Allan W. Atlas, Professor, Musicology, Distinguished Professor of Music. B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University.Recipient ACLS, NEH and other grants. Published monographs,editions, and articles on Renaissance music and 19^th century opera. Executive Officer of CUNY Ph.D. Program in Music.

Richard Barrett, Associate Professor. Voice.B.M., Texas Christian University. Operatic debut with the Fort Worth Opera 1969. Appearances with the Opera companies of Dallas, Houston, Boston, Santa Fe, Pittsburgh, Augusta, Central City, San Antonio, New Opera Theater of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Houston Grand Opera. Master classes throughout the U.S.

Jeffrey Biegel, Adjunct Associate Professor, piano.  Visit Jeffrey Biegel's website

Deborah Birnbaum, Adjunct Associate Professor ,Voice. B.A., Barnard College. International soloist and teacher. Recitals and operatic roles in the United States, Malta, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and Israel.

Elaine Bonazzi, Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice. Major operatic roles throughout the USA, South America, and Europe.

Bruce J. Bonvissuto, Adjunct Associate Professor, Trombone. B.M., M.M., the Juilliard School. Member Queens Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey, American Theater Orchestra. Member Metropolitan Brass Quartet, 1979-1990. Performed with Musica Sacra, American Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra of New York, Philharmonia Virtuosi, and many others. Recorded on Sine Qua Non and Orion labels.

Frederick Braverman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Trombone, Tenor and Bass. B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Performs with Queens Symphony and Goldman Band. Performed with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Symphony of the Air, Bolshoi Ballet, N.Y.C. Ballet, Oaul Lavalle Band of America, Radio City Music Hall, and Broadway shows.

David Braynard, Adjunct Associate Professor, Tuba. B.M., Manhattan School of Music. Performed with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Apple Brass Quintet, Group for Contemporary Music, and various jazz ensembles. Recorded on New World Records and CRI labels.

Scott Brubaker, Adjunct Associate Professor, French Horn. B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory. Member Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Participant with Marlboro, Grand Teton, and Colorado Music Festivals. Solo recordings on Koch International, Music and Arts, and Albany labels.

George Brunner, Associate Professor, Composition, Recording & Technology Program. B.A., Glassboro State College; B.F.A. and M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts. Recorded or produced for Warner, Nonesuch, Opus One, Wergo, Centaur, and Labor Records. Acoustic and electro-acoustic compositions performed throughout North and South America and Europe.

Thomas Cultice, Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice. B.M., University of Michigan; M.M., Indiana University. Performed in opera, oratorio, and recitals throughout the United States and Europe.

Sara Cutler, Adjunct Associate Professor, Harp. B.A., Yale University. Member New York City Ballet Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra. National and international solo recital and ensemble tours. Recorded on Deutsche Gramophone, Pickwick/Masters, Musical Heritage Society, Leonarda, CBS Masterworks labels.

Mignon Dunn, Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice.  Principal roles at major opera companies throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera.

Marion Feldman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Cello. B.S., M.S., the Juilliard School. Member Aureus Ensemble, Lorenzo Trio.  Former member of New Manhattan Trio, New York Lyric Arts Trio, Downeast Chamber Players.Master classes and performances throughout the United States and Asia. Recorded on the Musical Heritage label.

Laurie Friedman,  Adjunct Associate Professor, Clarinet. Member Garden State Symphonic Band, American Concert Band, numerous symphony, opera and chamber orchestras.

Daniel Gettinger, vocal coach.  Coach and rehearsal pianist for Greater Miami Opera Association, Starlight Musicals of Indiana, film and television.  Accompanist for Diahann Carroll, Aprile Millo.

Pamela Gilmore, vocal coach. Coach, director, accompanist at Spoleto Arts Symposium, Columbia University Opera Ensemble, Mannes College of Music, Rutgers Univeristy.

Bernard Z. Goldberg, Adjunct Associate Professor, Flute. Diploma, the Juilliard School. Conductor and music director of the McKeesport (PA) Symphony. Former member Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony (principal flutist), Casals Festival Orchestra.Soloist at Prades and Casals, Mostly Mozart, Marlboro, Edinburgh, and Great Woods festivals. International tours and masterclasses.

Nancy Hager, Professor, Theory and Analysis, Musicology, Director, ,Conservatory of Music.B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Columbia University;Ph.D., City University of New York. Published articles on 18^th century music; liner notes for Musical Heritage Society.

Douglas Hedwig, Professor, Trumpet, wind/brass coordinator, wind ensemble director. B.M., Manhattan School of Music; M.M.,D.M.A., the Juilliard School. Former associate member Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Founding member Metropolitan Brass Quartet. Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, RCA, Sony Masterworks, Nonesuch, Columbia, and other labels. Published articles on 19th-century brass music.

Leonard Hindell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Bassoon. B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Member Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic.Appearances at Newport and Waterloo Festivals.

