1. Performing Arts at Virginia Peninsula

Performing Arts Faculty

Sandra Calderon

  • MA - Speech Communication (Performance Studies), Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • BA - Theatre Arts (Double: Performance/Design Technology, Minor: Anthropology), State University of New York New Paltz
  • Diploma in Theatre Arts, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
  • Courses: Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, Acting 1, Acting 2
  • CalderonS@vpcc.edu

Diane Drury

  • BM - Organ Performance, Westminster Choir College
  • MM - Organ Performance, Westminster Choir College
  • Courses: Music Appreciation, Class Piano, Applied Piano
  • DruryD@vpcc.edu

Dr. Todd Holcomb

  • BM - Guitar Performance, Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University
  • MM - Guitar Performance/Pedagogy, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University
  • DMA - Guitar Performance, Shenandoah Conservatory
  • Artist Diploma - Guitar Performance, Columbus State University
  • Courses: Applied Guitar
  • email address HolcombW@vpcc.edu

Kwisuk P. McDonald

  • BM - Music Education, Kangweon National University
  • MM/MA - Music Composition, Chung-Ang University
  • MA - Concentration in Music Composition, Pacific Lutheran University
  • Courses: Music Appreciation, Basic Musicianship, Music Theory I
  • McDonaldK@vpcc.edu

Ellen Fisher Petko

  • BM - Vocal Performance, Christopher Newport University
  • MM - Vocal Performance, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Courses: Applied Voice
  • PetkoE@vpcc.edu

Dr. Lori Shipley

  • BA - Music, Pennsylvania State University
  • MA - Humanities and Music, California State University
  • MA - Holocaust and Genocide Studies
  • DMA - Music Education, Boston University
  • Courses: Applied Flute
  • shipleyl@vpcc.edu

Samantha Spena

  • BM -Music Performance: Violin, Ithica College School of Music
  • MM - Music Performance: Violin, DePaul University School of Music
  • Courses: Applied Violin
  • spenas@vpcc.edu

Dr. Michael Sundblad, Department Chair

  • BA - Music, North Central College
  • MM - Orchestral Conducting, Illinois State University
  • DMA - Music Education, Boston University
  • Courses: Music Appreciation, Basic Musicianship, Choral Ensemble, Musical Theatre Productions
  • SundbladM@vpcc.edu

Jim Worthey, Manager of the Dr. Mary T. Christian Auditorium