List of Private Teachers
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
Piano
Organ
Harpsichord
STRINGS
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Electric Bass
Classical Guitar
Contemporary Guitar
Harp
EARLY STRING INSTRUMENTS
WOODWINDS
Oboe
Bassoon
Clarinet
Flute
Saxophone
BRASS
French Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba
PERCUSSION
JAZZ IMPROVISATION
VOICE
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
PIANO
Geoffrey Burleson
Education: DMA, SUNY Stony Brook; MM, New England Conservatory; BM, Peabody Conservatory
Studied with Gilbert Kalish, Leonard Shure, Veronica Jochum, Lillian Freundlich, and Tinka Knopf
Concert Credits: Solo appearances throughout North America and Europe, including
prominent venues in Paris, New York (Merkin Hall, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Rome, Athens (Mitropoulos Hall), Mexico City (National Museum of Art), Rotterdam (De Doelen), Chicago, Boston, Switzerland, England and Spain. Recent concerto performances with Boston Musica Viva, New England Philharmonic, Arlington Philharmonic, and Holland Symfonia in the Netherlands. Member, Boston Musica Viva. Duo performances with violinist Malcolm Lowe, flutist Jacques Zoon and soprano Maria Tegzes. Silver Medal, International Piano Recording Competition; Special Commendations; VMM International Performers Competition.
Recordings: Albany, New World, Centaur, Music & Arts, CRI, VMM, Neuma
Website: http://www.geoffreyburleson.com
e-mail: burleson88@verizon.net
Elizabeth DiFelice
Education: DMA, MM, SUNY at Stony Brook; BM, Oberlin College.
Studied with Gilbert Kalish and Martin Canin.
Concert Credits: New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Composers Orchestra, Eos Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood, Aspen, Lincoln Center Festival, Mostly Mozart, Cleveland and Metropolitan Art Museums, Phillips Collection, American Academy in Rome. Tours as soloist and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. Former visiting faculty member at Smith College, Bard College, and the Eastman School of Music.
Recordings: CBS/Sony, DGG/Polydor, CRI, Nonesuch, Bridge, GM, New World.
e-mail: bdf88@verizon.net
Margaret Kampmeier
Education: DMA, MM, SUNY at Stony Brook; BM, Eastman School of Music.
Studied with Gilbert Kalish and Barry Snyder.
Concert Credits: Founding member of the Naumburg award winning New Millennium Ensemble. Guest artist with the Kronos Quartet, performances with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Speculum Musicae, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. Festivals include Mostly Mozart, Caramoor, June in Buffalo, Tanglewood, and Ravinia. Tours of North America, Europe and Asia. Educational forums on music of women composers and contemporary techniques.
Recordings: Centaur, CRI, Koch International, Nonesuch, Bridge.
e-mail: makpiano@aol.com
Francine Kay
Education: MM, BM at the Juilliard School, DMA SUNY Stony Brook
Studied with Marek Jablonski, Leon Fleisher, and Gilbert Kalish
Concert Credits: Winner of the Pro Piano International Competition (2000),
solo performances at: Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Trinity Church, Saratoga Chamber Music Festival, Newport Music Festival, Banff School of Fine Arts, Tanglewood Music Center, and recitals in London, Paris, Washington, Chicago, Seattle, Shanghai, Hong Kong. Soloist with Toronto Symphony, Princeton Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Victoria Symphony, K-W Symphony. CBC radio broadcasts.
Recordings: Analekta, Audio Ideas, CBC records
Website: www.FrancineKay.com
e-mail: francymusic@msn.com
Edmund Niemann
Education: MM, BM at Manhattan School of Music
Studied under Arthur Balsam, Robert Goldsand, and Arminda Canteros.
Concert Credits: Formed piano duo, DOUBLE EDGE, with Nurit Tilles, and has toured Western and Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, US and Canada. Member of the contemporary ensemble Parnassus, member of Steve Reich & Musicians, appeared as guest artist with the New York New Music Ensemble, the Da Capo Players, Speculum Musicae, and Newband. Also played with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Riverside Symphony, the Westchester Philharmonic, and the American Symphony Orchestra. Member of the Laura Dean Dancers & Musicians and toured with choreographer Anne Theresa de Keersmaeker. Teaches and lectures at the Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Westchester, NY and has been on the faculty at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University.
