Fernando Benadon
,Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Fernando Benadon oversees the music theory & composition program in the Department of Performing Arts. His research focuses on rhythm, twentieth-century music, and cognition.Recent honors include a Digital Humanities Grant from the National Endowment... [More]
202-885-3452
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CAS - Performing Arts
Program Directors
Melanie George
,Director, Dance Program
Melanie George is the Dance Program Director and full-time Instructor of dance at American University. Melanie is a performer, choreographer, writer and teacher of dance, and a Certified Movement Analyst. Melanie has an extensive teaching history inc... [More]
202-885-3433
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CAS - Performing Arts
Sherburne Laughlin
,Director, Arts Management Program
Sherburne Laughlin holds an MBA from Yale University and is a cum laude graduate of Davidson College. Her nonprofit management and philanthropic career spans over 20 years of executive director and program director experience. A professor since 1995 ... [More]
202-885-3485
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CAS - Performing Arts
Paul Oehlers
,Director, Audio Technology Program
Paul A. Oehlers is most recognized for his "extraordinarily evocative" film scores. (Variety) Films incorporating his music have screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, the Indiefest Film Festiva... [More]
202-885-2746
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CAS - Performing Arts
Nancy Snider
,Director, Music Program
Cellist Nancy Jo Snider is the music program director at American University and a cello instructor in the applied music program. An active performer and teacher in the Washington, DC area, she is a member of the Baltimore Opera Orchestra and Opera L... [More]
202-885-3872
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CAS - Performing Arts
Sybil Williams
,Professorial Lecturer
Sybil R. Williams has spent the past twelve years cultivating her craft as a playwright and dramaturg. Her work has been professionally produced by Chicago’s ETA Creative Arts Theatre; New York’s National Black Theater; Pittsburgh’s Kuntu Theatre; Un... [More]
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Events Today
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| Spring 2013 Exhibitions: Lee Haner, Painting Borges, and Saturation Point | 11:00 am |
| Spring 2013 Exhibitions: Timothy App | 11:00 am |
| Weight Watchers at Work Meeting | 1:00 pm |
