Faculty

Roberta Janelle Bishop – Voice
Lois Finkel – Chamber Music
Mychal Gendron – Suzuki Guitar
Laura Gulley – Suzuki Strings
Wendy Klein – Jazz, Rock & Blues
Emi Kullberg – Suzuki Piano
Daniela Rubinstein & David Rubinstein - Strings
Irina Tchantceva & Karen Dingley – Piano & Keyboard Instruments
Mary Sadovnikoff – Emeritus, Piano & Keyboard Instruments

Dawn Chung – Piano, Jazz Piano
B.A., National Taiwan University; Diploma, Berklee College of Music; M.M., University of Rhode Island

Diana R. Dansereau – Piano, Early Childhood
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Georgia State University

Jaqueline Devillers – Piano, Recorder, Recorder Ensembles
Piano and recorder studies, Paris Conservatory

Karen Dingley – Piano, Piano Department Co-Chair
B.A., Music, Smith College; M.A., Musicology, New York University

Aurora Emdjian – Piano
B.M., Summa cum Laude, Tavreezian Music College; M.M., Piano Performance, Accompaniment, Chamber Ensemble and Pedagogy, Yerevan Gomidas Music Conservatory

Rouzan Gevorkian – Piano
M.M., Komitas State Conservatory, Armenia

Margaret Gidley – Piano
B.A., Pembroke College at Brown University

Joseph Godfrey – Piano

Tatyana Golub – Piano
B.A., Dniepropetrovsk State Musik College; M.M., Donetsk State Music Academy

Aida Kalikian – Piano
B.A., Magna cum Laude, Romanos Melikian Music Institute; M.A., Komitas State Conservatory

Elena Kishovich – Piano
M.M., Moscow Conservatory

Emi Kullberg – Suzuki Piano, Piano, Suzuki Piano Chair
See Early Childhood & Suzuki

Charlene Maker – Piano

Debra Mann – Suzuki Piano, Piano, Jazz Piano 
B.M., cum Laude, Berklee College of Music

Paula Mckay-Corkum – Suzuki Piano, Piano
See Early Childhood & Suzuki
 
John Norigian – Suzuki Piano, Piano
B.M., University of Rhode Island; M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music
 
Mary Sadovnikoff – Piano, Fortepiano, Piano Department Chair, Emeritus  
B.M., Radcliffe College; M.F.A., Musical Composition, Brandeis University

Ron Sanfilippo – Jazz Piano, Jazz Combos
B.M., cum Laude, Berklee College of Music 
 
Nonetta Shatakhtsian – Piano
B.A., Romanos Melikian Music College; M.A., Erevan State Conservatory; Teaching Certificate, RI College

Dr. Irina Tchantceva – Piano, Piano Department Co-chair, Chamber Music
B. A., Yerevan College of Music; M. M., Armenian State Conservatory; D. M., Moscow State Conservatory

JeaNa Beack – Suzuki Violin, Violin
B.A., Amherst College, Boston Conservatory

Paulinka DeRochement – Suzuki Violin, Violin, Viola
See Early Childhood & Suzuki

Erin Quinton Erban – Violin, Viola, RIPYO String Ensemble Conductor
B.A., Rhode Island College
 
Lois Finkel* – Violin, Chamber Music Department Chair
B.A., Classics and Music, Cornell University; M. M., Violin Performance, Eastman School of Music

Jorge Gardos, Violin, Chamber Music
Liszt Music Academy (Hungarian), M.M. Indiana University

Laura Gulley – Suzuki Violin, Suzuki String Department Chair
See Early Childhood & Suzuki

Pamela Lowell – Cello
B.M., University of Rhode Island

Rachel Maloney – Fiddle

Bill Miele – Jazz Bass, Adult Jazz Combo
Berklee School of Music

Eliot Porter* – Bass, Electric Bass
B.A., Boston University; A.M., Brown University

Amy Rawstron* – Violin, RIPYO String Orchestra Conductor
B.M., Mannes College

Allison Roush – Violin
B.M., SUNY Purchase; M.M. Boston University

Daniela Rubinstein – Violin, String Department Co-Chair
Boston University School for the Arts; Instituto de Música de la Universidad Católica de Chile

David Rubinstein – Violin, Viola, String Department Co-Chair
B.M., New School of Music; Graduate studies in viola, New England Conservatory
 
Mark Schroeder*  – Cello
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music

