Faculty
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
