Europe and the US, and lived for a year in Paris, where his wife Jennifer, a native of Shawnee, Oklahoma, trained as a chef. The Falls and their three children relocated in August, 2008 from Venice, California to Oklahoma City. He is in his third year as On-Camera Acting instructor at OCU.

Jeanie Cooper Sholer has been teaching acting for twenty five years. She has performed in numerous musical theatre productions including Charity in SWEET CHARITY, Annie in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Mame in MAME, and Mollie in THE UNSINKALBLE MOLLY BROWN at Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City. Some of her favorite roles in straight plays are, Daisy in DRIVING MISS DAISY, at The City Rep., Titania in MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at South Coast Rep, Kate in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW at Southcoast Rep., Lady Hurf in THIEVE'S CARNIVAL at the Boulder Playhouse, and Dolly in THE MATCHMAKER at U.T. Arlington. She has studied acting with Utta Hagen and Bill Hickey at the HB Studio Studio. And she has studied with the Michael Cheknov Association in Ft. Worth, Texas. Her Improvisation training includes The Second City in Chicago. Her television credits include the series, THE MISSISSIPPI, with Ralph Waite and several full length feature films. She holds a Master's Degree in Acting from UCLA where she studied on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Jeanie is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association. She also belongs to SAG and AFTRA. You may have heard her voice on several national commercials for Purina Puppy Chow, Sears, AT&T, Budweiser Beer and McDonnell Douglas. She has done hundreds of voice overs for local and regional companies. She has been a principal or spokesperson in numerous local and national television commercials. Jeanie has been listed in Who's Who in in Educaion. Jeanie lives in Edmond with her husband, Chris and their cat, Rascal. They have one daughter, Jane.

Jason Foreman is the Associate Professor of Scenic Design and the Head of Design and Production at Oklahoma City University. He joined the faculty at OCU in 2005. He holds a BFA in Drama – Design and Technical Production from the University of Oklahoma and a MFA in Scenic Design from California State University at Long Beach. Jason has designed scenery for over 75 productions during his career; recent scenic design credits include Legally Blonde, The Tales of Hoffman, Macbeth, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The House of Atreus. He has worked professionally as a designer and scenic artist for companies around the US, such as Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, West Virginia Public Theatre, City Rep, Houston Shakespeare Festival, and Southern Repertory Theatre. He is currently serving as the Chair of OCU’s Faculty Senate Executive Committee. He is an active member with the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, and serves on the annual national conference committee. Jason is the Co-Chair for Design, Technology, and Management with KCACTF Region VI. He is also the President of the Board of Directors for TheatreOCU's professional partner, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park.

Ashley Bellet is the Resident Costume Designer at OCU. She received BAs in English and Theatre Design from the University of the South at Sewanee, and her MFA in Theatre Design from The University of Memphis. She designed and taught previously at The University of Memphis and at The University of Tulsa, and attended Cobalt Studios for studies in Scenic Artistry. She has studied both scenic and costume design, and has painted and designed props for several professional theatres. Her greatest interests lie in studying visual history and cultural aesthetics, as well as the philosophy behind contemporary theatre aesthetics. She has designed professionally for Playhouse on the Square, Circuit Playhouse, Theatre Memphis, Germantown Theatre, and Theatreworks in Memphis, where she received attention from the Memphis Ostrander Awards for her work at Circuit Playhouse and Germantown Theatre. She has also designed for Theatre Tulsa and Light Opera Oklahoma in Tulsa, and The Kentucky Repertory Theatre, among others. She is a member of Fictional Characters, a writers’ group in Tulsa, and her work has been performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. She is a member of SETC and an active member of USITT and the Heart of America Section, and has presented numerous posters and panels for the Education Commission of USITT.

Jeff Cochran is the Assistant Professor of Stage and Production Management at Oklahoma City University. As the head of the Stage and Production Program, Jeff oversees both the academic and production components of the program for both the School of Theatre and the Bass School of Music. In addition to his work at OCU, Jeff stays active in the industry, serving this past summer as the Production Stage Manger for Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. Prior to his time at OCU, Jeff was an active member of the arts community in the Great State of Texas. As an active member in the D/FW arts community, Jeff has staged managed for such companies as WaterTower Theatre, Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, the Greater Tuna Corporation and Dallas Black Dance. His most recent post was serving as the Director of the Murchison Performing Arts Center at the University of North Texas. In 1996 he served as a lighting designer during the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta Georgia. Jeff currently is an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and the International Association of Venue Managers. Jeff is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.

