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Who's Who - Faculty & Staff

PIANO
Tom Briggs, Program Director
BM University of Mass., Berklee
College of Music; Percussionist, US Coast Guard Band; composer/arranger.

 

Pamela Eberly (piano, voice)                          BA Keene State College; Certificate, Therapeutic Recreation; Con Brio Choral Society, soprano.

Audrey Estelle  
BM Bob Jones University; studied with Anne Morton and Andrezj Dutkiewicz.
 

Joni Gage (piano, voice)  BA  Florida Atlantic University; Choral Directors Institute, University of Miami; active composer, arranger and soloist.

Adele Huffman
BM Philadelphia Conservatory of Music,

studied with Allison Drake, Vincent Perschetti.

Oxana Lauria
BA Kazan Music School; MA Kazan State Conservatory.
 

Marilyn Stewart Lazare, Dept. Chair and Artistic Director;  Diploma, Paris National Conservatory of Music; MA Harvard University; Assoc. Professor, Quinnipiac University; church organist.

Sharon Wilcox  (piano, voice)
BM University of Rhode Island; vocal performer, mezzo soprano, choral singer.

Luisa Wilson  (piano, horn)  
BA UCONN; MM Manhattan School of Music; Waterbury Symphony; Aspen Festival Woodwind Quintet; music instructor, Essex Elementary.

Erin Wyman  (piano, clarinet)  (leave of absence, 2007-2008) 
BM Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam;     MM University of Illinois; elementary school certification; solo and ensemble performer.


GUITAR        
Neal Fitzpatrick (all types guitar, banjo) Department Chair.  BM Hartt School of Music;  MM Yale School of Music; studied with Sal Salvador, Sharon Isben and Benjamin Verdery; soloist and chamber musician.

 
Sandy Mehinovic   (all types guitar) 
BA Univ. of Sarajevo, MA SUNY Stony Brook, composer, arranger, church music director. 

 

Stephen Roane    (all types guitar, double bass) Guitarist, bassist, composer, recording artist.  Has composed over 200 pieces in several genres; performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center; studied with Richard Davis; recorded or performed with Eddie Bert, Sal Salvador, Sir Roland Hanna, Richard Shindell and others.  College and conservatory instructor. 

 

David Veslocki (all types guitar)                     BM Eastman School of Music, Classical and Jazz Guitar Performance; MM Yale University, Classical Guitar (AD expected '08).  Director, Conard High School Guitar Dept.; Instructor, East Haven School of Music.  Numerous performance credits

STRINGS                                          

Christine Coyle  (cello, Suzuki cello)   BM, MM Manhattan School of Music.  New Haven Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Eastern Connecticut Symphony.  Suzuki certification. Member, Amaryllis Ensemble.

 

Jillian Fisher  (violin)                                   BM, Music Educ., Ithaca College.  Music instructor, Fox Elementary School, Hartford.  Active arranger and performer.   

                                               

Lisa Gray (violin)
BM Eastman School of Music, Eastern Conn-ecticut Symphony Orchestra.
 

Martha Herrle  (viola, violin)  Dept. Chair.       BM Hartt College of Music; studied with Satchko Nakayima; former member, Laurel String Quartet; Director Goodwin School String Program, Old Saybrook.

 

A. Gabriel Kastelle   (violin, viola)                 B.Mus. Temple University.  Composer, performer, instructor.  Eastern CT Symphony. Past performances with Haddonfield Symphony, as well as orchestras in the Seattle area. 

Marianna Kiss (violin, Suzuki violin)      
Hartt School of Music, Hamden Symphony, Connecticut String Orchestra, certified Suzuki instructor.
 

Matthew McCauley (double bass, violin)          BA Oberlin College; certification as Music Improvisation Teacher; Musica Dolce, Salt Marsh Opera Company.
 

Janice Pettersson (violin)                       BMusEd, MA Education, Oral Roberts University. Instructor and ensemble director, Tulsa public schools and at Albert Lea School of the Arts, Minnesota.

 

Jessie Primett (violin, Suzuki violin)      BMus, Mercyhurst College.  Certified Suzuki instructor.  Past experience in public and private schools, private violin studio.

 

PERCUSSION
Tom Briggs, Program Director
BM University of Mass., Berklee
College of Music; Percussionist, US Coast Guard Band; composer/arranger.

