Department of Performing Arts

Dion Cunningham, Assistant Professor, Music

Dip.Ed., M.Ed., M.M., D.M.A.

Office: S-2, Oakes Field Campus

Phone: (242) 302-4560

E-mail: dion.cunningham@ub.edu.bs

Teaching Specialty:

Music, Music Education

Areas of Expertise:

Piano Performance, Pedagogy, Theory, Music Methods

Research Focus:

Intersection of Instrumental Performance, Science, Engineering and Health

B.M. (Flute Performance), M.M. (Flute Performance), D.M.A. (Woodwinds)

Office:H-19, Oakes Field Campus

Phone:(242) 302-4512

E-mail:christine.gangelhoff@ub.edu.bs

Teaching Specialty/Areas of Expertise:

Woodwinds; Music Theory; Music History

2012 Recipient of the Stanley Wilson Award for Excellence in Research:Christine Gangelhoff & Cathleen LeGrand, “Caribbean Art Music Bibliography.”

Research Interests:

Caribbean music; Caribbean composers; Artistic Research

Current Research:

Tour de Force: A musical journey of the Caribbean– Textbook on Caribbean composers and musical styles. Collaborator:Cathleen LeGrand

A.Mus. (Piano Performance), B.S. (Bible Theology), B.Mus. (Piano Performance & Composition), M.M. (Piano Performance), D.M. (Choral Conducting)

Office:H-6, Oakes Field Campus

Phone: (242) 302-4508

E-mail: paul.jones@ub.edu.bs

Teaching Specialty/Areas of Expertise:

Music – Conducting/Piano

Research Interests:

Church Music, Hymnology, Composition/Arranging

Current Research:

1. Choral Settings of Bahamian Folk Songs; sponsored by University of The Bahamas Internal Grants. Collaborators:Bahamas National Youth Choir and Adrian Archer/Highgrove Singers
2. Composing a cycle of Four Sea Songs for Baritone/Piano and for Men’s Choir/Piano on texts of British poets

3. Eight Music History/Appreciation courses for Rafiki Foundation, Eustis, Florida, for teacher’s colleges in Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia

B.A. (Professional Music), M.Ed. (Instrumental Music)

Office:H-13, Oakes Field Campus

Phone:(242) 302-4511

E-mail:christian.justilien@ub.edu.bs

Research Interests:

Bahamian Music & Festivals

Current Research:

Conducting interviews, collecting field recordings to document the history of Bahamian Music

A.S. (Electrical Power), Dip. (Electrical Engineering), B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), M.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), M.M., Ph.D. (Fine Arts – Music Composition)

Office:S-2, Oakes Field Campus

Phone:(242) 302-4560

E-mail:wallace.turner@ub.edu.bs

Teaching Specialty:

Music & Electrical Engineering Technology

Areas of Expertise:

Music-Composition & Engineering-Applications Design & Controls

Research Interests:

Music-Composition & Ethnomusicology; Engineering-Farm Equipment