Juilliard Pre-College; B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Awarded the Harriet Hale Woolley Grant for study in Paris, France. Diplome Superieure, Musique de Chambre, Ecole Normale de Musique–Alfred Cortot. Performances in Paris at the American consulate, Japanese embassy, and Unesco. Numerous tours throughout France as principal cellist of the Orchestre Internationale de Paris. Founder and artistic director, La Joie de la Musique chamber music concert series in Paris. MAP faculty since 2004.
Paula Chan Bing (Creative Expressions in Music)
B.M., University of Maryland; M.M., Indiana University. Dual career
as a flutist and music education specialist. Has performed with numerous
orchestras including the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Chinese Music Ensemble,
and Dance Theater of Harlem, as well as on western and Chinese flutes
in the Broadway show Miss Saigon. Currently the education director for
the Queens Symphony and music consultant and teacher for Midori & Friends. Has worked for the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Music
Center, and the Kennedy Center Education departments. MAP faculty since
1992.
Yavet Boyadjiev (Violin) M.M., Manhattan School of Music; B.M., Superior Institute of the Arts (Cuba), summa cum laude. Solo and chamber music performances through the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. Former principal violinist of the Carabobo State Symphony Orchestra (Venezuela). Appearances include the Look and Listen Festival, Niagara Falls International Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Avery Fisher Hall. Former faculty: Carabobo State Symphony Orchestra Conservatory, Midori and Friends Foundation; Manhattan School of Music Summer Camp. Faculty, Hartwick College Summer Music Festival and Institute; Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts. MAP faculty since 2003.
Anthony Brackett (Clarinet)
B.M. and Artist Diploma, Hartt School of Music; graduate studies, Manhattan School of Music. Performances with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, New York Pops, Martha Graham Dance Company, Dance Theater of Harlem, American Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New Orleans Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Emerson and Shanghai String Quartets. Classical and Broadway recordings for the Sony, Varese Sarabande, QRecords, and Telarc labels. Music festival credits include the Yale Summer School of Music at Norfolk, Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra, Waterloo Festival, and Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians. Broadway credits include The King and I, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, City Center Encores! production of Can-Can and Beauty and the Beast. MAP faculty since 2002; Pre-College since 2005.
Ricardo Cox (Trumpet)
Wayne du Maine (Trumpet/Trumpet Ensemble)
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School. Currently performs with the Met Opera
Orchestra, the Brooklyn and Long Island Philharmonics, Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra, Manhattan Brass Quintet, Concordia Orchestra, and with contemporary
music ensembles including Sospeso and Speculum Musicae. Can be heard
on recordings with the New York Philharmonic, on numerous commercial
and movie soundtracks, and with Prince on his New Power Soul recording.
A member of the New York Big Brass, Mr. du Maine has also performed
at many music festivals and on Broadway, in such shows as The Music
Man. MAP faculty since 1992.
Steve Foreman (Tuba)
B.M., Oberlin College-Conservatory; M.M., The Juilliard School. Member
of the Manhattan Brass Quintet and New York Big Brass. Performances
with the New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American
Symphony Orchestra, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, Charleston and
New Haven Symphonies, as well as commercials and recordings. MAP faculty
since 1992.
Ilmar Gavilan (Violin)
Lucie Gelinas (Violin)
B.M., Manhattan School of Music; M.M., Montreal Conservatory of Music.
Born in Quebec and educated at the Montreal Conservatory, where she
received a degree in violin performance. Has performed at the White
House, CAMI Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall. Currently a
faculty member of the Westchester Conservatory and the School for Strings.
MAP and PATH programs faculty since 1998.
Larry Guy (Clarinet)
B.M., Oberlin College-Conservatory; M.M., Catholic University; Postgraduate Diploma, Manhattan School of Music. For 27 years, principal clarinet with Long Island Philharmonic. Former member, Atlanta Symphony. Has performed with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, New York City Ballet, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and on Broadway. Author of five handbooks and two educational CDs for clarinetists which are in use at schools around the country. Faculty, N.Y.U., Vassar College, Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Division. MAP faculty since 1994.
Kathe Jarka (Cello)
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School; Fulbright grant for study in London;
graduate of the American Center for the Alexander Technique. Extensive
performing across the U.S. and Europe. Member of Elastic Band, a mixed
ensemble performing an eclectic repertoire. Participant at Marlboro
Music Festival. Coach for the Young Musicians Program of the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center. Special interest in Alexander Technique
for musicians. MAP faculty since 2000.
