Executive Director and Dean • Department Coordinators Strings • Woodwinds • Brass • Percussion • Guitar Piano • Organ • Harpsichord • Voice • Staff Accompanists Chamber Music • Composition • Conducting • Eurhythmics Musicianship • Music Technology Lab • Jazz Studies Program Preschool Musicianship RUTH ALPERSON, Ph.D. - Dean, Eurhythmics, Musicianship, Junior Chorus B.A., Oberlin; Ph.D., N.Y.U.; Dalcroze Eurhythmics Licentiate, London; Dalcroze Diploma, Geneva. Director, Dalcroze Program at Diller-Quaile; Faculty, NYU. Workshops in universities worldwide. Board of Directors: Bennington Chamber Music Conference. KYLE BLAHA - Composition, Musicianship B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M. and D.M.A. (in progress), The Juilliard School. Composition studies: Darrell Handel, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Samuel Adler, Philip Lasser, Robert Beaser; Counterpoint: Philip Lasser; Ear training: Mary Anthony Cox. Winner: ASCAP awards, Fulbright grant to Germany, DAAD fellowship. Premieres: The Juilliard Orchestra, Eastman Wind Ensemble, New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute. Teaching fellow: The Juilliard School since 2005; Juilliard Pre-College Faculty since 2006. STEPHEN BUCK - Piano, Musicianship B.A., Johns Hopkins, Peabody Conservatory; M.M. in piano, University of Michigan; M.M.A. Yale University, D.M.A., Yale, 2007. Studied: Peter Frankl, Anton Nel, Ann Schein, David Volckhausen. Co-Founder: Alpenkammer Musik Festival, Liesing, Austria. Performance and Faculty: Adriatic Chamber Music Festival, Bonefro, Italy. Faculty: Purchase College. RICHARD CARRICK - Composition, Musicianship, Computer Lab B.A. Music/Mathematics Columbia University, Studied: Mario Davidovsky, David Rakowski. M.A. and Ph.D. University of California-San Diego, Studied: Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds. Compositions performed in Europe, North and South America, including the Konzerthaus Vienna, Paradiso Amsterdam, Merkin Concert Hall New York, LACMA Los Angeles. Residences and performances at IRCAM Paris, Banff Centre for the Arts Canada, Royaumont Voix Nouvelles and Fontainbleau Conservatory France, Wellesley Composers Conference, Lange Nacht fur Neuw Klang Austria, Music at the Anthology New York. Former Lecturer in Music Theory and Musicianship at UC-San Diego. Director: Either/Or New Music Ensemble. DONNA ELAINE - Flute, Piccolo, Suzuki Flute, 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: Rampal, Baker, Stallman, DiTullio and Hoberman. Principal Flute, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra. Classical Consorts. Freelance performer/recitalist in the tri-state area. ELIZABETH FLEISCHER - Sight-singing, Musicianship B.A., M.A., Columbia University. Studied: New England Conservatory, Aspen Choral Institute, Dalcroze School. Guest teaching at workshops and residencies: Amherst Early Music Festival, Sarah Lawrence College, Bank St. College of Education, N.Y.C. Board of Education, the Dalcroze Society, Columbia Festival Orchestra, WNCN, Jazz Studies Program of Manhattan College of Music. Her sight-singing program has been featured in New York Magazine's "Best Teachers in New York," Town and Country. Choral Singer, Sing Magazines, PBS's City Arts. Former faculty: Barnard College. Faculty: Lucy Moses School. MIMI (YING-CHEN) HSU - Eurhythmics, Musicianship Certificate, The Dalcroze School of Music, New York. Studied: Alperson, Abramson, Farber, Komaiko, Parker, Oei. Faculty: CPSM, Queens College; Greenwich House Music School. YUKIKO KONISHI - Piano, Musicianship, Eurhythmics B.A., Osaka College of Music. Studied: Kanazawa, Dorensky, Mikowsky. World Music Drumming Certificate, Dalcroze Certificate, Dalcroze School of Music, NY with Abramson, Alperson, and Farber. License training at Longy School of Music, MA with Parker. Winner: Young Artists Piano Competition, Hanshin, Japan. Soloist: Kansai Philharmonic, Arukadia Chamber. Recording: EMI. Current vice president of Dalcroze Society of America. 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. ED PALERMO - Saxophone, Jazz Ensembles, Coordinator of Jazz Program, Musicianship B.M., DePaul University. Jazz sax player and arranger. Spent the past 30 years playing with such artists as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Tito Puente, Aretha Franklin, Mel Torme, and many others. Leads the Ed Palermo Big Band which plays world-wide concerts dedicated to the music of Frank Zappa, as well as his original material. Featured: NPR's Weekend Edition. His CD, "the ed palermo big band plays the music of frank zappa" earned 4 stars in Downbeat Magazine. Arranged music for one of James Brown's final Hollywood Bowl concerts. top of page