Faculty & Staff

Academic Faculty

Gurminder Bhogal, Catherine Mills Davis Associate Professor
Claire Fontijn, Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor
Lisa Graham, Evelyn Barry Director of the Choral Program
K. E. Goldschmitt, Assistant Professor
Jenny Johnson, Associate Professor
David Russell, Lecturer
Maeve Sterbenz, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Music Theory
Jenny Tang, Senior Performance Music Faculty

Performance Faculty

Keyboard

Eliko Akahori, piano
David Collins, coach/accompanist
Randall Hodgkinson, piano
Russell Hoffmann, jazz piano
Doug Johnson, coach/jazz accompanist
Erica Johnson, organ
Kanako Nishikawa, coach/accompanist
Lois Shapiro, piano
Olga Talroze, accompanist
Jenny Tang, piano, Chamber Music Society

Voice

Kris Adams, jazz voice
Deborah Selig, soprano
Sonja Tengblad, soprano

Strings

Laura Bossert-King, viola, violin
Glorianne Collver-Jacobson, lute, guitar
Gabriela Diaz, violin
Andrew Eng, viola, violin
Steven Kirby, jazz guitar
Mark Henry, string bass, jazz bass
Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba
David Russell, cello, Chamber Music Society
Jane Starkman, violin, baroque violin
Rebecca Thornblade, cello
Franziska Huhn, harp
Paula Zeitlin, jazz violin, jazz viola

Winds

Kyoko Battaglia, oboe
Kathy Boyd, flute
Katherine Matasy, clarinet, saxophone
Tracy McGinnis, bassoon
Cercie Miller, jazz saxophone

Brass and Percussion

Fred Aldrich, french horn
Thomas Duprey, trumpet, jazz trumpet
Richard Greenblatt, vibraphone
Mark Hamilton, jazz trombone
Gabriel Langfur, bass trombone
Steve Langone, jazz drum set, percussion
Craig McNutt, percussion
Kera Washington, African diasporic drumming

Ensembles

Margaret Angelini, Guild of Carillonneurs
Lisa Graham, Choral Program
Neal Hampton, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
Cercie Miller, Wellesley BlueJazz Big Band
David Russell, Chamber Music Society
Jenny Tang, Chamber Music Society
Kera Washington, percussion, Yanvalou Drumming and Dance
Paula Zeitlin, Wellesley BlueJazz Combos

Administrative Staff

Eliko Akahori, Director of the Music Performance Program
Magdalen Christian, Music Program Coordinator
Isabel Fine, Concert Manager
Jenny Johnson, Chair of the Department
Carol Lubkowski, Music Librarian
Raymond Schmidt, Music Cataloging & Metadata Manager
 


  • 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

    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.

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  • Fred Aldrich

    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.

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  • Margaret Angelini

    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.

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  • Gurminder Kaur Bhogal

    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)

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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

    Senior Music Performance Faculty in Flute

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

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  • David Collins

    Coach/Collaborative Keyboardist

    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 Performance Faculty in Violin

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

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  • Tom Duprey

    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

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  • Andrew Eng

    Music Performance Faculty in Violin and Viola

    A.R.C.T., Royal Conservatory of Music; M.M., Longy School of Music

    Canadian violinist and violist Andrew Eng has gained a versatile reputation playing Classical, Tango, Jazz and Contemporary music. Classical New Jersey describes him as, “intense and powerfully emotional.”

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  • Claire Fontijn

    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

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  • K.E. Goldschmitt

    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)

    Ethnomusicologist and popular music scholar of Brazil, Latin America, and Luso-Africa; Jazz and the African Diaspora; Audiovisual Media; global music industry

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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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  • Mark Hamilton

    Music Instructor in Trombone and Jazz Trombone

    B.M. University of Delaware; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music

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  • Neal Louis Hampton

    Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra

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

    Director of Orchestras, Brandeis University and Wellesley College

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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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  • Franziska Huhn

    Music Instructor in Harp

    B.M., Boston University; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music

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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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  • Erica Johnson

    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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  • Jenny Olivia Johnson

    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.

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  • Steven Kirby

    Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Guitar

    Dip.M., 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.

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  • Gabriel Langfur

    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.

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  • Steve Langone

    Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz-Rock-Latin Drums

    B.A., 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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  • Tracy L. McGinnis

    Senior Music Performance Faculty in Bassoon

    B.M.A.S., University of Delaware; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music

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  • Craig McNutt

    Senior Music Performance Faculty in Percussion

    B.M., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music

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  • Cercie Miller

    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.

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  • Kanako Nishikawa

    Coach/Collaborative Keyboardist

    B.M., Toho School of Music (Tokyo); M.M., New England Conservatory

    Active soloist, chamber musician and collaborative pianist.

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  • David Russell

    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)

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  • Deborah Selig

    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.

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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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  • Jane E. Starkman

    Senior Music Performance Faculty in Baroque Violin

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

    Professor of Music

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  • Olga Talroze

    Senior Coach/Collaborative Keyboardist

    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; Co-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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  • Sonja Tengblad

    Music Instructor in Voice

    My students will experience a holistic approach to singing, rooted in sound pedagogy, artistic passion, and above all, compassion.

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  • Rebecca Thornblade

    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.

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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

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

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  • Paula Zeitlin

    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, teach jazz violin and viola improvisation, BlueJazz Combo Program Director and Coach

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Faculty Emeritus


  • Martin Alan Brody

    Catherine Mills Davis Professor Emeritus 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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  • Marion Dry

    Senior Music Performance Faculty Emerita in Voice

    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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  • Charles B. Fisk

    Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor Emeritus 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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  • Suzanne E. Stumpf

    Senior Music Performance Faculty Emerita 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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