Administration

Arthur Ostrander, dean.

  • Ph.D., M.M., Indiana University Bloomington; A.B., Bowdoin.
  • Formerly, faculty, Indiana University Bloomington.
  • Coauthor, Music Sources (Prentice-Hall, 1979) and Contemporary Choral Arranging (Prentice-Hall, 1986).
    ostrande@ithaca.edu

William Pelto, associate dean.
  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., San Francisco State University; B.A., Yale University.
  • American Council on Education Fellow (2004–5)
  • Music theory studies with Douglass Green, Stefan Kostka, Patrick McCreless.
  • Contributor, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Music Perception.
  • Author, articles on musical analysis and music theory pedagogy.
  • Member, College Music Society, Society for Music Theory, Music Theory Society of New York State.
    pelto@ithaca.edu
Townsend A. Plant, coordinator of music admission.
  • M.M., B.M., Ithaca College; A.S., Schenectady County Community College.
  • Formerly,director, Summer Music Festival & Institute, Hartwick College.
  • Formerly faculty, Mansfield University Summer Music Camps; Music Preparatory School, Schenectady County Community College.
  • Studies with Pablo Cohen, Joel Brown.
  • Master classes with Peter Segal, Sergio and Odair Assad, Manuel Barrueco.
  • 1st Prize, Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist Performance Competition.
  • Faculty, Ithaca Community School of Music and Arts
  • Member, Guitar Foundation of America, College Music Society, Pi Kappa Lambda.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Classical Guitar Society of Upstate New York
    tplant@ithaca.edu