Faculty and Staff

Administration

Christina Dahl, Chairperson
Erika Honisch,  Director of Graduate Studies  
Deborah Heckert, Director of Undergraduate Studies  
Joanna Kaczorowska, Director of Undergraduate Performance
Michael Hershkowitz, Director of Community Music Programs

Composition

Matthew Barnson, Composition, Theory & Musicianship
Nirmali Fenn, Composition, Theory & Musicianship
Perry Goldstein, Composition, Theory & Musicianship  
Margaret Schedel,     Composition, Computer Music & Theory
Daria Semegen, Composition, Theory & Electronic Music
Daniel Weymouth, Composition, Computer Music & Theory

History/Theory/Ethnomusicology

Margarethe Adams, Ethnomusicology (Central Asia, Northwest China)  
Kevin Holt, Ethnomusicology (American popular music, hip hop studies)
Erika S. Honisch, History and Theory (16th-17th Centuries, Sound Studies)
Judith Lochhead, History and Theory (20-21st Centuries)
Ryan Minor, History and Theory (“Long” 19th Century)
August Sheehy, History and Theory (History of Music Theory, Analysis, Improvisation)
Stephen Decatur Smith, History and Theory (19th-20th Centuries)
Benjamin Tausig, Ethnomusicology (Southeast Asia, Sound Studies)
Deborah Heckert, Adjunct Lecturer, History and Theory

Graduate Performance

Piano  Gilbert Kalish, Piano Christina Dahl, Piano Early Music  Arthur Haas, Harpsichord Strings  Philip Setzer, Violin Arnaud Sussmann, Violin Jennifer Frautschi, Violin Hagai Shaham, Violin Matthew Lipman, Viola Lawrence Dutton, Viola Colin Carr, Cello Blake Hinson, Double Bass Nancy Allen, Harp Voice  Brenda Harris, Voice Jeremy Little, Voice Conducting and Opera Studies Daniel Beckwith

Winds and Brass    Carol Wincenc, Flute James Austin Smith, Oboe Alan R. Kay, Clarinet Frank Morelli, Bassoon Kevin Cobb, Trumpet David Jolley, Horn Michael Powell, Trombone  Kyle Turner, Tuba Percussion Eduardo Leandro Guitar João Luiz Rezende Lopes Jazz Studies Ray Anderson , Trombone Thomas Manuel , Trumpet Chamber Music David Finckel , Cello

Undergraduate Performance

Joanna Kaczorowska, Violin  
Pablo Lavandera, Piano

Undergraduate Studio Teachers

Peter Auricchio, Trumpet  
Nikhil Bartolomeo, Clarinet 
Ujjal Bhattacharyya, Percussion 
Robert Catinella, Bass  
Julietta Curenton, Flute  
Sarah Ghandour, Cello 
Daniel Guedes, Violin
Culley Hamstra, Trombone 
Nathan Huvard, Guitar  
Nicole Karrs, Voice  
Caitlin McKechney,  Voice 
Alejandro Salaverry, Horn 
Liuh-WenTing, Viola  
Calvin Hu, Piano
Charlotte Hill, Piano
Laura Saldanha, Piano

Ensemble Directors

JB Gnonlonfoun , VOLTA West African Music Ensemble
Shoshana Hershkowitz, Stony Brook Chorale  and Camerata Singers
Susan Deaver, University Orchestra  
Bruce Engel, Wind Ensemble

Ensemble-in-Residence

Emerson Quartet

Eugene Drucker, Violin  
Philip Setzer, Violin  
Lawrence Dutton, Viola
Paul Watkins, Cello

Staff

Germaine Berry, Secretary to the Chair and Undergraduate Studies
Monica Gentile, Graduate Program Coordinator  
Michael Hershkowitz, Director of Concerts and Community Education  
Susan Kaiserman, Receptionist  
Thomas Malenich, Piano Technician
Nicholas Nelson, Audio Engineer  
Martha Zadok, Assistant to the Chair

Emeritus Professor

Sarah Fuller , Medieval & Renaissance History & Theory
Peter Winkler , Composition, Theory & Popular Music
Timothy Mount,Director of Choral Studies
Richard Kramer, 18th and 19th Century Music History and Theory
David Lawton, History and Theory (19th Century Opera)
Sheila Silver, Composition & Theory

Affiliated Scholars

Carol K. Baron , History & Theory