Faculty of Resident Instruction

Robert M. Marvin, Professor and Chair, B.M., Boston Conservatory of Music, 1975; M.A., Tufts University, 1986; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1992.

Timothy Anderson, Senior Lecturer, Director of Minuteman Marching Band, B.M., Iowa, 1998; M.M., Florida, 2004; Ed.D., Illinois, 2010.

Edward Arron, Assistant Professor, B.M., The Julliard School, 1998.

Brent Auerbach, Associate Professor, B.A., Harvard, 1997; M.M., Eastman School of Music, 2000; Ph.D., 2005.

Eric Berlin, Associate Professor, B.M., New England Conservatory, 1991.

John Bottomley, Senior Lecturer, B.M., Wisconsin at Madison, 1991; M.M., Manhattan School of Music, 1993; D.M.A., Ohio State, 2009.

Elizabeth Chang, Associate Professor, B.A., Harvard, 1985.

Fredric Cohen, Professor, B.M., B.M.Ed., Philadelphia Musical Academy, 1970.

Romie de Guise-Langlois, Assistant Professor, B.M., McGill, 2004; M.M., Artist Diploma, Yale, 2007; Fellowship, The Juilliard School/Weill Music Institute, 2009.

Paul Dennis, Associate Professor, B.F.A., The Juilliard School, 1990; M.F.A., New York at Purchase, 2007.

Cobus du Toit, Assistant Professor, Performance Diploma, Royal Schools of Music, 2006; B.M., University of Pretoria, 2006; Performance and Pedagogy Certificates, University of South Africa, 2008; M.M., Colorado at Boulder, 2010; D.M.A., 2014.

Robert Eisenstein, Adjunct Faculty (Mt. Holyoke College), B.A., Antioch, 1973;  M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence, 1975.

Robert Ferrier, Adjunct Faculty, B.M., Berklee; M.M., University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Leslie Frye Maietta, Lecturer, B.F.A., Conservatory of Dance/University of the Arts, 2002; M.F.A., Hollins University/American Dance Festival, 2013.

Thomas Giampietro, Senior Lecturer, B.M., University of Miami (Fl), 1992; M.M., Northern Iowa, 2005.

Molly Christie Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, B.F.A., University of the Arts; M.A., M.F.A., College at Brockport.

Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Assistant Professor, B.M., Illinois Wesleyan, 2000; M.M., Wisconsin at Madison, 2002: D.M.A., 2005.

Thomas Hannum, Senior Lecturer II, B.S., West Chester, 1980; M.M., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1984.

Willie L. Hill, Jr., Professor, B.S., Grambling State, 1968; M.M.E., Colorado, 1972; Ph.D., 1987.

William Hite, Assistant Professor, B.A., Kansas, 1982; M.M., Boston Conservatory, 1984.

Jeffrey Holmes, Professor, B.M., Eastman School of Music, 1977; M.M., 1979.

Jason Hooper, Senior Lecturer, B.M., Indiana, 2003; M.M., 2005; M.Phil., City University of New York, 2009; Ph.D.

Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, Assistant Professor, B.A., B.M., Michigan, 2012; M.M., 2014.

Catherine Jensen-Hole, Senior Lecturer II, B.Mus., Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, 1988; M.M., North Texas, 1995; Ph.D., 2005.

Gary Karpinski, Professor, B.M., Temple, 1979; M.M., 1980; Ph.D., City University of New York, 1991.

Ayano Kataoka, Associate Professor, B.Mus., Tokyo University of the Arts, 1997; M.M., Peabody Conservatory, 2003; Artist Diploma, Yale, 2005.

Erinn Knyt, Associate Professor, B.A., California at Davis, 2003; M.A., Stanford, 2007; Ph.D., 2010.

Ludmila Krasin, Senior Lecturer, B.M., Leningrad Conservatory: Artist and Teaching Diplomas, State Academy of Culture.

Lisa Lehmberg, Associate Professor, B.M., Illinois, 1978; M.M., 1980; Ph.D., South Florida, 2008.

Kathryn Lockwood, Senior Lecturer, B.M., Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Australia, 1989; M.M., Southern California at Los Angeles, 1994.

Bronwen MacArthur, Lecturer, M.F.A., Smith, 2016.

Salvatore Macchia, Professor, B.M., Hartt College of Music, 1970; M.M., Yale, 1972; M.M.A., 1973; D.M.A., 1978.

Marjorie Melnick, Senior Lecturer, M.M., The Juilliard School, 1977.

Joshua Michal, Assistant Professor, B.M., Indiana, 2006; M.M., Northwestern, 2008; D.M.A., Ohio State, 2014.

Morihiko Nakahara, Assistant Professor, B.M., Andrews University, 1998; M.M., Univ. of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Olabode Omojola, Five College Professor, B.A., University of Nigeria, Nsukka; M.A., University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Ph.D., University of Leicester, England.

Stephen Paparo, Associate Professor, B.M., Ithaca, 1996; M.M., Syracuse, 1998; Ph.D., Michigan State, 2011.

Emiliano Ricciardi, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Rome, Italy, 2004; B.M., Conservatory of Rome, Italy, 2005; M.Phil., University of Cambridge, UK, 2007; Ph.D., Stanford, 2013.

Marianna Ritchey, Assistant Professor, B.A., Lewis and Clark, 1999; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 2011.

Felipe Salles, Associate Professor, B. M., State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 1994;  M.M., New England Conservatory, 1997; G.D., 1998; D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music, 2005. 

Nadine E. Shank, Professor, B.S., Oberlin, 1976; M.S., Indiana, 1978.

Christine McHugh Sirard, Lecturer, Assistant Conductor & Visual Coordinator of the Minuteman Marching Band, B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990; B.M., South Carolina; M.M.

Gregory Spiridopoulos, Associate Professor, B.M., Michigan State, 1997; M.M., Boston University, 2000.

Nikki Stoia, Senior Lecturer II and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Advising of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, B.A., Smith, 1979; M.M., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1991.

Marilyn Sylla, Five College Lecturer, Dance.

Remy Taghavi, Lecturer, B.M., University of Southern California; M.M., The Julliard School.

Tony Thornton, Associate Professor, B.M., Westminster Choir College, 1990; M.M., Louisiana State, 1992; D.M.A., Arizona, 2008.

Fumi Tomita, Assistant Professor, B.M., McGill, 1996; M.M., Manhattan School of Music, 2000; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2014.

Thomas Vacanti, Associate Professor and Director of Dance Program, B.S., Skidmore, 2002; M.F.A., Smith, 2004.

Gilles Vonsattel, Associate Professor, B.A., Columbia, 2003; M.M., The Juilliard School, 2005.

Matthew Westgate, Assistant Professor, M.M., Western Michigan, 2006; D.M.A., Cincinnati, 2009.

Christopher White, Assistant Professor, B.A., B.M., Oberlin College, 2005; M.A., City Universtiy of New York, 2007; Ph.D., Yale, 2013.

Erica Wilson-Perkins, Lecturer, B.F.A., Columbia College, 1992; M.F.A., Florida State, 1995.