Music Faculty
The Music Program faculty includes many musicians and
historians who are preeminent in their particular discipline.
College President Leon Botstein, Leon Levy Professor in the Arts and Humanities, is conductor and music director of the American
Symphony Orchestra and conductor laureate of the Jerusalem
Symphony Orchestra, as well as a prominent music historian
and editor of The Musical Quarterly. Both Joan Tower, a four-time Grammy Award winner and member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and George Tsontakis have received the coveted Grawemeyer Award for composition.
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Other luminaries on the faculty include James Bagwell, one of the leading choral conductors in the United States; tenor Rufus Müller, whose unique interpretation of the role of the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions has confirmed him as one of the world’s most sought-after classical vocalists; Kyle Gann, a composer whose critical essays on new music for the Village Voice and other publications have greatly increased its visibility and acceptance; cellist Luis Garcia-Renart, who studied with Pablo Casals; jazz percussionist and bandleader Thurman Barker; and Marka Gustavsson of the Colorado Quartet.Music Program faculty includes:
- James Bagwell (chair): choral conducting and history
http://www.jamesbagwell.com/ - Thurman Barker: jazz percussion and composition
http://www.upteeproductions.com/ - Robert Bielecki: electronic music
- Alexander Bonus: music theory & history, early music
- Leon Botstein: music history
- Teresa Buchholz: visiting artist in residence - voice
http://www.teresabuchholz.com/ - Michael Bukhman: piano, aural skills (Conservatory)
http://www.michaelbukhman.com/ - John Esposito: jazz piano, theory and composition
http://www.sunjumprecords.com/ - Kyle Gann: music history and composition
http://www.kylegann.com/ - Luis Garcia-Renart: cello and chamber music
- Christopher H. Gibbs: music history
- Marka Gustavsson: violin, viola, and chamber music
- Tomie Hahn: Visiting Artist in Residence, ethnomusicology
http://www.arts.rpi.edu/~hahnt/ - Erica Kiesewetter: violin
- Peter Laki: music history
- Erica Lindsay: jazz saxophone and composition
- Ilka LoMonaco: voice
- Blair McMillen: piano and chamber music
http://www.blairmcmillen.com/ - Rufus Müller: voice
http://www.rufusmuller.com/ - Marina Rosenfeld : electronic music
- Erika Switzer - vocal diction and ear training
http://erikaswitzer.ca/ - Richard Teitelbaum: electronic music
- Joan Tower: composition
- George Tsontakis: composition
Staff
- David Arner - piano (jazz, classical and improvisation)
http://www.davidarner.com/wp/ - Ira Coleman - jazz bass
http://www.iracoleman.com/ - Kenny Davis - jazz bass
- Mike DiMicco - jazz guitar
http://www.mikedemicco.com/home.htm - Greg Dinger - classical guitar
- Daniel Fishkin - Serge modular synthesizer
- James Fitzwilliam - coach and accompanist
- Laura Flax - clarinet
- Miguel Frasconi - electronic music
- Otto (Richard) Gardner - bass
- Greg Glassman - jazz trumpet
http://www.gregglassman.com/ - Stephen Hammer - oboe and recorder
- Ryan Kamm - classical bass
- Geoff McDonald - conductor Bard College orchestra
- Garfield Moore - cello
- Peter O'Brien - jazz drums
- Sakiko Ohashi - piano
- Pamela Pentony - voice (jazz)
- Elisabeth Romano - bassoon
- Pat Spencer - flute
- John Thomas, classical trumpet
- Carlos Valdez - Latin jazz percussion
- Bruce Williams - jazz saxophone and flute