Administration and Staff

  • Thomas Owens

    Associate Director/Associate Professor, Coordinator of MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Tom C. Owens is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music History and Literature at George Mason University.  Internationally regarded as an expert on Charles Ives’s life and music, he is the editor of Selected Correspondence of Charles Ives (Univ. of California Press, 2007) and a member of the board of the Charles Ives Society.
  • Associate Professor and Director of GRADUATE STUDIES and ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Dr. Gregory Joseph Robinson is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Ethnomusicology at George Mason University’s School of Music. He received the Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated summa cum laude from Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
  • Carrie Ann Delaney

    Academic Program Manager, Music Advisor, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Carrie Ann Delaney earned her Bachelor and Master degrees in Music Education from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York. As an undergraduate, she performed as principal clarinet with the Wind Ensemble. 
  • Emily Craine Headshot

    Audition and Recruitment Coordinator, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Ms. Emily Craine is the Recruitment and Audition Coordinator for the Dewberry School of Music. She holds a Master of Arts in Arts Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Mason.
  • Bridget Higgins

    Operations Coordinator, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Bridget Higgins has served as Operations Coordinator at the Dewberry School of Music since 2014. Her duties in this role include managing student recitals, scheduling applied lessons, managing recordings, working as staff liaison with music student organizations, and coordinating day-to-day operations in the school.
  • Cristian Perez

    Producer of Mason Music Productions, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Defying all musical labels, Argentine guitarist/composer Cristian Perez weaves together genres from throughout the world to reveal the universality of music. With a strong foundation in classical, jazz and South American music, he crafts a singular voice, rich in sensitivity and nuance, that freely explores the possibilities of music as an art form.
  • Lauren Rigby

    Assistant to the Director and Marketing Coordinator, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Ms. Lauren Rigby joined our administrative staff as the new Assistant to the Director and Marketing Coordinator at the Dewberry School of Music. A graduate of the University of Mary Washington, she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music with a Vocal/Choral Teaching License and a Minor in Spanish.
  • Ellen Rizzuto

    Operations Manager (Music), Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Ellen Rizzuto is the Operations Manager of the George Mason University Dewberry School of Music. Serving in this role since 2016, she manages the Dewberry School of Music event calendars; scheduling and production of concerts, master classes, faculty recitals, and special events; and the day-to-day operations within in the school.
  • Emanuil Yorgov

    Piano Technician, Dewberry School of Music, CVPA

    Mr. Emanuil Yorgov is Mason’s full-time piano technician, where his responsibilities will include piano tuning, voicing, and regulation for Mason’s All-Steinway School, as well as tunings in Harris Theater.