CVPA faculty

An alumnus of The University of Southern Mississippi and Florida State University, Lawrence M. Jackson is an artist-scholar who has published in scholarly journals in the field of Black Dance.

Christina Robson's extensive performance career includes long term collaborations with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance and Sean Curran Company where she performed historic repertory and premiered several original evening length works at The Kennedy Center, American Dance Festival, Jacobs Pillow, and The Joyce Theater.

Praised for her “natural expressiveness” (Montpelier Times Argus), Dr. Jessica Powell Eig has crafted a dynamic and varied career performing on double bass, violone and viola da gamba.

Whitman Brown Joined CVPA as the Chief Business Officer in August 2022. He comes to us from the Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he has held a series of increasingly responsible positions in the finance and operations area for the past 13 years, culminating as Senior Associate Dean and Chief of Operations.

Defying all musical labels, Argentine guitarist/composer Cristian Perez weaves together genres from throughout the world to reveal the universality of music. With a strong foundation in classical, jazz and South American music, he crafts a singular voice, rich in sensitivity and nuance, that freely explores the possibilities of music as an art form.

Dr. Scott Seifried earned the BFA degree in Classical Guitar Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, the Master of Music degree from James Madison University, and the PhD in Education from George Mason University.

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.

Sharon O’Boyle has had an extensive career in data analysis, technical writing, research, and software development.

Dr. William L. Lake, Jr. is the Director of Concert Bands at the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music at George Mason University.

Laura Mertens joined George Mason University’s Center for the Arts as Marketing Manager in 2022.