Courtney DiBello is an adjunct faculty member in Stage and Production Management and is pleased to be a part of the TheatreOCU faculty. Courtney is currently fortunate to be Resident Stage Manager for Oklahoma City Ballet, Canterbury Choral Society, and Norman Ballet Company. In addition to these local performance groups, she has also stage managed for Yale Repertory Theatre, Montana Repertory Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Yale Cabaret, Tulsa Opera, & Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre. Furthermore, she has directed and/or choreographed for Ardmore Little Theatre, Carpenter Square Theatre, The Chocolate Factory, Spotlight Youth Theatre, and the University of Oklahoma. Courtney has a BFA from the University of Oklahoma in Technical Theatre and a MFA from Yale School of Drama in Stage Management. Her most important role is wife to husband, Joe, and mother to daughter, Waverly, and son, Weston. Courtney is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association.

Christine Duncan is excited to be a part of the Oklahoma City University faculty as the Assistant Professor of Costume Technology. She received her BA in Theater from Bethel College in St. Paul, MN and her MFA in Costume Technology from Ohio University. Christine spent ten years freelancing in movies, opera, and theater all over the country. Her credits include The Notebook, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Big Fish on the silver screen as well as staff positions at The Minnesota Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, The Guthrie Theater, and the Williamstown Theater Festival. Most recently she was the Costume Shop Manager at Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and another summer as Crafts Supervisor at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Christine is a professed geek and blames George Lucas for her career choice.

LukE Hadsall is the Technical Director and Assistant Professor of Theatre, joining the OCU Theatre Faculty in 2012. He received AA degrees in Speech-Theatre and Music from Northern Oklahoma College, a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Central Oklahoma and an MFA in Theatre Design and Production from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. While most of his career has been based in Oklahoma, LukE has built scenery, toured and worked rigging jobs throughout the Midwest and Florida. One fun job was hanging an Indy car from the side of a skyscraper for the Indy 500. His Portable Intricate Theatrical Assembly, a compact scenic system, can be seen touring the country with the production of A Jew Grows in Brooklyn. He is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and has been published three times for his Tech Expo papers in the USITT Tech Expo Catalogs; winning the juried award at Tech Expo 2011. Locally, LukE has freelanced for several theatre companies in the Oklahoma City Metro area as well as designed and built pieces for the State Fair of Oklahoma. When he’s not in a scene shop, he can be found playing ice hockey, brewing beer or customizing old Volkswagens.

Aaron Mooney is pleased to join the faculty at OCU. He holds an MFA in Theatre Design from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a BA in Theatre Education from The University of Tulsa. Previously, Aaron served as an adjunct professor for Queens College in New York City. Aaron designs lights in a myriad of fields, including: Theatre, Musical Theatre, Dance, Opera, Museum Exhibition, Fashion, Concerts, and Special Events. He has recently designed lighting for MacBeth, Chicago, and Rent, as well as working on exhibition lighting at the S.R. Guggenheim Museum, the National Academy of Design, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and Morgan Museum & Library. Fashion lighting in New York City includes: Barneys, Prada, Armani, and Dolce + Gabbana. Aaron has lit events in spaces as large as Radio City Music Hall (NYC), the Beacon Theatre (NYC), and The Joint at the Hard Rock Casino (Tulsa), as well as many spaces so small that they barely deserve to be called theatres. Aaron is glad to be back home in Oklahoma with his wife and son.

Lyn is the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Children’s Theatre. She has a Diploma of Education from Deakin University in Australia as well as a BFA and MFA in Theatre/Directing from the University of Oklahoma. She has taught elementary school in Australia and has been an adjunct instructor at Oklahoma City Community College, OCU School of Dance and Arts Management and is currently an adjunct professor with the Department of Theatre. Lyn volunteers in the community with Harding Fine Arts Center, Leadership Oklahoma City, A+ Arts, OKCPSF Project Kids, Septemberfest, Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma City Arts Council, RedBud Classic Run and Rotary International Club 29. She teaches courses such as Acting I, Script Analysis and The Theatre Experience. She also directs OCT and OCU Theatre for Young Audience productions. Lyn believes her greatest challenge is to convince us that real Aussies don’t throw shrimps on the barby and that she doesn’t carry a real knife in her purse.

