Faculty And Staff

• Mr. Lindsey B. Sarjeant, Chairman

• Mr. Donald Beckwith, Equipment Manager

• Dr. Mark Butler, Voice Professor and Choral Studies Director

• Dr. Shelby Chipman, Marching and Symphonic Band Director

• Mr. Robert Griffin, Trombone Professor and Jazz Director

• Mr. Brian Hall, Strings and Theory Professor

• Dr. Geoffrey Horn, Theory Professor

• Mr. George Fontenette, Music Industry Professor

• Dr. Shaylor James, Percussion Professor

• Dr. Ralph JeanPaul, Lower Brass Professor

• Ms. Melanie Parham, Office Manager

• Dr. Longineu Parsons, Composition and Trumpet Professor

• Mr. Byron Smith, Compliance Officer

• Dr.  Joanna Sobkowska, Piano Professor

• Dr. Nicholas Thomas, Coordinator of Music Teacher Education

• Mr. Darryl Tookes, Music Industry Studies Director

• Dr. Carlos Vega, Saxophone Professor and Latin Jazz Director

• Mrs. Dennine White, Flute Professor

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Professor and Director of Jazz Studies Robert Griffin

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• Dr. Shelby Chipman, Director of Bands
• Mr. Lindsey B. Sarjeant, Arranger
• Dr. Shaylor James, Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Percussion
• Dr. Longineu Parsons, Director of Trumpets
• Dr. Nicholas Thomas, Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Woodwinds
  
• Mr. Robert Griffin, Director of Trombones
• Dr. Ralph JeanPaul, Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Lower Brass
• Mr. Tovah Lovely, Assistant Director of Percussion
• Mr. Donald Beckwith, Store Keeper and Equipment Manager
• Mr. Byron Smith, Compliance Officer

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Dr. Longineu Parsons, Director of Composition & Trumpet Professor

longineu.parsons@famu.edu

Dr. Longineu Parsons is a force of nature. He obtained his Bachelor of Music degree at FAMU and earned a Masters in Classical Trumpet at the University of Florida. He pursued a supplementary degree in Jazz Studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, studied composition at the doctoral level at Florida State University and received the PhD in Composition at the University of Florida.

Composition students have the rare opportunity to study one on one with Dr. Longineu Parsons, a FAMU alum who played with Nat Adderley, Cab Calloway, Doc Severinsen, Herbie Mann, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Branford Marsalis and many more. He appeared in the national production of Satchmo. He was a featured soloist in the Great Performances special "Three Mo' Tenors." Dr. Parsons has an active international career as a recording and performing artist, and is the father of professional musician Longineu W. Parsons III.

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The Julian 'Cannonball' & Nat Adderley Music Institute 

In April 2024, Florida A&M University held a naming ceremony for the Julian "Cannonball" & Nat Adderley Music Institute, renaming the program in honor of the world-renowned brothers, jazz musicians and FAMU graduates. The goal of the music institute is to elevate the program to international recognition as a place of training for future generations of individuals in the music industry, from musicians and executives to recording engineers and songwriters.

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