Executive Director and Dean • Department Coordinators Strings • Woodwinds • Brass • Percussion • Guitar Piano • Organ • Voice • Staff Accompanists • Chamber Music Composition • Conducting • Eurhythmics • Musicianship Music Technology Lab • Jazz Studies Program The Preschool Center Chamber Music ELEANOR BALL - Flute, Recorder, Musicianship, Flute Club & Choir, Junior Flutes, Chamber Music B.A. DePauw Univ; The Juilliard School. Four-year Honor Performance Award. Founding Director: Crescent Trio and many Flute Choirs, including HBMS Flute Chorus with 1995 performance at White House. Former host: Cable TV Bravura. Principal flute with Stokowski, Jenkins, DeProest. Principal Flute: Composer/conductor series with Hanson, Dello Joio, Persichetti, Copland. Principal flute: All-America under Stokowski. Masterclasses and Flute showcases in New York, Boston, Charleston. BARBARA BERG - Suzuki String Department Coordinator, Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber Music B.M., M.M., Eastman; postgraduate study, Juilliard; Suzuki Teacher Certification/former faculty member, School for Strings. Performs with Brooklyn Philharmonic, Opera Orchestra of N.Y., American Ballet Theatre, Chautauqua Symphony, Concert Society of Northern Westchester. Faculty: Queens College; Edgemont Public Schools. EILEEN BUCK - Piano, Chamber Music B.M., M.M., Curtis Institute of Music, Mannes College of Music. Studied: Eleanor and Vladmir Sokoloff, Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter, Adolph Baller. Performances throughout the U.S., Canada and Denmark. Winner: 1994 Mannes Concerto Competition, Josef Fidelmann Prize, 1996 Josef Hofmann Piano Competition. Soloist: Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Mannes Orchestra, Etherridge Chamber Orchestra, Collegium Westchester Orchestra. Festivals: Sarasota, Bowdoin, Taos. Chairperson, Ensemble Program: Piano Teachers Congress of New York. Recordings: Bridge, Cedille. Previous faculty: Queens College, Vassar College. Faculty: Mannes College, New School for Music Preparatory Division. DOROTHY DUNCAN - Clarinet, Chamber Music B.A., Barnard College; M.F.A., Chamber Music, Sarah Lawrence College. Member: New York Grand Opera, Colonial Symphony, Westfield Symphony, St. Cecilia Chamber Ensemble, Pentaphonic Winds, Pelham Pops Band. Performed with: Greenwich Symphony, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Metropolitan Opera Stage Band, New Jersey State Opera, New Jersey Symphony, Goldman Memorial Band, Concert Pops of Long Island. Teaching Artist-in-Residence: NYC schools for Project Arts/Music for Many; Faculty: Music Institute at Hackley School, Bronxville After-School Music Program. DONNA ELAINE - Flute, Piccolo, Recorder, Musicianship, Chamber Music, Coordinator, Chamber Music/Winds B.M.,M.M., Chapman College of Music - Chapman University; Professional Studies, Mannes College of Music. Studied with Rampal, Baker, Stallman, DiTullio and Hoberman. Principal Flute, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra. Classical Consorts. Freelance performer/recitalist in the tri-state area. MICHAEL FINCKEL - Cello, Chamber Music Concert artist U.S. and abroad. Founding member: Cabrini Quartet, Trio of the Americas. Member: Ensemble 21, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Ysaye String Quartet, Finckel Cello Quartet, Brooklyn Philharmonic. Director: Sage City Symphony. Recordings: CRI, Vanguard, Vox/Candide, ECM/Warner Bros. Faculty: Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East, Bennington; Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center, Wellesley College; Princeton; Cornell; Bennington. APRIL JOHNSON - Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber Music B.M. Oberlin; Advanced studies at Brooklyn College Conservatory. Studied with Kaplan, Kawasaki, Gabora, Clapp. Performed for Perlman, Rosenberg, Buswell. Concertmaster: Canton Ohio Symphony (1992), Galatea Ensemble, Queens Oratorio. Associate Concertmaster: Norwalk Symphony. Member: Jupiter Symphony, Bridgeport Symphony. Active soloist and chamber player, NYC area. HBMS faculty since 1993. CHRISTINA KHIMM - Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber Music B.A., Sarah Lawrence. Studied with Delay, Bronstein, Ricci, Magnes, Rosand. Winner: Young Concert Artist Competition. Soloist: Korean National, Manhattan School and Sarah Lawrence Orchestras. Concertmistress: Allegro Chamber Ensemble. Former member: Laurentian String Quartet. Faculty: Westchester Conservatory. MARK KUSHNIR - Violin, Suzuki Violin, Viola, Chamber Music B.M., Cleveland Inst. of Music; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence; Suzuki Pedagogy, School for Strings. Studied with Delay, Gingold, Dubinsky, Kawasaki, Behrend. Member: Hudson Highlands String Quartet. Former member: Laurentian String Quartet. Former Adjunct Faculty: Marymount College. JULIA LUTZKE - Violin, Chamber