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Conducting/Directing
Office: Music Building 115 | Phone: 732-932-8781 
Darryl J. BottMusic Education, Symphony Band Mr. Darryl Bott teaches classes in instrumental music education and undergraduate conducting as well as serving as the coordinator of the student teaching program for the music education program. Mr. Bott has decades of teaching experience in the public schools of New Jersey, recently as the District Lead Teacher for Performing Arts and Director of Bands at Roxbury High School. Ensembles under his direction have received consistent superior ratings at local and out of state competitions and have also performed at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The concert program also performed with several outstanding artists including Mr. Fred Mills, Mr. Eddie Daniels and most recently The Boston Brass. During Mr. Bott’s tenure, the Roxbury High School Instrumental Program also commissioned two symphonies for wind band, Dr. Andrew Boysen Jr’s Symphony #3 JFK and the British composer Robert Farnon’s Wind Symphony: The Gaels. Mr. Bott has received the New Jersey Governor’s Teaching Award, the Morris County Teacher’s Recognition Award, and the Roxbury Township nominee for the Princeton University’s Teaching Award. Mr. Bott has also served as the guest conductor for several honors ensembles in the State of New Jersey and the Interlochen Arts Academy Band. Mr. Bott holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and received his Masters in Wind Conducting from Rutgers University.
Office: Art History 210 | Phone: 732-932-5093 
Ralph BowenJazz saxophone, Jazz theory, Jazz ensemble Mr. Bowen received his B.M. and M.M. from Rutgers. He has performed with Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, David Baker, and his own group, OTB, and has recorded extensively. In addition to jazz saxophone he teaches jazz theory, and he directs the Rutgers Jazz Ensemble.
Office: Rehearsal Hall 105 | Phone: 732-932-8307 
Mark A. BoyleChoral Conducting Mark A. Boyle, conductor, tenor, and composer, is an Adjunct Professor of Music and choral conducting doctoral student at Rutgers University. Originally from Connecticut, Boyle attended Susquehanna University where he studied choral music and choral conducting with Cyril Stretansky. After 5 years in the United States Navy, during which time he had the privilege of conducting the Bluejackets Memorial Choir, earning a Letter of Commendation, Boyle continued his vocal studies at Ball State University, earning a BM in Voice Performance and a MM in Choral Conducting. No stranger to the operatic stage, he has performed several roles, including Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, and most recently the lead character of Benny in Jody Nagel's new opera, 53rd Street. Currently a student of Dr. Patrick Gardner, Boyle has studied conducting with Dr. Jeffrey Pappas, Dr. Jeffrey Carter, Dr. Robert Kvam, Dr. Douglas Amman, and Dr. Donald Neuen. He conducts the Rutgers University Choir.
Email: mab@markaboyle.com 
Patrick GardnerChoral Conducting Received his undergraduate degree in voice from California State University at Hayward and his M.M. and D.M.A. in choral conducting from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to moving to New York City to direct the Riverside Choral Society he taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas at Austin. The Riverside Choral Society, which often performs as the chorus for the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, presents numerous major choral orchestral works each year in Manhattan. His choirs have given many world premieres. He is also active as guest conductor, lecturer, and adjudicator. At Rutgers he is Director of Choral Activities, conducts the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and the Rutgers University Glee Club and teaches both undergraduate and graduate level conducting. He has recorded for Folkways, Albany, and Ethereal records.
Office: Music 214 | Phone: 732-932-1799 
Pamela GilmoreOpera Workshop/Opera director has taught at the Israeli Vocal Arts Institute, Northwestern University, the Mannes College of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory and the Columbia University Opera Ensemble, as well as the Metropolitan Opera and the Metropolitan Opera Guild Competition, and as head coach of the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium. An active recitalist, she has maintained a private studio in Manhattan since 1984. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Mount Holyoke College and holds a Master's degree from the Catholic University of America.
Office: Levin 207 | Phone: 732-932-1039 
Paul HoffmannPiano studied with Cecile Genhart, Brooks Smith, and Leon Fleisher at the Eastman School of Music and The Peabody Conservatory. He is a specialist in 20th-century music and has recorded for Capstone, Orion, CRI, Northeastern, Composers Guild of New Jersey, Contemporary Record Society, O.O. Discs, Spectrum, and Vienna Modern Masters labels, and numerous foreign radio stations. At Rutgers he teaches piano and chamber music and directs HELIX!, the contemporary music ensemble at Rutgers, which he founded in 1990. Hoffmann also performs with Tom Goldstein, percussionist, as the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo.
