Faculty of Resident Instruction

Daniel Albert, Assistant Professor, B.M., Massachusetts at Amherst, 2001; M.M., Michigan, 2005; Ph.D., Michigan State, 2016.

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

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

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

Stephen Beck, Assistant Professor, The Julliard School.

Eric Berlin, 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.

Lindsay Bronnenkant, Lecturer, B.S., Rochester, 2010; B.M., Nazareth College, 2014; M.M., Michigan, 2019; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2022.

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

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

Lauren Cox, Assistant Professor, B.A., San Francisco State University.

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

Cobus du Toit, Associate 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 Ferrier, Adjunct Faculty, B.M., Berklee; M.M., Massachusetts at Amherst.

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

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

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

Duane Lee Holland, Associate Professor, M.F.A., University of Iowa.

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

Jason Hooper, Senior Lecturer II, B.M., Indiana, 2003; M.M., 2005; M.Phil., City University of New York, 2009; Ph.D., 2017.

Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, Associate 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.

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

Catrina Kim, Assistant Professor, B.Mus., University of Houston, 2013; M.M., Eastman School of Music, 2016; Ph.D., 2020.

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

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

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

Evan MacCarthy, Five College Visiting Assistant Professor, B.A., College of the Holy Cross, 2003; Ph.D., Harvard, 2010.

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, Associate Professor, B.M., Indiana, 2006; M.M., Northwestern, 2008; D.M.A., Ohio State, 2014.

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.

Miriam Piilonen, Assistant Professor, B.M., New England Conservatory, 2010; M.S., Virginia Tech, 2013; Ph.D., Northwestern, 2019.

Lindsay Pope, Assistant Professor, B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 2007; M.M., Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 2011; D.M.A., University of North Texas, 2019.

Alan Reese, Lecturer, B.M., University of Georgia, 2011; M.M., University of Colorado Boulder, 2013; Ph.D., Eastman School of Music, 2018.

Emiliano Ricciardi, Associate 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, Associate Professor, B.A., Lewis and Clark, 1999; Ph.D., California at Los Angeles, 2011.

Felipe Salles, 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.

Hyobi Sim, Lecturer, B.M., Curtis Institute of Music, 2011; M.M., Juilliard School, 2013; Performance Certificate, Peabody Institute, 2015.

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

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

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

Fumi Tomita, Associate 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, Professor, B.A., Columbia, 2003; M.M., The Juilliard School, 2005.

Matthew Westgate, Chair of Department and Professor, B.M., Western Michigan, 2000; M.M., 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.