music

Music Faculty

Robert Aldridge - Director of the Music Department
Darryl Bott - Deputy Director of the Music Department

Ellen Leibowitz - Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies
Karina Bruk - Graduate Advisor/Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Scott Whitener - Consultant and Advisor to the Director and Dean

Alphabetical Listing of Faculty

BRASS | CHORAL STUDIES | CONDUCTING | JAZZ | KEYBOARD | MUSIC EDUCATION
MUSIC HISTORY | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | MUSIC THEORY AND COMPOSITION | PERCUSSION
STRINGS | VOICE AND OPERA WOODWINDS

Brass

Douglas Lundeen - Chair of the Brass Program

Trumpet

Robert Earley
David Krauss
Joe Magnarelli (Jazz)
Matthew Muckey

Horn

Douglas Lundeen
Eric Reed

Trombone

Conrad Herwig (Jazz)
Michael Powell (Tenor)
John Rojak (Bass)
Weston Sprott
(Tenor)

Euphonium

Stephen Allen

Tuba

Alan Baer

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Choral Studies

Shannon Chase (University Choir)
Patrick Gardner (Kirkpatrick Choir and Rutgers University Glee Club)
Barbara Retzko (Voorhees Choir)

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Conducting

Patrick Gardner - Chair of the Conducting Program

Darryl Bott (Instrumental Conducting and Rutgers Symphony Band)
Shannon Chase (University Choir)
Patrick Gardner (Choral Conducting, Kirkpatrick Choir and Rutgers University Glee Club)
Conrad Herwig (Rutgers Jazz Ensembles)
Paul Hoffmann (HELIX!)
Kynan Johns (Orchestral Conducting, Rutgers Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia)
Barbara Retzko (Voorhees Choir)
Tim Smith (Director of Athletic Bands, Rutgers Concert Band, Rutgers Pep Band)
Joseph Tompkins (Rutgers Percussion Ensemble)
Kraig Alan Williams (Director of Bands, Rutgers Wind Ensemble)
 

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Jazz

Conrad Herwig - Chair of the Jazz Program

Darryl Bott (Jazz Ensemble Too)
Ralph Bowen
(Saxophone, jazz improv)
Stanley Cowell (Piano)
Kenny Davis (Bass and jazz history)
Mark Gross (Jazz Saxophone)
Fred Hersch (Piano)
Conrad Herwig (Trombone, Jazz Ensemble, jazz composition/arranging)
Vic Juris (Guitar)
Victor Lewis (Drums)
Joe Magnarelli (Trumpet)
Bill O'Connell (Jazz composition/arranging)
Eddie Palmieri (Piano, jazz composition/arranging)

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Keyboard

Paul Hoffmann - Chair of the Keyboard Program

Piano
Daniel Epstein
Paul Hoffmann
Min Kwon

Collaborative Piano
Barbara Gonzalez-Palmer

Piano Lab (for non-majors)
Karina Bruk

Organ
Antonius Bittmann
George B. Stauffer
Mark Trautman

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Music Education

Rhonda Hackworth - Chair of the Music Education Program

William Berz
Shannon Chase
Darryl Bott
Rhonda Hackworth

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Music History

Rufus Hallmark - Chair of the Music History Program

Antonius Bittmann
Rebecca Cypess
Douglas Johnson
Floyd Grave
Rufus Hallmark
Richard Metzger
George B. Stauffer

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Music Technology

Kimberly Riedel

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Music Theory and Composition

Nancy Rao - Chair of the Music Theory and Composition Program

Robert Aldridge
Gerald Chenoweth
Richard Chrisman
Christopher Doll
Charles Fussell
Patricia Howland
Tarik O'Regan
Nancy Rao
Timothy Urban
 

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Percussion

Joe Tompkins  - Coordinator of the Percussion Program

Alan Abel
Joe Tompkins
Kyle Zerna

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Strings

Kynan Johns - Chair of the String Program

Todd Phillips
Philippe Quint
Carmit Zori

Viola
Choon-Jing Chang
Craig Mumm

Cello
Jonathan Spitz

Double Bass
Timothy Cobb

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Voice and Opera

Frederick Urrey- Chair of the Voice Program

Eduardo Chama
Pamela Gilmore (Opera workshop)
Nancy Gustafson
Taina Kataja
Judith Nicosia
Frederick Urrey

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Woodwinds

Maureen Hurd - Chair of the Woodwind Program

Flute
Bart Feller
Kaoru Hinata

Oboe
Jonathan Blumenfeld
Nathan Hughes

Clarinet
Maureen Hurd
Jessica Phillips

 

Saxophone
Paul Cohen
Ralph Bowen (Jazz)
Mark Gross (Jazz)

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