Jules Hirsh, Adjunct Associate Professor, Double bass. B.A. Brooklyn College, M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University. Member Queens Symphony Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Westfield Symphony (NJ), New Jersey State Opera Orchestra, and St. Cecilia Chamber Ensemble. Recordings on R.C.A. and Decca labels.

Howard T. Howard, Adjunct Associate Professor, French horn. B.Mus.Ed., University of Michigan. Principal Horn with the Metropolitan Opera since 1963. Member of the Newport Music Festival, Lark Woodwind Quintet, Toledo Symphony, Symphony of the Air, the Little Orchestra Society of New York, and the American Symphony Orchestra. Recorded or Nonesuch, Columbia, RCA, Sony, Deutsche Grammophon, and other labels.

Harold Jones, Adjunct Associate Professor, Flute. Graduate, the Juilliard School. First flutist and soloist with Symphony of the New World, Municipal Concert Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonia, and Bach Aria Orchestra. Recordings for Library of Recorded Masterpieces and Antara Records.

Michael Kaminski, Adjunct Associate Professor, Organ. B.A., M.Mus., the Juilliard School; DMA, Catholic University of America. Has played in thirty-seven states, Canada, and Mexico. Has performed for national conventions of the Organ Historical Society and the Music Teacher's National Association, as well as the Picolo Spoleto Festival, the International Organ Festival at Guadalajara, and the Morelia International Organ Festival. Has been heard on the National Public Radio program Pipedreams.

Masao Kawasaki, Professor, Violin, Viola.B.Mus., Toho School; Postgraduate Diploma, the Juilliard School.Member Musica Camerit chamber ensemble. Former soloist and concertmaster, Toho Orchestra. Appearances with Orpheus Chamber Ensemble,Theater Chamber Players, Washington Quartet at The Kennedy Center. Recorded on New World and Nonesuch labels.

Morris Lang, Professor, .Percussion. B.S., the Juilliard School. Performed with New York City Ballet, American Opera Society, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.Associate principal timpanist and percussionist with the New York PhilharmonicMember, Board of Directors of the Percussive Arts Society. Published works for percussion. Recorded on Odyssey, RCA, Westminster, London, and Columbia labels.

Stephen Lazarus, Adjunct Associate Professor, Accompanist. B.M., the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Artist Diploma, the New England Conservatory of Music. Soloist with Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony. Has performed at the Aspen Music Festival, on NPR, and for national tours presented by Young Artists, Inc. Orchestral Pianist, San Francisco Symphony 1978-89, San Francisco Ballet 19765-77.

Tania León, Professor, Composition, Conducting, Theory & Analysis. B.S. New York University; M.A. Composition, National Conservatory La Habana; M.A. Composition, New York University. Founded Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series (1977). In recent years has conducted Brooklyn Philharmonic, New World Symphony, RIAS Orchestra (Berlin), Beethovenhalle Orchestra (Bonn), and numerous U.S. orchestras. Commisions include Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Bay Area Women's Philharmonic, Da Capo Chamber players, Western Wind and many others. Resident Composer Lincoln Center Institute; Artistic Director Composer's Forum. Awards from New York State Council on the Arts, NEA, Meet the Composer, the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and others. Appointed Revson Composer Fellow at the New York Philharmonic.

Bert Lucarelli, Adjunct Associate Professor, Oboe. B.M., Chicago Musical College, Roosevelt University. Solo performances with American Symphony Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, Philharmonia Virtuosi. Recordings on the Koch International, Lyrichord, MCA Classics, Musical Heritage Society, Pantheon, and Stradivari labels.

Bruce C. MacIntyre., Professor, Musicology, Choral Music; Deputy Director, Graduate Studies. A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., SUNY at Stony Brook; Ph.D., City University of New York. Recipient of grants from the German Academic Exchange Service and Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music. Numerous books and articles on and editions of Viennese classical music.

Patricia McCaffrey, Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice. B.M., University of Miami; M.M., University of Arizona. Has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Miami Opera, Zurich Opera, the Wexford Festival, and other opera companies around the world.

Joseph Meyers,  Adjunct Associate Professor, Cello.  Member orchestral and chamber ensembles, including Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Queens Opera Orchestra.

John J. Moses, Adjunct Associate Professor, Clarinet, Saxophone. B.M., M.S., the Juilliard School. Principal clarinet, American Composers Orchestra. Numerous performances with symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles, on Broadway, and for film and television. Recorded on RCA, Desto, Septa, Vanguard, Kilmanock, CRI, and Elektra/Asylum labels.

Charles Neidich, Adjunct Associate Professor, Clarinet. Postgraduate diploma, Moscow State Conservatory; B.A., Yale University. Member New York Woodwind Quintet. Performed with St. Louis Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Tafelmusik, and the Juilliard, Guarneri, American, and Mendelssohn String Quartets. Recorded on Sony Classical, Sony Vivarte, Deutsche Grammophon, Music Masters, Pantheon, and Bridge labels.

