Rockland Conservatory of Music Faculty 2008-2009
PianoMelissa Alexander - B.A. SUNY Albany, M.A. Hartt School of Music. Faculty: Hoff-Barthelson Music School.
Carole Brill - B.A. Clark University. Additional Studies at Turtle Bay Music School and Institute for Consciousness and Music.
Marat Burla - B.M. Donetsk Music College, M.M. Chelyabinsk Institute of Culture, Russia, Post Graduate Training, Kaluga Manufacturing Assoc. "Accord".
Jan Deats - B.M. Oberlin Conservatory, M.M. Southern Methodist University, School of Fine Arts. Master Classes with Mennahem Pressler. Head of the RCM Piano Dept, Faculty: Elizabeth Morrow School. Performances throughout Europe and the United States. McCall-Deats Duo.
Tatyana Greenbaum - B.S. Rostov-on-Don College of Arts, M.S. Leningrad State Conservatory.
Edwin Hymovitz - M.A. New England Conservatory. Additional Studies at Philadelphia Music Academy, Yale School of Music, and Chatham Square Music School.
Yelena Kuzmenko - B.A. Kharkov Music College, M.A. Kharkov Conservatory.
Louis Landon - (Jazz Piano) Certificate in Arranging and Composition, Berklee College of Music. Additional Studies at Boston Conservatory and SUNY Stony Brook. Performances with Baryshnikov and Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers.
Janice Nimetz - B.M. and M.M. Eastman School of Music. Doctoral Studies in Musicology, NYU. Faculty: Emma Willard School.
John Tibbatts - B.M. and M.M. Manhattan School of Music.
Strings
Tatiana Feigin - (Violin) B.A. Moscow Conservatory, M.A. St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Performances in Holland, Russia, and the United States.
Judith Gaffney - (Suzuki Violin) B.S. and M.A. in Music Education from Hofstra University. Additional Studies at the School for Strings.
Emanouil Manalov - (Violin/Viola) B. M. Eastman School of Music, M.Mus. and D.M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook. Faculty: Knox School.
Jane E. Palmquist - (Suzuki Violin - on sabbatical in 08-09) B.M.E. Northern State University, M.Mus., Ph.D. in Music Education University of Texas at Austin. Faculty: Brooklyn College.
Darcie Pickering - (Violin/Viola/Bass) B.M. University of Massachusetts. M.A. in Music Education Teachers College, Columbia University.
Karin Pollok - (Suzuki Violin) B.S. Pace University. Additional Studies at Mercy College and School for Strings. Co-director of RCM Suzuki Program.
Patricia Santos - (Cello) B.M. Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory. Additional studies with Andor Toth and at School for Strings.
Edward Simons - (Violin/Viola) Violin Studies at Pittsburgh University. Co-founder of the Rockland Conservatory of Music. Former Chair of Music at Rockland Community College. Director and Conductor of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra.
Anna Teigen - (Suzuki Violin) B.M. University of Wisconsin. Additional Studies at School for Strings. Co-director of RCM Suzuki Program.
Bernard Zeller - (Violin) M.A. Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin, Germany. Special Studies at L'Accademia Chigiana in Sienna, Italy. Conductor and Coach at Inter School Orchestra of NY. Faculty: Crestwood Music Education Center and Rowan University.
Guitar
Adam Falcon - Mentored by George Benson. Toured with Phyllis Hyman, Sophie B. Hawkins, and Roberta Flack. Recordings with Digable Planets, Arif Mardin, and George Benson.
Jonathan Trotta - (Classical/Flamenco/Suzuki) B.F.A. SUNY Purchase. Faculty: American Institute of Guitar, Amati Conservatory, Chair of RCM Guitar Dept.
Winds
Noreen Baer - (Trombone/Euphonium) B.M. and M.M. California State University, Long Beach. D.M.A. University of Southern California.
Patricia Davila - (Flute) B.M. Hartt School of Music. Additional Studies at Carnegie Mellon University.
Michael Gorham - (Trumpet/French Horn) B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, M.Mus and Professional Studies Certificate in Orchestral Performance, Manhattan School of Music.
Keith Kreindler - (Bassoon/Clarinet/Saxophone) B.A. SUNY Binghampton, B.M. Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, M.M. Mannes College of Music. Faculty: Park Conservatory.
Brenda Sakofsky - (Flute) B.M. and M.M. The Juilliard School.
Wendy Stern - (Suzuki Flute) M.M. The Juilliard School. Additional studies with Keith Underwood and Toshio Takahashi (founder of the Suzuki Flute School). Master Classes for the National Flute Association. Performances in Australia, Canada, and U.S.A. Member of the New York Philharmonic and New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
Percussion
Joe Quesada – Drum Performance Studies, NYU. Faculty at Rockland Community College.
Voice
Lynne Bearman - (Chorus) B.A. Boston University, M.A. Columbia University. Former Faculty at East Ramapo Central School District and former director of East Ramapo All-District Chorus.
Shirley Crabbe - B.M.E. Northwestern University, M.M. Manhattan School of Music.
Marigene Kettler - B.M. Ithaca College. Additional Studies at Aspen Music Festival, Hochschule fur Musik, Vienna, Austria, American Institute for Musical Studies, Graz, Austria. Executive Director, Rockland Conservatory of Music.
Nina Louis - B.A. Northwestern University, M.M. Northern Illinois University. Further studies at Chatham College for Elementary School Certificate. Faculty at Concordia Conservatory.
Julienne Marshall - B.A. Barnard College. Additional studies at Emerson Graduate School of Theatre Arts.
Music Therapy
Connie Leidy - Board Certified Music Therapist, LMT. Degrees from Westchester University and Montclair University.
Arianna Pallens - B.S. in Music Therapy, B.A. in Applied Music (Voice), B.A. in Psychology, SUNY College at Fredonia.
Debbie Surace - B.F.A. in Music Performance, SUNY Purchase, M.A. in Music Therapy, NYU.