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Music

Faculty
Administration
Richard Brodhead, Acting Dean of The New School Institute.
Janet M. Yamron, Associate
Dean
Steven Kreinberg, Associate Dean
David Brown, Assistant Dean
Anne Canon, Administrative
Assistant for Music Education and Therapy
Florence Brown-Palmore, Administrative
Assistant to the Dean
Barbara DiToro, Assistant
Director, Temple University Prep
Catherine Grudzinski, Coordinator
of Recruitment
Nancy Hess, Director, Temple
University Prep
James Johnson, Producer, Temple
Opera Theater
Irene Petratos, Director of
College Relations and External Affairs
Susan Rock, Director of
Development
Eric Schweingruber, Coordinator
of Instrumental Ensembles
Walter Weidenbacher, Director of
Budget and College Scheduling
Linda White, Director of Music
Admissions
Faculty
Vocal Instruction
PROFESSOR
Phillip Cho, M.M. and Opera
Diploma, The Juilliard School of Music; Honorary Doctor of Music, Duquesne
University; private studies with Jan Peerce, Mme. Freschl, and Jennie Tourel.
Klara B. Meyers, Attended Academy
of Music, Debrecen, Hungary and National Academy, Budapest; private studies with
Mme. Freschl and Martin Rich.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Christine Anderson, Chair;
D.M.A., College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati; private studies
with Andrew White, Lorenzo
Malfatti, Helen Laird, and John Alexander.
John Douglas, M.M., Bowling Green
University.
Dugg McDonough, Director of
Temple University Opera Theater; M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Lawrence Indik, D.M.A., Temple
University.
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Elise Auerbach, Vocal Coach;
M.M., College Conservatory of Music, University of Cinicnnati.
Lorie Gratis, Lecturer in Voice;
D.M.A., Temple University, M.M., Opera, The Curtis Institute of Music; M.M.,
Performance and Literature, The Eastman School of Music; M.M., West Chester
University.
Phyllis Lewis, Lecturer in Voice;
M.M., College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.
Randi Marrazzo, Lecturer in
Voice; M.M., Catholic University.
William M. Mayo, Lecturer in
Voice; M.M., Temple University.
Laurent Phillippe, Vocal Coach;
D.M.A., University of Washington.
Debra Scurto-Davis, Lecturer in
Voice; M.M., Baylor University.
Carlos Serrano, Lecturer in
Voice; Artist's Diploma, The Curtis Institute of Music; Studies at the
Academy of Vocal Arts.
Choral Activities
PROFESSOR
Jeffrey Cornelius, Ed.D., Temple
University.
Alan Harler, Chair and Director
of Choral Activities; M.M., University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of
Music; private studies with Walter
Susskind and Julius Herford; Music
Director, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia.
Janet Yamron, Associate Dean;
Ed.M., Temple University.
INSTRUCTOR
Tram Sparks, Assistant Professor;
D.M.A. (to be conferred), Yale University.
Keyboard Instruction
PROFESSOR
Alexander Fiorillo,
(Piano), M.M., The Catholic University of America; private studies with Victor
Babin and Vladimir Horowitz.
Lambert Orkis, (Piano), Coordinator
of the Master of Music Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music Program; M.M.,
Temple University;
private studies with Eleanor Sokoloff and
Maryan Filar.
Maria del Pico Taylor, (Piano),
Coordinator of Class Piano; M.M., Northwestern University; private studies with
Pauline Lindsey, Paul
Stassevich, Adele Marcus, and Dorothy
Taubman.
Harvey Wedeen, (Piano), Chair;
M.S., The Juilliard School of Music; private studies with Robert and Gaby
Casadesus, Alexander Borovsky, Adele Marcus, and Isabella Vengerova.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Charles Abramovic, (Piano), D.M.A.,
Temple University; private studies with Leon Fleisher and Harvey Wedeen.
Joyce Lindorff,(Harpsichord and
Piano), D.M.A., The Juilliard School of Music
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Oleg Maslov, Lecturer in
Keyboard; D.M.A., Temple University; M.M., Kharkov State Conservatory;
Postgraduate Studies, Kiev State Conservatory; studies with Regina Horowitz and
Harvey Wedeen; winner, Ukranian National Piano Competition, 1979.
James Smith, (Secondary Organ) M.m.,
Indiana University
Michael Sheadel, Lecturer in
Piano; D.M.A., Temple University.
