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Music Faculty & Staff Directory

Full Time Faculty

Dr. Carl Patrick Bolleia

Piano, Director of New Music

Office: Shea 111

973-720-2592

bolleiac@wpunj.edu

Prof. Bill Charlap

Director of Jazz Studies

Office: Shea 158

973-720-3471

charlapw@wpunj.edu

Dr. Mitch Butler

Coordinator, Jazz Studies Program

Office: Shea 155

973-720-2268

Phil Clifford

Director, Sound Engineering Arts

Office: Shea 116

973-720-3197

Dr. Carol Frierson-Campbell

Music Education

Office: Shea 169

973-720-3639

friersoncampbellc@wpunj.edu

Dr. David Weisberg

Music Theory, Composition, Music Technology

Office: Shea 113

973-720-3160

weisbergd@wpunj.edu

Dr. Christopher Dylan Herbert

Voice, Music History

Office: Shea 172

973-720-2334

herbertc5@wpunj.edu

Dr. Payton MacDonald

Music Department Chair

Percussion

Office: Shea 171

973-720-3667

macdonaldp@wpunj.edu

Prof. Pete McGuinness

Jazz Studies

Office: Shea 159

973-720-3387

mcguinnessp1@wpunj.edu

Dr. Timothy Newman

Jazz Performance, Jazz History and Scholarship

Office: Hunziker 106A

973-720-2372

newmant@wpunj.edu

Prof. David Philp

Music & Entertainment Industries and Popular Music Studies

Office: Shea 120

973-720-3802

philpd@wpunj.edu

Dr. Teresa C. Purcell-Giles

Director of Bands

Office: Shea 114

973-720-3935

purcellgilest@wpunj.edu

Music Department Office Staff

May Chabayta, Department Secretary, (973) 720-2268, Shea 164

Office of Music Admissions and Recruitment

Skyler Hagner, (973) 720-3466, Shea 138

Music Department Adjunct Faculty

Kevin Antreassian - Sound Engineering Arts

Michael Baker - Trumpet

M’bemba Bangoura - African Drumming

Bruce Barth - Jazz Piano

Gregg Bendian - Popular Music

Colleen Bernstein - Percussion

Johnathan Blake - Jazz Drums

Andre Bregegere - Theory

Cecil Bridgewater - Jazz Arranging

Kathleen Butler Hopkins - Violin

Gary Capetandes - Trombone

Hannah Carr - Director of Choral Activities

Kevin Carrillo - Sound Engineering Arts

Nancy Chamberlain - Staff Pianist

Tanya Chanphanitpornkit - Double Bass

Richard Clark - Trombone

Darian Clonts - Voice

Matthieu Cognet - Vocal Coach

Hannah Comia - Vocal Coach, Piano

Ardith Collins - Orff Schulwerk

Kristin Dabaghian - Class Piano

Sandra Dackow - Strings Music Education

Sarah Davol - Oboe

Jon DiFiore - Jazz for Music Ed

Vincent Ector - Understanding Jazz

Frank Fagnano - Sound Engineering Arts

John Ferrari - Percussion, New Music

Rob Fusari - Popular Music

Ron Garofalo - Music Technology

Mika Godbole - Percussion

Bill Goodwin - Jazz Drums

Sarah Griffiths - Voice

Karl Guthrie - Music & Ent. Industries

Tom Hefter - Music & Ent. Industries

Andrea Herr - Bassoon

Vincent Herring - Jazz Saxophone

Seth Himmelhoch - Classical Guitar

Carolyn Leonhart - jazz voice

Samuel Lord Kalcheim - Theory

Ahran Kim - Class Piano

Joe Kimura - Cello

Andy Lamy - Clarinet

Michael LeDonne - Jazz Piano

Steve Leeds - Music & Ent. Industries

Jee Hyun Lim - Voice

John Maiello - Athletic Bands

June Marano-Murray - Vocal Coach

Marcus McLaurine - Jazz Bass

Chico Mendoza - Latin Jazz

John Mosca - Jazz Trombone

Ed Neumeister - Jazz Arranging

Stephen Myerson - Jazz Ear Training &

Steve Nelson - jazz vibes

James Noyes - Saxophone

Angelo Panetta - Sound Engineering Arts

Soyeon Park - Piano

Caroline Parody - Class Piano, Staff Pianist

Thomas Paster - Popular Music

Matthew Paterno - Brass Music Education

Jeremy Pelt - Jazz Trumpet

Rich Perry - Jazz Saxophone

Tami Petty - Voice

Lisa Pike - Horn, General Studies

Dante Portella - Sound Engineering Arts

Paul Scott - Tuba

Chris Sholar - Pop Guitar

Dayna Stephens - Jazz Ear Training

Dave Stryker - jazz guitar

Brian Timmons - Music Education

Pat Van Dyke - Music & Ent. Industries

Nathan Webb - Music Education

Justin Weiss - Theory

Sarah Wolfson - Voice

David Wong - jazz bass