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Faculty Biographies

As we get more biographies and pictures from the faculty we will post them on this site. Check frequently for more recent updates to this information.

Creative Writing:
Pat MacEnulty Fiction; Poetry; Play Writing		Pat MacEnulty has a Ph. D. in English from Florida State University where she was the recipient of a 1994 Dissertation Fellowship and a 1993 Kingsbury Writing Fellowship. Her poems, stories, articles, and memoirs have appeared in numerous publications, including Apalachee Quarterly, California Quarterly, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Gulfstream Review, Snake Nation Review, The Sun-Sentinel Newspaper, and others. She has work in recent issues of Onionhead and Poetry Motel. She is former editor of Sun Dog: The Southeast Review. Pat has now published three novels. Pat lives and writes in Charlotte, NC and serves as an adjunct professor at Central Piedmont and at Winthrop University.
Dance:
Sara Geffert Ballet; Pointe		Sara is currently a second year masters student at UNCG and has been teaching ballet and pointe at "OnStage School of Dance", a local dance studio for the last year. For the last five summers she has benn the head of dance at the Lincoln Amphitheatre located just outside of Evansville, Indiana where she performed, choreographed, and taught ballet and modern classes.
Erin LaSala Modern; Recreational Dance		Erin LaSala is a masters degree student at UNC Greensboro.
Music:
Tomoko Deguchi Theory/Composition; Piano		Tomoko Deguchi (b.Nishinomiya, Japan) started piano lessons at age seven in New York City. She received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Education from Kobe University. Ms. Deguchi began a performing career while in Japan, focusing on contemporary music. She has been a featured performer and solo performer at numerous concerts including the 20^th Century Piano Music series, the Young Artist Concert series, Kobe Art Conference Competition concert, S.U.N.Y. at Potsdam, Northern Illinois University, and the Buffalo Contemporary Ensemble Concert series. In 1995, Ms. Deguchi moved to the United States to study piano with Dr. Gary Smart at the Univ. of Wyoming, where she received an M. A. in Music Theory and was the winner of the 1998 Concerto Competition . She has recorded her first solo piano album “Syncopated Lady,” featuring works of members of the American Composers Forum, which was released in June 1999 from Capstone Records. Ms. Deguchi is in the final stages of completing a Ph.D. in Music Theory at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Tomoko is married to Ron Parks, and thus, has now joined him on the Winthrop faculty.
L. H. Dickert Guitar		L. H. Dickert is an Associate Professor at Winthrop University who teaches guitar, jazz history, theory, and directs guitar ensembles and jazz combos and the Winthrop pep band. L. H. holds the B.M. degree from Winthrop University, a diploma from the Berklee College of Music, an M.M. degree from Wichita State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Memphis. He is active both regionally and nationally as a performer, guest artist, and clinician. Performing credits include work with such notable artists as Natalie Cole, Lou Rawls, Charlie Rouse, the Diamonds, Ronnie Milsap, Dixie Carter, Ray Charles, Johnny Mathis, the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Randy Brecker, Frank Sinatra, and Wayne Newton. Dr. Dickert also is in demand regionally as a musical arranger and clinician.
Rafael Rada Voice		A native of Quezon City, Philippines, Rafael (Ming) received undergraduate degrees in music education and vocal performance from the Univ. of Santo Tomas in Manila. He earned his Master's in Vocal Performance from Winthrop and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Vocal Performance at the Univ. of South Carolina. He has performed a variety of opera roles in the Philllipines and the United States and has sung with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. His roles include Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'Amore, Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte, Marcello in La Boheme, and Malatesta in Don Pasquale. He was a regional fnalist in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.
Dawn Harmon McCord Chorus; organ		Dawn McCord was visiting assistant professor at the University of Southern Illinois this past year. She has just accepted a new position at West Georgia State College where she begins this fall. Dawn received her undergraduate degree from Florida State University, her M.M. in Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University, and her doctorate in Music Education/choral conducting from the University of Georgia. She has been an active choir director and organist for years. Dawn taught in the public schools of Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida and received numerous awards for her activities. From 1991- 1999 she was on the faculty of Brenau University where she taught music education, conducted the chorus, and supervised student teachers as well as serving as one of the co-directors of the Firespark! program there.
