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FACULTY                                                            Back to Summary

Being a student at the Joy of Music Program means being part of a warm and supportive community and experiencing the camaraderie of sharing the joy of music with enthusiastic teachers and students. Our highly qualified and carefully chosen faculty is dedicated to helping students of all ages and levels of ability develop their self-confidence and build the skills that enable them to express themselves through music. They enjoy the whole spectrum of teaching, from starting beginners to preparing students seriously considering musical careers. This listing includes each teacher's available teaching day(s).

Wendy Ardizzone: Director; Piano, Recorder; Music & Movement, Accompanist BM Oberlin Conservatory of Music; graduate studies in Early Childhood Ed, Tufts University; Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Longy School of Music. M-F

Richard Ardizzone: Associate Director; Trombone; Jazz Ensembles - MEd (Early Childhood) Tufts University; BM Boston University College of Fine Arts; Oberlin Conservatory of Music. M-F

Jim Allard: Saxophone, Flute - Berklee College of Music. MT

Marcia Anderson: Recorder - PhD, MA (English & American Literature) Brandeis University; BA University of Rochester; private studies with John Tyson. Th

Linda Bento-Rei: Flute; Flute Choir - MM New England Conservatory of Music; BM Boston Conservatory of Music. WF

Cindy Bizzarro: Piano; Accompanist - BM University of New Hampshire; Orff - New England Conservatory. W

Madeline Browning: Recorder - BM University of the Pacific; Orff Certificate, University of Lowell. Leave of Absence

Mike Connors: Percussion; Afro-Caribbean Drumming - Private studies Joe Hunt and Bob Goulotti. MTW

Virginia Crumb: Harp - MM New England Conservatory; BM Cleveland Institute of Music; BA Case Western Reserve University. M

Joe D’Angelo: Guitar, Bass Guitar - Lowell State University. TWThF

Christopher Dwyer: Piano; Chamber Music - MM New England Conservatory of Music; BM Boston Conservatory of Music. T

Anne Edgerton: Creative and Modern Dance - MALS Wesleyan University; BA Occidental College; Dalcroze Eurhythmics Certificate Longy School of Music. T

Joanne Geeze: Recorder - MA Lesley University (Creative Arts in Learning); BMEd Houghton College. Th(W)

Nan Gibbons: Children's Chorus and Youth Chorus; Drums Etc. - MA candidate Lesley University; BA (Music and Art) Lesley University. MT

Elisabeth Gondek: Voice - BM Anna Maria College W

Pamela Hines: Piano (jazz and classical) - MM New England Conservatory of Music (Jazz Piano); BA Music Ed. Old Dominion University; BS Boston University (Journalism).  M

Peter Hughes: Violin, Viola - New England Conservatory; Longy School of Music F

Dan Hunt: Guitar - Worcester State College. M

Kathy Garner Iovieno: Flute - MM Boston University College of Fine Arts; BM Boston Conservatory of Music. T

Elizabeth (Beth) Keusch: Voice - Artist Diploma, MM New England Conservatory; Voice Fellow Tanglewood Music Center; BM University of North Texas T

Katia Khannanova: Piano - BM College of Jazz and Classical Music (Ukraine). W

Nancy Kidd: Double Bass - Advanced Certificate Juilliard School of Music; BM New England Conservatory of Music F

 

Sang Hee Kim: Piano - Performance Diploma Longy School of Music; MM Boston

Conservatory of Music; BM Pusan National University (Korea). TW

Laurie Knorr: Violin - MA and BME Truman State University. Leave of Absence

Greg Loughman: Double bass (Jazz); Jazz Ensembles - BM Capital University. M

Myra MacLeod: Director ~ Frog Point Fiddlers - Massachusetts College of Art; Northeastern U; violin studies/pedagogy Carol Sykes, Jennie Chan Th

Neal Melley: Trombone, Euphonium; Brass Choir - DMA and MM Eastman School of Music; BM University of Massachusetts (Amherst) W

Ralph Metcalf: Conductor ~ Joy of Music String Ensemble (JOMSE) and String Ensemble I - BM New England Conservatory of Music. M

Joshua Millard: Classical & Jazz Guitar - DMA, Eastman School of Music; MM University of Akron; BM Oberlin Conservatory. tba

JungHee Park: Piano - DMA Candidate Boston University; Artist Diploma Longy School of Music; Graduate Diploma & MM New England Conservatory of Music; BM Seoul National University MW

Olga Pineda: Violin, Piano - MS, BS De La Salle University (Manila); BM St. Scholastica College (Manila) MTWTh

Regie Pineda: Violin, Viola - Graduate Performance Certificate Boston Conservatory of Music; BM Santo Thomas Conservatory of Music (Manila). MTWTh

Patti Puracchio-Lahey: Music & Movement; "Sing and Sway"; "Partners" Mother-Daughter Workshops - MA Lesley University; BA Smith College. T

Lindsey Robb: Piano - BA Lawrence University; New England Conservatory. W

Jerry Sabatini: Trumpet; Jazz Ensembles - MM candidate New England Conservatory of Music; BS State University of New York at Buffalo. Days tba

Elise Scanlan: Piano - BA Ohio State University (Family and Child Development). TTh

Jim Scott: Guitar; JOMP Community Chorus - BM Eastman School of Music; Berklee College of Music TW

Joe Scott: Classical Guitar - BM Boston Conservatory; BA University of Massachusetts. MF

Nancy Shapiro: Oboe - Psy. D. Antioch New England Graduate School, MA Lesley University, BA Simons Rock College Oboe & Composition - Th

Pieter Struyk: Percussion - BM University of Michigan. F

Tim Terranella: Cello, Flute; Chamber Music, Conductor ~ Chamber Orchestra MM and Artist Diploma Boston Conservatory of Music; Diploma Curtis Institute of Music; New School of Music (Philadelphia). MTWTh

Ning Tien: Cello - DMA Louisiana State University; MM, BM and Performer's Certificate Eastman School of Music. ThF

Vladimir Vaskevich: Clarinet, Saxophone - MM Odessa State Conservatory; BM Stolyarsky School of Music (Ukraine). MTh

Chris Veilleux: Saxophone; Jazz Ensembles - MM candidate New England Conservatory of Music; BM Northern Illinois University. MTh

Sharon Wayne: Classical Guitar - MM and BM University of Southern California. Th

Additional Faculty to be announced

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

 

Wendy Ardizzone, Director

Richard Ardizzone, Associate Director

Anne Houston, Administrative Assistant

Stacey Mott, Secretary/Receptionist

Bob Weldon, Facility Superintendent                             Back to Top

 

 

 

 



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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

James Crowley,  President

Jonathan Sloane, Vice President

David Gerbereux, Treasurer

Nancy Morton, Clerk

Francesca Bang

Robert Bliss

Bruce Fishbein

Sharon Mahoney

Bruce Munger

Kathleen Roche-Goggins

Michele Young


 

ADVISORY BOARD

 

Sarah G. Berry

Elaine Ciborowski

Mary Lorusso DiBara

Curtis Fuller

Cathy Fuller

Gloria Hall

Honee Hess

Sharon Latke-Davis

Mary Lorusso-DiBara

Lisa Parker

Victor Rosenbaum

Paul Rossley

Eric Stumacher

Dolly Vazquez

 

ADVISORY FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

Walter Henritze

Don Jacobs

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