Elin is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma and has been Artistic Director for Oklahoma Children's Theatre since 1997 and an adjunct professor for OCU Department of Theatre for the past three years. Her directing credits for TheatreOCU include And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, The Outsiders, and Stage Door. Elin also appeared in TheatreOCU production of A Christmas Carol and Holes. She has an eclectic resume as an actress and director accumulated over the past 30 years. Her acting credits include Desiree in A Little Night Music at Lyric Theatre, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Pollard Theatre, Latrelle in Sordid Lives at Carpenter Square Theatre, Mistress Ford in Merry Wives of Windsor for Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park and Betty Blake in Will Rogers Follies for Jewel Box Theatre. As director her credits span from A Christmas Story at Oklahoma Children's Theatre to The Rocky Horror Show for Carpenter Square Theatre.

Judith Palladino, full professor of theatre and children’s theatre, has been at OCU since 1992, teaching, directing, coordinating the theater teacher education program, and serving as the Program Director for Children’s Theatre, director of the Let's Pretend Players touring company -- completing over 300, closer to 400 tours -- for fourteen of those years, and Chair of the Department of Speech and Theatre for ten. Her adult theatre career (as opposed to her entire theatre career --- she began performing when she was 9!) includes directing: more than 50 full length production and nearly 80 one-acts; performing: 39 featured roles in theatre, musical theatre, and made-for-TV movies, as well as voice-overs, promotional films, and a national puppet touring company; playwriting: 9 plays performed by the Let’s Pretend Players’ touring company; and, that which has been most gratifying, serving as an artist/teacher. She has also researched, designed, and written 75 theatre Study Guides. Her recent accomplishments include having an article published in Incite/Insight, an AATE (American Alliance for Theatre and Education) journal, being awarded a Priddy Fellowship at OCU, and serving as a member of an Arts Integration Faculty Learning Community. She has been a member of the editorial staff for the theatre for young audiences juried journal Stage of the Art, is a Past President of the Oklahoma City Professional Chapter of Zeta Phi Eta (the National Professional Fraternity in Communication Arts and Sciences since 1893), and has been the AATE State Representative for Oklahoma. Professor Palladino was named “Ruth Arrington Outstanding College Theatre Educator” in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre, and Communication Association in 2006 and two years earlier, in 2004, received the Presidential Citation for Outstanding Service as Oklahoma State Representative from AATE. In the decade prior, Professor Palladino received an MFA in Drama/Theatre for the Young from Eastern Michigan University. Her undergraduate years, a triple major and teacher’s certification in Drama/Theatre, Speech, and Reading, all happened at Ashland University in Ohio. She was, however, born and raised in New York City and attended high school on Long Island, where theatre first became a part of her very fiber.

Benita is the Operations Manager for the School of Theatre. She attended Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK and majored in Accounting. She has worked in the Accounting field in various capacities for companies such as Lucent, City Rescue Mission, and Dealers Auto Auction. She started her career with Oklahoma City University in 2005, as a staff accountant in the Business Services Office. She then moved into her current role with the School of Theatre in 2008. Her responsibilities vary from handling the daily operations of the School of Theatre to the Finances. She enjoys her current role which allows her to be involved with students, faculty, and staff all over campus. It also allows her to intertwine her passion in music, ministry, and the arts and still use her experience and skills as an accountant. She lives in Yukon with her family and has a beautiful son named Joey.

Cathy is the Student Services and Marketing Coordinator for the School of Theatre. She graduated from Oklahoma State University (Go Pokes!) with a BA in English and a minor in Spanish. Prior to being at OCU, Cathy worked at Quartz Mountain Resort Arts and Conference Center - Home of Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute - as its event planner. Cathy is in her 3rd year as Student Services and Marketing Coordinator in which she specializes in recruitment of future students, admissions and auditions for incoming students, and advisement of current students. She resides in OKC with her two roommates and their two loving dogs, Madeline and Jack.

Jim has worked in the professional, regional, and educational theatre fields since 1979. His experiences range from technical director and lighting design at the Perot Theatre to filling a variety of technical roles for Lyric Theatre, to serving as a technical director and master scenic artist. Jim also supports the performance programs at OCU as a scene designer, lighting designer, and sound designer, while serving as a full time staff member.

Heidi is an Oklahoma City native and has been an active professional in Oklahoma City theatre since 1987. She currently serves as the Master Electrician for the College of Performing Arts. Heidi has also worked in every major venue in Oklahoma City as a master electrician for the IATSE Local 112. She has also installed lighting control systems in theaters throughout the nation as a factory trained field service technician for ETC.