Lubima Kalinkova-Shentov (Double Bass)
M.M., The Juilliard School; M.A., Academy of Music, Bucharest, Romania. Solo recitals in France, Germany, Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, as well as the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center and Paul and Morse Halls at Juilliard. Performed with numerous orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. Former principal double bassist of the Radio Chamber Orchestra, Sofia, Bulgaria, with several recorded solo works for double bass and chamber orchestra. Winner of several music awards from international double bass competitions. Presently a string orchestra instructor for Mount Vernon (NY) Public Schools. MAP faculty since 2002.
Micah Killion (Trumpet Assistant and Performance Workshop)
B.M., The Juilliard School; M.A. Teachers College at Columbia U. Has performed with numerous orchestras including the American Sinfonietta, Colorado Symphony, Charleston Symphony, and New Jersey Symphony. Has presented music workshops for Columbia U., American Ballet Theater, and the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra. Faculty, Greenwich House Music School; teaching artist for Midori and Friends. MAP faculty since 2001.
Jean Kopperud (Clarinet; Clarinet Ensemble) B.M., SUNY-Purchase; M.M., The Juilliard School. Former pupil of Nadia Boulanger. Has toured internationally as a concert soloist and chamber musician. National acclaim for her performances of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Harlekin for dancing clarinetist, which resulted in her Avery Fisher Hall debut, presented by the New York Philharmonic. Member of the New York New Music Ensemble, I.S.C.M., Washington Square Chamber players, Ensemble 21, and the Omega Ensemble. Faculty, SUNY-Buffalo, as associate professor. MAP faculty since 1998; Evening Division since 1992.
San San Lee (Violin)
B.M., Oberlin College-Conservatory; M.M., The Juilliard School. Has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia as a soloist and chamber musician, and on radio stations WOBC-Oberlin; Wisconsin Public Radio; WCLV-Cleveland; and WQXR-N.Y. A winner of the Artists International Auditions and invited as a guest clinician in violin and chamber music at Suzuki workshops in eight states. Faculty, School for Strings since 1990. MAP faculty since 1991.
Miriam Lockhart (Clarinet)
B.M. Ed, magna cum laude, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;
M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Performances with New York Philharmonic,
New York City Opera, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, American
Symphony, Long Island Philharmonic. Broadway: Phantom of the Opera,
Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, Showboat. Recordings on Angel, Koch
Classics, Delos, Warner Bros. Faculty, C.W. Post University, Manhattan
School of Music Preparatory Division. MAP faculty since 1991.
Talena L. Mara (Performance Workshop/Chorus/Music
as Art)
Studies at Abilene Christian University, New England Conservatory, Louisiana
State University with Martina Arroyo. Artistic background encompasses
performance and education. Her teaching has included students at all
levels, from elementary to university. Responsible for the creation
and implementation of successful music programs in three states. MAP
faculty since 1995.
Thomas Martin (Piano)
B.M., Oberlin College-Conservatory; M.M., The Juilliard School. Has made numerous solo and chamber music appearances throughout the United
States and France. Head of Piano study at Choate-Rosemary Hall. Festivals
include: Internationali Sessione Musicale, Grenoble, France, 1982-84.
MAP faculty since 1997.
Julie McBride (Accompanist/Chorus Assistant)
Gretchen Pusch (Flute/PATHS Seminar)
B.M., Boston University. Carnegie Recital Hall debut as winner of the
Artist International Competition. Has appeared in recital and as concerto
soloist in the U.S., Cananda, Europe, and Asia. Member of the Dorian
Wind Quintet. An active freelancer in N.Y.C., she has performed with
the Brooklyn Philharmonic, American Symphony, New Jersey Symphony and
on Broadway. Has recorded for CRI, VAI, Innova, Mode, Newport Classics,
Windham Hill, and Panansonic. Faculty, Rutgers University. MAP faculty
since 1994.
Paul Redman (Trombone/Brass Ensemble)
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School; M.B.A., Baruch College. Freelance trombonist, performs regularly with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Long Island Philharmonic. Chamber music performances with the West Side Chamber Brass. MAP faculty since 1993.
