Faculty
Melvin Chen, Associate Director
Strings
Sara Cutler, harp
Marji Danilow, double bass
Eugene Drucker, violin
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Ani Kavafian, violin (master classes)
Ida Kavafian, violin
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Soovin Kim, violin
Weigang Li, violin
Sophie Shao, cello
Laurie Smukler, violin
Arnold Steinhardt, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Michael Tree, viola
Ira Weller, viola
Peter Wiley, cello
Piano
Melvin Chen, Associate Director of the Conservatory; Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Jeremy Denk, piano
Richard Goode, piano (masterclasses only)
Peter Serkin, piano
Winds and Brass
Laura Ahlbeck, oboe
Carl Albach, trumpet
Nadine Asin, flute (masterclasses)
Alan Baer, tuba
Richard Dallesio, oboe
Elaine Douvas, oboe
Laura Flax, clarinet
Marc Goldberg, bassoon
David Krakauer, clarinet
Julie Landsman, horn
Jeffrey Lang, horn
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Julia Pilant, horn
Patricia Rogers, bassoon
John Rojak, trombone
Conservatory Seminar
Christopher H. Gibbs, James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music; Co-Artistic Director, Bard Music Festival
John Halle, Director of Studies in Music Theory and Practice
Voice (graduate only)
Edith Bers, voice
Gwen Ellison, Movement and Alexander Technique Instructor
Kayo Iwama, piano, Head of Program, Graduate Program in Vocal Arts
Patricia Misslin, voice
Lorraine Nubar, voice
Jennifer Ringo, Diction and Phonetics
Dawn Upshaw, Charles Franklin Kellogg and Grace E. Ramsey Kellogg Professor of the Arts and Humanities
Carol Yaple, Arts and Career Management
Composition
Da Capo Chamber Players, in residence
Joan Tower, composition
George Tsontakis, Distinguished Composer in Residence
Conducting (graduate only)
Harold Farberman, Founder and artistic director of The Conductors Institute
Performance Practice Advisors
Raymond Erickson, harpsichord, piano
Stephen Hammer, oboe
Piano Fellowship
Frank Corliss, Director Post Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship, piano
Preparatory Division
Katherine Cherbas, cello
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
Ryan Kamm, double bass
Sharon Roffman, violin
Hiroko Sasaki, piano
Katie Schlaikjer, cello
Susanne Son, piano
Orchestral Studies
Leon Botstein, Music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the radio orchestra of Israel
Erica Kiesewetter, violin