Recordings: CRI, ECM, Lovely Music, Ltd., New Albion, Nonesuch Records.
e-mail: enieman@nyc.rr.com
Jennifer Tao
Education: DMA, MM, SUNY at Stony Brook; BM, New England Conservatory.
Studied with Leonard Shure, Gilbert Kalish, Richard Goode.
Concert Credits: Soloist at 11 with Arthur Fiedler, soloist with Miami Philharmonic, Tobay Chamber Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony. Solo and chamber music performances throughout Europe, United States and Southeast Asia. Prize winner in the Maryland International Piano Competition, New York Young Artists in Recital, Baldwin National Piano Competition. Premieres of solo and chamber music works at New Hampshire Music Festival, Columbia Composers' New Music Series, New Music Series at Interlochen, Michigan, and Tanglewood Music Festival. Former faculty member of Interlochen Arts Academy.
Recordings: Centaur, solo CD on Eroica.
e-mail: jentao@optonline.net
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ORGAN
Eric Plutz
Education: MM, Eastman School of Music; BM, Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
Studied with David Craighead and Donald McDonald.
Concert Credits: National Symphony Orchestra, Washington Ballet, Washington Symphonic Brass, Washington Bach Consort, Cathedral Choral Society, Cantate Chamber Singers, Washington Men's Camerata, Choral Arts Society of Washington, Heritage Signature Chorale, and American Repertory Singers. Performances at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC), National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), Washington National Cathedral (Washington, DC), Grace Cathedral (San Francisco).
Recordings: Delos, Gothic.
e-mail: eplutz@princeton.edu
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HARPSICHORD
Wendy Young
Education: MM, New England Conservatory; BA, New York University.
Studied with Kenneth Cooper, John Gibbons.
Concert Credits: Performed with Princeton Pro Musica, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, The Folger Consort, Concert Royale, Boston Camerata, and New York Renaissance Band. Solo and chamber concerts at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Boston Early Music, Waterloo, Pepsico Summerfare, Oregon Bach, and Marlboro Music Festivals, Vaison-la-Romaine (France), and Spoleto (Italy). Music consultant for 17th-century theatre at Princeton's McCarter Theatre. Numerous commercial and movie soundtracks.
Recordings: Vanguard, Geffen, Alpha Jazz.
e-mail: wendy131@aol.com
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STRINGS
VIOLIN
Sunghae Anna Lim
Education: DMA, Rutgers University; Diploma, Hochschule für Musik und
darstellende Kunst "Mozarteum" in Salzburg; BA, Harvard University.
Studied with Sandor Vegh, Arnold Steinhardt, Gerhard Schulz, Louis Krasner.
Concert Credits: Founding member of the Laurel Piano Trio (winner of
Concert Artists Guild Competition, ProPiano Competition, Tanglewood
Ensemble-in-Residence, Artists-in-Residence of WQXR), member of the New
Millennium Ensemble (winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition).
Premieres and recordings of numerous contemporary works.
Soloist with the Honolulu Symphony, Harvard-Radcliffe Bach Society Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Princeton University Orchestra. Performances throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Central America. Participant at Marlboro, Tanglewood and
Ravinia Festivals, Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove, Laurel Festival of the Arts, and Portland Chamber Music Festival.
Recordings: Koch International, CRI, Centaur, Newport Classics.
e-mail: annalim@princeton.edu
Junko Ota Pecht
Education: The Juilliard School under Dorothy Delay and Felix Galimir; BA, Honors, Toho-Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo.
Studied with Hideo Saito, Ryosaku Kubota, Yuri Yankelevitch, and Paul Makanoviczky.
Concert Credits: Winner, Artists International Audition; New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1981. Fellowship, North Carolina School of the Arts; Winner, Japan Cultural Broadcasting Prize; Broadcast on WQXR, Fuji TV, NHK, NCB. Soloist with Westminster Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra, and others. Affiliated with Riverside String Quartet, New York New Music Ensemble, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, New York City Opera.
Teaching Experience: The Mannes College of Music, 1983-1996, Westminster Conservatory, 1982-1988, and Princeton University, since 1986.
e-mail: junopec47@verizon.net
Nancy Wilson
Education: MM, The Juilliard School; BA with High Honors, Summa cum Laude, Oberlin College.
Studied with Dorothy Delay, David Cerone, Mischa Mischakoff, and Jaap Schroeder.
Concert Credits: Performances in major concert halls in the U.S.A., Europe, South America, and Australia with The Classical Quartet, The Bach Ensemble, Aston Magna, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Concert Royal, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Early Music Festival, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, and ARTEK.
Teaching Experience: Faculty at The Mannes College of Music since 1984; Aston Magna Academies 1985, 1987, 1997.
Recordings: Decca, Sony Classical, Phillips, Harmonium Mundi, Nonesuch, Centaur.
e-mail: njwilsonbv@aol.com
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VIOLA
Nicholas Cords
Education: MM, The Juilliard School; BA, The Curtis Institute of Music.
Studied with Karen Tuttle, Felix Galamir, Joseph Fuchs, and Harvey Shapiro.
Concert Credits: Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Alice Tully Hall, Cologne Philharmonie, Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, the Library of Congress, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York String Seminar Orchestra, Orchestral Society of Philadelphia, Minnesota Orchestra, Juilliard Orchestra, Queens Symphony, St. Paul Civic Symphony, An Die Musik, Caramoor Virtuosi, Richardson Chamber Players, and the Metropolitan Museum Artists in Residence. His chamber music credits include the Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein, Santa Fe, Tanglewood, Piccolo Spoleto, Lincoln Center, Evian, Four Seasons, Ravinia, Bargemusic, Smithsonian Folklife, Charlottesville, and the Caramoor International festivals. Teaching Experience: Bennington Chamber Music & Composers Conference, and Princeton University.
Recordings: Sony Classical.
e-mail: cordsn@aol.com
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CELLO
Susannah Chapman
Education: DMA, SUNY Stony Brook, MM, SUNY Stony Brook, BM, Mannes College of Music
Concert Credits: Contemporary Concerti, Australian Chamber Orchestra. Soloist with Mark Morris Dance Company. Solo and chamber music recital series, Miller Theater. Tours and chamber music performances, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra National tour, Musicians From Marlboro. Member: Cygnus Ensemble, Trigon String Trio, Walden Chamber Players.
Festivals: Marlboro, Portland Chamber Music Festival, Principal Cello Oregon Bach Festival
Recordings: Deutche Grammophone, Neuma Records.
e-mail: susannahchapman@aol.com
Thomas Kraines
Education: MM The Juilliard School, BA The Curtis Institute of Music.
Studied with Joel Krosnick, Aldo Parisot, Harvey Shapiro, Paul Katz and Frederic Raimi.
Concert Credits: Chamber music performance sat Next Generation Festival, the Moab Music Festival, Mostly Mozart
Festival, and the Bard Music Festival. Principal cellist, Atlanta Chamber Orchestra. Substitute cellist for Baltimore
Symphony and Annapolis Symphony. member of the Naumberg Award-winning Peabody trio with performances in Wigmore Hall
(London), Merkin Hall (New York), and Wolf Trap (Washington, DC). Teaching experience at The Peabody Institute Conservatory,
The Governor's School of North Carolina, and The Yellow Barn Music Festival, Putney, VT.
e-mail: tkraines@hotmail.com
Sophie Shao
Education: MM, Yale School of Music, BA, Religious Studies, Yale College, Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music.
Studied with Aldo Parisot, David Soyer and Shirley Trepel.
Concert Credits: Orchestre de Paris, Russian State Academy Symphony Cappella, Erie Symphony, Yale Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and Houston Symphony. Recitals in Merkin Hall in New York City, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Caramoor, Ravinia Rising Stars. Festivals include Bridgehampton, Sarasota, Music from Angel Fire, Saratoga, Bard, Ravinia, and Marlboro. Frequent guest of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Faculty of Vassar College, beginning Fall 2004.
Awards: 1996 recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, prizewinner in the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky International Cello Competitions.
Recordings: EMI Classics, Bridge.
e-mail: shaosophie@gmail.com
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DOUBLE BASS
Jack Hill
Education: BA, New England Conservatory of Music
Studied with Henry Portnoi, Gary Karr and Timothy Cobb
Concert Credits: Currently Principal Bass with the Edison Symphony
Orchestra and section bass with the Delaware Valley Philharmonic. Assistant
Principal and Principal Bass with the Boston Philharmonic from 1979
to 2000. Co-principal with the Triptych Chamber Orchestra in Boston.
Artist in Residence at the American Academy in Rome, 2000. Solo
Bass with I Virtuosi di Roma, 2001. Section member with the Springfield
Symphony Orchestra, 1979-1981. Mr. Hill also makes bows for
string instruments.
Recordings: Carleton
Website: www.jdhillmusic.com
e-mail: jdhill@comcast.net
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ELECTRIC BASS/DOUBLE BASS
Brian Glassman
Education: MAT, City University of New York, BA, Rutgers University
Studied with: Larry Ridley, Lewis Paer, Bill Fielder, Kenny Barron, Mike Formanek, and Carolyn Davis
Concert Credits: Performances with Margaret Whiting, The Ken Peplowski Quartet, Lionel Hampton, John & Bucky Pizzarelli, Paquito Di Rivera, Dick Hyman, Benny Golson, Dr. Billy Taylor, James Moody, Gary Burton, Benny Carter, Hal Linden, Robert Goulet, Sir Roland Hanna, Joe Piscapo, David Murray, Sahib Shahab, Andy Statman, Frank London, David Grisman, John Tropea, Harold Mabern, and many others. Frequent appearances in New York City and abroad with Margaret Whiting and the Ken Peplowski Quartet.
Recordings: Sameach, PS Classics, FGM Records.
e-mail: bribass@optonline.net
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CLASSICAL GUITAR
Laura Oltman
Education: BM, Florida State, Queens College, Aspen Music Festival, Academia Musicale Ghigiana in Siena, Italy.
Studied with Luisa Sanchez de Fuentes, Bruce Holzman, Oscar Ghiglia, Paul Mayard, Raymond Ericson and Andres Segovia.
Concert Credits: Caramoor Festival, Co-Music Director of the Raritan River Music Festival (New Jersey), 92nd Street Y, Merkin Concert Hall (New York City), Ambassador Auditorium, (Los Angeles.), Europe, Asia, South America, Canada, and Ensemble-in-Residence at Mannes College of Music, New York City. World Premiere Performances including Lowell Liebermann, Dusan Bogdanovic, Roberto Sierra. International media features, including People Magazine, the New York Times, and National Public Radio's "Performance Today", "New Sounds Live", and BBC Radio 3's "In Tune".
Recordings for Musicmasters, Sheffield Lab, and Musical Heritage Society.
Website: www.guitarduo.com
e-mail: laura@guitarduo.com
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CONTEMPORARY GUITAR
Bruce Arnold
Education: BM, Berklee College of Music.
Studied with Charlie Banacos, Jerry Bergonzi.
Concert Credits: Absolute Ensemble, Boston Symphony, Portland Symphony, Randy Brecker, Stuart Hamm, Joe Lovano, Thomas Buckner, Harvie Swartz, Peter Erskine.
Teaching Experience at the New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Dartmouth College, New School University and New York University. Author of forty-two books on music-related education.
Recordings: World Mallett, Concord Jazz, GM and MMC Records, Jazzhead, OO Discs, Muse-eek, Bembe, Jazzbank.
Website: www.brucearnold.com, music.princeton.edu/~bruce
e-mail: bruce@brucearnold.com
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HARP
Elaine Christy
Education: DMA, Manhattan School of Music; MM, High Honors, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
Studied with Margaret Ling, Jane Weidensaul, Kathleen Bride.
Concert Credits: American Harp Society National Competition Winner, Merkin
Concert Hall (New York City), Steinway Hall (New York City), Los Angeles, York, England, Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey, Founding member of Venus Trio, Winner of Artists International Audition, Carnegie's Weill Hall, appearance on WNYC's "Around New York," national tours. World Harp Congress 2002, Geneva. Publications with Lyon & Healy.
Website: www.christydavila.com
e-mail: harpdma@aol.com
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EARLY STRING INSTRUMENTS
Vivian Barton Dozor
Education: BM, Curtis Institute of Music.
Studied with David Soyer, Timothy Eddy, Laurence Lesser, Lorne Munroe, Mischa Schneider.
Concert Credits: The Brandenburg Ensemble, Philomel, American Society of Ancient Instruments, Ama Deus Ensemble, Brandywine Baroque, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Concerto soloists of Philadelphia, Assistant Principal of Santa Fe Opera, and Opera Company of Philadelphia.
Recordings: RCA, Helicon, Newport Classics, PolyGram, Vox.
e-mail: vivianbarton@aol.com
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WOODWINDS
OBOE
Matthew Sullivan
Education: BM, University of Miami.
Studied with Ray Still, Carl Sonik, Mark Lifshey, Ronald Roseman, Elaine Douvas, and Burt Lucarelli.
Concert Credits: Performed extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Venezuela, Australia, and the Far East. In New York, performances range from Broadway pits to Carnegie Hall and downtown avant-garde venues including Roulette, The New Music Cafe, the Palladium, and the Knitting Factory. Founding member of Positive Music, First Avenue, and Helios. A long-time member of Musician's Accord, The Queen's Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Chamber Players and New Jersey Pops Symphony Orchestra.
On the faculty of Manhattan School of Music, Rutgers University, New York University, and the European Mozart Academy in Warsaw, Poland.
Recordings: CBS Masterworks, RCA, Virgin Atlantic, New World, CRI, Opus One, Newport Classic, Mode, XLNT, and OO Discs record labels.
Website: www.oboematt.com
e-mail: mattsullivannyc@aol.com
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BASSOON
Robert Wagner
Education: MM, BM, The Juilliard School.
Concert Credits: Principal bassoonist of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, member of the Boehm Quintette and the American Wind Quintet, additional performances with
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, and the American Symphony Orchestra.
Recordings: Deutsche Grammophon, Delos, Koch, New World, Premier, CRI, EMI, Sony Classical.
e-mail: bobwagner@comcast.net
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CLARINET
Jo-Ann Sternberg
Education: MM, The Juilliard School, BM, New England Conservatory
Studied with Charles Neidich, Leon Russianoff, Peter Hadcock, David Shifrin
Concert Credits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Riverside Symphony, New York City Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Sequitor, DaCapo Chamber Players, Greenleaf Chamber Players, Musicians Accord, Amerigo Ensemble, Musicians from Marlboro, North Country Chamber Players, Aspen Wind Quintet, New York Chamber Ensemble, Marlboro, Tanglewood, and Schleswig-Holstein festivals. Taught at Juilliard's Pre-College Division and Western Connecticut State University.
Recordings: Deutsche-Grammophon, Nonesuch, Troy, CRI, Archetype, and St. Cyprien.
e-mail: jobillnyc@msn.com
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FLUTE
Judith Pearce
Education: Royal Academy of Music, London; French Government Scholarship to Paris.
Studied in London with Geoffery Gilbert, Derek Honner and in Paris with Fernand Caratgé.
Concert Credits: In England: the Nash Ensemble, "Fires of London," the Orchestra of St. John's Smith Square, and London Sinfonietta; in the United States: Harmonie Ensemble, ModernWorks!, Coyote Consort, Garden City Chamber Players, guest with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and the Monticello Trio. Artistic Director of The Weekend of Chamber Music, MFA Summer Artist-in-Residence at Bard College. Publications: Three Books of Flute Solos published by Faber Music.
Recordings: RCA, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, L'Oiseau-Lyre, Chandos, Hyperion, ASV, CRD, & CRI and many live BBC recordings.
e-mail: jpearceflute@hotmail.com
Jayn Rosenfeld
Education: MM, Manhattan School of Music; BA, Radcliffe College.
Studied with James Pappoutsakis, William Kincaid, Marcel Moyse, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Concert Credits: First flute, American Symphony Orchestra (Leopold Stokowski), Master Virtuosi of New York, Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Flutist and executive director, New York New Music Ensemble. Member: League/ISCM Chamber Players, Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, and the Manchester Music Festival. Teaches at Juilliard: Music Advancement Program and Greenwich House Music School. Immediate Past President of the New York Flute Club.
Recordings: GM Recordings, CRI, Centaur Records, Musical Heritage, Columbia, O.O. Records, Bridge, Albany, Koch.
e-mail: jes3@nyu.edu
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SAXOPHONE
Ralph Bowen
Education: MM, BM, Rutgers University, Artist Diploma Program-Indiana University
Studied with James S. Scott, Robert Dick, David Baker, Pat LaBarbera and Phil Nimmons.
Concert Credits: Out of the Blue, Michel Camilo Quintet, Tours with Horace Silver and Jim Beard. Performances with Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Lou Rawls, Dennis Chambers, Shirley Scott, Renee Rosnes, Hank Jones, Orrin Evans, Benny Carter, Trudy Pitts, the Bob Mintzer Big Band, the Art Blakey Big Band, the Village Vanguard Jazz Band, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra and the Maria Schneider Big Band. Director of Jazz Ensembles and Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Theory at Rutgers University, New Brunswick campus since 1988. Recipient of the Outstanding Service to Jazz Education Award by the National Association of Jazz Educators.
Recordings: Blue Note Records, Criss Cross Jazz, Ratamacue, Sirocco, EMI, Music Masters, Emerald, Columbia, K-Jazz, CBC, BMG, Telarc, Island, Audio Quest Angel Tear, Pioneer Jazz, Duke Street, Ready Records and others.
e-mail: rbowen@rci.rutgers.edu
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BRASS
FRENCH HORN
Daniel Grabois
Education: Yale University and Manhattan School of Music.
Studied with David Jolley and Paul Ingraham.
Concert Credits: Member of Meridian Arts Ensemble with recitals in United States, Holland, Germany, Belgium, and Japan; Orpheus, St. Luke's, Musicians from Marlboro, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Teaches at Hartt School of Music.
Recordings: Channel Classics, CRI, Bridge, Koch, and Musical Heritage Society.
Website: www.meridianartensemble.com
e-mail: daniel.grabois@verizon.net
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TRUMPET
Wayne Du Maine
Concert credits: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Brooklyn and Long Island Philharmonics, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, New York City Opera, New York Big Brass, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Manhattan Brass Quintet, Speculum Musicae, Sospeso, and ST-X Xenakis. Performances with Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Slatkin, Hank Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Patti Lupone and Audra MacDonald.
Also Aspen, Spoleto, Tanglewood, Vermont Mozart, Bowdoin, Marlboro, and the Berkshire Choral Festivals. Recently completed a two year run playing and conducting Fiddler On The Roof on Broadway. Pit orchestras for Titanic, Music Man and Man of La Mancha. Recent performances include the Boys Choir of Harlem, Take 6, Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society, the Pittsburgh Collective, American Ballet Theater, Bernadette Peters and Pink Baby Monster (rap debut!).
Mr. du Maine is on the faculty of Columbia University and the Music Advancement Program at the Juilliard School where he teaches trumpet and conducts the MAP Orchestra. Wayne is also on the conducting faculty of the Elisabeth Murrow String Camp and the Summer Arts Institute at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan.
Website: www.manhattanbrassquintet.org
e-mail: wdumaine@mac.com
TROMBONE
Benjamin Herrington (on sabbatical this year)
Education: MM, Juilliard, BM, New England Conservatory
Studied with John Swallow and Per Brevig.
Concert Credits: Founding member of Meridian Arts Ensemble with seven compact discs and concerts in sixteen countries. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New Millennium Ensemble, Speculum Musicae, Sospeso Ensemble, Continuum!, Orchestra of St. Luke's, New Jersey Opera, New York Pops, Marlboro Music Festival, and many others. Recently completed three-year run with the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Urinetown. Collaborations with the American, New York, Wisconsin, Manhattan, Eastern and Saturday Brass Quintets. Teaching Experience: Princeton University, New York University, East Carolina University, Lucy Moses School, Ridgewood Conservatory, and the Juilliard MAP Program.
Recordings: Channel Classics, BMG, CRI, Koch, Barking Pumpkin and Musical Heritage Society.
Website: www.meridianartensemble.com
e-mail: bherring@aol.com
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Michael Seltzer (Fall 2007 only)
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TUBA
Brian Brown
Education: MM, BM, Juilliard School
Studied with Donald Harry, Donald Harwood, John Fletcher, Arnold Jacobs and Vincent Penzerella.
Concert Credits: Currently principal tuba of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. He has performed frequently with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra. He is a member of the Westminster Brass. Mr. Brown is currently an Adjunct Professor of tuba and euphonium at The College of New Jersey and Senior Lecturer of tuba at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
e-mail: BBtuba@comcast.net
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PERCUSSION
John Arrucci
Western, Indian, Afro-Brazilian
Education: BM with distinction, Eastman School of Music; Smithsonian Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to study in India, Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Graduate Fellowship to study in Bahia, Brazil.
Studied with Chief James Hawthorne Bey, James Priess, Frank Malabe, Bob Becker, Pandit Sharda Sahai, Casey Casino, and John Beck.
Concert Credits: Performed and/or recorded with Michael Brecker, John Pattitucci, Gil Goldstein, Oliver Lake, Gene Bertoncini, David Byrne, Eddie Henderson, Mariah Carey, Santi Debriano, Joseph Papp's Festival Latino, Rachel Portman, Brooklyn Philharmonic, James Genus, Larry Goldings, Bob Brookmeyer, Phillip Glass Ensemble, Jerry Dodgeon, and Marvin "Smitty" Smith. Television and Film work including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Rosie O'Donnell Show, Arlington Road, The Truth about Charlie, and Killing Zoe. Master classes presented at Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, University of Bahia, Brazil, Wichita State University, University of Colorado at Boulder, Union Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Union College. Compositions/Arrangements commissioned by Christopher Lamb, Manhattan Marimba Quartet and poet Richard Altman. Recipient, Second Place Price (Jazz Category) John Lennon Songwriting Contest 1997. World premieres of compositions with Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway, Mannes College of Music, Wichita State University and Princeton University. Cited by the Tribune of Bahia (Brazil) as having been "influential in the explosion of Bahian Music." Princeton Atelier with Toni Morrison, Stuart Wallace, Evelyn Glennie, John Arrucci, Jonathan Hass, Glen Velez, Nancy Zeltsman.
Princeton Faculty since 1986.
Recordings: Over 50 recordings on Sony, Polygram, Mercury, Chesky, Koch Jazz, Chiaroscuro, Rykodisc and other labels.
Website: www.johnarrucci.com
e-mail: jarrucci@comcast.net
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JAZZ IMPROVISATION
Michael Cochrane
Education: MA, New York University with honors, BA, Boston University and recipient of two grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.
Studied jazz piano with Charlie Banacos, Jaki Byard, Dean Earl and Ray Santisi and classical piano with Margaret Chaloff, Ann Shenderoff and Eleanor Hancock.
Concert Credits: Performed and/or recorded with Sonny Fortune, Hannibal, Jack Walrath, Eddie Gomez, Velery Ponomorev, Paul Nash, John Clark, Clark Terry, Nancy Monroe, Chip White, Michael Brecker, Chico Freman, Galen Abdur Razzaq, Ted Curson, The Spirit of Life Ensemble, Bob Ferrel, Oliver Lake, Bradford Hayes, The New World Quintet, and others. He has also appeared at many colleges, clubs and concert halls throughout the United States and has toured 14 European countries, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and the Caribbean. Author/composer of two instructional music books, as well as solo piano books and combo arrangements. Part-time instructor at NYU since 1985, Rutgers University (Newark Campus), the after-school program at the Friends Seminary in New York City, and Music Director of Paterson Avenue Methodist Church, Paterson, NJ.
Recordings: Soul Note; Columbia, BFM, Landmark, SteepleChase.
Website: www.michaelcochrane.com
e-mail: mdcochrane@earthlink.net
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VOICE
Ron Cappon
Education: B.M., Manhattan School of Music; B.M., DePaul University.
Studies with Martin Katz, Beverly Johnson.
Concert Credits: Weill Hall, Merkin Hall. Former faculty: Manchester Music Center. Faculty: Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division since 1994.
e-mail: JocelynRon@aol.com
Martha Elliott, soprano
Education: MM, Juilliard; BA, Princeton University.
Studied with Ellen Faull and George McKinley.
