Faculty Bios
Rick Andre, Drums
Robertico Arias, Community Partnerships, RIPYSalsa Band Conductor, Latin Percussion
Phyllis Aronson, Flute B.M., Flute, Magna cum Laude, Hartt School of Music; M.M., Flute, Northwestern University.
Kathleen Atteberry, Voice B.M., University of North Texas, M.M., University of Michigan, M.M., Southern Methodist University
Joshua Bell, Mandolin
Roberta Janelle Bishop, Voice, Voice Department Chair B.M., Vocal Performance; M.M., Opera, Hartt School of Music.
Marc Blanchette, RIPYWind Ensemble, Jr. Division Conductor B.M. Hartt School of Music, M. Ed. Rhode Island College
Jeffrey Cashen, Guitar, Jazz Combos
Tom Chace, Choral Activites Director
Heidi Chambers, Voice B.A. in Music, Assumption College; M.M., The Boston Conservatory
Kathryn Chester, Suzuki Piano, Piano M.M., B.M., Music Education and Piano Performance, University of Rhode Island; RI Certification for Music Education; member, Pi Kappa Lambda Musical Honor Society.
Karen Chou, Violin B.A. in Music Education, University of Michigan
Dawn Chung, Piano, Jazz Piano B.A., National Taiwan University, Diploma, Berklee College of Music; M.M., University of Rhode Island
Audrey Cienniwa, Cello, Suzuki Cello B.M., Conservatioire National de Region de Lyon; Graduate Studies, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels
Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities, Junior Providence Singers Conductor B.A. Wake Forest University, M.M. in Conducting, Carnegie Mellon University
Jessica Cooper, Voice
John Curran, Flute, Woodwind & Brass Department Chair B.A., University of Rhode Island; flute studies with James Pappoutsakis at New England Conservatory and with Julius Baker in New York.
Diana Dansereau, Piano, Community Partnerships
Jim DeLillo, Guitar
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.
Jacqueline Devillers, Piano, Recorder, Recorder Ensemble Piano with Antoine Geoffrey-Dechaume, Marcelle Henclin at the Paris Conservatory and recorder with Oswald van Olmen from Belgium.
Karen Dingley, Piano, Early Childhood, Ensemble & Education Concert Coordinator B.A. Music, Smith College; M.A., Musicology, New York University
Mary Earle, RIPYWE Coordinator
John Eells, Philharmonic Community Orchestra Conductor B.A. with Honors, York University, York, England, Graduate Diploma, Royal Academy of Music, London England
Aurora Emdjian, Piano B.M., Summa cum Laude, Tavreezian Music College; M.M., Piano Performance, Accompaniment, Chamber Ensemble and Pedagogy, Yerevan Gomidas Music Conservatory.
Lois Finkel*, Violin, Chamber Music, Chamber Music Department Chair B.A., Classics and Music, Cornell University; M.M., Violin Performance, Eastman School of Music.
Mychal Gendron, Classical and Suzuki Guitar, Suzuki Department Chair B.M., North Carolina School of the Arts; M.M., New England Conservatory; guitar studies with Hibbard Perry, Jesus Silva and Robert Paul Sullivan. Suzuki training at the Hartt Suzuki Institute with Frank Longay and William Kossler.
Rouzan Gevorkian, Piano M.M., Komitas State Conservatory, Armenia
Tatyana Golub, Piano B.A. Dniepropetrovsk State Musik College; M.M., Donetsk State Music Academy
Heather Goodchild, violin
Seth Gruenwald, Songwriting Ensemble B.A. Columbia College
Laura Gulley*, Suzuki Violin, Suzuki String Department Chair B.A. in Music and Mathematics, Brown University; Suzuki training with Susan Levine, Michelle George, John Kendall, Joan Reuning, Linda Case and Ronda Cole at the Suzuki School of Newton and at the Hartt, Montreal and Washington Suzuki Institutes.
Daniel Hann, Percussion, Timpani, Mallets B.M., Rhode Island College
Kent Hewitt, Jazz Piano B.S., Boston University; B.M., Music Theory and Composition, University of Connecticut, piano and theory studies with Ray Santisi, Charlie Mariano, Hal Galper, Fred Hersch and Ron Brown
Melissa Holt Reynolds, Treble Chorus Conductor
Garrison Hull, Guitar B.M., Concert Guitar, Graduate Studies, Composition, George Mason University; Associates Degree in Music, Northern Virginia Community College
Aida Kalikian, Piano B.A., Magna cum Laude, Romanos Melikian Music Institute; M.A., Komitas State Conservatory.
Katelain Kelly, Clarinet
Katherine Kilburn, RIPYO Repertory Orchestra Conductor B.A. Wellesley College, M/M. Indiana University, M.M. University of Michigan
Crystal King, Music Therapy
Wendy Klein, Flute, Conductor RIPYBig Band,, Community Partnerships, Jazz Department Chair B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University; B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory.
Emi Kullberg, Suzuki Piano, Piano B.M., and M.M., Piano Performance, Mannes College of Music; Suzuki Training, School for Strings.
