Program Heads & CONTACTS
Dr. Charles Taylor
Director, School of the Arts
Email:ctaylor@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-6381
Dr. Charles Taylor is Professor of Music and Director of the School of the Arts. Dr. Taylor holds the degrees Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Music Education and Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He studied conducting with Rodney Winther and Terence Milligan and clarinet with Carmine Campione and Emil Schmactenberg. Prior to his appointment at the University of New Orleans, Dr. Taylor taught middle school and high school instrumental music in Ohio. Dr. Taylor also serves as the conductor of the New Orleans Concert Band and the New Orleans Civic Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Taylor has been a guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada and a guest clinician at the Mid-West Clinic, the International Conference of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the Southern Division Conference of the College Band Directors National Association, and the Louisiana Music Educators Association. Under his direction, the New Orleans Concert Band performed at the National Convention of the Association of Concert Bands in Houston, Texas and the University of New Orleans Wind Ensemble performed at the Louisiana Music Educators Association State Conference. As an advocate for new music, Dr. Taylor has premiered over 50 works in various media and has worked collaboratively with many composers and performers, including Michael Torke, Steven Bryant, John Mackey, James Syler, Lisa Kaplan, Brad Garner, Mark Babbitt, and Helen Kim.
Undergraduate Contact
Wendy Young
Academic Coordinator, School of the Arts
Email:wayoung@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-6786
Department Contacts
Brent Rose
Department of Music
Email:bmrose@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-5496
John Hampton Overton
Department of Film
Email:joverton@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-7214
Jeff Rinehart
Department of Fine Arts
Email:jrineha1@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-6493
Diane Baas
Department of Theatre
Email: dbaas@uno.edu
Phone:(504) 280-6030
Graduate Contacts
Victor Atkins III
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Music
Email: vatkins@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-7462
Katie Garagiola
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Film
Email: kgaragio@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-6814
Aryia Martin
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Fine Arts
Email: amartin3@uno.edu
Phone:
Kevin Griffith
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Theatre
Email: kgriffit@uno.edu
Phone: (504) 280-68101