NYSMF INFORMATION: Faculty

(as of Dec 17, 2005)

Our faculty and conductors come from major orchestras, leading universities, and conservatories all around the world. To read each person's biography, please click on their name or photo.

If you are interested in working at NYSMF, there are several types of positions available. Please click here for more information on job opportunities.

ADMINISTRATION

JUNGEUN KIM
Executive Director

Curtis Institute

ROBERT BARSTOW
Chairman of the Board

Chair, SUNY Oneonta Music Department

JAMES GREGORY
Assistant Director

COLLEEN WHEELER
Director of Administration

KEISUKE HOASHI
Director of Communications
 
 
CONDUCTORS

PAUL BRYAN
Band

Curtis Inst. of Music; Temple Univ; Philadelphia Youth Orchestra - Bravo Brass

GREGG GAUSLINE
Band

Indiana
University-Fort Wayne, WASBE Conference, Singapore

 

ROBERT BARSTOW
Choir

SUNY Oneonta

DAVID CRONE
Choir

Pro Arte Chorale, New Jersey, Community Choral Society, Boys Choir of Harlem, New York

MATT GLANDORF
Choir

Curtis Inst. of Music; Westminster Choir College; Clara Voce Chamber Choir; Choral Arts Society, Philadelphia

MIKE
HOLOBER

Jazz

City College of New York

SHERRIE MARICLE
Jazz

New York Pops; Diva Band; New York University; Yamaha Clinician

 

CHRISTOPHER ROSENBERG
Jazz

Manhattan School of Music, Manhattan Music Prep

SARAH HATSUKO HICKS
Orchestra

Nat'l Symphony Orchestra; Richmond Symph; Richmond Symph. Youth Orchestra; Cowpath40 pop/punk band

CHARLES SCHNEIDER
Orchestra

Catskill Symphony, Utica Symphony, Schenectady Symphony, Glimmerglass Opera

LOUIS SALEMNO
Orchestra

L’Opera de Montreal;Houston Grand Opera; Opera Company of Philadelphia; New York City Opera; Seattle Opera

FACULTY
BASS

ROBERT SABIN
Jazz Bass

Teachers College/ Columbia University; Hunter College High School - Director of Jazz Studies

BRET SIMNER
Double Bass

Capriccio Basel & Cantus Firmus Barockorchester, the Juilliard School Pre-College

BASSOON

KRASSIMIR IVANOV

Catskill, Utica, Syracuse, and Albany Symphonies

TBA
CELLO

ELLA TOOVY

Manhattan School of Music, Lucy Moses Music School

LAUREN RILEY

NYU; Larchmont Music Academy

CLARINET

VICTORIA LUPERI

Winnipeg Symph; Brandon Univ; Curtis Institute of Music

TBA
COMPOSITION

DAVID LUDWIG

Curtis Institute of Music-Composition Department; Resident Composer, New York Summer Music Festival

TBA
DRUM SET

GERNOT BERNROIDER

Freelance Artist

TBA
FLUTE

BONNIE BOKYUNG KIM

Creo; Old Dominion University; Tidewater Community College


SOO-KYUNG PARK

Manhattan School of Music Prep; The Palisades School of Music

FRENCH HORN

SARA HOFFMAN

Minot State University

TBA
GUITAR

JESSE LEWIS

TBA
MUSICAL THEATRE

KEISUKE HOASHI
Musical Theatre; Acting; Filmmaking

Actor, Hollywood, CA
TBA
OBOE

KAREN HOSMER

Principal Oboe, Albany Symphony, Oboe/English Horn, Springfield, MA Symphony

TBA
ORGAN

MATTHEW GLANDORF

Curtis Inst; Westminster Choir College; Clara Voce Chamber Choir; Choral Arts Society, Philadelphia

TBA
PERCUSSION

CHRISTOPHER NAPPI

Adelphi Univ, Manhattan School of Music Prep

TBA
PIANO

BRENDA EARLE
Jazz Piano

Manhattan School of Music, Freelance Recording Artist


EMI KAGAWA

Piano School of NYC, Great Neck Music Center, Juilliard School

PETER MIYAMOTO

University of Missouri-Columbia; Curtis Institute of Music

AYAKO TSURUTA

Artistic Director of Missouri Symphony Society, Odyssey Chamber Music Series, Yale University

SAXOPHONE

ALEJANDRO AVILES
Saxophone

Freelance Artist of Latin, Jazz and Afro-Cuban Music


JON IRABOGON
Saxophone

JASON RIGBY
Tenor Saxophone

Tommy Dorsey Orch, Glenn Miller Orch, Freelance Artist, Bandleader

TBA
TROMBONE

PAUL BRYAN
Trombone

Curtis Institute of Music; Temple University; Philadelphia Youth Orchestra - Bravo Brass

JOSEPH VERDERESE
Jazz Trombone

Cresskill High School; Manhattan School of Music

TRUMPET

PATRICK HOFFMAN

Minot State University - Minot, North Dakota

NATHAN WARNER

Manhattan School of Music Prep

TUBA
TBA TBA
VIOLA

EMILY YAFFE

Juilliard School, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

TBA
VIOLIN

YAVET BOYADJIEV

Juilliard School MA Program; Brooklyn College

TBA
VOICE

RACHAEL GARCIA
Voice

Opera Company of Philadelphia; Curtis Institute of Music

BRENDA EARLE
Jazz Voice

Manhattan School of Music, Freelance Recording Artist
TBA TBA