Kalman Opperman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Clarinet. Was principal clarinetist in numerous Broadway shows and with the Ballet Theater, Ballet de Paris, Ukrainian Folk Ballet, and the Moiseyev Dance Company. Has performed on radio and television and written articles for numerous music magazines. Publications include a series of clarinet studies. Recorded on RCA Victor, Columbia, Decca, Young People's Records, Capitol, ABC Records and Arista labels.

Jane E. Palmquist, Associate Professor. Co-ordinator of Music Education.B.M.E., Northern State University (SD); M.M., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.Suzuki violin teacher (Units 1 through 5 registration); Dalcroze teacher certification; Orff Level One certification. Numerous articles in professional music journals.

Michael E. Powell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Trombone. B.Mus., Wichita State University. Principal trombonist, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, The Little Orchestra Society, Aspen Chamber Symphony, and Aspen Festival Orchestra. Member American Brass Quintet.

Matthew Reichert, Adjunct Associate Professor, Violin.  Silver Medalist, 1995 Mondavi International Competition for Strings, studies at Juilliard School, Aspen Music School.  Recent appearances at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), Corbett Hall in Cincinnati, Sundin Hall in Saint Paul, performances with the Performers Ensemble of Greater New York.  Summer 2000 tour of Peoples Republic of China.

Michael Rogers, Assistant Professor, Piano. B.S.,M.S., the Juilliard School. Solo appearances with Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Chicago Symphonies. Solo recitals at Town Hall and Carnegie Hall. Recorded on Newport Classic label.

Philip Rupprecht, Professor, Co-director, Undergraduate Studies; Theory, Musicology. M.A., B.A., Cambridge University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University; Tonal and post-tonal theory, linear analysis, post-war music; articles in Journal of Music Theory, Music Analysis, The Cambridge Companion to Britten, ISAM Newsletter; recipient Wolfe Fellowship in the Humanities.

Henry Schuman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Oboe. Degree, the Juilliard School. Principal oboist, Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Clarion Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra. Solo English horn with Symphony of the Air, Casals Festival.

Paul Shelden., Professor, Clarinet, Saxophone, Conducting. B.S., M.S., the Juilliard School; D.M.A., University of Maryland. Appearances with symphony and Broadway theater orchestras, as chamber musician, recording and studio artist, soloist, and conductor. Articles in numerous wind music journals. Recorded on Musical Heritage Society and Opus One labels.

Michael Cedric Smith, Adjunct Associate Professor, Guitar. B.M., the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Solo recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall, Purcell Hall in London; chamber music at Merkin Recital Hall,92nd Street Y. Recorded on Newport Classics.

Naoka Tanaka, Professor, Violin, Viola. Diploma, Post-Graduate Diploma, the Juilliard School. Member, Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; soloist and concertmistress at the Caramoor Festival.

Jane Taylor, Adjunct Associate Professor, Bassoon. B.A., Queens College. Founding member, Dorian Wind Quintet. Former principal bassoon, New York City Opera. Member, American Symphony Orchestra, Long Island Philharmonic, and New York Bassoon Quartet. Recorded on RCA, Vox, Vanguard, CRI, New World, Leonarda, Arabesque, Quintessence, and Serenus labels.

Jeffrey Taylor, Professor, History, Musicology, Co-director, Undergraduate Studies. B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan. Published books and articles on jazz of 1920s and 1930s; published transcriptions of jazz piano performances.

David Tofani, Adjunct Associate Professor, Saxophone. B.Mus., M.S., the Juilliard School. Concert and recording artist. Has recorded and/or performed with top popular artists and for over 40 major films. Guest appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, as well as featured soloist with the bands of Dave Matthews, Bob James, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis among others.

Michael Salim Washington, Associate Professor, Jazz Studies.  AB, PhD candidate, Harvard University.  Performer with Billy Sinner DJQ, Fred Ho, festivals in the Americas and Europe.  Recorded on Accurate, Roulette, Birdology, and Kitty Kat labels.  Research in African-American music.

David Weber, Adjunct Associate Professor, Clarinet. Performed with the NBC symphony under Arturo Toscanini, Metropolitan Opera Company, CBS, Symphony of the Air under Leopold Stokowski, and the New York City Ballet Orchestra. Recorded on Decca, Stradivari, Lyrichord, Cambridge, and Columbia Masterworks labels.

Brian Willson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Percussion. B.A., SUNY at Old Westbury; M.A., Brooklyn College. Has performed, on drum set, in shows (N.Y.C.) and with Jazz groups, and as percussionist with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, tours (national and European) of Broadway productions, Atlantic and Louisville Ballets, New Jersey Pops, Connecticut Grand Opera and the Nassau Symphony.

William Woodruff, Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice. B.Mus., North Texas State University; M.Mus., Northwestern University. Has performed with the Robert Shaw Chorale, The Metropolitan Opera Studio, the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, American Opera Society, the Philadelphia Orchestra, others. Leading role in the New York premiere of Britten's Curlew River with the Little Orchestra Society. Founder, International Institute of Vocal Arts with summer programs in Italy.