Alexey Shabalin*  – Violin, RIPYO Music Director/ Symphony Conductor
See Community Ensembles
 
Charles Sherba*  – Violin, Chamber Music
 
Consuelo Sherba*  – Viola, Chamber Music
B.M., City University of New York; Graduate studies, University of Massachusetts and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Rick Andre – Percussion
Drumset studies at Berklee College of Music

Phyllis Aronson – Flute
B.M. Flute, Magna cum Laude, Hart School of Music; M.M., Flute, Northwestern

David Bolender - Saxophone

Cheryl Bishkoff*  – Oboe
B.A, M.A. Virginia Commonwealth University

John Curran – Flute, Flute Choir
B.A., University of Rhode Island; flute studies, New England Conservatory

Jacqueline Devillers – Piano, Recorder, Recorder Ensembles
See Piano & Keyboard Instruments

Jim Delillo – Trombone
B.S., Rhode Island College; Graduate Studies Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island & Berklee College of Music, Awarded Life-Time Teacher Certificate by RI Board of Regents

Ian Greitzer* – Clarinet
B.M., and M.M., New England Conservatory; Tanglewood Fellowship Recipient

Ron Haroutunian* – Bassoon
B.M., New England Conservatory; Graduate Assistant, Boston University
  
Karen Marks – Flute, Suzuki Flute, Flute Choir
See Early Childhood & Suzuki

John McKenna – Saxophone, Jazz Combos
B.M., William Paterson University

Craig McNutt* – Percussion
B.M., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., New England Conservatory

Jane Revkin – Flute, Recorder, Early Childhood
B.S., University of Rhode Island; M.E., Lesley University; Kodály method certificates

Paul Surapine – Clarinet, Clarinet Choir
B.M., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford

Gregory Takemoto – Saxophone, Clarinet, Paul Murphy Touring Ensemble Conductor, Jazz Combos
Chicago State University; candidate, B.A., Jazz Performance, Rhode Island College

Susan Thomas* – Flute, Prelude Flute Choir
B.M., cum Laude, New England Conservatory; M.A., Lesley University

Nick Toscano – Percussion
B.A., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford

Joshua Bell – Mandolin

Mike Bernier – Guitar & Electric Bass
Berklee College of Music

Chris Capaldi – Guitar
B.M., Berklee College of Music

Jeffray Cashen – Guitar, Jazz Combos
B.A., Rhode Island College; M.M., University of Massachusetts

Hyunjung Choi* – Harp
B.A., Ewah University, Seoul, Korea; M.M., Tufts University

Bear Connelly - Guitar
B.A., Skidmore College

Mark Davis - Guitar

Jim Delillo – Guitar, Trombone
B.S., Rhode Island College; Graduate Studies Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island & Berklee College of Music, Awarded Life-Time Teacher Certificate by RI Board of Regents

Jacqueline Devillers – Piano, Recorder, Recorder Ensembles
See Piano & Keyboard Instruments

Mychal Gendron – Classical and Suzuki Guitar, Suzuki Department Chair, Guitar Department Chair
See Early Childhood & Suzuki

Garrison Hull – Guitar
B.M., Concert Guitar, Graduate Studies, Composition, George Mason University; Associates Degree in Music, Northern Virginia Community College

Rachel Maloney – Fiddle
 
Eliot Porter* – Bass, Electric Bass
 
Lucy Joan Sollogub – Appalachian Dulcimer
B.M., University of Massachusetts; Longy School of Music

Judie Tenenbaum – Harp
B.A., Case Western Reserve University; J.D., Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law; harp studies with Alice Chalifoux and with Ann Hobson Pilot

Chris Turner – Harmonica, Tin Whistle, Bagpipes
Music Studies at Ealing College, London

Kathleen Atteberry – Voice
B.M., University of North Texas; M.M., University of Michigan; M.M., Southern Methodist University
 
Roberta Janelle Bishop – Voice, Voice Department Chair
B.M., Vocal Performance; M.M., Opera, Hartt School of Music

Kara Lund – Voice
B. A., Voice, University of Rhode Island; M.M., Voice Performance, Arizona State University 

Bonnie Pomfret – Voice
S.M.P, Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik, Germany; M.M., Boston Conservatory; D.M., Indiana University

Rick Andre – Percussion, Percussion Ensemble
See Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion

Marc Blanchette – RIPY Wind Ensemble, Jr. Division Conductor
B.M., Hartt School of Music; M. Ed., Rhode Island College