Roger LaRocque, Trumpet, Cornet Classical trumpet studies with Irving Renquist and Jazz/Swing styles with Steven Horvath.
Robbie LePage, Trumpet B.M., Summa cum Laude, Hartt School of Music; M.M., Eastman School of Music.
Christopher Lopes, Guitar, Jazz Combos
Kara Lund, Voice B.A., Voice, University of Rhode Island, M.M., Voice Performance, Arizona State University
Rod Luther, Jazz Piano B.A., Drake University Iowa; piano studies with Stanley Cowell, Norman Simmons and Paul Schmeling.
Charlene Maker, Piano, Music Theory
Rachel Maloney, Fiddle
Debra Mann, Suzuki Piano B.M., cum Laude, Berklee College of Music.
Karen Marks, Flute, Suzuki Flute, Flute Choir B.M., Boston Conservatory; flute studies with William Grass; Suzuki training with David Gerry at the Hamilton Suzuki Institute.
David Martins, RIPYWind Ensemble, Sr. Division Conductor B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., University of Lowell, Tanglewood Fellowship Recipient.
Jean Maxon, Piano, Early Childhood, RIPYO Coordinator B.M., Crane School of Music; M.M., Music Education, magna cum laude, Shenandoah Conservatory
Paula McKay-Corkum, Suzuki Piano, Piano B.A., Music, French, English, University of Massachusetts; M.A., Administration, Northeastern University; Suzuki training in Connecticut with Lena Karoja-Crothers.
John McKenna, Saxaphone B.M. William Patterson University
Danny Mekonnen, Saxaphone B.M. Kazz Studies, University of Texas
Christopher Jordan O'Neill, Piano, Jazz Piano B.M., Piano Performance, Wright State University; M.M., Piano Performance, Boston Conservatory.
Kathleen O'Neill, Early Childhood B.M, Music Education, Eastman School of Music, M.M., Piano Performance, Boston Conservatory.
Jan Otten-Rouillard, Piano Church Music/Voice Diploma, Moody Bible Institute.
Eliot Porter*, String Bass, Electric Bass, B.A., Boston University; A.M., Brown University
Erin Quinton, Violin, Viola, String Ensembles Conductor B.A., Rhode Island College
Amy Rawstron*, Violin, String Orchestra Conductor, Early Childhood B.M. Mannes College; violin studies with Sally Thomas, Louis Kaplan, Robert Koff; master classes with Joseph Gingold and Dorothy DeLay.
Jane Revkin, Flute, Recorder, Early Childhood, Community Partnerships, Early Childhood Department Chair B.S., University of Rhode Island; M.E., Lesley University; Kodaly method certificates.
Daniela Rubinstein, Violin violin studies at the Music Institute of the U.C. de Chile with Francisco Quezada; Aspen Music Festival with Kurt Sassmannshaus (studio of Dorothy DeLay); Walnut Hill School for the Arts, NEC Preparatory Division, and Boston University School for the Arts with Dana Mazurkevich; coachings with Steven Ansell, Eugene Lehner; master classes with Cristoph Poppen, Leon Spierer.
David Rubinstein, Violin, Viola, String Department Chair
B.M., New School of Music; Graduate studies in viola, New England Conservatory.
Hubert Rutowski, Cello
Karen Sacchetti, Early Childhood
Mary Sadovnikoff, Piano, Fortepiano, Piano Department Co-Chair
B.M., Radcliffe College; M.F.A., Musical Composition, Brandeis University.
Ron SanFillipo, Jazz Combos Conductor
B.M., cum Laude, Berklee College of Music.
Mark Schroeder, Cello
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music; cello studies with Alan Harris and Robert Sylvester; master classes with Ron Leonard.
Alexey Shabalin, Violin, RIPYO Music Director/Symphony Conductor
B.A., M.A., M.A.T., Moscow University; A.D. Boston University.
Nonetta Shatakhtsian, Piano
B.A., Romanos Melikian Music College; M.A., Erevan State Conservatory; Teaching Certificate, RI College.
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
Sarah Sinclair, Early Childhood
B.A., Eugene Lang College; MSW, Boston College; theater and music studies at Sarah Lawrence College
Lucy Joan Sollogub, Appalachian Dulcimer
B.M., University of Massachusetts; Longy School of Music
Paul Surapine, Clarinet, Clarinet Choir
B.M. Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford
Gregory Takemoto, Saxaphone, Clarinet, Paul Murphy Touring Ensemble Conductor, Jazz Combos
Chicago State University; candidate, B.A. in Jazz Performance Rhode Island College
Dr. Irna Tchantceva, Piano, Piano Department Co-Chair
B.A., Yerevan College of Music; M.M., Amenian State Conservatory; D.M., Moscow State Conservatory
Judie Tenenbaum, Harp
B.A., Case Western Reserve University; J.S., Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law; harp studies with Alica Chalifoux and Ann Hobson Pilot
David Tessier, Electric Guitar, Guitar, Community Partnerships
Chris Turner, Harmonica, Tin Whistle, Bagpipes
Music Studies at Ealing College, London
Ray West, Jazz Fusion Ensemble Conductor