LEAD FACULTY

Program Director
Tom Briggs

Artistic Director     Marilyn Lazare

Young Musicians
Program Director
Nancy Thomas

Department Chairs: Piano, Marilyn Lazare Voice, Pamela Eberly Guitar, Neal Fitzpatrick Strings, Martha Herrle  Brass, Connie Flunker  Woodwind, Pam Dubey

                  

 

ADMINISTRATIVE
STAFF

Executive Director
Susan Forte

Business Manager
Debbie Goodnough

Executive Assistant    Shari Wilcox

BOARD OF
TRUSTEES

President
Timothy Boyd

Vice President
Susan Saltus

Treasurer
Sharon Bray

Secretary
Lorna McLaughlin

Trustees                      E. Peter Bierrie   
Anne Easton       Patricia Hurley    Cynthia Offredi    Marilyn Regan              
Ralph Sturges          Margaret Very           Frits Zernike

 

 

 

WOODWINDS
Russ Becker (saxophone, clarinet)   Diploma, Hartford Conservatory with Ken Lagace; additional studies Univ. of Bridgeport with Richard DuBoise and SUNY with Ken McIntyne.  Founder, Russ Becker Quartet.  Performer/composer, private studio.      

Pamela Dubey  (flute)  Department Chair
BA University of Colorado; MA NYU; studied with Jean Pierre Rampal; principal flutist, New Haven Civic Orchestra;  founding member,
Nutmeg Chamber Winds.  

Chantal Hovendick  (clarinet)                 BMus Univ. of Denver;  MMus, Florida State Univ.   Hartford Festival Orchestra; US Coast Guard Band, Chamber Players and Woodwind Quintet; Eastern CT Symphony.

Johanna Lamb  (oboe)  
BA University of California, MM Rice University.  Private studio, orchestral performance. 

Bruce Larkin (recorder)                         BMus Univ. of Michigan, MFA in Early Music Performance, Sarah Lawrence College.  Music Director, Eastern CT Chapter of Amer. Recorder Society.  Private studio and workshops.

Barbara Lenney McIntosh (flute)    
BM Boston University, studied with Jean Pierre Rampal, Musica Dolce Chamber Ensemble, Lenney/Maker Flute and Guitar Duo.  

Brian Sparks  (saxophone, bass clarinet)     BMus, California State Univ.; MM Manhattan School of Music; MM (conducting) New England Conservatory.  DMA (conducting) UConn.  New Haven Wind Symphony, former conductor USCG Chamber Players. Conducts Hartford Festival Chamber Orchestra and Ocean State Winds.  Faculty, Univ. of Rhode Island.

Erin Wyman (piano, clarinet)(leave of absence, 2007-2008)
BM Crane School of Music,
SUNY - Potsdam; MM University
of Illinois; elementary school certification; solo and ensemble performer.

BRASS                                      Phil Demand (trombone and low brass)  BA Music and BS Education, University of Connecticut.  Music teacher, John Winthrop Jr. H.S.; member Classic Brass.  Studied with George Sanders, James Marbury, Peter Bagley.

Cornelia Flunker (trumpet) Department Chair
BM Lawrence University, MM Yale, Connecticut Chamber Brass.

Bill McIntosh (low brass)
BM Indiana Univ.; Meriden, Hartford and New Haven Symphony Orchestras.  

Luisa Wilson (french horn, piano)
BA UCONN; MM Manhattan School
of Music; Waterbury Symphony;
Aspen Festival Woodwind Quintet; music instructor, Essex Elementary School.

 

VOICE
Pamela Eberly, Department Chair
BA Keene State College;  Certificate, Therapeutic Recreation; Con Brio Choral Society, soprano.

 

Paul Fletcher                                             BMusEd Abilene Christian University; MM Hartt School of Music.  Vocal Consultant/Coach, Greater Middletown Chorale.  Classical concert soloist; musical theater, private studio.

Joni Gage
BA Florida Atlantic University; Choral Directors Institute, Univ. of Miami; active composer, arranger and soloist.

 

Patricia Schuman                                                     BA, Music, Univ. of California.  Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and others.  Winner of the Richard Tucker Award, Sullivan Grant, Jean Donnell Award, Il Cenacolo Award.

Sharon Wilcox  
BM University of Rhode Island; vocal performer, mezzo soprano, choral singer.  Con Brio Choral Society.
  
HARP
Megan Sesma
BM Eastman School of Music;
BA University of Rochester;
principal harpist, US Coast Guard Band; solo and ensemble performer, composer.

KINDERMUSIK
Nancy Thomas
Young Musicians Program Director
BM SUNY-Fredonia, Vienna Conservatory of Music, licensed Kindermusik Instructor.

MUSIC THERAPY                       Amy Hemenway, CBMT-certified Music Therapist                                                  BMT, Marywood University.  Member, American Music Therapy Asso.

JAZZ                                                   See Above - Particularly:                        Tom Briggs (piano, percussion)              Russ Becker  (sax, clarinet)                        Steve Roane  (guitar, bass)                    Neal Fitzpatrick  (guitar)                       David Veslocki (guitar)                             Matt McCauley    (bass)                          Joni Gage  (voice)

 

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