Faculty

More than 130 highly regarded performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators make up the Eastman faculty: Pulitzer Prize-winners, Grammy winners, Guggenheim Fellows, ASCAP Award recipients, published authors, recording artists, and acclaimed musicians who have performed in the world’s greatest concert halls. Eastman’s full-time, resident faculty members know their students personally, becoming mentors to them and forging lifelong friendships.

By Department
Alphabetical

Chamber Music
Composition
Conducting & Ensembles
Humanities
Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media
Music Education
Musicology
Organ & Historical Keyboards
Piano
Strings, Harp, & Guitar
Theory
Voice & Opera
Woodwinds, Brass, & Percussion

Chamber Music

Barr, Jean M.
Professor of Accompanying and Chamber Music; Director, Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music Degree Program

Beaudette, Sylvie
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music & Accompanying; Director of Summer@Eastman; Artistic Director, Women in Music Festival; French Diction and French Lyric Diction; Chamber Music & Accompanying

Freer, Elinor
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music, part time; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Piano

Harrow, Anne Lindblom
Assistant Professor of Flute & Piccolo, part-time; Coordinator, Woodwind Chamber Music; Supervisor, Applied Woodwind Studio TAs

Hwang, Margery
Assistant Professor of String Chamber Music, part time

Kellogg, Mark
Associate Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music; Coordinator, Brass Chamber Music Program; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz and Contemporary Media

Kodzas, Petar
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music, part-time; Community Outreach Program Coordinator (Music For All); ECMS Senior Instructor in Guitar

Ninomiya, Ayano
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music and Violin; Associate Professor of Violin

Prosser, Douglas
Associate Professor of Trumpet and Brass Chamber Music, part time; Supervisor, Applied Brass Studio TAs

Ying, Janet
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music

Ying, Phillip
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music; Associate Professor of Viola; Chair, Chamber Music Department

Ying, David
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music; Associate Professor of Violoncello

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Composition

Liptak, David
Professor of Composition; (Spring 2012 academic leave)

Morris, Robert D.
Professor of Composition; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology and Music Theory; (2011-12 academic year leave)

Sanchez-Gutierrez, Carlos
Associate Professor of Composition

Schindler, Allan
Professor of Composition; Director, Eastman Computer Music Center

Zohn-Muldoon, Ricardo
Associate Professor of Composition; Chair, Composition Department

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Conducting & Ensembles

Hunsberger, Donald
Professor Emeritus of Conducting and Ensembles

Lowry, Douglas
Joan and Martin Messinger Dean of the Eastman School of Music; Professor of Conducting and Ensembles

Lubman, Brad
Associate Professor of Conducting & Ensembles; Director, Eastman Musica Nova; (Fall 2011 academic leave)

O'Dette, Paul
Professor of Lute; Professor of Conducting & Ensembles; Director, Collegium Musicum; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology

Scatterday, Mark Davis
Professor of Conducting and Ensembles; Conductor, Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Wind Orchestra; Chair, Conducting and Ensembles Department

Silvey, Philip
Assistant Professor of Music Education (Choral Music)

Thielmann, Christel
Assistant Professor of Conducting and Ensembles, part-time

Varon, Neil
Professor of Conducting & Ensembles; Conductor, Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, and Eastman Chamber Orchestra

Weinert, William
Professor of Conducting and Ensembles; Director, Choral Activities

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Humanities

Baldo, Jonathan
Associate Professor of English

Bellina, Elena
Assistant Professor of Italian

Couderc, Valerie
Instructor of French, part-time

Curren, Christina
Assistant Professor of German Lyric Diction and Vocal Coach, part time

Durkin, Lucy Winters
Instructor in Visual Arts (part-time)

Falli, Caterina
Associate Professor of English as a Second Language (ESL); Director, ESL Program and Eastman Writing Center

Kurau, Pamela
Assistant Professor of English Lyric Diction, part time; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Voice

Mackin, Glenn
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Malett, Kristina Becker
Instructor of German, part-time

McHugh Piskáčková, Ernestine
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Religion; Associate Professor of Anthropology, The College; Senior Instructor in Community and Preventive Medicine, The Medical School; (2011-12 academic year leave)