Instrumental Studies
PROFESSOR
Luis Biava, Director of the
Temple University Symphony Orchestra; Post Graduate Diploma in conducting,
Manhattan School of Music; Diploma: Atlantico University (Colombia) and
Academia Santa Cecilia (Rome); retired principal second violin and
Conductor-in-Residence, The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Arthur D. Chodoroff, (Clarinet), Chair,
Conductor, Wind Symphony; M.M., Temple University; private studies
(clarinet) with Joseph Gigliotti, Donald Montanaro, and William Stubbins;
(conducting) Elizabeth A.H. Green.
Orlando Cole, (Cello), B.Mus., The
Curtis Institute of Music; private studies with Felix Salmond; founding member
of the Curtis String Quartet.
Helen Kwalwasser, (Violin), Artistic
Adviser, String Instruction; Private studies with Efrem Zimbalist at The Curtis
Institute of Music and with Ivan Galamian at The Juilliard School; member of the
New York Chamber Soloists; winner, Juilliard Award.
Glenn A. Steele, (Percussion), M.M.,
Temple University; private studies with Alan Abel, Charles Owen, and Fred Hinger.
Jeffrey Solow,(Cello), B.A.,
University of California at Los Angeles; advanced studies with Gregor
Piatigorsky.
Bands
Arthur Chodoroff, Director of
Bands; M.M., Temple University.
Bradley Townsend, Director of
Athletic Bands; D.Ed., Pennsylvania State University.
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Flute
David Cramer, Lecturer;
B.M., The Curtis Institute of Music; private studies with Murray Panitz, William
Hebert, and James Pappoutsakis; associate principal flute of The Philadelphia
Orchestra.
Loren Lind, Lecturer; member
of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Kazuo Tokito, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Adeline Tomasone, Lecturer;
B.M., The Curtis Institute of Music; private studies with Murray Panitz, Julius
Baker, and Kenton F. Terry; principal flute with the Opera Company of
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Opera Theater, and The Performance Organization;
solo flute with the Davidsbund Chamber Players.
Oboe
Jonathan Blumenfeld, Lecturer;
B.A., Haverford College; graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music; private
studies with Richard Woodhams; member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Stevens Hewitt, Lecturer;
Graduate of The Juilliard School of Music; private studies with Clemont Lenom
and Harold Gomberg; former member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Louis Rosenblatt, Adjunct
Professor (Oboe and English Horn), Graduate of The Curtis Institute of
Music; retired member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Peter Smith, Lecturer;
associate principal oboe of The Philadelphia Orchestra; graduate of The Curtis
Institute of Music.
Richard Woodhams, Adjunct
Professor; principal oboe of The Philadelphia Orchestra; private studies
with John DeLancie at the Curtis Institute of Music.
Clarinet
Anthony Gigliotti, Adjunct
Professor; Graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music; retired principal
clarinet of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Ronald Reuben, Lecturer
(Clarinet and Saxophone); Diploma, The Curtis Institute of Music; member of The
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Lawrence Wagner, Professor
Emeritus; M.M., The Catholic University of America.
Bassoon
Angela Anderson, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Bernard Garfield, Adjunct
Professor; M.M., Columbia University; former principal bassoon of The
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Saxophone
Ronald Reuben, Lecturer; (Saxophone
and Clarinet); Diploma, The Curtis Institute of Music; member of The
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Marshall Taylor, Lecturer;
M.M., Northwestern University; attended Conservatoire Nationale Superior de
Musique and Universite de Paris.
French Horn
Michael Johns, Lecturer;
D.M.A., Temple University.
Jeffrey Kirschen, Lecturer;
B.M., Temple University; Graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, member of
The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Shelley Showers, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Adam Unsworth, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Daniel Williams, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra, Diploma, The Curtis Institute of Music.
Trumpet
David Bilger, Lecturer;
principal trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Roger Blackburn, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra, B.M., The Curtis Institute of Music.
Robert Earley, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Eric Schweingruber, Lecturer;
Coordinator of Instrumental Ensembles, B.M., Temple University.
Trombone
Blair Bollinger, Lecturer;
Graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music; bass trombone of The Philadelphia
Orchestra.
Tyrone Breuninger, Lecturer;
Graduate of West Chester University and Temple University; private studies with
Henry C. Smith and Robert
Harper; retired Associate Principal
Trombone of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Paul Bryan, Lecturer; M.M.,
Temple University.
Nitzan Haroz, Lecturer;
principal trombone of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Philip McClelland, Lecturer;
Graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music; private studies with Henry Smith and
Dee Stewart.
Matthew Vaughan, Lecturer;
Associate Principal Trombone, The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Tuba
Jay Krush, Lecturer; M.M.,
Northwestern University; private studies with Abe Torchinski, Cherry Beauregard,
and Arnold Jacobs; founding member of The Chestnut Brass Company.
