Faculty
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.
Faculty by Instruments
Strings Brass & Winds Piano Percussion Voice Guitar & Harp
Ensembles Music & Movement Orff, Chorus & Drumming
2011/2012 Academic Year Faculty Teaching Days Listed Below
Faculty Alphabetically
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Nancy Ackerman: Clarinet; Wind Ensemble TTh
Jim Allard: Saxophone, Flute MT
Marcia Anderson: Recorder; Recorder Ensemble Th
Philip Andrews: Percussion, Vibraphone Th
Wendy Ardizzone: Director; Piano, Music & Movement - MTWTh
Richard Ardizzone: Associate Director; Trombone; Jazz Ensemble; Brass Ensemble; World Drumming TWThF
Thaddeus Bell: Voice, Jazz Piano tba
Kathleen Berger: Flute S
Cindy Bizzarro: Piano, Recorder; Accompanist tba
Madeline Browning: Recorder; Recorder EnsembleThF
Lira Cady: Harp Th
Mike Connors: Percussion, Vibraphone MTW
Kathleen Corcoran: Classical Guitar W
Joe D’Angelo: Guitar, Bass Guitar TWThF
Nan Gibbons: Children's Chorus T
Elisabeth Gondek: Voice; Music & Movement WTh
Debby Greenebaum: Violin T
Tina Ho: Piano MTh
Peter Hughes: Violin, Viola WThF
Dan Hunt: Guitar, Bass Guitar M
Kallin Johnson: Classical & Jazz Piano F
Ariel Kennedy: Violin tba
Beth Keusch: Voice T
Sang Hee Kim: Piano TW
Priscilla Noyes Kjorlaug: Piano MT
Laurie Knorr: Violin T (9:00 to 11:00 am only)
Peter Lewis: Double Bass (Classical & Jazz) & Electric Bass T
Lisa Lynch: Voice, Piano; Music Theory MTFS
Myra MacLeod: Director ~ Frog Point Fiddlers; Fiddle Folks (Leave of Absence)
James Mercier: Clarinet, Saxophone MT
Ralph Metcalf: Conductor ~ Joy of Music String Ensemble (JOMSE) and String Ensembles I & II MW
Marylynn O'Connor: Piano MFS
Aaron Packard: Violin, Viola FS
Regie Pineda: Violin, Viola; Chamber Music MTWThF
Patti Puracchio Lahey: Sing and Sway; Music & Movement; Creative Art & Movement T
Caroline Reiner Williams: Cello TTh
Jerry Sabatini: Trumpet; Jazz Theory, Jazz Ensembles MTW
Elise Scanlan: Piano tba
Joe Scott: Classical Guitar MF
Nancy Shapiro: Oboe Th
Barbara Shepherd: French Horn; Brass Ensemble tba
Kathy Garner Simpson: Flute T
Tim Terranella: Cello, Flute; Chamber Music, Conductor ~ JOMP Youth Orchestra (JYO) MTWTh
Ning Tien: Cello WTh
Vladimir Vaskevich: Clarinet, Saxophone M
Kerry Williams: Orff Schulwerk F