DEPARTMENT CHAIRS/COORDINATORS
ROBERTA JANELLE BISHOP • Voice
JOHN CURRAN • Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion
LOIS FINKEL • Chamber Music
MYCHAL GENDRON • Suzuki, Guitar
WENDY KLEIN • Jazz, Rock & Blues
JANE REVKIN • Early Childhood
DAVID RUBINSTEIN & DANIELA RUBINSTEIN • Strings
MARY SADOVNIKOFF, IRINA TCHANTCEVA &
KAREN DINGLEY • Piano & Keyboard
Instruments

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
JACQUELINE DEVILLERS • Piano, Recorder,
Voice, Recorder Ensembles
Piano and recorder studies, Paris
Conservatory
KAREN DINGLEY • Piano, Early Childhood,
Ensemble & Education Concert
Coordinator
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
TATYANA GOLUB • Piano
B.A. Dniepropetrovsk State Musik College;
M.M. Donetsk State Music Academy
KENT HEWITT • Jazz Piano
B.S. Boston University; B.M. Music Theory
and Composition, University of Connecticut
AIDA KALIKIAN • Piano
B.A. Magna cum Laude, Romanos Melikian
Music Institute; M.A. Komitas State
Conservatory
EMI KULLBERG • Suzuki Piano, Piano
See Early Childhood & Suzuki.
ROD LUTHER • Jazz Piano
B.A. Drake University
CHARLENE MAKER • Piano,Music Theory
JEAN MAXON • Piano
B.M. Crane School of Music; M.M. Music
Education, magna cum laude, Shenandoah
Conservatory
PAULA MCKAY-CORKUM • Suzuki Piano, Piano
See Early Childhood & Suzuki.
JOHN NORIGIAN • Suzuki Piano, Piano
B.M. URI, M.M Cleveland Institute of Music
JAN OTTEN–ROUILLARD • Piano Church
Music/Voice
Diploma, Moody Bible Institute
MARY SADOVNIKOFF • Piano, Fortepiano
Piano Department Co-chair B.M. Radcliffe
College; M.F.A. Musical Composition,
Brandeis University
NONETTA SHATAKHTSIAN • Piano
B.A. Romanos Melikian Music College; M.A.,
Erevan State Conservatory; Teaching
Certificate, Rhode Island College
DR. IRINA TCHANTCEVA • Piano, Piano
Department Co-chair
B. A. Yerevan College of Music; M. M.
Armenian State Conservatory; D. M. Moscow
State Conservatory

STRINGS
JEANA BEACK • Suzuki Violin
BA. Amherst College, Boston Conservatory
AUDREY CIENNIWA • Cello, Suzuki Cello
B.M. Conservatioire National de Region de
Lyon; Graduate Studies, Koninklijk
Conservatorium, Brussels
PAULINKA DEROCHEMENT • Suzuki Violin,
Violin, Viola
See Early Childhood & Suzuki.
LOIS FINKEL* • Violin, Chamber Music
B.A. Classics and Music, Cornell University;
M.M. Violin Performance, Eastman School of
Music
LAURA GULLEY* • Suzuki Violin, Suzuki
String Department Chair
See Early Childhood & Suzuki.
RACHEL MALONEY • Fiddle
ELIOT PORTER* • Bass, Electric Bass
B.A. Boston University; M.M. Brown
University
ERIN QUINTON • Violin, Viola, RIPYO String
Ensemble Conductor
B.A. Rhode Island College
AMY RAWSTRON* • Violin, String Orchestra
Conductor B.M. Mannes College
ALLISON ROUSH • Suzuki 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; cello studies
with Alan Harris and Robert Sylvester; master
classes with Ronald Leonard
ALEXEY SHABALIN* • Violin, RIPYO Music
Director/Symphony Conductor
See Performing 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
WOODWINDS, BRASS & PERCUSSION
RICK ANDRE • Percussion
Drumset studies at Berklee College of Music
PHYLLIS ARONSON • Flute
B.M. Flute, Magna cum Laude, Hartt School
of Music; M.M., Flute, Northwestern
University
JOHN CURRAN • Flute, Flute Choir,
Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
Department Chair
B.A. University of Rhode Island; flute studies,
New England Conservatory
JACQUELINE DEVILLERS • Piano, Recorder,
Voice, Recorder Ensembles
See Piano & Keyboard Instruments.
ROGER LAROCQUE • Trumpet, Cornet
Classical trumpet studies with Irving
Renquist and Jazz/Swing style with Steven
Horvath
ROBBIE LEPAGE • Trumpet
B.M. Summa cum Laude, Hartt School of
Music; M.M. Eastman School of Music
KAREN MARKS • Flute, Suzuki Flute
See Early Childhood & Suzuki.
JOHN MCKENNA • Saxophone
B.M.William Paterson University
JANE REVKIN • Flute, Flute Choir, Recorder,
Early Childhood Coordinator
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,
B.S. Jazz Theory, Chicago State University;
candidate, B.A.B.S. in Jazz Performance,
Rhode Island College

