The ECMS Faculty
Our faculty is comprised of 50 instructors and approximately 65 interns. Community Music School instructors are professional artist-educators who are Western New York's most sought after teachers and performers. Community Music School interns are Eastman School of Music students or recent graduates and are among the best and brightest young performers in the world. In addition to instructors and interns, some members of the Eastman School of Music collegiate faculty also offer lessons through the Community Music School; some set their own fee.
Preschool and Elementary School
Donna Brink Fox ** - Chair
Adam Foley - Coordinator, Theory in Motion
Patricia Gingras - Coordinator, Early Childhood
Instructors
Liz Hanan
Interns
Elise Bond
Michael Hanley
Alexander Pena
Hannah Picasso-Hobin
Emeric Viani
Adult and Continuing Education
Marcia Bornhurst Parkes, Chair, New Horizons Band
Instructors
Janneke Hoogland, cello
Jennifer Horn, flute choir
Mike Leavitt, New Horizons BandAlan Woy, clarinet choir
Interns
Catherine Branch, flute
Andrew Brown, clarinet
Whitney Cairns, New Horizons Chorus
Adam Cordle, beginning orchestra
Sean Connors, percussion
Georgos Kouritas, New Horizons Orchestra
Andrew Liebermann, saxophone, saxophone ensemble
T.J. Ricer, low brass
Ashlea Strouse, trumpet
"Agah" Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
Music Theory
Margaret Henry - Chair, theory
Interns
Carl Heuckendorf
Stefan Love
Baljinder Sekhon
Daphne Tan
Music History
Intern
Jennifer Ronyak
World Music
Insturcor
Glenn West
Jazz Studies
Bob Sneider - Chair, guitar**
Instructors
Jeff Campbell, bass**
Jose Encarnacion, saxophone, Latin jazzPaul Hofmann, piano, composition, history
Mike Kaupa, trumpet
Howard Potter, jazz mallets; Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra
Rich Thompson, drums**
Bill Tiberio, Summer Middle School Jazz
Interns
David Baron, bass
Ben Bishop, guitar
William Cleary, saxophone
Freddy Colon, conga, timbales, bongos
Mark Filsinger, Junior High Jazz Ensemble
Nick Finzer, trombone
Michael Frederick, guitar
Jeff McLeod, piano
Jeff Ostroski, trumpet
Doug Stone, saxophone
Michael VanBebber, trumpet
Christopher Ziemba, piano
Piano, Keyboard, and Organ
Alla Kuznetsov - Chair**
Instructors
Patricia Hanson
Stephen Kennedy, organ
Irina Lupines
Marylynn Miller
Nobuko Moriwaki
Matthew Robey
Howard Spindler
Harriet Zimmerman**
Interns
Clara Yang
Strings, Harp, and Guitar
Petar Kodzas - Co-Chair, guitar
Jeremy Zhu, Co-Chair, violin
Instructors
Marc Anderson, viola
Lynn Blakeslee, violin**
Rebeca Boyd, violin
Mitzie Collins, hammered dulcimer
Rosemary Elliott, cello**
John Fetter, violin**
Diego Garcia, celloKathleen Murphy Kemp, cello**
Lars Kirvan, cello
Melissa Matson, viola**
Gaelen McCormick, bass*
Janet Milnes, violin*
Nan Gullo Richmond, harp
Elizabeth Seka, viola*
Karine Stone, ensembles*
Lee Wilkins, violin**Keiko Ying, cello
Interns
Eric Carlin, guitar
Elise Hughey, cello
John Irrera, violin
Sophia Lee, violin
Eric Polenik, bass*
Elizabeth Ristow, viola"Agah" Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, violin
Voice
Jane Gunter McCoy - Chair
Instructors
Katherine Ciesinski**
Andrea Folan
Carrol Frangipane
Cecile Saine
Derrick Smith
Karie Schroer Templeton, Children’s Chorus and Chamber Singers
William Weinert, Eastman-Rochester Chorus**
Interns
Katie Hannigan
Jason Holmes, Young Children's Chorus
Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion
Ruth Cahn - Chair, percussion**
Instructors
Jan Angus, flute*
Charles Bailey, bassoon*Lauren Becker, horn
Nancy Boone, saxophone
Jennifer Burch, horn**
Andrew Chappell, trombone*
Sophia Goluses, horn
Ken Grant clarinet**
Sophia Gibbs Kim, flute
Chien-Kwan Lin, saxophone**
Wesley Nance, trumpet*Herb Smith, trumpet*
W. Craig Sutherland, tuba*
Bill Tiberio, Chamber WindsAlan Woy, clarinet
Interns
Euridice Alvarez, oboe
Megan Boutin, trombone
Andrew Brown, clarinet
Freddy Colon, conga, timbales, bongosCarmen Lemoine, flute
Andrew Liebermann, saxophone
Brett Long, trumpetT.J. Ricer, tuba
Christopher Teal, drum set
* Member, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
** Eastman Collegiate Faculty