AP Music Theory Development Committee

Meet the high school and college educators who develop the AP Music Theory course and exam. 

2024-25 Development Committee Members

AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school teachers and college faculty.      

These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the AP Music Theory course and exam. They represent a diversity of knowledge and points of view in their fields and, as a group, are the authority when it comes to making subject-matter decisions in the exam-construction process. 

Committee Co-Chairs  

  • Inessa Bazayev, Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Kary Haddad, Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School – New York, New York

Committee Members  

  • Jenine Brown, The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, Maryland   
  • Philip Ewell, Hunter College – New York, New York
  • Brandon W. Bitner, Central Dauphin High School – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Charles Whitner Blount, Myers Park High School – Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Bonnie Wolfe, Brandeis High School – San Antonio, Texas 

Chief Reader   

Melissa Hoag, Oakland University – Rochester, Michigan