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MUSIC FACULTY

In addition to being teachers, HWS professors are researchers and scholars in their fields. Faculty members devote time outside the classroom to engage students in research projects.


Joseph M. Berta

Professor of Music (1971)

M.A. University of California Santa Barbara-1965
B.A. University of California Santa Barbara-1962

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Telephone: 3405
Office: 209 Williams Hall

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Robert Cowles

Chair

Professor of Music (1992)

D.M., Indiana University
M.M., The New England Conservatory of Music
B.A., Macalester College

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Telephone: 3404
Office: 203 Williams Hall

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Charity Lofthouse

Instructor of Music (2011)

Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)
B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music

E-mail link | Personal Bio

Telephone: 3407
Office: 206 Williams Hall

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Patricia Myers

Professor of Music (1979)

Ph.D., Illinois
M.A., Oregon
B.Mus., Oberlin

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Telephone: 3401
Office: 202 Williams Hall

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Mark Olivieri

Assistant Professor of Music (2010)

Ph.D., The University at Buffalo
M.M., Ithaca College Music Conservatory
B.M., Heidelberg College

E-mail link | Personal Bio

Telephone: 3402
Office: 201 Williams Hall

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Applied Instructors and Ensemble Directors


Bob Barbuto

Applied Instructor (Jazz Piano)
Director, HWS Colleges Jazz Ensemble

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Walden Bass

Applied Instructor (Cello)

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Anthony Calabrese

Applied Instructor (Percussion – other than set)
Director, Colleges Percussion Ensemble

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Angela Libertella Calabrese

Applied Instructor (Voice)

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Gregg Christiansen

Applied Instructor (Piano)

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Steve Curry

Applied Instructor (Drums – set only)

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Marcus Haddock

Applied Instructor (Voice)

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MaryAnn Hamilton

Applied Instructor (Organ)

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Meg Cognetta Heaton

Applied Instructor (Piano)

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Yunn-Shan Ma

Director, HWS Colleges Community Chorus

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Alan Mandel

Applied Music Instructor (Jazz Saxophone)

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Ken Meyer

Applied Instructor (Guitar)
Director, HWS Colleges Classical Guitar Ensemble

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Suzanne Murphy

Applied Instructor (Voice)

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John Oberbrunner

Applied Instructor (Flute)

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Jeananne Ralston

Applied Instructor (Piano)

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Troy Slocum

Applied Instructor (Piano)

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Jeff Stempien

Applied Instructor (Brass)

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Jim Trowbridge

Director, HWS Colleges Brass Ensemble

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Wendy Trowbridge

Applied Instructor (Voice)

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Greg Wachala

Applied Instructor (Guitar)
Director, HWS Colleges Jazz Guitar Ensemble

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Andrew Zaplatynsky

Applied Instructor (Violin/Viola)
Director, HWS Colleges String Ensemble

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