Faculty & Staff
Academic Faculty
Tamar Barzel, Assistant Professor
Gurminder Bhogal, Assistant Professor
Martin Brody, Catharine Mills Davis Professor
Charles Fisk, Phyllis Carey Henderson Professor of Music
Claire Fontijn, Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor of the Humanities, Associate Professor of Music
Lisa Graham, Evelyn Barry Director of Choral Program
Jenny Johnson, Assistant Professor
Performance Faculty
Keyboard
Eliko Akahori, piano
James David Christie, organ
David Carrier, organ
Suzanne Cleverdon, harpsichord
David Collins, coach/accompanist
Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Russell Hoffmann, jazz piano
Doug Johnson, jazz piano (on leave in 2012-13)
Kanako Nishikawa, accompanist
Lois Shapiro, piano
Olga Talroze, accompanist
Jenny Tang, piano
Voice
Kris Adams, jazz voice
Marion Dry, contralto
Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano
Andrea Matthews, soprano
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Strings
Laura Bossert-King, viola, violin
Glorianne Collver-Jacobson, lute, guitar
Gabriela Diaz, violin
Steven Kirby, jazz guitar
Mark Henry, string bass, jazz bass
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba
David Russell, cello
Paula Zeitlin, jazz violin, jazz viola
Jane Starkman, violin, baroque violin
Ina Zdorovetchi, harp
Winds
Kathy Boyd, flute
Jane Harrison, oboe
Katherine Matasy, clarinet, saxophone
Cercie Miller, jazz saxophone
Suzanne Stumpf, flute, Baroque flute, Chamber Music coach
Lance Martin, jazz flute
Tom Zajac, recorder, early winds
Brass and Percussion
Dana Russian, trumpet
Greg Hopkins, jazz trumpet
David Harris, jazz trombone
Robert Couture, trombone (on leave in 2012-13)
Gabriel Langfur, bass trombone
Fred Aldrich, french horn
Craig McNutt, percussion
Steve Langone, jazz drumset, percussion
Ensembles
Lisa Graham, Choral Studies
Neal Hampton, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
Cercie Miller, Wellesley BlueJazz
Paula Zeitlin, Wellesley BlueJazz Combos
David Russell, Chamber Music Society
Jenny Tang, Chamber Music Society
Kera Washington, Yanvalou Drumming and Dance
Tom Zajac, Collegium MusicumAdministrative Staff
Martin Brody, Co-Chair, Catharine Mills Davis Professor
Charles Fisk, Co-Chair, Phyllis Carey Henderson Professor of Music
Marion Dry, Director of the Music Performance Program
Pamela Bristah, Music Librarian
Raymond Schmidt, Music Cataloging & Metadata Manager
Magdalen Christian, Music Program Coordinator
Isabel Fine, Concert Manager/music/facstaff
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Kris Adams
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Vocal JazzB.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/AccompanistB.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 Instructor in French HornB.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 MusicB.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
Assistant Professor of MusicB.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 ViolinB.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 FluteB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
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Martin Alan Brody
Catherine Mills Davis Professor of MusicB.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 OrganB.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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James David Christie
Wellesley College OrganistB.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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Suzanne Cleverdon
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Keyboard Skills and HarpsichordB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Interested in promoting musicianship for theory students, improvisation, and ensemble listening.
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David Collins
Coach/AccompanistB.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 LuteB.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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Robert F. Couture
Senior Music Performance Faculty in TromboneB.M., New England Conservatory of Music; M.A., University of Massachusetts (Boston)
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Gabriela Diaz
Music Instructor in ViolinB.M. & M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
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Marion Dry
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice; Director, Music Performance ProgramA.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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Charles B. Fisk
Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of MusicA.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
Associate Professor of MusicB.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
Music Performance Faculty in VoiceB.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 MusicB.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 OrchestraB.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 TromboneB.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 OboeB.M., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.M., Manhattan School of Music
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Mark S. Henry
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Double BassB.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 PianoB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
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Russell Hoffmann
Music Instructor in Jazz PianoB.M., University of Texas at Arlington; M.Ed., Cambridge College
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Greg Hopkins
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Laura Jeppesen
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola da GambaB.A., Wheaton College; M.M., Yale University
Performer of early music, in repertoire from the Middle Ages to the 19th century; player of rebec, vielle, viola, and gamba.
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Doug Johnson
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz PianoB.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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Jenny Olivia Johnson
Assistant Professor of MusicB.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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Steven Kirby
Music Instructor, Jazz GuitarB.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M. University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
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Gabriel Langfur
Music Instructor in Bass TromboneM.M., New England Conservatory; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; B.A., Oberlin College
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 Instructor in Jazz-Rock-Latin DrumsB.A., Berklee College of Music
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Lance Alexander Martin
Music Performace Faculty in Jazz FluteFlute 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 SaxophoneB.A., M.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
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Andrea Matthews
Senior Music Performance Faculty in VoiceA.B., Princeton University
Soprano (opera/oratorio/concert), voice teacher, Alexander Technique teacher.
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Craig McNutt
Music Performance Faculty in PercussionB.A., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University
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Cercie Miller
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz SaxophoneDirector, 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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Karel Olsson
Concert Series Events ManagerBachelors in Music and Psychology, Wellesley College
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David Russell
Music Performance Faculty in Cello; Director, Wellesley Chamber Music SocietyB.M., Eastman School; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)
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Dana Russian
Music Performance Faculty in TrumpetB.A., Colby College
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Lois Shapiro
Senior Music Performance Faculty in PianoB.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 VoiceB.A., Luther College; M.M., Indiana University (Bloomington)
Member of the voice performance faculty.
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Jane E. Starkman
Music Instructor in Baroque ViolinB.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 MusicB.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
Coach/accompanistB.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 SocietyB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Assistant Director of the Chamber Music Society
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Antoine van Dongen
Music Performance Faculty in ViolinB.M. and M.Mus., Sweelinck Conservatory of Music Amsterdam
Performer and instructor of violin in Europe and the United States.
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Kera Washington
Senior Music Performance Faculty in African Diasporic Drumming and Director of YanvalouB.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 MusicumB.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 HarpB.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 ViolinB.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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