The Department of Music, located in Williams Hall, offers applied instruction in numerous disciplines, including piano, woodwinds, guitar, voice, brass, and percussion. If you are interested in taking private lessons, you can contact one of the instructors in your area of interest. Students who have taken lessons in the past may choose to bring to the first lesson a piece from their repertoire to play for the instructor. Participation in department-offered applied music lessons carries a one-half course credit per semester; the fee for lessons is $270.00 per semester.

There is a wing of practice rooms on the second floor of Williams Hall; pianos are available for use in the practice rooms. The Department of Music is not able to loan band or orchestra instruments to students.

MUS 906 Cello (Wogick)
MUS 907 Jazz Saxophone (Mandel)
MUS 908 Violin/Viola (Zaplatynsky)
MUS 909 Flute (Oberbrunner)
MUS 910 Piano (Christiansen/Heaton/Ralston/Slocum)
MUS 911 Voice (Calabrese/Murphy/W. Trowbridge)
MUS 912 String Bass (D'Angelo)
MUS 913 Brass (Stempien)
MUS 914 Woodwinds (Berta)
MUS 916 Organ (Hamilton)
MUS 917 Guitar (Meyer/Wachala)
MUS 918 Drums (Curry)
MUS 919 Jazz Piano (Barbuto)
MUS 921 Class Guitar (Meyer)

Applied Instructors in the Department of Music

Brass: Jeff Stempien

Double Bass: Professor Nicholas V. D'Angelo

Cello: Jacqueline Wogick

Drums: Steve Curry

Flute: John Oberbrunner

Guitar: Ken Meyer or Greg Wachala

Jazz Piano: Bob Barbuto

Jazz Saxophone: Alan Mandel

Organ: MaryAnn Hamilton

Piano: Gregg Christiansen, Meg Cognetta Heaton Jeananne Ralston, or Troy Slocum

Violin and Viola: Andrew Zaplatynsky

Voice:Angela Libertella Calabrese, Suzanne Murphy,or Wendra Trowbridge

Woodwinds: Professor Joseph Berta
(flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone)