For in-school presentations, clinics, sectionals, rehearsing, guest conducting...by University music department faculty, contact:

Gary Brandes, Bands and Low Brass; Jim Widner, Jazz Band and Combo,  Jazz Bass; James Henry, Choral; Robert Ray, Choral; Matt Henry, Percussion and Ethnic Percussion; James Richards, Orchestra and Strings; Robert Nordman, Bands; Stella Marcou, voice and opera; Lorenzo Trujillo, trumpet.

Other music faculty, e.g., theory, history, woodwinds...may also be able to schedule in-school presentations on requested topics.

To reach a particular member of the music faculty, please call Roz Robinson in the music office, 314-516-5980 or go to the UMSL link under Participating Agencies, type in Music Department (upper left), click on Faculty, click on the name. An email address and/or telephone number will appear at the end of each faculty bio. For additional information, please contact Robert Nordman at 314-516-5365 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Any of these faculty services which require Collaborative funding must be approved in advance by Collaborative director, Robert Nordman.  

The University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Fine Arts and Communications, Dean John Hylton, hosts the E. Desmond Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative annual middle and high school Big Band Jazz Festival in the Lee Theatre, Touhill Performing Arts Center on January 13, 2009; the High School Music Festival (choir, orchestra, symphonic band) on February 10, 2009; and the Middle School Music Festival (choir, orchestra, concert band) on February 19, 2009, in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill Performing Arts Center. The culminating concerts of these all-day festivals are free and open to the public at 6:30 p.m., no tickets required.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Education, Dean Charles Schmitz, contributes substantially to the Collaborative's ability to provide reduced cost and free student admissions to orchestral concerts and childrens theatre.