Music
Faculty
Administration
Jeffrey Cornelius, Dean
Janet M. Yamron, Associate Dean
Steven Kreinberg, Assistant Dean
Karen Bieber, Administrative Assistant for Music Education
and Therapy
Richard Brodhead, Executive Director of The New School
Institute
David Brown, Director of Music Communications/Public Relations
Florence Brown-Palmore, Administrative Assistant to the
Dean
Steven Estrella, Director of Computer/Media Services
Catherine Grudzinski, Coordinator of Recruitment
Irene Petratos, Director of Concerts and Special Events
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, Producer/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
Lorie Gratis, Lecturer in Voice; 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.
William M. Mayo, Lecturer in Voice; M.M., Temple University.
Robert McFarland, Lecturer in Voice; Graduate Studies, Indiana
University, Professional Opera Singer with the New York City Opera, Covent
Garden, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, San Francisco Opera, Sachsisch Staatsoper
Dresden and the Salzburg Festival.
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, Dean; 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.
Gail B. Poch, Ed.M., Temple University.
Janet Yamron, Associate Dean; Ed.M., Temple 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 Piano; M.M., Kharkov State
Conservatory.
James Smith (Secondary Organ) M.m., Indiana University
Michael Sheadel, Lecturer in Piano; D.M.A., Temple University.
May Phang, Lecturer in Piano; M.M. McGill University.
Instrumental Ensemble and Orchestral Studies
PROFESSOR
Arthur D. Chodoroff (Clarinet), Chair, Conductor, Wind
Symphony; M.M., Temple University.
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.
Lawrence Wagner (Clarinet), Artistic Adviser, Winds, Brass, and
Percussion Instruction; M.M., The Catholic University of America.
Symphony Orchestra
Luis Biava, Artistic
Director and Conductor, Temple University Symphony Orchestra; Diploma:
Atlantico University (Colombia), Academia Santa Cecilia (Rome), Manhattan
School of Music; principal second violin, The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Lawrence Wagner, Professor and Resident Conductor, Temple
University Symphony Orchestra; M.M., The Catholic University of America.
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.
Bassoon
Bernard Garfield, Adjunct Professor; M.M., Columbia University;
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
Joseph DeAngelis, Lecturer; Graduate of The Juilliard School
of Music; studies with James Chambers.
Michael Johns, Director of Brass Ensembles; 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.
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.
Chris Martin, Lecturer; Associate Principal Trumpet, 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; 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.
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.
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.
Margarita Montanaro, Lecturer; Diploma, The Curtis Institute
of Music; private studies with Carlos Salzedo and Marilyn Costello; associate
principal harpist of 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.
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.
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
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.
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
Matthew J. Colucci, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Paul Epstein, M.A., University of California at Berkeley.
John Johnson, M.M., University of Texas.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Cynthia Folio, Chair; Ph.D., Eastman School of Music.
Jan Krzywicki, M.M., Philadelphia Musical Academy.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Micheal 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, Assistant 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
Edith Saltzberg, Lecturer in Music History; M.M., Temple
University.
Martha Schleifer, Lecturer in Music History; Ph.D., Bryn
Mawr College.
David Tokar, Lecturer in Music History; M.M., Temple University.
Nancy W. Hess, Lecturer in Music History; Director, Music
Preparatory Division and Community Music Teaching Program; 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.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Darrel Walters, Chair, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Beth Bolton, Ph.D., Temple
University.
Steven Estrella, Ph.D., Temple University.
Davis Giersch, D.M.A., Temple University.
Bradley Townsend, D.Ed., Pennsylvania
State University. Director of Athletic Bands.
AFFILIATE FACULTY
Steven Estrella, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Temple
University.
Roger Harrington, Lecturer in String Education
Kathy Murphy, MMT, MT-BC, 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.
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;
M.M., Temple University.
Gerry DeLoach, Lecturer in Jazz Saxophone and
Ensemble;
B.S. In Music Education, 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.
Bill 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.
Ben Schachter, Lecturer in Saxophone and Jazz Theory, M.M.,
New England Conservatory.
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
B. Stimson Carrow
Elva S. Daniels
Roger Dean
Marian Demand
Maryan Filar
Arthur Frank
Allen M. Garrett
Edwin E. Gordon
George McKinley
Eve R. Meyer
June Ottenberg
Mildred Parker
George Sementovsky
Jonathan Sternberg
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Sophia Melvin
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Greta M. Csonka
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