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Faculty and Staff Directory

Classical Applied

Accompanying
Warren Helms
Linda Miksza
Frank Pavese
Mary Pinto
Dalia Sakas

Brass
*Joel Craig Davis • trumpet
Gary Capetandes • trombone
Richard Clark • trombone
Ivan Miller • trumpet
Matthew Paterno • brass
Lisa Pike • horn
Paul Scott • tuba

Guitar
Gabriel Handy
Seth Himmelhoch

Percussion
John Ferrari
Peter Jarvis
Thomas Kolor

*Payton MacDonald
Gary Van Dyke

Piano
*Donaldo Garcia
Elka Kirkpatrick
*Gary Kirkpatrick
Frank Pavese

Piano Technician / Piano Tuning
Robert Dowling

Strings
Sandra Dackow • string methods
Franco Gennarelli • violin
Ann Roggan • viola
Frances Rowell • cello
John Thompson • bass

Voice
*Stephen Bryant
*Nan Guptill Crain
Anastasia Swope

Woodwinds
*Karen Demsey • flute
Robert Gray • double reeds
Andrew Lamy • clarinet
Miriam Lockhart • clarinet
Erl Nordstrom • woodwind methods
James Noyes • saxophone
Timothy Ruedeman • saxophone

Classical Ensembles
Band • *Joel Craig Davis
Chamber Singers • Fred Irwin
New Music Ensemble • John Ferrari, Peter Jarvis, *Payton MacDonald, Gary Van Dyke
Percussion Ensemble • John Ferrari, Peter Jarvis, *Payton MacDonald, Gary Van Dyke

Composition and Theory
Samantha Bassler
Darren Gage

*Jeffrey Kresky
*John Link
*Lynne Rogers
Robert Thomas
*David Weisberg

Electronic Music /
Music Technology

Edmund Fay
*John Link
*David Weisberg

 

 

Jazz Applied

Jazz Brass
Bill Mobley • trumpet
John Mosca • trombone
David Rogers • trumpet

Jazz Saxophone
*David Demsey
Vincent Herring
Rich Perry

Jazz Voice
Nancy Marano

Jazz Guitar
Gene Bertoncini
Paul Meyers

Jazz Piano
Armen Donelian
Harold Mabern

*Mulgrew Miller
Janet Reeves
James Weidman

Jazz Bass
Steve LaSpina
Marcus McLaurine

Jazz Percussion
Horacee Arnold
Bill Goodwin
Kevin Norton • mallets

Jazz Arranging
Cecil Bridgewater
*Richard DeRosa
Jim McNeely

Jazz Permanent Artist in Residence
Clark Terry

Jazz Ensembles
All jazz faculty members direct one or more of the 24 small jazz ensembles

Jazz Orchestra • *David Demsey
Latin Jazz Ensemble • Chico Mendoza

Jazz Eartraining
Bill Mobley
Kevin Norton

Jazz History
*Timothy Newman

Music Education
Tom Charsky
*Diane Falk-Romaine
*Carol Frierson-Campbell

David Jones
Jacques Rizzo
Joseph Santini
Linda Verdicchio

Music History & Literature
Peter Coll
*Karen Demsey
Michael Gribbroek
Fred Irwin
Erl Nordstrom
Margaret O'Connor
Scott Simpson

Music Management
George Dassinger
Karl Guthrie
Rob Kos
Steve Leeds

*Stephen Marcone
David Philp
Paula Savastano

Sound Engineering Arts
Frank Fagnano
Gary Fink

*David Kerzner
Randy Taber

*full-time faculty