Pedersen, Jean
Associate Professor of History

Remmel, Rachel
Assistant Professor of American Studies; (2011-12 academic year leave)

Scheie, Timothy
Associate Professor of French; (Spring 2012 academic leave)

Steingröver, Reinhild
Associate Professor of German; Chair, Humanities Department

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Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media

Azzara, Christopher D.
Professor of Music Education; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media ; Chair, Music Education Department

Campbell, Jeffrey
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Jazz Double Bass and in Jazz Combo & Improvisation; Chair, Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media

Caramia, Tony
Professor of Piano; Director, Piano Pedagogy Studies; Coordinator, Class Piano Program; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media

Danko, Harold
Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media; Director, Jazz Performance Workshops; (Fall 2011 academic leave)

Dobbins, Bill
Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Conductor, Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Eastman Studio Orchestra; Coordinator, Jazz Composition and Arranging Program

Jenkins, Clay
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Trumpet

Kellogg, Mark
Associate Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music; Coordinator, Brass Chamber Music Program; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz and Contemporary Media

Pillow, Charles
Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone

Potter, Howard
Associate Dean for Community and Continuing Education; Director of the Eastman Community Music School; Collegiate and ECMS Instructor in Jazz Mallets; Director and Founder, Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra

Rivello, Dave
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, part-time; Director, New Jazz Ensemble

Sneider, Bob
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, part time; ECMS Senior Instructor of Jazz Guitar

Terefenko, Dariusz
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Affiliate Faculty, Music Theory; (Spring 2012 academic leave)

Thompson, Rich
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media, part time; Director, Jazz Lab Ensemble; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Jazz Drumset

Wason, Robert W.
Professor of Music Theory; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media

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Music Education

Azzara, Christopher D.
Professor of Music Education; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media ; Chair, Music Education Department

Fetter, John
Assistant Professor of Music Education; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violin

Fox, Donna Brink
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs; Eisenhart Professor of Music Education; Director, ECMS Early Childhood Music Program

Grunow, Richard F.
Professor of Music Education

Liperote, Kathy
Assistant Professor of Music Education, part time

McClure, Glenn
Instructor of Music Education, part time

Richards, Wade
Instructor of Music Education, part time

Silvey, Philip
Assistant Professor of Music Education (Choral Music)

Stanley, Ann Marie
Assistant Professor of Music Education

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Musicology

Anderson, Michael Alan
Assistant Professor of Musicology

Applegate, Celia
Affiliate Faculty, Musicology Department, The College, University of Rochester

Bazler, Corbett
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Assistant Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Esse, Melina
Associate Professor of Musicology

Freitas, Roger
Associate Professor of Musicology; Faculty associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies

Jakelski, Lisa
Assistant Professor of Musicology

Koskoff, Ellen
Professor of Ethnomusicology; Director, World Music Certificate and Ethnomusicology Diploma Program

Kowalke, Kim H.
Professor of Musicology; Professor of Music, The Richard L. Turner Professor of Humanities,The College, University of Rochester

Kyker, Jennifer
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Assistant Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester; Music of Sub-Saharan Africa, Zimbabwe, popular music

Locke, Ralph P.
Professor of Musicology; (Spring 2012 academic leave)

Macey, Patrick
Professor of Musicology; Chair, Musicology Department

Mann, Alfred
Professor Emeritus of Musicology

Meconi, Honey
Susan B. Anthony Professor of Gender and Women's Studies; Professor of Musicology; Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester; Director, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies

Morris, Robert D.
Professor of Composition; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology and Music Theory; (2011-12 academic year leave)

O'Dette, Paul
Professor of Lute; Professor of Conducting & Ensembles; Director, Collegium Musicum; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology

Snyder, Kerala Johnson
Professor Emerita of Musicology

Suadin, I Nyoman
Visiting Associate Professor of Gamelan, part time; Director of Gamelan

Thym, Jurgen
Professor Emeritus of Musicology (fall courses)

Watkins, Holly
Associate Professor of Musicology

West, Glenn A.
Instructor of Ethnomusicology, part-time; Director of Mbira Ensemble; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Mbira