PLUCKED STRINGS &
TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS
JOSHUA BELL • Mandolin
MICHAEL BERNIER • Guitar & Electric Bass
Berklee College of Music
JEFFREY CASHEN • Guitar, Jazz Combos
B.A. Rhode Island College; M.M. University
of Massachusetts
JIM DELILLO • Guitar
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,
Voice, Recorder Ensembles
See Piano & Keyboard Instruments.
MYCHAL GENDRON • Classical and Suzuki
Guitar, Suzuki Program Coordinator
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
JANE REVKIN • Flute, Recorder, Flute Choir,
Early Childhood Department Chair
SeeWoodwinds, Brass & Percussion.
LUCY JOAN SOLLOGUB • Appalachian
Dulcimer
B.M. University of Massachusetts; Longy
School of Music
JUDIE TENENBAUM • Harp
B.A. CaseWestern Reserve University; J.D.,
Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent
College of Law; harp studies with Alice
Chalifoux and Ann Hobson Pilot
CHRIS TURNER • Harmonica, TinWhistle,
Bagpipes
Music Studies at Ealing College, London
VOICE
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
COMMUNITY ENSEMBLES
MARC BLANCHETTE • RIPYWind Ensemble,
Jr. Division Conductor
B.M. Hartt School of Music; M.Ed. Rhode
Island College
JEFFREY CASHEN • Guitar, Jazz Combos
See Plucked Strings.
JOHN CURRAN • Flute, Flute Choir,
Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
Department Chair
JOHN EELLS • Philharmonic Community
Orchestra Conductor
B.A. with Honors, York University, York,
England; Graduate Diploma, Royal Academy
of Music, London, England
LOIS FINKEL* • Violin, Chamber Music
See Strings.
MICHELE HOLT • Junior Providence Singers
Conductor
B.M. and M.A. in Music Education,
University of Rhode Island; D.M.A in Choral
Conducting and Performance, Hartt School
of Music
WENDY KLEIN • RIPYJazz Big 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 Choir
See Early Childhood & Suzuki.
DEBRA MANN • Jazz Combos See Early
Childhood & Suzuki
VINCENT MATTERA • Repertory Orchestra
Conductor B.M. and M.M. in Music
Education, University of Rhode Island
DAVID MARTINS • RIPYWind Ensemble, Sr.
Division Conductor
B.M. Eastman School of Music; M.M.
University of Lowell; Tanglewood Fellowship
Recipient
ERIN QUINTON • Violin, Viola, RIPYO String
Ensembles Conductor
B.A. Rhode Island College
AMY RAWSTRON* • Violin, RIPYO String
Orchestra Conductor
See Strings.
JANE REVKIN • Flute Choir
SeeWoodwinds, Brass and Percussion.
RON SANFILIPPO • