College Faculty

Historical Performance

Guy Fishman
John Tyson

Strings

Lluís Claret, Co-Chair
Kristopher Tong, Co-Chair

VIOLIN
Paul Biss
Miriam Fried
Jason Horowitz, BSO, Orchestra Repertoire
Soovin Kim
Nicholas Kitchen, Borromeo String Quartet
Ayano Ninomiya
Kristopher Tong, Borromeo String Quartet
Donald Weilerstein, Dorothy Richard Starling Violin Chair

VIOLA
Nicholas Cords
Rebecca Gitter, BSO, Orchestra Repertoire
Beth Guterman
Kim Kashkashian
Mai Motobuchi
Melissa Reardon, Borromeo String Quartet
Marcus Thompson

VIOLONCELLO
Julie Albers
Lluís Claret
Blaise Dejardin, BSO Principal, Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Mickey Katz, BSO, Orchestra Repertoire
Paul Katz
Yeesun Kim, Borromeo String Quartet
Laurence Lesser, President Emeritus, Walter W. Naumburg Chair in Music

DOUBLE BASS
Donald Palma
Todd Seeber, BSO
Thomas Van Dyck, BSO

GUITAR
Eliot Fisk
Jérôme Mouffe

HARP
Jessica Zhou, BSO Principal



Woodwinds

Richard Svoboda, Chair

FLUTE
Renée Krimsier
Cynthia Meyers, BSO
Paula Robison, Donna Hieken Flute Chair

OBOE
John Ferrillo, BSO Principal, Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Anne Marie Gabriele
Mark McEwen, BSO
Keisuke Wakao, BSO, Boston Pops Principal

CLARINET
Christopher Elchico, BSO
William R. Hudgins, BSO Principal
Thomas Martin, BSO, Boston Pops Principal
Andrew Sandwick, BSO
Richard Stoltzman

BASSOON
Marc Goldberg
Suzanne Nelsen, BSO
Richard Svoboda, BSO Principal, Boston Symphony Chamber Players

SAXOPHONE
Kenneth Radnofsky

Brass and Percussion

Michael Dobrinski, Chair

HORN
Rachel Childers, BSO
Eli Epstein
Richard Sebring, BSO Principal
Jason Snider, BSO
Michael Winter, BSO

TRUMPET
Michael Dobrinski
Steve Emery, former BSO
Tom Siders, BSO
Benjamin Wright, BSO

TROMBONE
Stephen Lange, BSO
James Markey, BSO
Toby Oft, BSO Principal, Boston Pops Principal

TUBA
Mike Roylance, BSO Principal, Boston Pops Principal

PERCUSSION
Daniel Bauch, BSO
Tim Genis, BSO
Will Hudgins, BSO
Matt McKay, BSO
Marcus Santos, Hand Drumming
Matt Smallcomb, Drum Set Class

Conducting

Hugh Wolff, Director of Orchestras
David Loebel, Associate Director of Orchestras


Frank Carlberg, Jazz Composers’ Workshop Orchestra
Stephen Drury, Avant-Garde Ensemble
William Drury, Acting Director of Wind Ensembles, Symphonic Winds
Donald Palma, Chamber Orchestra
Ken Schaphorst, Jazz Orchestra
Erica Washburn, Director of Choral Activities
Andrew Welch, Score Reading

Chamber Music

Ara Gregorian, Chair (Strings and Piano)
Christopher Elchico, Chair (Winds, Brass, and Percussion)

Alessio Bax
Paul Biss
Borromeo String Quartet

Nicholas Kitchen, Violin

Kristopher Tong, Violin

Melissa Reardon, Viola

Yeesun Kim, Violoncello 

Nicholas Cords
Michael Dobrinski
Stephen Drury
Eli Epstein
Guy Fishman
Eliot Fisk
Miriam Fried
Will Hudgins
Kim Kashkashian
Paul Katz, Professional String Quartet Training Program
Soovin Kim
Pei-Shan Lee
Max Levinson
Tanya Maggi
James Markey
Mai Motobuchi
Jérôme Mouffe
Ayano Ninomiya
Carol Ou
Donald Palma
Kenneth Radnofsky
Paula Robison
Donald Weilerstein
Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, Professional Piano Trio Training Program

RESIDENT ENSEMBLES
Borromeo String Quartet
NEC’s Weilerstein Trio


 


Piano

Bruce Brubaker, Co-Chair and Curator of Piano Programming
HaeSun Paik, Co-Chair

Alessio Bax
Bruce Brubaker
Wha Kyung Byun
Thai Son Dang
Stephen Drury
Marc-André Hamelin
Randall Hodgkinson
Alexander Korsantia
Meng-Chieh Liu
Pavel Nersessian
HaeSun Paik
Marilyn Roth, Piano Pedagogy
Minsoo Sohn
Vivian Hornik Weilerstein


Collaborative Piano

Cameron Stowe, Chair

Joel Ayau
Tanya Blaich
Brett Hodgdon, Coaching
Pei-Shan Lee
Max Levinson
J.J. Penna, Coaching
Cameron Stowe
Vivian Hornik Weilerstein

Jazz Studies

Ken Schaphorst, Co-Chair
Anna Webber, Co-Chair

Students in Jazz Studies may request to study improvisation, composition, and musicianship with Jazz faculty members regardless of instrument.


