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 Woodwinds 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. STEPHEN CHRISTOS - Recorder, Clarinet B.M., Bethany College; M.M. Northwestern University. Studied saxophone with Joseph Allard, Larry Teal; clarinet with Dominic De Caprio. Performs: Yonkers Pops Band, Bronxville Pops Band, American Recorder Society. Performer with other area concert and jazz bands. LAURA DREYER - Jazz Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet Berklee College of Music. Studied with Joe Viola, Joe Henderson, Joe Lovano, Lyle Mays, Hal Stein, and Jim McNeely. Performed with own band at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC), the Syracuse Jazz Festival, and various NYC venues. Sideperson with Diva (lead alto), Dr. Billy Taylor, Nenna Freelon, Walter Bishop Jr., Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., Dom Salvador, Helcio Milito and many others. Extensive performing and touring in the US, Japan, and Europe as a jazz artist. Current faculty of the New York Pops "Salute to Music" program, and regular columnist for the magazine "Saxophone Journal". Two time recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. 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. JANET GRICE - Bassoon D.M.A., bassoon, Rutgers University; M.M., jazz composition, New York University, B.M., bassoon, New England Conservatory. Performed with Karl Berger, Butch Morris, the STX Ensemble, Mingus Orchestra; Recorded for Music Minus One and produced 4 independent CDs of Brazilian and original music. Awards: Fulbright Fellowship in Brazil, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Westchester Arts Council Artist Grant, Arts International, Meet the Composer. Former faculty: Rutgers University and St. Joseph's College of NY. Faculty: NYC Dept. of Education, Lincoln Center Institute. Performs with Vento Trio, the Chappaqua Orchestra, and her jazz group. ALAN HOLLANDER - Oboe Professional musician since age of eighteen. Conducted: American Wind Ensemble, Larchmont Symphony, Westchester Pops. Clinician/Conductor: New York State public schools, conductor of All County, All State Festival Ensembles. Faculty: Director of Music, Instrumental Ensembles: Edgemont Public Schools; Adjunct Professor of Oboe and Music Education, Lehman College. Director: Lehman College Band. Manufacturer: Gordet Oboes. PHYLLIS LANINI - Oboe B.M., Indiana Univ.; M.M., Yale. Studied with Bloom. Principal/soloist: Washington Chamber Symphony. Member: Boehm Woodwind Quintette. Has performed with N.Y.C. Ballet, New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic. Faculty: Manhattan School of Music, Westchester Conservatory. Recordings: Music Masters. ED PALERMO - Saxophone B.M., DePaul University. Jazz saz 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 worldwide 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. 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. top of page