Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA
Stephanie Benassi is a conceptual artist working primarily with photography. She uses photographic images and processes to conceptually engage the contradictions, limitations, and material conditions inherent to the photographic medium.
Adjunct Faculty, MUSIC TECHNOLOGY, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Prof. Joseph Benitez is a Northern Virginia and Washington DC native. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in Music Technology from George Mason University where he learned to hone his craft in music production and sound design from Dr. Robert Gillam.
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management, CVPA
Director of Finance & Administration of the Washington Drama Society, Inc. dba Arena StageJoseph Berardelli is Director of Finance & Administration of the Washington Drama Society, Inc. dba Arena Stage. He has his MBA in Business Administration from SUNY, Binghamton.
Adjunct Faculty, SOPRANO/CLASS VOICE, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Lisa Berger is a professional singer in the Washington area who has been affiliated with George Mason University as an Adjunct Professor since 2003, on the voice faculty and in the classroom.
Adjunct Faculty, School of Dance, CVPA
Celine Berthaud began her formal dance training at the Boston Arts Academy where she graduated as a Dance Major. Upon graduation, she attended George Mason University on a performance scholarship receiving her Bachelors in the Fine Arts for Dance.
Assistant Professor of CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION/Director of UNDERGRADUATE MUSIC EDUCATION
Dr. Tina Beveridge is Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education and Director of Undergraduate Music Education at the Dewberry School of Music of George Mason University. Although the majority of her teaching experience has been all ages and levels of choral music, in her K-12 career she has also taught middle and high school band and elementary general music. Her diverse teaching experience includes jazz, pop, and world music pedagogy, as well as other progressive pedagogies such as general music in the secondary school.
Professor and Director of CHORAL ACTIVITIES, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Dr. Lisa Billingham is the newly appointed Director of Choral Activities at George Mason University, effective Fall 2021. She will be directing the University Chorale and the University Singers, and will teach choral conducting and related classes. She continues as an active member of the University Faculty Senate.
Adjunct Faculty and Co-Coordinator of PERCUSSION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Jonathan Bisesi has held the position of Percussionist with the “Presidents Own” United States Marine Band since May 2004. He has been a featured soloist with the Marine Band on multiple occasions, most notably on the Filene Center stage at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and the “Presidents Own” 2011 National Concert Tour.
Adjunct Faculty, KEYBOARD SKILLS/PIANO, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Dr. Ina Radeva Mirtcheva is a May 2014 graduate of George Mason University with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance. She has been a piano student of Dr. Anna Balakerskia for many years. Her doctoral dissertation research focused on the life and music of Isaac Miknovsky; Dr. Linda Monson served as her dissertation advisor and mentor.
Collaborative PIANO, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA
Dr. Lisa Bloy earned a B.M. from Oberlin Conservatory, her M.M. from Pennsylvania University, and a DMA from Michigan State University. As an adjunct faculty member at GMU, Dr. Bloy has accompanied many students from both vocal and instrumental studios and has worked with the GMU opera classes.