Jack Murray Woodwinds		Jack Murray is in much demand as a woodwind player, playing saxophone, clarinet, flute, and oboe in Broadway shows, symphony orchestras, jazz bands, rock bands, and recording work. Jack has toured with such groups as the Four Tops and The Temptations and has appeared with numerous artists including Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Kenny Rogers, Barry Manilow, Manhattan Transfer, Slide Hampton, and John Pizzarelli. In addition to his live performances Jack has been featured on various recordings and television shows. He performed with Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies” 1999/2000 European Tour with Dee Dee Bridgewater and Freda Payne. Most recently Jack was seen performing Chicago with Gregory Harrison, The Full Monty, South Pacific with Robert Goulet, Kiss Me Kate with Rex Smith and Rachel York, and Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis. Jack was named “Most Outstanding Saxophone Performer” at the Mobile Jazz Festival in 1994. Jack Murray is a Yamaha Artist.
James Cannon Composition; Electronic Music/Recording Techniques; Experimental Instrumental Ensemble		James Cannon is a recent graduate of Winthrop University with a masters degree.
Josh Walker African Music		Josh Walker is a freelance musician living in Rock Hill. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Winthrop University in 1998 and 2001, respectively, and has taught in York, Mecklenburg, Chester, Lancaster, and Kershaw Counties. He is currently a percussion instructor at Gold Hill, Fort Mill, and Lugoff-Elgin Middle Schools and maintains a percussion studio of 8-12 students. He also accompanies the dance department on percussion at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and performs occasionally with the Charlotte and Charleston Symphonies. He has performed on djembe and djun djun with Michael Williams and Mohammad da Costa, and has studied music from Zimbabwe, Guinea, and Ghana as a member of Winthrop's percussion ensemble.
Theatre:
Mimi Egbert Technical Theatre
Annamarie Gatto Acting, Character Improvisation		Annamarie Gatto is a freelance artist, designer and actress with over 20 years experience as a performer in theatre and film. She has been very active on the indie film circuit this year with two leading film roles to her credit so far -the dramatic short Masking Tape for Gurgitano Films/Group 101 and the futuristic Final Archive for Shadowdog Films. This fall she will be starring in Gadlock Films dark thriller Ink and Hashberry Films comedy/drama Naked Nerve Endings. She is happy to be back at Kaleidoscope for her third year.
Currie Leggoe Costume Design, Creating with Cloth		Currie is originally from Philadelphia, but headed south to North Carolina and never looked back. She received her BA in Theatre Costuming from UNC-Greensboro in 1983, spent a few years working locally, then headed out to work for Ballet Mississippi in Jackson in the winter and for Seaside Music Theatre in Daytona Beach, FL in the summer. She arrived at Florida State University in 1988, where she remains to this day. Currie serves as the costumer for the FSU Dance Department. Currie joined Kaleidoscope last year as a dorm parent. This year, in addition to her duties in the dorm, she will teach costume design and a unique course called Creating with Cloth.
Visual Arts:
Todd Stewart Drawing, Sculpture
Oscar Soto Mixed-Media; Painting		Oscar Soto is graduating with a BFA from Winthrop this year. His current work combines the use of writing and paint as a personal approach to understanding the silent activity beneath words and image. His work has been exhibited at Winthrop, in various Rock Hill galleries, and in galleries in Charlotte, NC. Oscar is the winner of a Winthrop University Art Department Senior Award and his work is in the collections of the Winthrop University Galleries and the School of Visual and Performing Arts.
Chris Lange Digital Photography & Computer Graphics
Michele Shugart Photography		Michele, 25, is from the Rock Hill area. She received a BFA concentrated in Photography from Winthrop University in 2004. While studying at Winthrop, Michele won awards with photographic works in the 2003 and 2004 Undergraduate Exhibitions. Her work has been seen in numerous Rock Hill, SC, and Charlotte, NC, Galleries.

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