Faculty

Robert Martin, Director
Melvin Chen, Associate Director

Strings

Marji Danilow, double bass
Eugene Drucker, violin
Yi-Wen Jiang, violin
Ani Kavafian, violin (master classes)
Ida Kavafian, violin
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 Music and Interdisciplinary Studies
Jeremy Denk, piano
Richard Goode, piano (masterclasses only)
Peter Serkin, piano

Winds and Brass

Laura Ahlbeck, oboe
Carl Albach, trumpet
Alan Baer, tuba
Richard Dallesio, oboe
Laura Flax, clarinet
Marc Goldberg, bassoon
David Krakauer, clarinet
Julie Landsman, horn
Jeffrey Lang, horn
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
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
Judith Grodowitz, 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, Artistic Director, soprano
Carol Yaple, Arts and Career Management

Composition

Joan Tower, composition
George Tsontakis, composition

Conducting (graduate only)

Harold Farberman, founder and artistic director of The Conductors Institute

Resident Ensembles

Colorado Quartet, (in residence)
Da Capo Chamber Players, (in residence)

Piano Fellowship

Frank Corliss, Director, piano

Preparatory Division

Fu-Chen Chan, Director of Preparatory Division, flute
Katherine Cherbas, cello
Josh Colow, guitar
Sharon Roffman, violin
Hiroko Sasaki, piano
Katie Schlaikjer, cello
Susanne Son, piano

Orchestral Studies

Leon Botstein, conductor
Erica Kiesewetter, violin

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