School of Music Faculty
Dr. Christopher Brellochs, Dean
B.M., Ithaca College; M.A., New York University; D.M.A., Rutgers University
Brass and Percussion
Allyson Keyser, Professor
B.M.E., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.M., D.M.A., University of North Carolina;
State University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017
Dylan Canterbury, Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Studies
B.M., Purchase College Conservatory of Music
Andrew Janack, Adjunct Instructor of Percussion/Director SCCC Percussion Ensemble
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.M., Crane School of Music; M.M.,
University of Connecticut
Robert (Bob) Halek, Adjunct Drum Set Instructor
A.A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.A., Crane School of Music; M.A.,
The College of Saint Rose
Nachiko Maekane, Adjunct Instructor of Percussion
Graduate, Osaka College of Music (Japan), advanced studies at Philadelphia College
of Performing Arts
Philip Pandori, Adjunct Instructor of Trombone and Low Brass
B.M., SUNY Potsdam; M.M., The Hartt School
Katy Svatek, Adjunct Instructor of Horn
B.M., SUNY Potsdam; M.M., Michigan State University
Woodwinds and Strings
Karen Hosmer, Professor
B.M., Oberlin College; M.M., Michigan State University; D.M.A., Temple University;
State University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009
Thomas Gerbino, Adjunct Instructor of Woodwinds
B.S., Mansfield University; M.M., Ithaca College
Krassimir Ivanov, Adjunct Instructor of Bassoon
B.A., Bulgarian Music Conservatory; M.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Artist
Diploma, Duquesne University
Bobby Kendall, Adjunct Instructor of Double and Electric Bass
B.A., Skidmore College; M.M., SUNY Purchase
Brian Patneaude, Adjunct Instructor of Saxophone, Jazz Studies
B.M., The College of Saint Rose; Graduate Studies, Cincinnati College Conservatory
Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, Adjunct Instructor of Violin, Viola
B.M., Boston University; M.A., University of Albany
Andre O'Neil, Adjunct Instructor of Cello
B.A., Yale University; Post-Graduate Certificate, Royal Conservatory (The Hague, Netherlands)
Norman Thibodeau, Adjunct Instructor of Flute, Flute Ensemble
B.A., SUNY Albany; M.M., M.M., Peabody Conservatory
Music Audio Technology
Sten Isachsen, Associate Professor
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.M., M.M., Ithaca College
Jordan Demarest, Adjunct Instructor for Digital Music and Beat Production
A.A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.M., Purchase College
Marcus Thomas, Adjunct Instructor of Music Business
A.A., University of Florida; B.A., Georgia State University; M.A., University of Georgia;
M.F.A., Full Sail University; J.D., Georgia State University College of Law
Voice
Joseph Han, Assistant Professor
B.M., Seoul National University; M.M., Carnegie Mellon University; D.M.A., Stony Brook
University
Elizabeth Gerbi, Adjunct Instructor of Voice
M.M.E., Boston University; Ed.D.C.T., Columbia University
Christina Pickreign, Adjunct Instructor of Voice
B.A., SUNY Albany; M.M.E., Westminster Choir College
Mia Scirocco, Adjunct Instructor of Voice and Rock Music Styles
M.S., B.S., The College of Saint Rose
Arla JN Wilding, Adjunct Instructor of Voice and Piano
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.A., SUNY Albany
Piano/Organ
Mark Evans, Associate Professor
B.M., Mannes College of Music; M.M., College of Saint Rose
Max Caplan, Adjunct Instructor of Piano
B.A., Union College; M.M., Hartt School of Music
Alfred Fedak, Adjunct Instructor of Organ
B.A., B.M., Hope College; M.A., Montclair State College
Maura Hall, Adjunct Instructor of Piano
B.A., Skidmore College; M.S. Ed., The College of Saint Rose; Chambre de commerce et D’Industrie de Paris, Certificat pratique de Français comercial et economique avec mention Bien
Gili Melamed-Lev, Adjunct Instructor of Piano
B.M., The Juilliard School; M.A., Montclair State College
Iida Nyman, Adjunct Instructor of Piano
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.M., SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music; M.M., M.M., Mannes Conservatory of Music
Arla JN Wilding, Adjunct Instructor of Voice and Piano
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.A., SUNY Albany
Akina Yura, Adjunct Instructor of Piano
B.M., University of Maryland; M.M., Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; D.M.A.,
University of Miami Frost School of Music
Harp
Karlinda Caldicott, Adjunct Instructor of Harp
B.M., Cleveland Institute of Music
Guitar
Kevin Grudecki, Adjunct Instructor of Guitar, Guitar Ensembles
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M.,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Paul Quigley, Adjunct Instructor of Guitar, Guitar Ensembles
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music
Music Education
Carolyn Slezak, Adjunct Instructor of Music Education
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.M., Crane School of Music at SUNY
Potsdam; M.M., Kent State University
Accompanists
Arla JN Wilding, Adjunct Instructor of Voice and Piano
A.S., SUNY Schenectady County Community College; B.A., SUNY Albany
World Music
David Gleason, Adjunct Instructor of Ethnomusicology
B.M., Crane School of Music; M.A., Tufts University