Paul Krzywicki, Lecturer;
M.M. and Performer's Certificate, Indiana University; principal tuba of The
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Percussion
Alan Abel, Adjunct Professor;
Graduate of The Eastman School of Music; retired member of The Philadelphia
Orchestra.
Glenn A. Steele, Professor
(Percussion); M.M., Temple University; private studies with Alan Abel, Charles
Owen, and Fred Hinger.
Harp
Sophia Bruno, Lecturer;
B.M., The Curtis Institute of Music; private studies with Marilyn Costello and
Alice Chalifeux; principal harpist with The Opera Company of Philadelphia.
Elizabeth Hainen, Lecturer,
Principal Harp, The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Violin
Silvia Ahramjian, Lecturer;
M.M., Indiana University, studies with Josef Gingold; studies with Ivan Galimian
at The Juilliard School of Music.
David Arben, Lecturer;
retired associate concert-master of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Jonathan Beiler, Lecturer;
B.A., Yale University; graduate study at Indiana University; private study with
Broadus Erle, Syoko Aki, and Joseph Gingold; member of The Philadelphia
Orchestra.
Davyd Booth, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Min-Soo Chang, Adjunct Assistant
Professor; D.M.A., Temple University.
William dePasquale, Lecturer;
2nd Concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Kimberly Fisher, Lecturer;
Associate Principal 2nd Violin, The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Larry Grika, Lecturer; M.M.,
Chicago Musical College/Roosevelt University; private studies with Paul
Stassevitch and S. Arron; member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Arnold Grossi, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Helen Kwalwasser, Professor(Violin),
Artistic Adviser, String Instruction; Private studies with Efrem Zimbalist at
The Curtis Institute of Music and with Ivan Galamian at The Juilliard School;
member of the New York Chamber Soloists; winner, Juilliard Award.
Diane Monroe, Lecturer.
Charles Parker, Lecturer;
B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook; Artistic Director of the
Davidsbund Chamber Players.
Yumi Ninomiya Scott, Lecturer;
Graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music; private studies with Jascha Brodsky,
Ivan Galamian, and Paul Makanawitsky; former member of the Curtis String
Quartet; member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Barbara Sonies, Lecturer;
M.S., The Juilliard School of Music.
Viola
Choong-Jin Chang, Lecturer;
associate principal viola, The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Sidney Curtiss, Lecturer;
Attended The Philadelphia Conservatory of Music; private studies with Leonard
Mogill; member of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Evelyn Jacobs Luise, Lecturer;
Graduate of Temple University and The Curtis Institute of Music; private studies
with Max Aronoff; principal
viola of The Opera Company of Philadelphia
and the Bethlehem Bach Festival.
Anastasia Solberg, Lecturer;
international solo and chamber music artist.
Ira Weller, Lecturer; M.M.,
The Juilliard School of Music; private studies with Ivan Galamian, Walter
Trampler, and Michael Tree; founding member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet.
Cello
Orlando Cole, Professor
(Cello); B.Mus., The Curtis Institute of Music; private studies with Felix
Salmond; founding member of the Curtis String Quartet.
Kathryn Picht-Read, Lecturer;
M.M., Boston University; private studies with Lowell Creitz, Gabriel Magyar, and
George Neikrug; member of
The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Deborah Reeder, Lecturer;
M.M., Philadelphia Musical Academy; former member of The Philadelphia Orchestra;
private studies with Lorne Munroe.
Jeffrey Solow, Professor
(Cello); B.A., University of California at Los Angeles; advanced studies with
Gregor Piatigorsky.
Double Bass
Neal Courtney, Lecturer;
member of The Philadelphia Orchestra, B.M., Eastman School of Music.
John Hood, Lecturer; member
of The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Anne Peterson, Lecturer;
Graduate of The New School of Music.
Henry Scott, Lecturer; B.M.,
Eastman School of Music; private studies with Ferdinand Maresh, Roger M. Scott,
and Oscar Zimmerman; Ph.D., in psychoanalysis, Heed University; conductor of the
Main Line Symphony and the Little Symphony of Philadelphia; member of The
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Classical Guitar
Allen Krantz, Lecturer;
M.A. in early music performance practice, Stanford University; private studies
with Michael Lorimer, Robert Strizich, and Stanley Beautens.
Ricardo Cobo, Lecturer;
D.M.A., Florida State University; international solo artist.
Theory
PROFESSOR
John Johnson, M.M., University of
Texas.
Jan Krzywicki, M.M., Philadelphia
Musical Academy.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Alexander Brinkman, Ph.D., Eastman
School of Music.