Larry has been working as a Theatre Technician at OCU and in the Oklahoma City area since 2002. Striving to one day be a technical theatre teacher, he works with students at both OCU and Lyric Academy. Larry has held such titles as Head Carpenter, Effects Flyman and Head Flyman at Lyric Theatre. His current job duties in the OCU scene shop include welding, rigging, flying and carpentry. Larry was the Technical Director for TheatreOCU’s Valor, Outrage and Woman last semester. He is also an Instructor for the Stagecraft labs.

Originally from the Philippines, Rebecca started sewing in 1973 when she was eleven years old and in the sixth grade. After high school, she worked in a Dress Shop. She went to school for Dressmaking in the mornings, and in the afternoon, she took Pre-Master Training. She worked in the Lita’s Tailoring and Dressmaking Shop before moving to Vancover, Canada. Rebecca and her family finally settled in Oklahoma City in 1987 where she worked doing alterations at JJ Kelly Bridal Shop. She has been working in the costume shop at Oklahoma City University since 1992. During the summers and weekends, while not here in the shop, she has worked at the Lyric Theatre, Golden Images Inc. Bridal Shop, Brides Unlimited Bridal Shop, Brides Mart Bridal Shop, Dolly Levi’s Event Design Studio Shop, and Meg Guess Couture Bridal Boutique.

Mark Edward Parker, Ann Hundley Hoover chair and Dean of the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University, specializes in building arts education partnerships between academia, business, and communities and across international borders.

He is the recipient of Oklahoma’s highest honor in the arts, the Governor’s Arts Award. He is a member of the board of directors of Creative Oklahoma and of the National Association of Schools of Music, as well as founding president of the DaVinci Institute, an interdisciplinary arts and education think tank.

Parker is an authority on using technology to enhance creativity; he was the first academic dean in the world to be selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator, and is a frequent speaker and workshop leader here and abroad. He conducted the Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra for two decades, and conducts honor, regional, and All-State ensembles across the county.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in music education from Eastern Michigan University, which has honored him as an outstanding alumnus. Graduate work includes his master's of music from the University of Michigan and doctoral work in music education at the Eastman School of Music.

Under Parker’s leadership, Oklahoma City University’s Bass School of Music has doubled its size, became an all-Steinway School, the nation’s first Conn-Selmer School, an Apple Digital Campus, and an Apple Training Center. He oversaw the design and construction of the $38.5 million, 113,000-square-foot Bass Music Center. Since its opening in 2006, the Center has hosted artists and educators from around the world.

The Bass School has partnership agreements with local and regional entities as well as with the Tianjin Conservatory in China, the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland, and the Hed School: Israeli College of Contemporary Music in Tel Aviv.

Mark G. Belcik joined the School of Music at Oklahoma City University as Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Music in 2002. He holds degrees in Music Education from The University of Michigan; a Master's in Horn Performance from The University of Oklahoma; and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Instrumental Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin. Prior to his appointment at OCU, Dr. Belcik served as Assistant State Director of Music for the University Interscholastic League (UIL) in Texas and was Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Texas. In Austin, he worked with the Longhorn Marching Band, conducted the Symphony Band, and taught academic classes in conducting and music education. He also is former Director of Bands at Valdosta State University in Georgia. His high school bands have earned national recognition and won sweepstakes awards in Oklahoma and Colorado. Under his leadership, the Ardmore High School Band was chosen Outstanding Music Program in the state of Oklahoma. Dr. Belcik is an active clinician and guest conductor. He has conducted Honor Bands in several states and has presented clinics at State, Regional and National Conventions. He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Phi Mu Alpha.

Dr. David Herendeen received his Bachelor and Master's degrees from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and his Doctorate from the University of Arizona. Internationally, he has studied with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria and the Goldovsky Opera Workshop. He has acted and/or directed at the Arizona Opera, D’Angelo Opera Theater, Brevard Music Center, Erie Opera Theater, Hartt Opera, Michigan Opera, Rochester Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony, and Erie Philharmonic. Dr. Herendeen created the role of Roderick Usher in the world premiere of the reconstruction of The Fall of the House of Usher, by Debussy, which was broadcast on public television. Dr. Herendeen received the the Deutsche Opera Berlin’s German/American Award, which brought him to Berlin on a fellowship to study opera literature, sang at the Deutsche Opera Berlin as resident Lyrische/Kavalier baritone, and was a national finalist in the Merola Opera Competition, and a regional finalist in the annual Met and NATS competitions. Presently, he serves as Director for the School of Theatre, as well as the Director of the Opera and Music Theater programs.