Rutgers Community Arts

Faculty & Staff

Over 85% of Rutgers Community Arts faculty are collegiate faculty, current graduate students, or alumni of the Mason Gross School of the Arts community, offering a personal connection to the state’s leading arts conservatory for students of all ages. Top New Jersey teaching artists with decades of combined experience round out our roster.

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Administrative Team

Catharine Hunt

Camp Manager

Community Arts

Dan Shengquan

Operations Assistant

Community Arts

Academic Year Faculty

Mickey Bertelsen

Percussion Instructor, Private Lessons

Community Arts

Nic Brown

Private Lesson Instructor, Guitar

Community Arts

Susannah Chapman

Part-Time Lecturer, Cello

Music
Community Arts

Sharon Gayoung Cho

Private Lesson Instructor, Violin

Community Arts

Saul Dautch

Private Lesson Instructor, Saxophone

Community Arts

Laura de la Garza Noble

Dance Instructor

Community Arts

Christopher Delgado

Administrative Coordinator; RCA Private Lesson Instructor, Trumpet

Music
Community Arts

Elizabeth "Lilly" Dlugosz

Drawing & Painting Instructor

Community Arts

Zoe Browder Doll

Chair of Rutgers Community Arts Piano Program

Community Arts

Harrison Hague

Instructor

Community Arts

Yoon Huh

Private Lesson Instructor, Flute

Community Arts

Maureen Hurd

Associate Director
Head of Woodwinds, Clarinet

Music
Community Arts

Grace Heeeun Lim

Private Lesson Instructor, Violin

Community Arts

Olympia Martin

Painting and Drawing Instructor

Community Arts

Erika Mero

Director of Rutgers Community Arts Ballet

Dance
Community Arts

Jae Hee Min

Piano Instructor

Community Arts

Judith Morse

Private Lesson Instructor, Violin

Community Arts

Leighann Narum

Private Lesson Instructor, Guitar

Community Arts

MyungJin Oh

Private Lesson Instructor, Piano

Arts Online
Community Arts

Yu Ouyang

Private Lesson Instructor, Violin

Community Arts

Jihye Park

Private Lesson Instructor, Piano

Community Arts

Sung Tae Park

Private Lesson Instructor, Piano

Community Arts

Peggy Petteway

Part-Time Lecturer

Dance
Community Arts

Joseph Pinto

Private Lesson Instructor, Clarinet

Community Arts

Fred Quayenortey

Animation Instructor

Community Arts

Kiana Rosa-Fischer

Dance Instructor

Dance
Community Arts

Natalie Schultz-Kahwaty

Part Time Lecturer

Dance

Sarah Shin

Private Lesson Instructor, Flute

Community Arts

Rachel Silverstein

Private Lesson Instructor, Voice

Community Arts

Enriqueta Somarriba

Private Lesson Instructor, Piano

Community Arts

Jonathan Spitz

Head of Strings, Cello

Music
Community Arts

Schuyler Thornton

Private Lesson Instructor, Flute

Community Arts

David Torres II

Art & Design Instructor

Community Arts

Amy Tu

Private Lesson Instructor, Flute

Community Arts

Summer Faculty

Julia Baumanis

Assistant Director of Bands

Music
Community Arts

Susannah Chapman

Part-Time Lecturer, Cello

Music
Community Arts

Laura de la Garza Noble

Dance Instructor

Community Arts

Harrison Hague

Instructor

Community Arts

Marshall Jones III

Associate Dean for Equity
Head of BA Theater

Dean's Office
Theater

Cristina Marte

Interim Director, EdM Program in Dance Education

Dance
Community Arts

Todd Nichols

Assistant Professor
Director of University Bands and Athletic Bands

Music
Community Arts

Jonathan Spitz

Head of Strings, Cello

Music
Community Arts

Marc J. Stasio

Coordinator of Jazz Studies

Music
Community Arts

Timothy Urban

Part Time Lecturer, Music Theory

Music
Community Arts

Kayla Kim Votapek

Associate Director for Rutgers Summer Acting Conservatory

Community Arts