Concert Credits: Performances of 20th century repertoire with New York's Continuum on tour throughout the US, South America, Europe and Asia, Philadelphia's Network for New Music, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, New Jersey Chamber Music Society, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Vermont Symphony, Concert Royale, New England Bach Festival, Princeton Pro Musica, Pennsylvania Opera Theatre, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Festivals of Aspen, Tanglewood and Marlboro. Appearances at the Library of Congress, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Vienna Concert Haus, Rudolfinum in Prague. Her former Princeton students have gone on to graduate study in voice and choral conducting at The Manhattan School of Music, The New England Conservatory, The Royal Academy and Royal College of Music in London, and have performed as soloists with the New York City Opera National Touring Company, The Czech Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall, The American Opera Festival in Rome and others. Her book Singing in Style: A Guide to Vocal Performance Practices will be published by Yale University Press at the end of 2005.
Website: www.marthaelliott.net
e-mail: pratt@princeton.edu
David Kellett, tenor
Education: MM, Vocal Performance, Rutgers; BA, Music Education, Glassboro State College.
Studied with Joan Monasevitch, Judith Nicosia and Charles Guild Reading.
Concert Credits: Over 40 principal and secondary roles in productions of opera and operetta during his career. Appeared at the Lake George Opera Festival, June Opera Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, Opera Festival of New Jersey, New England Lyric Operetta, Oswego Opera Theatre, Opera at Florham, Opera at the Vineyard Theatre, Commonwealth Opera, the American Chamber Opera, Opera Ebony, and the Trenton Civic Opera. Soloist with Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut, Richmond Choral Society, The Charles Ives Center, Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, Garden State Philharmonic, Highlands Symphony Orchestra, Long Island Jewish Arts Festival Orchestra, Fairfield Chamber Orchestra, Bridgeport Chamber Orchestra, Richardson Chamber Players, Princeton University Orchestra, Princeton Friends of Music, Princeton University Chapel Choir. On Broadway appeared in "A Christmas Carol" at the Hudson Theatre and on radio with WQXR "Listening Room," and WNCN "WCN Live". Stage directed Princeton University production of "Die Zauberflöte" in January 2002 and taught MUS 214 "A Survey of Vocal Music of the British Isles"
Website: www.DavidKellet.com
e-mail: dkellett@davidkellett.com
Sarah Pelletier, soprano
Education: Certificate, Boston University Opera Institute; MM Westminster Choir College; BA Wellesley College.
Studied with Dodie Protero, Penelope Bitzas, Lindsey Christiansen and Hazel O'Donnell.
Concert Credits: Solo Engagements: Spoleto Festival USA, Bard Music Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Ravinia Festival and Tanglewood. Opera roles with Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, Japan; Maggio Musicale Florence, Italy; Aldeburgh Festival, UK; Opera North, Opera Theater of Philadelphia, and Opera-Aperta of Boston. Her operatic roles have included Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Mimi in La Boheme, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Lady Billows in Albert Herring. Solo concert engagements with New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Garden State Philharmonic, Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra, and Westminster Community Orchestra of New Jersey; and Cambridge Symphony, Hingham Symphony, Emmanuel Music, Coro Allegro and New England Classical Singers in the Boston area. Performances have included Bach's Johannes Passion, Brahm's Requiem, Haydn's The Creation, Mozart's Requiem and C minor Mass, and Handel's Alexander's Feast.
e-mail: sarahpel@hotmail.com
Barbara Rearick
Education: BM, Manhattan School of Music, Britten-Pears School
for Advanced Musical Studies, Steans Institute, Fontainebleau Conservatoire
American, France.
Studied with Margaret Hoswell, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Herbert
Burtis, and Nancy Evans.
Concert Credits: Performances with the American Symphony
Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra
of St. John's Smith Square (London), City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, Wheeling Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Nashville Symphony,
Phoenix Symphony, New York New Music Ensemble, Britten-Pears Orchestra. Opera
credits include Opera at Sala (Rio de Janiero), The New York City
Opera National Company, Opera Delaware, Chatauqua Opera. Song
recitals with composer/pianist Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and with
pianist Martin Jones at the Aldeburgh Norwich, Buxton, Burnham
Market and Chester Festivals, and the Wigmore Hall (London).
Recordings: ASV and Gateway Classics.
Website: http://www.dispeker.com/page/rearick.html
e-mail: brsaito@aol.com
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