Music Faculty and Staff

  • Jesse Guessford

    Founding Director of MUSIC TECHNOLOGY and COMPOSITION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Jesse Guessford received a BS in music education from West Chester University, a Master of Music in music composition from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, and a DMA in music composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 
  • Eunae Ko Han

    Term Assistant Professor of Music, Collaborative PIANO, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Eunae Ko Han, Term Assistant Professor in Collaborative Piano at Mason, has previously served as an adjunct opera coach and collaborative pianist in vocal studies at George Mason University since 2014.
  • Soo Han

    Director of ORCHESTRAL STUDIES, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Soo Han is the newly appointed Director of Orchestral Studies at the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music at George Mason University. He is also the Music Director of the Elkhart County Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.
  • John Healey

    Adjunct Faculty, PIANO and AURAL SKILLS, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. John Paul Healey has served on the piano faculty of George Mason University’s School of Music since 2004.  Since then he has performed with students, faculty members and as a soloist in most of the performance venues on campus.  He has been included as an annual faculty presenter in GMU’s Piano Pedagogy Seminars since 2009.
  • Bridget Higgins

    Operations Coordinator, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Bridget Higgins has served as Operations Coordinator at the Dewberry School of Music since 2014. Her duties in this role include managing student recitals, scheduling applied lessons, managing recordings, working as staff liaison with music student organizations, and coordinating day-to-day operations in the school.
  • Estrella Hong

    Adjunct Faculty, KEYBOARD, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Estrella Sejin Hong is an Adjunct Faculty of Keyboard skills at Mason. A native of Seoul, South Korea, she was a doctoral piano student of Dr. Linda Apple Monson. She completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Mason in 2016 and graduated in May 2017 with a Master Degree in Piano Performance at George Mason University under the tutelage of Dr. Monson.
  • Adriana Horne

    Adjunct Faculty, HARP, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Adriana Horne joined the Dewberry School of Music faculty in August 2021. She joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 2013. Prior to joining the NSO, she was the principal harpist of the New World Symphony.
  • June Huang

    Director of STRINGS, Assistant Professor, VIOLIN, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Prof. June Huang is the Director of Strings and Assistant Professor of Violin at the Dewberry School of Music. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in applied violin, chamber music, and string pedagogy.
  • John Jansen

    Adjunct Faculty, MUSIC TECHNOLOGY, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    John C.L. Jansen is an active composer, multi-instrumentalist, luthier, author, recording engineer, and teacher of music technology and music theory, based in Takoma Park, Maryland.
  • Mark Jenkins

    Adjunct Applied Faculty, EUPHONIUM, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Mark Jenkins began his musical studies on the euphonium at the age of 11 in his home state of Nevada. During his early studies, he was awarded top honors at state, regional and international solo competitions, including the Nevada Governor’s Scholarship to attend the prestigious Interlochen Fine Arts Camp in Michigan and 1st prize at the 1996 Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Competition.