Music B.M., Mannes College of Music; M.A., New York University. Suzuki Teacher Certification, School for Strings. Studied: Louise Behrend, Anne Setzer, Hiroko Yajima. Chamber music Studies: Edna Michelle, Anne Setzer, Hirko Yajima, Ani Kavafian, Liuh Wen Ting, Stephanie Baer, Fabio Gardenal. Participant: Assisi Music Festival in Italy, Aspen Music Festival, The New York Youth Symphony and chamber music program. Member: The Orchestra of St. Luke's. Broadway Show: Hairspray. Baroque Performance: The American Classical Orchestra. RIE MATSUMOTO - Piano, Coordinator of Adult Chamber Music, Chamber Music B.M., M.M., Juilliard. Studied with Gorodnitzki, Nakaya, Sandor. Chamber music with Fuchs, Nakaya, Lotto. Chamber music appearances at Beethoven Society, SUNY/Purchase with Philharmonia Virtuosi, WQXR. Active as chamber and solo artist. MAXINE NEUMAN - Cello, Chamber Music B.M., M.M. Manhattan School of Music. Solo recitals, North America, South America, Europe, Japan. Three-time Grammy winner. "Who's Who in the World." Grant recipient, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundations, National Endowment for the Arts. Performs: Belmont Trio, Claremont Duo, Crescent String Quartet, Vermont Cello Quartet, Breve Early Music Trio, Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Composers Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic, NY Virtuosi. Montreux Jazz Festival, Metallica. Solo and chamber recordings: Deutsche Grammophon, Columbia, Angel, EMI, Austrophon, Nonesuch, Biddulph, CRI, Orion, Leonarda, Argo, Opus One, SONY/Virgin, AMC, Thorofon, Vanguard, Musical Heritage, Albany, Northeastern CBS World Records. American premiere, G. B. Viotti Cello Concerto (Town Hall). Judge: international competitions. Faculty: School for Strings. Former faculty: Bennington College, Williams College, C.W. Post University. ANCA NICOLAU - Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber Music B.M., Juilliard; M.M., Manhattan; M.A., M.Phil., Columbia; Suzuki Teacher Cert., School for Strings. Studied with Galamian, Bronstein, Ricci, Behrend. Finalist: George Enesco Competition. Winner: Roumanian National Competition, Silverstein Award. Participant: Tanglewood, Spoleto, Caramoor, Drottningholm, The Proms, Edinburgh Festivals. Member: Orchestra of St. Luke's; The Bach Ensemble, Drottningholm. Recordings: Musical Heritage Society, Decca, Sony Classical, Deutsche Grammophon. Former Faculty: Brixen Academy for Early Music, Italy. Faculty: Westchester Conservatory. EDMUND NIEMANN - Piano, Musicianship, Coordinator,Performers Showcase and Music of Our Time Festival, Director, Community Outreach B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Studied: Goldsand, Balsam, Canteros, Degaetani, Fuchs, Katz. Co-founder: Double Edge. Tours: U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand. Member: Steve Reich and Musicians (1998 Grammy winner). Former Member: Parnassus, Contemporary Ensemble. Faculty: Princeton, Pace, Sarah Lawrence. Recordings: Nonesuch, Koch, CRI, New World, New Albion. DAVID OEI - Piano, Chamber Music Studies at Peabody Conservatory, Juilliard. Soloist: NY Philharmonic, Pittsburg Symphony, Baltimore Symphony. Guest Artist: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. Recordings: Vanguard, Delos, Arabesque, Adda, Pro Arte, New World Records. Director: Salon Chamber Soloists. Member: Festival Chamber Music, Elysium, Ecliptica. Faculty: Summertrios, Bennington Chamber Music Conference, Mannes College of Music. JOSEPH PISCITELLI - Director of Summer Arts Program, Wind Department Coordinator, Flute, Musicianship, Wind Ensemble, Lecturer, Chamber Music B.A., M.A., Queens College. Studied with Wilson, Stallman, Rampal. Winner: Artists International Competition. Principal with Solisti, N.Y., New York Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, O.K. Mozart Music Festival. Solo appearances: Little Orchestra Society, Long Island Philharmonic, Philharmonia Virtuosi. Radio and TV appearances. Recordings: CRI. Faculty: Pace University, Manhattan School of Music. GERALD ROBBINS - Piano, Coordinator, ChamberFest B.M., M.M., U.S.C. Studied with Brown, Crown, Gimpel. Artist-in-Residence: Queens College. Recitals and concerts throughout Europe, Middle East, Asia. Soloist: Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, London Mozart Players, NY Virtuosi, BBC Scottish Symphony. Former faculty: U.S.C., Colchester Institute College, Carpentras Festival. Member: Lyric Piano Quartet. Faculty: Queens College, Manhattan School of Music. NAOMI GRAF ROOKS - Viola, Viola Club, Coordinator, Chamber Music/Strings & Piano, Chamber Music B.M., Juilliard School of Music, M.M.,Yale School of Music. Studied with Lillian Fuchs, Paul Kantor, Donald McInnes. Former faculty, New Haven Suzuki School, All- Newton Music School, Ma., Waldorf School, Ithaca. Active performer, area orchestras, chamber ensembles. top of page