Jeffrey Cashen – Guitar, Jazz Combos
See Plucked Strings & Traditional Instruments

John Curran – Flute, Flute Choir
See Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion

John Eells – Rhode Island Philharmonic Community Orchestra
B.A., with Honors, York University, York, England; Graduate Diploma, Royal Academy of Music, London, England

Erin Quinton Erban – Violin, Viola, RIPYO String Ensembles Conductor
B.A., Rhode Island College

Lois Finkel* – Violin, Chamber Music
See Strings

Wendy Klein –  RIPYJazz Big Band Conductor , Jazz, Rock & Blues Department Chair
B.A. & Hicks Award, Brown University; B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory

Karen Marks – Flute, Suzuki Flute, Flute Choir
See Early Childhood & Suzuki

David Martins – RIPY Wind Ensemble, Sr. Division Conductor
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., University of Lowell; Tanglewood Fellowship Recipient

Vincent Mattera – RIPYO Repertory Orchestra Conductor
B.M. and M.M., Music Education, University of Rhode Island

John McKenna – Saxophone, Jazz Combs
See Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion

Bill Miele – Jazz Bass, Adult Jazz Combo
 
Amy Rawstron*  – Violin, RIPYO Preparatory String Orchestra Conductor
See Strings

Ron Sanfilippo – Jazz Piano,  Jazz CombosSee Piano & Keyboard Instruments
 

Alexey Shabalin*  – Violin, RIPYO Music Director/ Symphony Conductor, Chamber Music B.A., M.A., M.A.T., Moscow Conservatory; A.D. Boston University

Charles Sherba* – Violin, Chamber Music
See Strings
 
Consuelo Sherba* – Viola, Chamber Music
See Strings

Paul Surpine – Clarinet, Clarinet Choir
See Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion

Gregory Takemoto – Clarinet, Saxophone, Paul Murphy Touring Ensemble Conductor, Jazz Combos
See Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion

Irina Tchantceva – Piano, Piano Department Co-chair, Chamber Music
See Piano & Keyboard Instruments

Paulinka DeRochement – Suzuki Violin, Violin, Viola
Diploma in orchestra playing and teaching, the Sweelinck Conservatory; M.M., Violin Performance, University of Louisville; Suzuki training from Margery Aber, Bill Preucil, Joanne Bath, Hiroko Driver and James Maurer

Mychal Gendron – Classical and Suzuki Guitar, Suzuki Department Chair, Guitar Department Chair
B.M., North Carolina School of the Arts; M.M., New England Conservatory; Suzuki training at the Hartt Suzuki Institute and the Ann Arbor Suzuki Institute

Denise Guilbeault – Early Childhood
B.M., M.M., Ph.D., Michigan State University, Gordon Institute for Music Learning Certified

Laura Gulley* – Suzuki Violin, Suzuki String Department Chair
B.S. in Music and Mathematics, Brown University; Suzuki training at the Suzuki School of Newton and at the Hartt, Montreal and Washington Suzuki Institutes 

Emi Kullberg – Suzuki Piano, Piano, Suzuki Piano Department Chair
B.M. and M.M., Piano Performance, Mannes College of Music; Suzuki Training, School for Strings

Debra Mann – Suzuki Piano, Piano, Jazz Piano
See Piano & Keyboard Instruments

Karen Marks – Flute, Suzuki Flute
B.M., Boston Conservatory of Music; flute studies with William Grass; Suzuki training with David Gerry at the Hamilton Suzuki Institute

Paula Mckay-Corkum – Suzuki Piano, Piano
B.A., Music, French, English, University of Massachusetts; M.A., Administration, Northeastern University; Suzuki training with Lena Karoja-Crothers 

Jane Revkin – Flute, Recorder, Early Childhood
See Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion

Sarah Sinclair – Early Childhood
B.A., Eugene Lang College; MSW, Boston College; theater and music studies at Sarah Lawrence College

Emily Hess – Music Therapy
B.M., Elizabethtown College, Board Certified

Crystal King – Music Therapy
B.M., Music Therapy Shenandoah University; M.S. Ed., Simmons College, Board Certified

Mary Derbyshire – Alexander Technique
B.S., Theatre, Northwestern University; L’Ecole du Mime, Etienne DeCroix; Alexander Technique Center Cambridge; Alexander Technique Center Chicago; Alexander Technique Center New York City, Post Graduate; Certified teacher of the Alexander Technique