Wheelock, Gretchen A.
Professor Emerita of Musicology

Zager, Daniel
Associate Dean of Sibley Music Library; Associate Professor of Musicology; Affiliate Faculty, Organ and Historical Keyboards

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Organ & Historical Keyboards

Bezuidenhout, Kristian
Instructor of Historical Keyboards, part-time

Davidsson, Hans
Professor of Organ; Project Director, Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI); Affiliate Faculty, Musicology Department

Davidsson, Ulrika
Assistant Professor of Organ and Historical Keyboards, part time

DuBois, Peter
Assistant Professor of Sacred Music, part time; Director, Sacred Music Diploma Program

Higgs, David
Professor of Organ; Chair, Organ and Historical Keyboards Department

Kennedy, Stephen
Instructor of Sacred Music, part time; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Organ

Porter, William
Professor of Harpsichord and Organ, part-time

Zager, Daniel
Associate Dean of Sibley Music Library; Associate Professor of Musicology; Affiliate Faculty, Organ and Historical Keyboards

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Piano

Antonova, Natalya
Professor of Piano

Barr, Jean M.
Professor of Accompanying and Chamber Music; Director, Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music Degree Program

Caramia, Tony
Professor of Piano; Director, Piano Pedagogy Studies; Coordinator, Class Piano Program; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media

Elisi, Enrico
Associate Professor of Piano

Humpherys, Douglas
Professor of Piano; Chair, Piano Department; Director, Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition and Festival; ECMS Collegiate Professor in Piano

Lenti, Vincent
Lecturer in Piano; Coordinator, Primary and Secondary Piano Studies; Eastman School Historian

Penneys, Rebecca
Professor of Piano

Schumacher, Thomas
Professor Emeritus of Piano

Snyder, Barry
Professor of Piano

True, Nelita
Professor of Piano

Zimmerman, Harriet
Assistant Professor of Piano, part time; ECMS Senior Instructor in Piano

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Strings, Harp, & Guitar

Athayde, Juliana
Assistant Professor of Violin and Undergraduate Orchestral Repertory (Violin), part-time

Blakeslee, Lynn
Professor of Violin; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violin

Brickman, David
Associate Professor of Graduate Orchestral Repertory (Violin), part time

Bride, Kathleen
Professor of Harp

Castleman, Charles
Professor of Violin

Doane, Steven
Professor of Violoncello

Elliott, Rosemary
Assistant Professor of Violoncello, part-time; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violoncello

Goluses, Nicholas
Professor of Guitar

Graham, John
Professor Emeritus of Viola

Harris, Alan
Distinguished Professor of Violoncello; Co-Chair, Strings, Harp, and Guitar Department

Kemp, Kathleen
Associate Professor of Orchestral Repertory (Violoncello), part time; Coordinator of Orchestral Studies Diploma program; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violoncello

Kopelman, Mikhail
Professor of Violin

Krysa, Oleh
Professor of Violin

Matson, Melissa
Associate Professor of Orchestral Repertory (Viola), part time; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Viola

Ninomiya, Ayano
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music and Violin; Associate Professor of Violin

O'Dette, Paul
Professor of Lute; Professor of Conducting & Ensembles; Director, Collegium Musicum; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology

Rodland, Carol
Associate Professor of Viola

Taylor, George
Associate Professor of Viola

VanDemark, James
Professor of Double Bass; Co-Chair, Strings, Harp, and Guitar Department

Ying, Janet
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music

Ying, Phillip
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music; Associate Professor of Viola; Chair, Chamber Music Department

Ying, David
Associate Professor of String Chamber Music; Associate Professor of Violoncello

Zeitlin, Zvi
Distinguished Professor of Violin

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Theory

BaileyShea, Matthew
Associate Professor of Music Theory; Associate Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Bocko, Mark
Affiliate Faculty, Music Theory Department; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Science, The College, University of Rochester

Brown, Matthew
Professor of Music Theory

Covach, John
Professor of Music Theory; Chair, the College Music Department; Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Dunsby, Jonathan
Professor of Music Theory; Chair, Music Theory Department