Office: Music 213 | Phone: 732-932-8839 
Kynan JohnsOrchestral Conducting Kynan Johns has conducted over 60 orchestras and opera companies throughout the world including performances at Israel Chamber Orchestra, Chinese National Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Australia. As the conductor of the Rutgers Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Johns is no stranger to conducting young groups. He won a prize in the prestigious Dimitris Mitropoulos International Conducting Competition, and was invited to attend Kurt Masur's master classes at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. Mr. Johns made his European debut in 2000 conducting Beethoven's Fourth Symphony with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra in the famous Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and is now a regular guest conductor throughout Australia and New Zealand. Past opera conduction engagements include Tales of Hoffman, Madame Butterfly, and II Barbiere di Siviglia.
Office: Levin 205 | Phone: 732-932-1040 
Andrew KirkmanMusic history Dr. Kirkman has a B.A. degree from Durham University and an M.Mus. and Ph.D. from Kings College, London. He has published and lectured widely on music of the 15th century. He has also directed recordings of Masses by Dufay for Hyperion Records, one of which won a Gramophone award for 1999. His book The Three- Voice Mass in the Later Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries: Style, Distribution and Case Studies is published by Garland. At Rutgers he directs the Collegium Musicum.
Office: GMH 200F | Phone: 732-932-6873 
Barbara RetzkoVoorhees Choir Barbara Retzko has a strong commitment and dedication to vocal education. She has directed the award-winning Ridge Chorale, Concert Choir, A Cappella Choir and Madrigal Singers of Basking Ridge High School. She has served as Choral Director at the International School of Düsseldorf Germany, performing in the Netherlands, Norway, and Germany. She has served as Guest Conductor for the International Honor Choir in Switzerland. Barbara has served as Guest Condutor for the Independent School Choral Festival in North Carolina, the New Jersey Region II Chorus, and New Jersey All State Chorus. She received the Governor's Teacher Award for Teacher of the Year, 1998, and an Excellence in the Arts Award from Somerset County. She has traveled with the American Music Abroad RED tours in Europe. Students of her program have pursued studies in music at universities, and many now teach and perform throughout the world.
Timothy SmithMarching band, pep band Tim is entering his sixth year as director of the Marching Scarlet Knights. Prior to his arrival at The Mason Gross School of the Arts, his teaching experience included work as field director and percussion instructor with noted high school band programs. As an active adjudicator, Tim travels to various band competitions during the school year. He has studied conducting with Alan McMurray of the University of Colorado and Jerry Junkin of the University of Texas. Career highlights include appearances with the Rutgers Band on the television show "The Apprentice", as well as the Fox Networks 2006 fall preview program in New York City. Mr. Smith also conducted the combined bands of Arizona State and Rutgers Universities in a performance of the National Anthem during the Insight Bowl in December. As Director of Athletic Bands at Rutgers, Tim also directs the Rutgers Concert Band and the 70-member Rutgers Pep Band. He is an active member of the College Band Directors National Association.
Office: Lucy Stone Hall A123 | Phone: 732-445-2480 
Scott WhitenerBrass instruments, Conducting Scott Whitener is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the University of Michigan, and Rutgers. At Juilliard, he was first trumpet of the Juilliard Orchestra under the distinguished French conductor, Jean Morel. He began his professional career with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra where he played under Pablo Casals, and later played under Raphael Kubelik at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Whitener's book, A Complete Guide to Brass: Instruments and Technique (Schirmer Thomson), now in its third edition, is considered the definitive work in the field. Professor Whitener founded the Rutgers University Brass Ensemble in 1993. He also studied the interpretation of 16th and 17th century music at Stanford University. Among his conducting students are Paavo Järvi, principal conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; and Gail Lee, a conductor of orchestras in the Czech Republic and the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Professor Whitener serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Music and Chair of Brass.
Office: Rehearsal 011 | Phone: 732-932-8860
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