students & alumni
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Current Students
Mariam Al-Nasar, BM 2009: mariamalnasar@yahoo.com
Marco Alunno, PhD:
pupil72@hotmail.com
Abby Aresty, BM 2005: aa001k@mail.rochester.edu
Jacob Bancks, MM 2006: jbancks@mail.rochester.edu
Adam Baratz,
BA 2007: abaratz@mail.rochester.edu
Matt Barber, PhD: brbrofsvl@aol.com
Ethan Borshansky, BM 2006: ethanborshansky@yahoo.com
Christopher Brakel, PhD: www.christopherbrakel.com
Winnie Cheung, DMA 2005: wc002h@mail.rochester.edu
Tzu-Ling Sarana Chou, DMA 2007: schou@alumni.uchicago.edu
Andrew Colella, BM 2008: AColella@mail.rochester.edu
Paul Coleman, PhD: www.paulcolemanmusic.com
Jairo Duarte-Lopez, PhD: jairoduarte77@yahoo.com
Michaela Eremiasova,
PhD: meremiasova@yahoo.com
Kevin Ernste, ABD, PhD 2005: ecmc.rochester.edu/kevine
Daniel Gil-Marca,
MA 2007: danielgilmarca@email.com
Jonathan Graybill, BM 2006: javantgarde@aol.com
Oliver Hagen, BM 2008: OliverJay@aol.com
Vera Ivanova, PhD: www.veraivanova.com
Michael Lee,
BM 2008: littlelee87@hotmail.com
Ching-Mei Lin, MM 2006: clin8@mail.rochester.edu
Marcus Macauley, BM 2007: mmacaule@mail.rochester.edu
Gregory Mertl, ABD, PhD 2005: gmertl@onebox.com
Alex Miller, MM 2006: amille14@mail.rochester.edu
Hiroki Mori, BM 2008: mori_piro@hotmail.com
Yuko Ohigashi,
BM 2009: yohigash@mail.rochester.edu
Chris Otto, BM 2005: christopherotto@gmail.com
Scott Perkins,
PhD: sperkins1@gmail.com
Daniel Pesca, BM 2005: dp005k@mail.rochester.edu
Scott Petersen, DMA 2006: www.scottpetersen.net
David Plylar, PhD: dplylar@alumni.duke.edu
Hiroyuki Sakurai, BM 2008: hiroyuki@att.net
Nathan Schmidt, email: nschmidt@mail.rochester.edu
Baljinder Sekhon II,
MA 2007: SekhonMusic@gmail.com
David Tomecek, BM 2008: dtomecek@mail.rochester.edu
Zachary Wadsworth, BM 2005: mail.rochester.edu/~zw001k
Arthur Williford, BM 2006: naivesentimentalist@hotmail.com
Christopher Winders, PhD: cwinders23@mac.com
2000
Matthew Barber, MA 2004, email: brbrofsvl@aol.com
Matthew Barnson, BM 2003
Kyle Blaha, BM 2004, email: kyleblaha@yahoo.com
Caleb Burhans, BM 2002
Vincent
Calianno, MA 2004
Todd Coleman, DMA 2002, email composer@toddcoleman.net . Current
Positions: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Grinnell College (2003-05), Assistant
Professor of Music, Grinnell College (2005-7). website: www.toddcoleman.net
Koren Cowgill, DMA 2004
Dennis DeSantis,
ABD, DMA, 2005, website: www.dennisdesantis.com
Kenneth Eberhard, DMA 2002
Marc Fanara, PhD
Jason Federmeyer,
MA 2003
Alexandra Fol, MM 2004
Jon Forshee, MM 2004
Stefan Freund, DMA
2002, email: freunds@missouri.edu. Current Positions: Visiting Assistant
Professor of Composition and Music Theory, University of Missouri School
of Music; Cellist, Alarm Will Sound; Music Director, Columbia (MO) Civic
Orchestra; website: www.missouri.edu/~musicwww
Jennifer Graham, BM 2004
Ben Hackbarth, BM 2004
Daniel Iannantuono, BM 2002
Chappell Kingsland, BM 2002
Hannah Lash, BM 2004
Ya-Ting Lee, MM 2004
Joseph Michaels, BM 2000
Kyung-A Min, MM 2004
Christopher Murray, BM 2002
Jeff Myers, MA 2003
Alan Pierson, MA 2002
Malina Rauschenfels, BM 2001
Adam Roberts, BM 2003
Jason Sabol, BM 2000
Matthew Schreibeis, BM 2003
Aaron Travers, PhD
2004, email: aatravers@yahoo.com
Greg Wilder, DMA 2002, website: www.gregwilder.com
David Wish, BM 2002
Ming-Hsiu Yen,
BM 2003
1990
Arto Artinian, BM 1997; Composer/Flutist/Drummer; MM 1999 University of Illlinois at Urbana-Champaign in computer music; 646-295-4475; E-mail: artoartinian@hotmail.com
Vicente Avella, MM 1998; Piano Faculty, Newark Community School of the Arts; 162 Chestnut Street, #2, Rutherford, NJ 07070, phone: 201-672-0480; email: vavella@earthlink.net
Paul Barsom, PhD 1998, MM 86; Assistant Professor of Composition, School of Music, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802; email: prb4@psu.edu
Ira Byelick, BM 1999; Student at the University of Louisville; Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~byelick/, email: byelick@earthlink.net
Russell Currie, MA 1997
Cenk Ergun, BA 1999; Pursuing an MA in Composition at Mills College, Oakland, CA., T.A. for Alvin Curran's Orchestration Class, Spring 2001.