Frank, Bruce
Instructor of Music Theory; Instructor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Greitzer, Mary
Assistant Professor of Music Theory, 2010-12

Guerrero, Jeannie
Associate Professor of Music Theory; (2011-2012 academic year leave)

Hasegawa, Robert
Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Headlam, David
Professor of Music Theory; Administrator, Multimedia Computing Lab; Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The College, University of Rochester

Laitz, Steven
Professor of Music Theory

Martins, José Oliveira
Assistant Professor of Music Theory; (2011-2012 academic year leave)

Marvin, William
Associate Professor of Music Theory

Marvin, Elizabeth West
Professor of Music Theory; Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The College, University of Rochester; (fall 2011 academic leave)

Monahan, Seth
Assistant Professor of Music Theory

Morris, Robert D.
Professor of Composition; Affiliate Faculty, Musicology and Music Theory; (2011-12 academic year leave)

Rolf, Marie
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies; Professor of Music Theory

Temperley, David
Associate Professor of Music Theory

Terefenko, Dariusz
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Affiliate Faculty, Music Theory; (Spring 2012 academic leave)

Wason, Robert W.
Professor of Music Theory; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media

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Voice & Opera

Ciesinski, Katherine
Professor of Voice; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Voice

Cowdrick, Kathryn
Associate Professor of Voice

Curren, Christina
Assistant Professor of German Lyric Diction and Vocal Coach, part time

d'Amato, Alison
Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching, part time

Daigle, Steven
Professor of Opera; Chair, Voice and Opera Department; Head of Eastman Opera Program; Dramatic Director, Eastman Opera Theatre

Hess, Benton
Distinguished Professor of Voice; Senior Vocal Coach; Music Director, Eastman Opera Theatre

McConnell, Michael
Assistant Professor of Opera

McIver, Robert
Professor of Voice; Supervisor, Applied Voice Studio TAs

Miller, Russell
Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching and Repertoire

Opalach, Jan
Assistant Professor of Voice

Shane, Rita
Professor of Voice

Swensen, Robert
Associate Professor of Voice

Webber, Carol
Professor of Voice

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Woodwinds, Brass, & Percussion

Beck, John
Professor Emeritus of Percussion (fall course)

Boyd, Bonita
Professor of Flute

Burch, Jennifer
Assistant Professor of Horn, part time

Burgess, Geoffrey
Instructor of Baroque Oboe, part-time

Burritt, Michael
Professor of Percussion

Cahn, William
Associate Professor of Percussion, part-time

Grant, Kenneth
Associate Professor of Clarinet; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Clarinet

Harrow, Anne Lindblom
Assistant Professor of Flute & Piccolo, part-time; Coordinator, Woodwind Chamber Music; Supervisor, Applied Woodwind Studio TAs

Harry, Don
Associate Professor of Tuba

Hunt, John
Professor of Bassoon; Chair, Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion Department

Kellogg, Mark
Associate Professor of Euphonium, Trombone, and Brass Chamber Music; Coordinator, Brass Chamber Music Program; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz and Contemporary Media

Killmer, Richard
Professor of Oboe

Kurau, W. Peter
Professor of Horn

Lin, Chien-Kwan
Assistant Professor of Saxophone; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Saxophone

Manasse, Jon
Associate Professor of Clarinet

Marcellus, John
Professor of Trombone

Nissly, Jacob
Instructor of Percussion, part-time

Prosser, Douglas
Associate Professor of Trumpet and Brass Chamber Music, part time; Supervisor, Applied Brass Studio TAs

Ricker, Ramon
Senior Associate Dean for Professional Studies; Director, Institute for Music Leadership; Professor of Saxophone; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media

Ross, Charles
Assistant Professor of Timpani, part time

Rossi, Jamal
Executive Associate Dean; Professor of Woodwinds

Thompson, James
Professor of Trumpet

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Anderson, Michael Alan
Assistant Professor of Musicology

Antonova, Natalya
Professor of Piano

Applegate, Celia
Affiliate Faculty, Musicology Department, The College, University of Rochester

