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Image of Molly Erin Sarlé
Alumni

One-third of the critically acclaimed indie folk rock trio Mountain Man.

Image of Amirtha Kidambi
Former Faculty

Amirtha Kidambi is invested in the creation and performance of subversive anti-hegemonic music, from free improvisation and avant-jazz to experimental bands, noise and new music. She is an educator, activist and organizer working to challenge systems of white supremacist, colonial, capitalist, and patriarchy, and is co-founder and co-organizer of South Asian Artists in Diaspora and Musicians Against Police Brutality.

Image of Allen Shawn
Faculty

Allen Shawn’s work as a composer and pianist comprises a large catalogue of orchestral and chamber music, chamber operas, songs, piano music, and music for ballet, theatre, and film; he is also celebrated for his writings on Arnold Schoenberg and Leonard Bernstein, as well as his compelling memoirs.

Image of Susannah Waters
Alumni

Opera singer who performed principal roles in many of the world’s leading opera houses, award-winning novelist, and producer and director of critically acclaimed theatrical productions

Image of Andrew Greenwald
Former Faculty

Andrew Greenwald is a performing and composing musician. He is a founding member of the composer/performer collective Ensemble Pamplemousse (established 2002) and currently serves as the Artistic Director. His compositions have been performed internationally by leading ensembles including the Arditti Quartet, JACK Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, Ensemble Adapter, Distractfold and ICE among others. 

Image of John Kirk
Faculty

John Kirk teaches classes in the history of American and Celtic traditional music in addition to mandolin, fiddle, banjo, ukulele, mountain and hammered dulcimers, and traditional music ensemble.

Image of Cecilia Lopez
Former Faculty

Cecilia Lopez is a composer, musician and multimedia artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina currently based in New York. She works across the media of performance, sound, installation and the creation of sound devices and systems. 

Image of Alexandra Sauser-Monnig
Alumni

Member of the critically acclaimed indie folk rock trio Mountain Man.

Image of Chris Rose
Instrumentalist

Chris Rose is a teaching artist exploring embodiment in music education. A passionate improviser, Rose plays trumpet, piano, and organ, bending and blending genres whenever possible.

Image of Kamala Sankaram
Former Faculty

Known for her “inventive instrumental colors and tender, snappy vocal writing” (The New York Times), composer Kamala Sankaram moves freely between the worlds of experimental music and contemporary opera.

Image of Bruce Williamson
Faculty

Bruce Williamson is a jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist/recording artist who has collaborated and performed with such luminaries as Bobby McFerron, Fred Hersch, Julie Taymor, and Mark Rylance in a variety of genres, and whose work has been featured in Academy Award-winning film scores.

Image of Jen Kutler
Visiting Faculty

Jen Kutler is a multidisciplinary artist and performer. She modifies found objects that are cultural signifiers of power, gender, queerness and intimacy to create atypical instruments and sculptures.

Image of Joan Hutton Landis
Alumni

Poet, author of That Blue Repair, and chair of the liberal arts department at the Curtis Institute of Music

Image of David Baron
Former Faculty

David Baron is a producer, composer, musician, and recording engineer. He has performed on pop albums, composed film scores, and composed and creative-directed sonic branding packages for television and advertising.

Image of Christopher Lewis
Instrumentalist

Pianist who has taught and performed through the United States and Italy, and prizewinner of the American National Chopin Competition and the New York Leschetizky Society.

Image of Michael Starobin
Alumni

Tony award-winning orchestrator for some of Broadway’s most innovative musicals, including Assassins and Next to Normal, and for films including The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tangled, and Chicago

Image of Elliott Sharp
Visiting Faculty

Elliott Sharp is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, author, and visual artist. His work draws on fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetics, as well as radical sonics and improvisation.

Image of Michael Wimberly
Faculty

A drummer and percussionist, Michael Wimberly is also a composer of note and has written for prestigious New York dance companies. 

 

Chris Lombardi
Alumni

Cofounder of Matador Records, the indie record label behind Liz Phair, Sleater-Kinney, and other music icons

Image of Kathy Bullock
Visiting Faculty

Kathy Bullock specializes in African American music and culture. A Professor Emerita of Berea College, she brings a wealth of experience, teaching and performing throughout the US, the UK and West Africa, particularly in the areas of sacred, folk and classical traditions.

Image of Thomas Bogdan
Faculty

Thomas Bogdan’s vocal performance, in genres ranging from old music to new, avant-garde multimedia performance and cabaret, has received wonderful reviews from critics around the world.

Image of Eli Crews
Former Faculty

Eli Crews is a Brooklyn-based musician, producer, recording engineer, and composer. He has worked within a wide variety of musical styles and formats over his career, which started in San Francisco in the '90s.

Image of Benjamin April
Instrumentalist

Benjamin April is an accompanist, choir director, composer, and music educator.

Instrumentalist
Image of Senem Pirler
Faculty

Senem Pirler is an intermedia-sound artist whose interdisciplinary work crosses over into sound engineering, sound art, video art, performance, and installation. Pirler’s recent work has been exhibited at EMPAC, Roulette, BAC, Montalvo Arts Center, Mount Tremper Arts, and Collar Works. 

Image of Will Stratton
Alumni

Songwriter, guitarist, and composer whose albums have received international attention from outlets like The Guardian and Pitchfork for their vivid storytelling and compelling instrumentation.

Image of Chris Barron
Alumni

Lead singer of the Grammy-nominated Spin Doctors, best known for their album Pocketful of Kryptonite

Photograph © Paul La Raia

Image of Michael Bisio
Instrumentalist

Michael Bisio returned to New York in 2006 after spending 30 years on the West Coast and quickly became an integral part of the New York City creative music community. Since 2009, he has been bass instructor at Bennington College and a member of the Matthew Shipp Trio.

Image of Mariana Aun
Former Faculty

Mariana Aun is a multi-faceted arts professional, specializing in recording and facilities management within higher education, with accompanying interests in percussion performance, creative entrepreneurship, and community arts initiatives. 

Image of Deborah Borda
Alumni

President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic

Photograph © Mathew Imaging