Jayn Rosenfeld (Flute/flute ensemble)
B.A., Radcliffe College; M.M., Manhattan School of Music. First flutist
of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and the flutist and executive director
of the New York New Music Ensemble. Member of the Manchester Music Festival,
the Washington Square Contemporary Music Ensemble, the I.S.C.M. Players,
and Quicksilver. Has recorded for CRI, Columbia, GM Recordings, Centaur,
Bridge, Albany, Koch International and others. Faculty, Princeton University.
MAP faculty since 1991.
Bill Ruyle (Percussion/percussion ensemble)
Manhattan School of Music; North and South Indian Drumming. Has had
extensive performance appearances over the last quarter century playing
music for classical and contemporary theater and dance. Ensembles have
included Newband, Locrian Chamber Players, the Manhattan Marimba Quartet,
and Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Performer of educational programs with
the Lincoln Center Institute and Carnegie Hall’s Link Up! Adjunct
Professor, Manhattanville College, 2002. MAP faculty since 1991.
Major Andres Scurlock (Piano)
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School; student of Jerome Lowenthal. Came
to Juilliard with only five years of piano training and was awarded
various scholarships toward his education; accepted into both the Juilliard
Teaching and Concert Fellowship programs, where he developed and cultivated
his love for arts administration. Assistant to the director of operations
at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. MAP faculty since 1994.
Debra Shufelt (Viola/String Ensemble)
B.M., M.M., M.S.M., The Juilliard School. Has appeared with the Brooklyn
Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, and American Composers Orchestra.
Has given master classes in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and
has worked with the Lincoln Center Institute, Nashville Institute for
the Arts, and the New York Philharmonic in presenting educational performances.
Broadway productions include: State Fair, Phantom of the Opera, Jekyll & Hyde, Follies, Show Boat, Once Upon a Mattress and Thou Shall
Not. MAP faculty since 1991.
Scott Simpson (Percussion)
B.M., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Juilliard School. Performed with
numerous Broadway shows and symphony orchestras, including the American
Symphony Orchestra and Les Misérables. Instructor of percussion
with the New Jersey Youth Symphony. Adjunct professor at William Paterson
University, St. Thomas Aquinas College, and Bergen Community College.
MAP faculty since 2001.
Terry Szor (Trumpet)
B.M., B.Ed, New England Conservatory. Currently a freelance musician
in the New York Metropolitan area, performing in concert halls, on Broadway,
in recording studios, and various venues. Formerly a member of the award-winning,
Saturday Brass Quintet. Performs with several chamber music groups and
has worked extensively in the New York public schools, mentoring hundreds
of young brass students. MAP faculty since 1997.
Stefan Weisman (Music Theory) B.A., Bard College; M.M., Yale University; Ph.D. candidate at Princeton U. Composer who has been commissioned by Sequitur, Oregon Bach Festival, Bang on a Can Marathon, and American Opera Projects. Awards from Meet the Composer, ASCAP, American Music Center, Roger Wagner Center. Performances by Miró String Quartet, So Percussion, New Millennium Ensemble, Yesaroun' Duo, Da Capo Chamber Players, American Composers Orchestra's Underwood New Music Readings. MAP faculty since 2005.
Jeanne Wilson (Flute)
B.M. magna cum laude, U. of Massachusetts-Amherst; M.M., SUNY-Stony Brook. Piccoloist and flutist with the Hartford Symphony and solo piccoloist with the Goldman Memorial Band. Has also performed with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, EOS Orchestra, New York Pops, New Haven Symphony, Naumberg Orchestra, Stamford Grand Opera, Jupiter Symphony, Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, and in several Broadway productions. Her woodwind quintet, Satori, made its New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall as winners of the Artists International Competition. Has toured with Philip Glass in the European production of his opera La Belle et la Bête. Currently on the faculties of New Jersey City University and the Horace Mann School. MAP faculty since 2003.
Lisa Yui (Piano, Piano Ensemble) B.M., The Juilliard School; M.M., D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music. Has performed, lectured, and given master classes throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Winner of the Senigallia International Piano Competition (Italy), Super Classic Auditions (Japan). Concerto appearances with numerous orchestras including the Toronto Symphony, Polish National Radio, Tokyo Symphony. Performances and interviews broadcast on CBC-FM (Canada), WQXR (New York), STV (Sapporo, Japan). Faculty, Manhattan School of Music and Marymount Manhattan College. Two-time recipient of the Canada Council of the Arts Scholarship. MAP faculty since 2002.
