High School Division Faculty
Summer Music Academy faculty consist of current Ithaca College faculty, top music educators from across the country, and renowned guest artists. Additional faculty and guest artists will be announced periodically.
Conductors
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Director of Orchestras, Ithaca College; Artistic Director, St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic (Russia); DMA in Piano Performance, SUNY Stony Brook |
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Music Director, Norwalk Symphony Orchestra (CT); Graduate Diploma, The Juilliard School; MM, State University of New York; BA, Harvard University |
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Stephen Peterson, Wind Ensemble Director of Bands, Ithaca College; Future President, College Band Directors National Association; DMA, Northwestern University |
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Director of Bands, West Genesee High School; BM, SUNY Fredonia; MM, University of Colorado at Boulder |
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Director of Choirs, East Brunswick High School; MM in Choral Conducting, Ithaca College. |
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Director of Jazz Studies, Ithaca College; BM, Performer's Certificate, and MM, Eastman School of Music |
Winds
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Professor of Bassoon, Ithaca College; D.M.A., Michigan State University; M.M., Southern Methodist University; B.M., University of North Texas |
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Professor of Flute, Ithaca College; DMA, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MM, Michigan State University; BME, University of Nebraska |
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DMA Candidate and MM, Manhattan School of Music; BM, Ithaca College |
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Professor of Clarinet, Ithaca College; Founder and Member, Ensemble X; DMA, SUNY Stony Brook; M.M., Michigan State University; B.M., Ithaca College |
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Allison Dromgold Adams, Saxophone DMA Candidate, Arizona State University; MM, University of Minnesota; BM, Ithaca College |
Brass & Percussion
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Professor of Horn, Ithaca College; Founding Member of Rhythm & Brass; MM, Southern Methodist University; BM, Eastman School of Music |
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Trumpet Professor and Chair of Performance Studies, Ithaca College; DM, Indiana University; MM, Catholic University of America; BM, Indiana University |
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DMA Candidate, Eastman School of Music; MM, Eastman School of Music; BM, Ithaca College |
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Music Director, Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School of Ithaca; MM, Ithaca College; BM, Northwestern University |
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Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, Ithaca College; DMA, University of Colorado at Boulder; MM, Royal Northern College of Music; BM, Penn State |
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Professor of Percussion, Ithaca College; Internationally acclaimed marimba performer and composer; B.M. and M.M., Eastman School of Music |
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Greg Evans, Percussion/Drumset Lecturer in Percussion and Jazz Studies, Ithaca College; MM, Ithaca College; BM, Manhattan School of Music |
Strings
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Violinist, Virginia Symphony Orchestra; Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University; BM and MM, Ithaca College |
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Professor of Orchestral Instrument, China Conservatory of Music; Executive Member, Council of Korean Musicians and Music Studies |
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Managing Director, Wet Ink Ensemble; founding member, Mivos Quartet; MM, Manhattan School of Music; BM, Ithaca College |
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Professor of Violin, Ithaca College; Founding Member of Cavani String Quartet; Internationally acclaimed clinician; MM, Eastman School of Music |
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DMA, University of Maryland; MM, University of Maryland; BM, Ithaca College |
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Professor of Cello, China Conservatory; Assistant Dean, Oberlin Conservatory |
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Lecturer, Ithaca College; DMA and MM, Stony Brook University; BM and Performer's Certificate, Eastman School of Music |
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Professor of Double Bass & Director of Orchestral Instruments Department, China Conservatory; President of Chinese Society of Double Bassists |
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Anthony Pinelli, Jr., Double Bass Orchestra Director, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York; M.M. Stony Brook University; B.M., Ithaca College |
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Associate Professor of Double Bass, Ithaca College; DMA, Stony Brook University; BM, Rice University |
Piano & Guitar
Voice
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Brad Hougham, Voice; Program Coordinator Assistant Professor of Voice, Ithaca College; DMA, Rutgers University; Professional Studies Diploma, Mannes School of Music; MM, Queens College |
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Internationally renowned soprano; Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia, PA; MM, Indiana University; BM, Ithaca College |
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Internationally renowned soprano; MM Manhattan School of Music; BM, University of Michigan |
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Deborah Montgomery-Cove, Voice Professor of Voice, Ithaca College; Doctoral Studies, MM, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; BM, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
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Professor of Voice, Ithaca College; MM, New England Conservatory of Music; MA, Tufts University; BA, Bryn Mawr College |
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Assistant Professor of Voice, Ithaca College; DMA Candidate, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; BM and MM, Ithaca College |
Electives
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Music Director for Musical Theatre Program, Ithaca College; MM, Arizona State University; BME, Hartt School of Music |
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Assistant Professor, Music Theory, History, and Composition, Ithaca College; Ph.D., University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana |
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Lecturer in Acting, Ithaca College; BFA in Acting, Ithaca College |
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Sally Lamb McCune, Composition Lecturer in Composition, Ithaca College; MFA and DMA, Cornell University |
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Timothy Nord, Music Technology Associate Professor of Music Technology, Ithaca College; PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MM, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; BS, Portland State |
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Kailey Pulos, Voice/Resident Assistant MM Candidate and Graduate Assistant, Ithaca College; BM, Nazareth College of Rochester |
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BM and MM, Ithaca College |
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Professor of Music Theory, History, and Composition, Ithaca College; PhD, Eastman School of Music |
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Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Ithaca College; M.A. and Ph.D., Eastman School of Music; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory. |















































