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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.
More about Kris Adams
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano; Director, Music Performance Program
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.
More about Eliko Akahori
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Senior 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.
More about Fred Aldrich
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Carillon Instructor, Director of Guild of Carillonneurs
Bachelors, Wellesley College; Masters of Music, New England Conservatory
Having taught piano and music theory at Stonehill College for 9 years, she now teaches carillon at Wellesley College, where she acts as advisor to the 25-member student Guild of Carillonneurs. She also serves as organist at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Sharon.
More about Margaret Angelini
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Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music
B.Mus(Hons), Royal College of Music; M.Mus., King’s College, University of London; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Scholarly interests focus on the music of French composers including Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Delage; the practice of ornament in French music and the visual arts during the early twentieth century; music and aesthetics; music and orientalism/exoticism/colonialism-decolonialism; and Sikh devotional music (Sikh Kirtan)
More about Gurminder Kaur Bhogal
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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.
More about Laura Bossert-King
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Flute
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
More about Kathleen Boyd
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Senior Coach/Collaborative Keyboardist
B.M., Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo); M.M., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Ph.D., New England Conservatory of Music
More about David Collins
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Music Performance Faculty in Violin
B.M. & M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Ms. Diaz is actively involved in contemporary music in Boston, and is a member of the Callithumpian Consort, Firebird, Ludovico, Dinosaur Annex and Sound Icon Ensembles. You can hear Gabriela on Mode, Centaur, New World, BMOP Sound, and Tzadik records.
More about Gabriela Diaz
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Music Performance Faculty in Jazz and Classical Trumpet
B.M., Crane School of Music, Music Education, Trumpet Performance; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music, Jazz Studies - Composition
I have been freelancing as a trumpet player in the Boston area since the mid 1980s. My jazz friends say I'm a classical player, and my classical playing friends say I'm a jazzer with a good tone --- I feel that I'm a “generalist” - Jack of all Trades - who noodles his way through the trumpet!
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Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music
B.A., Oberlin College; Certificate, The Royal Conservatory of The Hague; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Research and Teaching Interests: Early Music, Women Composers, Symphonic and Chamber Music Repertoire, J.S. Bach
More about Claire Fontijn
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Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., University of California (Los Angeles); M.A., University of California (San Diego); Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Popular music scholar of Brazil and Latin America; Jazz and the African Diaspora; Music in Film and Audiovisual Media; Music Industry; Music and Disability
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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.
More about Lisa Graham
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Music Performance Faculty in Trombone and Jazz Trombone
B.M. University of Delaware; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music
More about Mark Hamilton
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Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Boston University
Director of Orchestras, Brandeis University and Wellesley College
More about Neal Louis Hampton
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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.
More about Mark S. Henry
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Music Performance Faculty in Piano
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
More about Randall Hodgkinson
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Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Piano
B.M., University of Texas at Arlington; M.Ed., Cambridge College
More about Russell Hoffmann
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Music Performance Faculty in Harp
B.M., Boston University; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music
More about Franziska Huhn
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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.
More about Laura Jeppesen
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Music Instructor in Organ and Harpsichord and College Organist
B.M., Oberlin College and Oberlin Conservatory of Music ; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music
Erica Johnson is a Boston based organist and clavichordist. She recently joined the faculty of Wellesley College as College Organist and Instructor in Organ.
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Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Barnard College; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., New York University
Composer, sound artist, and music scholar.
More about Jenny Olivia Johnson
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Acoustic Guitar and Jazz Guitar
B.A., Berklee College of Music; M.M. University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Guitarist, composer, educator, Mr. Kirby is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and has a Masters degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging from University of Massachusetts (Amherst). As well as his work as string faculty at Wellesley College, he is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music and teaches for Berklee online.
More about Steve Kirby
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Music Performance Faculty in 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.
More about Gabriel Langfur
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz-Rock-Latin Drums
B.A., Berklee College of Music
More about Steve Langone
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Clarinet and Classical Saxophone
B.A., M.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
More about Katherine Matasy
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Bassoon
B.M.A.S., University of Delaware; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
More about Tracy L. McGinnis
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Percussion
B.M., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
More about Craig McNutt
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Saxophone; Director, Wellesley BlueJazz
Director, Wellesley BlueJazz Big Band, and Jazz and World Music Program Director
Jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Teacher of jazz improvisation, saxophone and ensemble technique, jazz theory and history of jazz.
More about Cercie Miller
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Coach/Collaborative Keyboardist
B.M., Toho School of Music (Tokyo); M.M., New England Conservatory
Active soloist, chamber musician and collaborative pianist.
More about Kanako Nishikawa
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Visiting Lecturer in Music
B.A., Tufts University; M.M., Boston Conservatory; A.M., Ph.D., Duke University
More about Sid Richardson
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Lecturer in Music; Co-Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society; Music Performance Faculty in Cello
B.M., Eastman School; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)
More about David Russell
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Music Instructor in Voice
B.A., BM., University of Michigan, School of Music; M.M., University of Cincinnati, College - Conservatory of Music
Classical singer and voice teacher. I work with my students to develop a strong vocal technique that allows a healthy and free expression of their natural voice and also emphasize strengthening musicianship and communicating a clear dramatic point of view with every performance.
More about Deborah Selig
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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
More about Lois Shapiro
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Baroque Violin
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Professor of Music
More about Jane E. Starkman
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Senior Coach/Collaborative Keyboardist
B.M., M.M, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
More about Olga Talroze
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano and Keyboard Skills; Co-Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Co-Director of the Chamber Music Society
More about Jenny Chui-Chun Tang
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Music Instructor in Voice
My students will experience a holistic approach to singing, rooted in sound pedagogy, artistic passion, and above all, compassion.
More about Sonja Tengblad
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Cello
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., Juilliard School
In addition to her work in the Music Dept. at Wellesley, Rebecca is currently a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with Opera Boston, the Chamber Orchestra of Boston, The Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Cantata Singers.
More about Rebecca Thornblade
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in African Diasporic Drumming and Director of Yanvalou
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Wesleyan University
Focused on Yanvalou Drumming and Dance Ensemble, and African Diasporic drumming.
More about Kera Washington
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Violin and Viola; Director of Wellesley BlueJazz Combos
B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Chicago
Jazz violinist and bandleader, jazz violin and viola improvisation instructor, BlueJazz Combo Program Director and Coach
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