Music Department

Sean Rosenberg - Visiting Resident Music Management Expert Spring 2013

Sean Rosenberg (B.A. William Paterson University; M.B.A. NYU) joined Indaba Media in January 2012 as Senior Vice President of Business Development. He develops opportunities for brands & record labels to collaborate with Indaba Music members. Prior to joining Indaba, Sean worked in artist management, built the RCA/Jive mobile business unit, led global digital accounts for Sony Music Entertainment, and founded the USA operations for Grapple Mobile. An active bass player, he currently resides in Long Island City, NY.

As Visiting Resident Music Management Expert, Rosenberg will lecture to undergraduate and graduate students across the curriculum. 

*Stephen Marcone, Area Coordinator
Program Director. B.A.; M.M.Ed.; Ed.D. Syracuse University.  Formerly an artist on Epic Records. He has written articles for such publications as: Music Educators Journal, The Instrumentalist, NAJE Journal, and Musician Magazine. Marcone has lectured at the Hartt School of Music, NYU, College of the Finger Lakes, Central Connecticut State U.,MENC National and Regional Conferences, College Music Society Annual Meetings, National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meetings, New Jersey Music Educators Association, NJ Artist-Teacher Institute, and the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association. He is the author of Managing Your Band, in its 5th edition, distributed by Hal Leonard and is a frequent lecturer for the NJ Council on the Humanities. Each summer Marcone conducts the University's Summer Jazz Ensemble. In 1984, he came to the William Paterson University of New Jersey where he was Chairperson of the Music Department for 15 years, and for two years was Interim Dean of The College of the Arts and Communication.

George Dassinger
B.A. Bloomfield College. Formerly VP Corporate Division Rogers & Cowan Inc. National PR Director, Elektra Records. Presently, President, Dassinger Creative Services.

Karl Guthrie
B.A. Brown University. J.D. Rutgers School of Law. Author of Entertainment Law- Legal and Business Perspectives in the entertainment Industry. Active entertainment attorney.

Steven Leeds
B.A. American University. M.S. Syracuse University. Formerly National Album Promotion Director Atco Records; Director, International Talent, MTV Networks; VP Alternative Music, Island Records; Senior VP Promotion, Universal Records; Senior VP Promotion, Virgin Records. Currently Vice-President Talent and Industry Affairs, Sirius Satellite Radio.

David Philp
B.M. William Paterson University. M.B.A. Pace University. Formerly with Polygram Group Distribution and Polygram Video. Presently, Manager Premium Sales, Universal Music.

Aaron Van Duyne III
C.P.A.,  M.M., B.S., William Paterson University. Business manager for :  Kiss, Dave Mathews Band, Three Doors Down, The Rascals, and others.

* full-time faculty