Marc Faris, BM 1994; Composer/guitarist; Co-founder CSMG; Duke University, Department of Music; Phone: 919-687-4549; e-mail: mrf@duke.edu
Chris Gennaula, BM 1990; Website: www.gennaula.com
Maria Grenfell, MA 1994; DMA, University of Southern California (1998); Lecturer, Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, GPO Box 252-63 Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia Phone: +61 3 6226 7380, fax: +61 3 6226 7333; e-mail: Maria.Grenfell@utas.edu.au.
John Kaefer,
BM 1999, MM from Yale; website: www.composerjohn.com
William W. Pursell, DMA 1995, MM 1953, BM 1952; Associate Professor
of Composition, Belmont College of Visual & Performing Arts, and
part owner of recording company (website: NetcomMusic.com);
e-mail: (home) june9th@home.com, (school) pursellw@mail.belmont.edu
Betsy Schramm, PhD 1993; E-mail: BetsySchramm@aol.com;
website: BetsySchramm.com
Gregory W. Yasinitsky, DMA 1995; Professor of Music, Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Washington State University; Music Program, P.O. Box 645300, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-5300, phone: (509) 335-4244, FAX (509) 335-4245; Web page of The School of Music and Theatre Arts at WSU: www.wsu.edu/Music_and_Theatre/, email: yasinits@wsu.edu
Bryan Zoelch,
DMA 1993; 30 Seaman Ave., #1E, New York, NY 10034, Phone: 212-569-4657;
e-mail: bryanzoelch@operamail.com
1980
Walter Saul, DMA 1980, MM 1979;
Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department, Warner Pacific
College, Adjunct Professor in Composition, University of Portland
Dan Locklair, DMA 1981; Composer-in-Residence and Professor of
Music, Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7345, Winston-Salem, NC 27109;
Phone: 336-758-5105, FAX: 336-758-4935; website: www.wfu.edu/~locklair/
Stephen Rush, DMA 1985, MM 1983; Associate Professor of Dance/Music
Technology, Music Director, Dance Department, Director, Digital Music
Ensemble, University of Michigan; Phone (work): 313-647-2286
Craig Harris, PhD 1986, MM 1983; website: www.kolmon.com
David A. Moore, PhD 1986, MA & BA University of California; Adjunct Instructor, University of Tulsa; Chapel Choir Director, Phillips Theological Seminary; Minister of Music, Memorial Drive United Methodist Church; Choir Director, Temple Israel, Tulsa; website:
http://members.cox.net/davidcomposer/
Lance Hulme, MM 1989; Director of Ensemble Surprise; website:
www.amc.net/member/Lance_Hulme/home.html
David Heuser,
BM 1989; Associate Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Web site: music.utsa.edu/electron/heuser.htm
1970
Frederick Koch, DMA 1970; Adjunct music faculty, Baldwin Wallace ConservatoryRichard M. Audd, MM 1971; websites: www.rmamusic.com and www.mp3.com/rmaudd; email: rmaudd@mediaone.net
Jay Vosk, BM 1971; website: JayVosk.com
Steven Wasson, MM 1971, BM 1969; PhD, College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati, 2000; Wasson Music Studio, Dayton, Ohio
Monte Keene Pishny-Floyd, PhD 1972; Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (1971-1993), St, Mary’s College, South Bend, IN (1968-71)
Jim Willey, PhD 1972, MM 1963, BM 1961; Professor, State University of New York College at Geneseo
Don Freund, DMA 1972, MM 1970; Professor of Composition, Indiana University; website: php.indiana.edu/~dfreund/
Michael Isaacson, PhD 197
Lamont Downs, MM 1974, BM 1972; Library Supervisor I, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries; website: www.twinplanets.com/music, email: Lamont.Downs@att.net
Paul Goldstaub, DMA 1977, MM 1974; Coordinator for Music Theory, Binghamton University. Binghamton, New York 13902; website: www.lightlink.com/crsbarn/paul.html
Dr. David Heinick, MM 1977, BM 1976; Professor of Composition and Theory, Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam
Andrzej Dutkiewicz, DMA 1976; Professor of Music, Chairman of the Piano, Harpsichord and Organ Department, Frederic Chopin Academy of Music, Warsaw, Poland
Stanley Friedman, DMA 1976, Interlochen Arts Academy; website: www.stanleyfriedman.com
