Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
Graduated from ECU with two masters (Education of Music and Theatre). I have been a member of ACT II Theatre since 1998 and have been president of this organization for the past 7 years. I, along with Rudy Lupinski, founded the ACT II Youth Drama Camp in 2001 and we touch the lives of the Ada community youth through stage performance and live theatre. My passion is teaching and I have been teaching at ECU for over 16 years.
Department - Position
- Department of Performing Arts - Instructor of Theatre
Rudy Lupinski has lived in Ada, Oklahoma most of his life. He received his B.A. in Instrumental Music Education from East Central University (ECU) in 1976. He currently serves as a staff accompanist for the Music Department at ECU.
He is music director and organist/pianist at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ada.
He is on the board for Ada Community Theatre (ACT II, Inc.) since 2005. He he also serves as vice president and music director for most of their musical productions.
In 2005, he formed a musical partnership with Tori Davison in creating sacred choral music. To date, they have completed over 70 compositions, including a large-scale work, Requiem. Currently, Davison-Lupinski are the resident composers for the ECU Chorale and University Singers.
Department - Position
- Department of Performing Arts - Staff Accompanist
Department - Position
- Art + Design : Media + Communication - Instructor of Mass Communication
Nathaniel Berman holds a Doctor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado, specializing in woodwind performance. He received his master’s degree from New York University in music performance with an emphasis in chamber music, and a bachelor’s degree in clarinet, saxophone, and flute performance from Michigan State University.
An active performer, he has had recitals at the FNMC New Music Festival in Stony Brook NY, the World Saxophone Congress in Strasbourg, France, numerous North American Saxophone Alliance conferences, the International Saxophone Symposium, the International Clarinet Association, and the National Flute Association, and was featured at the 2015 Festival Internacional de Flautistas in Lima, Peru. He was guest artist on saxophone, flute, and clarinet at the Aspen Music Festival, and on contrabass saxophone at Northwestern University. He was a regular member on clarinet and bass clarinet with MahlerFest Orchestra. He is a two-time winner of the NFA’s Jazz Flute Big Band competition, and performed with Guy Lombardo’s Royal Canadians, Jazz Unlimited, the Big Band on the Rio Grande, and the High Society Orchestra.
Teachers include Andrew Dahlke, Paul Cohen, Joseph Lulloff, Kelland Thomas, Ron Blake, Andrew Speight, James Hall, Robert Dick, Richard Sherman, Bil Jackson, Lauren Jacobson, Frank Ell, and Leroy Borchert.
Nathaniel Berman is a Dahlke Mouthpieces artist. He performs on the Virtuoso Series RS model. nathanielberman.com
Department - Position
- Department of Performing Arts - Associate Professor of Woodwinds
Melody Baggech holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Millikin University, a Master of Music degree from West Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma. She has been active as a performer in a variety of musical media including opera, oratorio, musical theater, recitals, sacred music, and contemporary music. Melody is active throughout the region and has been featured as a performer at conferences with Texoma Regional NATS and the South Central Chapter of College Music Society. Other performances include guest recitals at West Texas A&M University, Tulsa University and Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Melody has sung in both operatic and concert settings in Austria, Italy, Scotland and in the U.S. She has performed with Amarillo Opera, Rome Festival Opera, Cimarron Circuit Opera, Opera International, and the Washington Savoyards, Ltd. In 2001 she joined the faculty at East Central University where she serves as Opera Director and Associate Professor of Voice.
Department - Position
- Department of Performing Arts - Professor of Music