The New York Association of College Music Programs (NYACMP) was founded in 1988.
The purpose of the Association is to advance the cause of music in higher education generally and to improve the quality and program of the music education system in New York through the promotion of cooperation between all colleges and universities and through the exercise of educational leadership.
Past Presidents
Thomas Tyra (1988-90)
Arthur Ostrander (1990-92)
James Stoltie (1992-94)
Gerald Hansen (1994-96)
Peter Schoenbach (1996-98)
James Hudson (1998-00)
Steve Zvengrowski (2000-02)
Alexander Dashnaw (2002-04)
Joseph Downing (2004-2006)
Ben King (2006-2008 )
William Meckley (2008-10)
Jamal Rossi (2010-2012)
Karl Boelter (2012-2014)
Brad Fuster (2014-2016)
Current President
Jennifer Miceli
(2016-present)
Annual Meetings
The NYACMP group meets three times annually:
- A day-long gathering on the campus of a member institution, (generally the second Saturday following Labor Day);
- A luncheon meeting following the second general session at the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) annual meeting;
- A breakfast meeting hosted by the Eastman School of Music on the Saturday morning of the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Winter Conference meeting.
A list of the annual September meetings follows:
|
Annual Meetings |
Campus |
Program |
Speakers |
|
1988 |
Ithaca College |
None |
None |
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1989 |
Schnectady County Community College |
Dennis Paul |
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1990 |
Hartwick College |
None |
None |
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1991 |
Houghton College |
Thomas Denney |
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1992 |
Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam |
Terry Zipay |
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1993 |
SUNY Albany |
Robert Freeman |
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1994 |
Eastman School of Music |
Jeanne Bamberger |
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1995 |
SUNY Purchase |
Joseph Polisi |
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1996 |
SUNY Fredonia |
David Kerzner |
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1997 |
SUNY Binghamton |
Gerald Lloyd |
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1998 |
Mannes College of Music |
James Undercofler |
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1999 |
Ithaca College |
Carol McAmis |
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2000 |
Nassau Community College |
Justin DiCioccio |
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2001 |
Nazareth College |
Bryan Hunter, Alan Solomon |
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2002 |
College of St. Rose |
Pauline Ontiveros, Richard D. Gervais |
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2003 |
Manhattan School of Music |
Richard Adams, Ar Adler, Jutin DiCioccio, Mary Hastings, Robert Smith |
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2004 |
Syracuse University |
Music Business |
Doug Soyars, Janet Nepkie, Bob Halligan, Jr., Gregg Barron |
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2005 |
SUNY Fredonia |
Special Needs Students |
Joni Milgram-Luterman, Carolyn Boone, Robert Wiggins |
|
2006 |
Binghamton University |
Development |
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2007 |
Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam |
Technology |
Allan Mollnar, Pace Sturdevant, Peter McCoy, Scott LaVine |
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2008 |
Houghton College |
Musicians’ Heath Issues |
Dr. Ralph Manchester, MD; Fred Onufryk, PT |
|
2009 |
College of Saint Rose |
The Future of Music in Higher Education |
David Elliot |
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2010 |
Medgar Evers College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY |
Sustainability of Music Programs in Economically Challenging Times |
Jamal Rossi |
|
2011 |
NYACMP, Buffalo, NY |
Assuring Ongoing Success of our Music Programs: Rhetoric, Evolution, Advocacy, and Change |
Edward Tierney and Dr. D. Bruce Johnstone |
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2012 |
Schnectady County Community College, Schenectady, NY |
Assessment to Improve Music Teaching and Learning-Nuts and Bolts |
Abra Bush, Victoria Furby, Brett Wery |
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2013 |
Eastman School of Music |
Innovations in the Music Curriculum |
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2014 |
LIU-Post |
Disruptive Technology; Managing the Emotional Side of Change |
Dr. John Cabra |
| 2015 | SUNY Binghamton | Fundraising for Music Units in the 21st Century | Cathy Hain, Jeff Hoffman, Jim Broschart |
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2016 |
Hartwick College |
True Grit: Cultivating Millennial Resiliency in the Classroom |
Lawrence Carroll |