Cynthia Folio, Chair; Ph.D.,
Eastman School of Music.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Michael Klein, Ph.D., SUNY,
Buffalo.
Composition
PROFESSOR
Maurice Wright, Chair, Laura
H. Carnell Professor of Music; D.M.A., Columbia University.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Richard Brodhead, A.M., University
of Pennsylvania.
Matthew Greenbaum, Ph.D., City
University of New York.
Music History
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Steven Kreinberg, Associate Dean;
Ed.D., Temple University.
Stephen Willier, Chair,
Ph.D., University of Illinois.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
David Cannata, Ph.D., New York
University.
Robin Moore, Ph.D., University of
Texas.
Steven Zohn, Ph.D., Cornell
University.
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Nancy W. Hess, Lecturer in Music
History; Director, Music Preparatory Division and Community Music Teaching
Program; M.M., Temple University.
Edith Saltzberg, Lecturer in
Music History; M.M., Temple University.
Elizabeth Sayre, Lecturer in
Music History; M.A., Duke University.
Martha Schleifer, Lecturer in
Music History; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College.
David Tokar, Lecturer in Music
History; M.M., Temple University.
Tara Webb Duey, Lecturer in
Music History; M.M., Temple University.
Robert Wiemken, Lecturer in
Early Music Ensembles; M.A., Washington University.
Music Education and Music
Therapy
PROFESSOR
Kenneth E. Bruscia, Coordinator
of Music Therapy Programs, MT-BC, Ph.D., New York University.
Cheryl Dileo, MT-BC, Ph.D.,
Louisiana State University.
Darrel Walters, Chair,
Ph.D., University of Michigan.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Darlene Brooks, Ph.D., Temple
University.
Alison Reynolds, Ph.D., Temple
University
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Beth Bolton, Ph.D., Temple
University.
Bradley Townsend, D.Ed.,
Pennsylvania State University. Director of Athletic Bands.
INSTRUCTOR
Herbert Marshall, M.M.E., Syracuse
University.
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Anthony Belfiglio, M.M., Temple
University.
Brad Biederman, Lecturer in
Guitar; M.M.T., Temple University.
Roger Harrington, Lecturer in
String Education.
Patricia McCarrick, Lecturer in
Teaching Music to Exceptional Children; Ph.D., Temple University.
Jazz Studies Program
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Ed Flanagan, Director of Jazz
Studies; Ph.D., Temple University.
Terell Stafford, Lecturer in
Trumpet and Ensemble, M.M., Rutgers University.
INSTRUCTOR
Ben Schachter, Lecturer in
Saxophone and Jazz Theory; M.M., New England Conservatory.
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Bruce Barth, Lecturer in Jazz
Piano and Jazz Composition; M.M., New England Conservatory.
Anthony Belfiglio, Lecturere in
Piano and Jazz Theory; M.M., Temple University.
DonnaJean Cocchia, Lecturer in
Jazz Voice; B.A., Cabrini College.
Lou DeLise, Lecturer in Jazz
Arranging and Pop Composition; B.M., Temple University.
Vince Fay, Lecturer in Jazz Bass.
Michael Frank, Lecturer in Jazz
Piano and Jazz Theory; B.M., Temple Univeristy.
Tom Giacabetti, Lecturer in Jazz
Guitar and Ensemble.
Erik Johnson, Lecturer in Jazz
Drums and Ensemble; B.M., Temple University.
William Jones, Lecturer in
Business of Music; B.M., University of the Arts.
Greg Kettinger, Lecturer in Jazz
Theory and Ensemble; B.M., Temple University.
Tom Lawton, Lecturer in Piano
and Ensemble .
Carl Mottola, Lecturer in Jazz
Percussion; B.M., Beaver College.
Michael Natale, Lecturer in
Trumpet, Ensemble, and Improvisation .
Arcenia Rosal, Lecturer in Voice;
B.S. in Music Education, Temple University.
Maurice Wright, Chair; Professor
of Composition; D.M.A., Columbia University.
Emeritus Faculty
PROFESSOR
David L. Stone, Founding Dean
Emeritus
Helen Laird, Dean Emeritus
Florence Berggren
Matthew Colucci
Elva S. Daniels
Roger Dean
Marian Demand
Paul Epstein
Maryan Filar
Arthur Frank
Allen M. Garrett
Edwin E. Gordon
George McKinley
Eve R. Meyer
June Ottenberg
Mildred Parker
Gail Poch
George Sementovsky
Jonathan Sternberg
Lawrence Wagner
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Sophia Melvin
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Greta M. Csonka
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