CVPA faculty

Adrian Scalzo is one of the Technology Specialist for the College of Visional and Performing Arts. He received his BFA in Sculpture from George Mason University and has been working with the Tech Team since 2019.

The University Libraries is pleased to announce that we have a new Music and Media Librarian, Prof.Cindy Badilla-Meléndez. Prof.Badilla-Meléndez joined us from the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library at the University of Saint Thomas, where she has been working as the Head of Music and Media Collections.

Clarinetist Kristen Grattan Sheridan has dedicated her career to teaching. In 2001 she established the Sheridan Studio of Music in Fairfax, VA and has consistently maintained a roster of 50 students. Her students regularly earn top positions in district, regional, and state ensembles, gain admission to prestigious summer programs, receive scholarships to study music at the collegiate level, and go on to become music educators and professional clarinetists. She is in demand as an adjudicator, guest clinician, recitalist, lecturer, and freelance performer on the East Coast.

Jazz bassist Ben Thomas hails from Connecticut and currently resides in Washington D.C. He has performed with Melissa Aldana, Ted Nash, Sean Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Tony Malaby, Till Brönner, Ari Honeig, The New York Ballet, and Ryan Truesdell in notable venues including The Kennedy Center, The White House, The Midwest Clinic, The Jazz Education Network, Umbria Jazz Festival, Smalls, and Birdland.

Lena Salins is the Production Manager for the School of Theater, and is a graduate of UMBC with degrees in Theater Production and Cultural Anthropology.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Simon Prosser is the newly appointed Term Assistant Professor of Theory and Aural Skills at George Mason University, effective August 2023. Dr. Prosser previously served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Dr. Prosser holds the BA in Music from the University of Toronto (2010), the MA in Music from Indiana University (2012) and the PhD from the Graduate Center from the City University of New York (2021).

We are thrilled to announce that Soprano Jennifer Casey Cabot is the newly appointed Term Assistant Professor of Voice and Diction at George Mason University, effective August 2023. Jennifer Casey Cabot is a seasoned opera singer who throughout her exciting career has always nurtured an interest in teaching.

Deane Nettles is an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator and has worked for a variety of ad agencies, newspapers, design firms, magazines, and direct marketers.

Wade McComas is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator. When he’s not fulfilling his role as an associate art director at PBS, he also serves as an adjunct professor, teaching Illustration and Typography.

Forrest Lawson draws on the history of blood, as is tied to Queer identity, from the AIDs crisis through present-day uses of socio-political tools that continue to relegate Queerness.