Athayde, Juliana
Assistant Professor of Violin and Undergraduate Orchestral Repertory (Violin), part-time

Azzara, Christopher D.
Professor of Music Education; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media ; Chair, Music Education Department

BaileyShea, Matthew
Associate Professor of Music Theory; Associate Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Baldo, Jonathan
Associate Professor of English

Barr, Jean M.
Professor of Accompanying and Chamber Music; Director, Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music Degree Program

Bazler, Corbett
Assistant Professor of Musicology; Assistant Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Beck, John
Professor Emeritus of Percussion (fall course)

Bellina, Elena
Assistant Professor of Italian

Bezuidenhout, Kristian
Instructor of Historical Keyboards, part-time

Blakeslee, Lynn
Professor of Violin; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violin

Bocko, Mark
Affiliate Faculty, Music Theory Department; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Science, The College, University of Rochester

Boyd, Bonita
Professor of Flute

Brickman, David
Associate Professor of Graduate Orchestral Repertory (Violin), part time

Bride, Kathleen
Professor of Harp

Brown, Matthew
Professor of Music Theory

Burch, Jennifer
Assistant Professor of Horn, part time

Burgess, Geoffrey
Instructor of Baroque Oboe, part-time

Burritt, Michael
Professor of Percussion

Cahn, William
Associate Professor of Percussion, part-time

Cahn, Ruth
ECMS Senior Instructor in Percussion; Director, ESM Summer Session

Campbell, Jeffrey
Associate Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Jazz Double Bass and in Jazz Combo & Improvisation; Chair, Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media

Caramia, Tony
Professor of Piano; Director, Piano Pedagogy Studies; Coordinator, Class Piano Program; Affiliate Faculty, Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media

Castleman, Charles
Professor of Violin

Ciesinski, Katherine
Professor of Voice; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Voice

Conrod, Derek
Visiting Instructor of Natural Horn, part-time

Couderc, Valerie
Instructor of French, part-time

Covach, John
Professor of Music Theory; Chair, the College Music Department; Professor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Cowdrick, Kathryn
Associate Professor of Voice

Curlee, J. Matthew
Instructor of Music Theory, part-time

Curren, Christina
Assistant Professor of German Lyric Diction and Vocal Coach, part time

d'Amato, Alison
Assistant Professor of Vocal Coaching, part time

Daigle, Steven
Professor of Opera; Chair, Voice and Opera Department; Head of Eastman Opera Program; Dramatic Director, Eastman Opera Theatre

Danko, Harold
Professor of Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media; Director, Jazz Performance Workshops; (Fall 2011 academic leave)

Davidsson, Hans
Professor of Organ; Project Director, Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI); Affiliate Faculty, Musicology Department

Davidsson, Ulrika
Assistant Professor of Organ and Historical Keyboards, part time

Doane, Steven
Professor of Violoncello

Dobbins, Bill
Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media; Conductor, Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Eastman Studio Orchestra; Coordinator, Jazz Composition and Arranging Program

DuBois, Peter
Assistant Professor of Sacred Music, part time; Director, Sacred Music Diploma Program

Dunsby, Jonathan
Professor of Music Theory; Chair, Music Theory Department

Durkin, Lucy Winters
Instructor in Visual Arts (part-time)

Elisi, Enrico
Associate Professor of Piano

Elliott, Rosemary
Assistant Professor of Violoncello, part-time; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violoncello

Esse, Melina
Associate Professor of Musicology

Falli, Caterina
Associate Professor of English as a Second Language (ESL); Director, ESL Program and Eastman Writing Center

Fetter, John
Assistant Professor of Music Education; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Violin

Fox, Donna Brink
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs; Eisenhart Professor of Music Education; Director, ECMS Early Childhood Music Program

Frank, Bruce
Instructor of Music Theory; Instructor of Music, The College, University of Rochester

Freer, Elinor
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music, part time; ECMS Collegiate Instructor in Piano

Freitas, Roger
Associate Professor of Musicology; Faculty associate, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies

Goluses, Nicholas
Professor of Guitar

Gourfinkel, Anna
Assistant Professor of Accompanying