Faculty & Staff

Kris Adams

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Vocal Jazz

B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Teaches commercial singing styles and technique, specializing in jazz, blues, pop, and Brazilian music.

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Eliko Akahori

Music Performance Faculty in Piano; Coach/Accompanist

B.M., Kunitachi College of Music (Japan); M.M., D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music

Pianist, teacher, and performer of piano and chamber music.

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Fred Aldrich

Music Performance Faculty in French Horn

B.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Boston-based freelance musician; performs regularly with prominent area symphony orchestras as well as chamber groups.

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Tamar Barzel

Assistant Professor of Music

B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Ethnomusicologist specializing in the music of the United States, with a focus on jazz.

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Gurminder Kaur Bhogal

Associate Professor of Music

B.Mus., Royal College; M.Mus., King’s College; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interested in the practice of ornament in French music and the visual arts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Laura Bossert-King

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola and Violin

B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music

Director, LyricaFest Music Festival; Quartet Program, Longy School; visiting faculty, Eastman School; silver medalist, Henryk Szeryng Prize.

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Kathleen Boyd

Music Performance Faculty in Flute

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

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Martin Alan Brody

Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music

B.A., Amherst College; M.M., D.M.A., Yale University School of Music

Composer of concert music; historian of early modern music, especially music during the Cold War in relation to other arts.

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David Carrier

Music Instructor in Organ

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Currently Director of Music for The Wellesley Congregational Church, The Newton Choral Society and Temple Shalom of Newton.

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Magdalen Christian

Music Program Coordinator

Music Program Coordinator

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James David Christie

Wellesley College Organist

B.A., Oberlin College; M.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music

College organist and organ teacher; oversees the care of all the pipe organs on campus.

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David Collins

Coach/Accompanist

B.M., Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo); M.M., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Ph.D., New England Conservatory of Music

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Glorianne Collver-Jacobson

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Guitar and Lute

B.A., University of California (Berkeley)

Classical and flamenco guitarist and lutenist; teacher and performer, developing instructional materials for the study of classical guitar.

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Gabriela Diaz

Music Instructor in Violin

B.M. & M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

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Marion Dry

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice; Director, Music Performance Program

A.B., Harvard University; M.M., Northwestern University

Contralto who loves opera and songs; fascinated by singing. Hopes to inspire student musicians. Enjoys to teach, learn, and grow.

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Isabel Fine

Concert Manager

Master of Arts, UCLA; Bachelor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University

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Charles B. Fisk

Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music

A.B., Harvard College; M.M.A., D.M.A., Yale University School of Music

Engaged in thinking and writing about the repertoire I perform as a pianist, and psychological and philosophical issues in music.

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Claire Fontijn

Professor of Music

B.A., Oberlin College; Certificate, The Royal Conservatory of The Hague; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Interests include early music in general, Western Europe 1000-1750, music composed by women such as Fanny Hensel and St. Hildegard.

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Gale Fuller

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice

B.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Dedicated to the sublime art and pursuit of beautiful singing.

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Lisa Graham

Evelyn Barry Director of the Choral Program; Lecturer in Music

B.A., Sonoma State College; M.M., D.M.A., University of Southern California

Conductor of Choral Program, including Choir, Chamber Singers, and Choral Scholars.

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Neal Louis Hampton

Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra

B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Boston University

Founder and Director of the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra.

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David Harris

Music Instructor in Jazz Trombone

B.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Trombonist, composer, arranger; also plays tuba, bass trombone, and piano; specializing in improvising and the music of Eastern Europe.

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Jane Harrison

Music Instructor in Oboe

B.M., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.M., Manhattan School of Music

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Mark S. Henry

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Double Bass

B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., University of Massachusetts (Lowell)

Performer with jazz groups, classical and theatre orchestras; instructor of beginners to advanced in doublebass and electric bass.

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Randall Hodgkinson

Music Performance Faculty in Piano

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

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Greg Hopkins

Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Trumpet

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Laura Jeppesen

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola da Gamba

B.A., Wheaton College; M.M., Yale University

Specialist in early music string playing. Plays repertory from the medieval, Renaissance & baroque eras with internationally-known ensembles.

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Jenny Olivia Johnson

Assistant Professor of Music

B.A., Barnard College; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., New York University

Composer of amplified opera, scholar of music, trauma, and synaesthesia.

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Doug Johnson

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Piano

B.M., Michigan State University; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Doug is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music.

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Steven Kirby

Music Instructor, Jazz Guitar

B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M. University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

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Gabriel Langfur

Music Instructor of Trombone

B.A., Oberlin College; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., New England Conservatory

Bass trombonist in the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Vermont Symphony Orchestras; performs frequently with the Boston Symphony and Pops, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Boston, and in orchestras and theaters throughout New England and beyond.

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Steve Langone

Music Performance Faculty in Jazz-Rock-Latin Drums

B.A., Berklee College of Music

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Lance Alexander Martin

Music Performace Faculty in Jazz Flute

Flute and Theory, Carnegie Mellon University; B.M. Berklee College of Music

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Katherine Matasy

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Clarinet and Classical Saxophone

B.A., M.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music

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Andrea Matthews

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice

A.B., Princeton University

Soprano (opera/oratorio/concert), voice teacher, Alexander Technique teacher.

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Craig McNutt

Music Performance Faculty in Percussion

B.A., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University

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Cercie Miller

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Saxophone; Director, Wellesley BlueJazz

Director, Wellesley BlueJazz

Jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Teacher of jazz improvisation, saxophone and ensemble technique, jazz theory and history of jazz.

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David Russell

Music Performance Faculty in Cello; Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society

B.M., Eastman School; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)

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Dana Russian

Music Performance Faculty in Trumpet

B.A., Colby College

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Lois Shapiro

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano

B.Mus., Peabody Institute of Music; M.Mus., Yale University School of Music; D.Mus., Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington)

Founding member of the Triple Helix Piano Trio

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Aaron Sheehan

Music Performance Faculty in Voice

B.A., Luther College; M.M., Indiana University (Bloomington)

Member of the voice performance faculty.

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Jane E. Starkman

Music Performance Faculty in Baroque Violin

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Professor of Music

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Suzanne E. Stumpf

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Flute, Baroque Flute, and Chamber Music

B.A., Wellesley College

Specialist in chamber music; performer on modern and historical flutes; fosters study of repertoire within context of history/culture.

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Olga Talroze

Senior Coach/accompanist

B.M., M.M, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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Jenny Chui-Chun Tang

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano and Keyboard Skills; Assistant Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society

B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Assistant Director of the Chamber Music Society

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Kera Washington

Senior Music Performance Faculty in African Diasporic Drumming and Director of Yanvalou

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D. Candidate, Tufts University

Focused on Yanvalou Drumming and Dance Ensemble, and African Diasporic drumming.

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Tom Zajac

Music Performance Faculty in Recorder and Early Winds; Director, Wellesley Collegium Musicum

B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College

Specialist in medieval and Renaissance music performance practice. Performs on a large number of wind and percussion instruments.

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Ina Zdorovetchi

Music Instructor in Harp

B.M., Bucharest University of Music; B.M., Boston Conservatory; M.M., Boston University College of Fine Arts

Artistic Director, Boston Harp Festival; Principal Harpist, Boston Lyric Opera; Top Prize Winner, 17th International Harp Contest in Israel

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Paula Zeitlin

Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Violin

B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Chicago

Teach jazz violin and viola improvisation, jazz string ensembles; perform with my jazz quintet PZQ; play fiddle, enjoy all styles.

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