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Classical: Brass | Classical Guitar | Ensembles | Percussion | Piano | Strings | Woodwinds | Composition (Classical) | Voice and Opera Studies

Jazz: Jazz Studies

Music and Technology: Studio Composition | Studio Production

Academic Studies: Music History, Theory, Solfège, and Keyboard Studies

Faculty Emeriti


Classical

Department Chair

  • Mina Kim, Chair of Classical Instrumental Studies and Director of Purchase Symphony Orchestra

    Mina Kim

    Assistant Professor
    Orchestra Director
    • BM, Busan National University
    • MM, Artist Diploma, Purchase College, SUNY
    • Professional Studies Diploma, Mannes College, The New School for Music
    mina.kim@purchase.edu

 Brass

Program Head

Faculty


 Classical Guitar

Program Head


 Ensembles

Faculty

  • David Recca

    Lecturer (Part-time)
    Chorus Director
    • MusB, Performers Certificate, Purchase College, SUNY
    • MM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
    • MMA, Yale University
    • DMA, Yale University
    david.recca@purchase.edu

 Percussion

Program Head


 Piano

Program Head

Faculty

  • Stephen Buck, Pianist and Visiting Assistant Professor

    Stephen Buck

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
    Head of Music History, Theory, Solfège, and Keyboard Studies
    • BA, Johns Hopkins University
    • MM, University of Michigan
    • MMA, DMA, Yale University
    stephen.buck@purchase.edu
  • Pianist Vanessa Perez

    Vanessa Perez

    Lecturer of Music, Piano (Part-time)

    Yale University - Performance certificate 
     Imola, Italy Accademia Pianistica Incontri Col Maestro
     Royal Academy of Music, London, England. LRAM Teaching license, Professional Certificate with Honors

  • Jennifer Undercofler

    Associate Professor of Practice in Music
    Director, Conservatory of Music
    • BM, MM, The Juilliard School
    • DMA, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
    jennifer.undercofler@purchase.edu

 


 Strings

Faculty


 Woodwinds

Program Head

Faculty


 Program: Composition (Classical)

Program Head

Faculty


 Voice and Opera Studies

Program Head

Faculty


 Jazz Studies

Program Head

Faculty


 Studio Composition

Program Head

Faculty


 Studio Production

Program Head

Faculty


 Music History, Theory, Solfège, and Keyboard Studies

Program Head

  • Stephen Buck, Pianist and Visiting Assistant Professor

    Stephen Buck

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
    Head of Music History, Theory, Solfège, and Keyboard Studies
    • BA, Johns Hopkins University
    • MM, University of Michigan
    • MMA, DMA, Yale University
    stephen.buck@purchase.edu

Faculty


 Faculty Emeriti

  • Allyson Bellink

    Associate Professor Emerita of Music
    • BM, Manhattan School of Music
    • MM, Purchase College, SUNY
    allyson.bellink@purchase.edu
  • Todd Coolman Headshot Photo by John Abbott

    Todd Coolman

    Professor Emeritus of Music, Acoustic Bass
    • BM, Indiana University
    • MM, Manhattan School of Music
    • PhD, New York University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    • SUNY Research Foundation Award Honoring Research and Scholarship in the Arts, 2006
  • Raymond Des Roches

    Raymond Des Roches

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BM, MM, Manhattan School of Music
  • Dominic Donato

    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BA, MM, Stony Brook University, SUNY
    • DMA, Manhattan School of Music
  • Joe Ferry

    Joe Ferry

    Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BS, Long Island University
    • MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
    • PhD, Kennedy-Western University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    joseph.ferry@purchase.edu
  • Robert Fertitta

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BA, Hunter College, City University of New York
    • MA, Queens College, City University of New York
    • Studied with Nadia Boulanger at L’Écoles d’Art Americaines de Fontainebleau
  • Hal Galper

    Lecturer Emeritus in Music, Piano
    • Diploma, Berklee College of Music
  • Frederic Hand

    Lecturer Emeritus in Music
    • BM, Mannes College of Music
    • Guitar studies with Leonid Bolotine, Julian Bream, Albert Valdes-Blain, and Jim Hall
  • Dennis Helmrich

    Dennis Helmrich

    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BM, MM, Yale University
  • Marianna Khazanova-Salzman

    Associate Professor Emerita of Music
    • Diploma, Moscow State Conservatory of Music
    • MPP, Gnesin Musical and Pedagogical Institute (Moscow)
  • Julia Lichten

    Julia Lichten

    Associate Professor Emerita of Music, Cello
    • BA, Harvard University
    • MM, New England Conservatory
    julia.lichten@purchase.edu
  • Steven Lubin

    Steven Lubin

    Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BA, Harvard University
    • MM, The Julliard School
    • PhD, New York University
  • Humbert Lucarelli

    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BM, Chicago Musical College, Roosevelt University
  • Donald MacCourt

    Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BA, San Francisco State College
    • MM, Manhattan School of Music
  • James McElwaine

    James McElwaine

    Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BM, University of North Texas
    • MM, Yale University
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
  • Sandra Miller

    Professor Emerita of Music
    • BM, Curtis Institute of Music
  • Doug Munro

    Professor Emeritus of Music, Guitar
    • BS, Westchester Conservatory/Mercy College
    • BSEd, SUNY Cortland
    • MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
  • Anthony Newman

    Professor Emeritus of Music
    • Diplome Superieure, l’Ecole Normale de Musique (Paris)
    • BS, Mannes College of Music
    • MA, Harvard University
    • DMA, Boston University
  • Paul Ostrovsky, Piano

    Paul Ostrovsky

    Professor Emeritus of Music, Piano
    • MM, Moscow State Conservatory of Music
    paul.ostrovsky@purchase.edu
  • David F. Ostwald

    David F. Ostwald

    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BA, Reed College
    • MFA, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Ted Piltzecker

    Ted Piltzecker

    Associate Professor Emeritus of Music
    • BM, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
    • MM, Manhattan School of Music
    ted.piltzecker@purchase.edu
  • Daphne Spottiswoode

    Associate Professor Emerita of Music
    • Scholarship studies, Royal Academy of Music (England)