The ECMS Faculty

Our faculty is comprised of 50 instructors and approximately 65 interns. Community Music School instructors are professional artist-educators who are Western New York’s most sought after teachers and performers. Community Music School interns are Eastman School of Music students or recent graduates and are among the best and brightest young performers in the world. In addition to instructors and interns, some members of the Eastman School of Music collegiate faculty also offer lessons through the Community Music School; some set their own fee.

Preschool and Elementary School

Donna Brink Fox ** - Chair

Adam Foley - Coordinator, Theory in Motion

Patricia Gingras - Coordinator, Early Childhood

Instructors

Beth Fox

Liz Hanan

Interns

Doug Brown

Jason Holmes

Lauren Iezzi

Sarah Mattison

Sara Parulski

Brent Talbot

Thomas Vendafreddo

Adrienne Wills

Adult and Continuing Education

Marcia Bornhurst Parkes, Chair, New Horizons Band

Instructors

Diego Garcia, orchestra

Janneke Hoogland, cello
Mike Leavitt, New Horizons Band

Angela Occhionero, clarinet
Howard Potter, percussion

Nancy Strelau, orchestra

Ashley Strouse, trumpet

Alan Woy, clarinet

Interns

Andrew Lieberman, saxophone
Brett Long, trumpet

T.J. Ricer, low brass

Elizabeth Ristow, New Horizons beginning orchestra

Brent Talbot, New Horizons Chorus

Christopher Teal, trumpet

Music Theory

Margaret Henry - Chair, theory

Instructors

Glenn West, composition

Interns

Michael Callahan

Matthew Curlee

Nathan Fleshner

Jazz Studies

Bob Sneider - Chair, guitar**

Instructors

Jeff Campbell, bass**
Jose Encarnacion, saxophone, Latin jazz

Mark Filsinger, Junior High Jazz Ensemble
Paul Hofmann, piano, composition, history
Clay Jenkins, composition**

Mike Kaupa, trumpet
Howard Potter, jazz mallets; Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra
Rich Thompson, drums**
Bill Tiberio, Junior High Jazz Ensemble

Interns

Freddy Colon, conga, timbales, bongos

Michael Frederick, jazz guitar

Jeff McLeod, jazz piano

Jeff Ostroski, trumpet

Piano, Keyboard, and Organ

Alla Kuznetsov - Chair**

Instructors

Catarina Domenici

Elinor Freer**
Patricia Hanson
Stephen Kennedy, organ
Irina Lupines
Marylynn Miller
Nobuko Moriwaki
Matthew Robey
Howard Spindler
Harriet Zimmerman**

Interns

Tamari Gurevich

Joseph Irrera
Josh Massicot
Daniela Mineva

Sarah Rhee

Strings, Harp, and Guitar

Petar Kodzas - Co-Chair, guitar

Jeremy Zhu, Co-Chair, violin

Instructors

Lynn Blakeslee, violin**
Rebeca Boyd, violin
Mitzie Collins, hammered dulcimer
Rosemary Elliott, cello**
John Fetter, violin**
Diego Garcia, cello
Kathleen Murphy Kemp, cello**
Melissa Matson, viola**
Gaelen McCormick, bass*
Janet Milnes, violin*
Nan Gullo Richmond, harp
Elizabeth Seka, viola*
Karine Stone, Kaleidoscope Orchestra*
Lee Wilkins, violin**

Interns

Christopher Campbell, violin

Eric Carlin, guitar

Stephen Cody Clark, bass
Evan Drummond, guitar

Matilda Hofmann, Youth String Orchestra
Laura Jensen, cello
Elizabeth Ristow, viola

Michelle Younger, guitar

Voice

Jane Gunter McCoy - Chair

Instructors

Patricia Alexander
Andrea Folan
Carrol Frangipane
Cecile Saine
Derrick Smith
Karie Schroer Templeton, Children’s Chorus and Chamber Singers
William Weinert, Eastman-Rochester Chorus**

Interns

Robert Strauss
Brent Talbot, Young Children's Chorus

Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion

Ruth Cahn - Chair, percussion**

Instructors

Jan Angus, flute*
Charles Bailey, bassoon*

Lauren Becker, horn

Stephanie Blaha, horn
Nancy Boone, saxophone
Andrew Chappell, trombone*
Sophia Gibbs Kim, flute

Ken Grant, clarinet**
Chien-Kwan Lin, saxophone**
Wesley Nance, trumpet*

Angela Occhionero, clarinet
Herb Smith, trumpet*
W. Craig Sutherland, tuba*
Bill Tiberio, Chamber Winds

Alan Woy, clarinet

Interns

Euridice Alvarez, oboe

Andrew Brown, clarinet
Freddy Colon, conga, timbales, bongos
Andrew Lieberman, saxophone
Brett Long, trumpet

Christopher Teal, drum set

* Member, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
** Eastman Collegiate Faculty