Jerry Bergonzi, Saxophone, Ensemble
Ran Blake, Piano, Contemporary Musical Arts
Frank Carlberg, Composition, Piano
Anthony Coleman, Composition, Piano, Ensemble
Jorrit Dijkstra, Ensemble
Dominique Eade, Voice, Vocal Ensemble 
Billy Hart, Percussion
Ethan Iverson, Piano
Peter Kenagy, Jazz Theory
Jerry Leake, African and Indian Percussion, Tabla
John Lockwood, Double Bass, Ensemble
Cecil McBee, Double Bass, Ensemble
Donny McCaslin, Saxophone
Amanda Monaco, Guitar
Jason Moran, Piano, Ensemble
Joe Morris, Guitar, Ensemble
Hankus Netsky, Contemporary Musical Arts, Ensemble
Bob Nieske, Bass, Ensemble
Jason Palmer, Trumpet
Nedelka Prescod, Gospel Ensemble, Voice
Ted Reichman, Composition, Ensemble
Ken Schaphorst, Composition
Benjamin Schwendener, Advanced Jazz Theory, Applied Modal Analysis
Sara Serpa, Voice
Kalia Vandever, Trombone
Nasheet Waits, Drums
Mark Walker, Ensemble
Anna Webber, Saxophone, Flute, Composition
Mark Zaleski, Saxophone, Ensemble
Norman M.E. Zocher, Guitar

Contemporary Musical Arts

Hankus Netsky, Co-Chair
Eden MacAdam-Somer, Co-Chair


Magdalena Abrego, Guitar, Ensemble
Mal Barsamian, Clarinet, Oud, Middle Eastern Music
Ran Blake, Piano, Improvisation, Film Noir
Mike Block, Cello, Composition
Cristi Catt, Voice
Linda Chase, Interdisciplinary Ensemble, Flute, Composition, Improvisation
Anthony Coleman, Piano, Composition, Improvisation, Ensemble
Dominique Eade, Voice, Improvisation, Ensemble
Akram Haddad, Ensemble
Nima Janmohammadi, Persian Music Ensemble
Carla Kihlstedt, Strings, Improvisation, Songwriting, Composition
Yoona Kim, Korean Traditional Ensemble
Liz Knowles, Irish Music Ensemble
Balla Kouyaté, Mandé West African Ensemble
Jerry Leake, World Percussion, Tabla
Eden MacAdam-Somer, Strings, Songwriting, Composition, Improvisation, American Roots Ensemble
Farayi Malek, Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Rhythm and Blues Ensemble
Lautaro Mantilla, Contemporary Rock Ensemble
Austin McMahon, Percussion
Amir Milstein, Chorinho Ensemble
Joe Morris, Guitar, Bass, Improvisation, Ensemble
Hankus Netsky, Improvisation, Ear Training, Songwriting, Jewish Music Ensemble
Steve Netsky, Songwriting Ensemble
Nedelka Prescod, Ensemble, Voice
Ted Reichman, Improvisation, Composition, Accordion, Ensemble
Mark Zaleski, Saxophone, Non-Majors Ensemble, Ear Training



Voice

Bradley Williams, Chair

Tanya Blaich, Diction, Repertoire, Vocal Coaching
Jane Eaglen
Carole Haber
Corey Hart, Repertoire, Pedagogy
Brett Hodgdon, Repertoire
MaryAnn McCormick
Michael Meraw
J.J. Penna, Diction, Repertoire, Vocal Coaching
Cameron Stowe, Repertoire
Bradley Williams
Justin Williams, Diction, Repertoire, Vocal Coaching




Opera Studies

Joshua Major, Chair
Robert Tweten, Music Director


Joel Ayau
Jane Eaglen
Sarah Flanagan, Stage Combat
Steven Goldstein
Xioayan Guo
Brett Hodgdon
Ji Yung Lee
Michael Meraw, Undergraduate Opera Studies Artistic Director
DeAnna Pellecchia, Stage Movement
J.J. Penna
Timothy Steele
Justin Williams, Undergraduate Opera Studies Music Director

Composition

Michael Gandolfi, Chair

Kati Agócs
Michael Gandolfi
John Mallia, Electronic Music Studio, Notation
Efstratios Minakakis
Sid Richardson, Composition and Tonality

Music History and Musicology

Sean Gallagher, Chair

Gabriel Alfieri
Allan Chase
Matthew Cron
Stephen Drury
Helen Greenwald
Thomas Handel
Nima Janmohammadi
Andrea Lieberherr Douglass
Eden MacAdam-Somer
Kevin Moll
Hankus Netsky
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol
Andrew Shryock

Music Theory

Katarina Miljkovic, Chair

Joseph Bozich
Paul Burdick
Roger Graybill
Davide Ianni
Nima Janmohammadi
Peter Jonatan
Li-Mei Liang
Katarina Miljkovic
Efstratios Minakakis
Felicia A.B. Sandler
Andrew Schartmann
Matthias Truniger
Andrew Welch

Liberal Arts

Patrick Keppel, Chair

Alison Cotti-Lowell
Matthew Duveneck
Jill Gatlin
Patrick Keppel
James A. Klein 
Katya Popova


Community Engagement and Professional Studies

Tanya Maggi, Chair

Derek Beckvold
Paul Burdick
Eli Epstein
Molly Gebrian, Teaching Artistry Scholar-in-Residence
Jessi Rosinski
Warren Senders
Michal Shein
Monique van Willingh




Interdisciplinary Studies

Akram Haddad
Miriam Fried
John Mallia
Vanessa Mulvey
Ted Reichman
Andrew Schartmann

Modern Languages

Megan Barrett, Chair

Megan Barrett, German
Farrah Mahroug, French
Panagiota Kambouris, ESL
Ben Martin-Bean, ESL
Francesca Santovetti, Italian