Chet Mais, PhD 1976; Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at Daemen College, Amherst, NY
Bradley Nelson, DMA 1976 (and Conducting), 1975 MM; Composer; website: www.GladdeMusic.com
Clement Reid, BM 1977; 12414 @8th Ave, Tacoma WA 98445
Roger Briggs, PhD 1978; Professor of Composition & Conducting, Western Washington University, Department of Music, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98226; website: www.ac.wwu.edu/~rbriggs/index.html
Allen Gimbel, BM 1978; Associate Professor of Music (retired), Lawrence University; albex@macconnect.com; 307 West 105th Street, Apt. 1B, New York, NY 10025
Jeffery L. Briggs, BM 1979; President, CEO, FIRAXIS Games
1960
Robert Washburn, 87 State Highway 72, Potsdam, NY 13676 washburb@potsdam.edu, website: http://www2.potsdam.edu/washburb/David Bordon, MM 1962, BM 1961; Director, Digital Music Program, Department of Music, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4101, phone: 607-255-9922, FAX 607-254-2877; Lameduck Music/ P.O. Box 842/ Ithaca, NY 14851; website: www.mothermallard.cornell.edu/
Lee B. Burswold, PhD 1963; Professor of Music, North Park University, Chicago, IL; 832 Sylviawood Avenue, Park Ridge, IL 60068
Vincent Frohne, PhD 1963, MA 1959; Composer, Macomb, IL
Binns Melander, BM 1963; 11719 Jones Street, Auburn, CA 95603
Robert Christensen, MM 1964, BM 1962; Executive Director, Indian Hill Music Center, Littleton, MA; email: bob@indianhillmusic.org.
Joseph Henry, DMA 1965 (Conducting), MM 1953, BM 1952
David Russell Williams, PhD 1965; Emertitus at University of Memphis (Music Theorist)
William Schirmer, MM 1966; PhD, Ohio State University; Professor of Composition and Theory, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL 32211
Hilton Jones, MM 1968; Professor of Music, University of South Florida; website: home1.gte.net/hkjones/
1950
William E. Brandt, PhD 1950, MM, 1948; Professor Emeritus, Music, Washington State UniversityTruman Daniel Hayes, MM 1950; Professor Emertius, Music Department, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI
James A. Frankus, MM 1951, BM 1950; Retired
James J. Wright, PhD 1951; West Chester University (PA), Chairman of the Department of Theory and Composition, Dean of the School of Music (retired 1979)
Anthony Taffs, MM 1952, Professor Emeritus, Albion College (Michigan)
Walter S. Hartley, PhD 1953, MM 1951, BM 1950; Professor Emeritus/Composer in Residence, SUNY College, Fredonia, NY; website: www.walterhartley.com
Will Gay Bottje, DMA 1955; Retired; 12871 Lakeshore Drive, Grand Haven MI 49417
Eugene J. Ulrich, PhD 1955, MM 1949; Emeritus, Phillips University in Enid; 1820 E. 2nd Street, Grand Chain IL 62941
Roger Durham Hannay, PhD 1956; Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 609 Morgan Creek Road, Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514, phone : 919-929-2718
Neil McKay, PhD 1956, MA 1955; Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii; website: neilmckaymusic.com
Alan W.(Buz) Kohan, MM 1956, BM 1955; Worked in variety television for close to 40 years; email: albuzko@aol.com
Richard B. Lane, MM1956, BM 1955; Composer/Private Teacher; 173 Lexington Ave., Paterson, NJ 07502, 973-942-7483
John Schlenck, BM 1957; 34 West 71st Street, New York, NY 10023, phone: 212-877-4730; email: JSchlenck@aol.com
Dean G. Blair, MM 1958; Professor Emeritus, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
John W. Pozdro, PhD 1958; Professor Emeritus, (retired 1992) and former Chairman of Music Theory and Composition , University of Kansas, Lawrence
1940
Margaret Vardell Sandresky, MM 1944; Professor of Theory and Composition, Emerita, Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; email: ClemSand@aol.comAlan J. Cope, MM 1946; 111 East Avenue, #801, Rochester, NY 14604
Arthur Frackenpohl, MA 1947; Professor Emeritus, Crane School of Music, SUNY Postdam, 13 Hillcrest Drive, Potsdam NY 13676-2106; email: mfrack@northnet.org
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