Music Faculty and Staff

  • Ian McEuen

    Adjunct Faculty, MUSICAL THEATER/VOICE,
    Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Born in Washington D.C., Ian McEuen has garnered praise for his “focused, warm and consistently clear tenor,” and “vivid characterizations,” in both operatic and theatrical productions.
  • Edrie Means Weekly

    Adjunct Faculty, MUSICAL THEATER/VOICE,
    Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Edrie Means Weekly, "rock star of vocal crossover” (The Cultural Feed), is an internationally recognized expert in training singers in all vocal styles and an active professional singer.
  • Juan Megna

    Director, Latin American Ensemble, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Juan Megna is a drummer/percussionist from Argentina who has lived for 12 years in Brazil where, in 2008, got his degree in Brazilian Popular Music at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP).
  • Patricia Miller

    Director of VOCAL STUDIES, Professor, OPERA (Mezzo-Soprano) and Artistic Director of the Mason Opera Theater, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Patricia Miller is an Internationally acclaimed operatic and concert mezzo-soprano.  She is also a highly respected voice teacher and Music Educator. A University Professor, artist-teacher and master class clinician, her talent and commitment to opera education has taken her all over the world.
  • Linda Monson

    DIRECTOR, Dewberry School of Music; Distinguished Service Professor, Director of KEYBOARD STUDIES, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Linda Apple Monson, International Steinway Artist, serves as the Director of the School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at George Mason University. A Distinguished Service Professor, Monson was awarded The John Toups Presidential Medal for Excellence in Teaching at George Mason University’s 2018 Spring Commencement Ceremony.
  • Kathleen Mulcahy

    Director of WOODWINDS, CLARINET, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Kathleen Mulcahy was appointed as Director of Woodwinds and Assistant Professor of Clarinet at George Mason University in August 2018, after serving as Adjunct Professor of Clarinet since in 2012. She performs frequently with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the National Symphony.
  • Seong Won Nam

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

    Professor Seong Won Nam is a professional lyric tenor, with a broad background of experience in performance, teaching, and leadership. He is well known in the Washington D.C. area as a focused, dedicated artist and teacher.
  • Adjunct Faculty, HORN, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    James Nickel has served as Third horn with the National Symphony Orchestra since 2008. Previously, he was the Assistant Principal horn with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Associate Principal Horn with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
  • Julianna Nickel

    Adjunct Faculty, FLUTE, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Julianna Nickel is a very active recitalist, teacher, and freelancer in the Washington, DC and Virginia areas. She is Adjunct Professor of Flute at George Mason University and a two-time recipient of Mason’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year (2019, 2017).
  • Shane Nickels (Michael Nickels)

    Adjunct Faculty, Marching PERCUSSION, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Shane Nickels is a percussionist specializing in rudimental and orchestral percussion. Shane currently serves in The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps as a snare drum instrumentalist and as Adjunct Faculty at George Mason University.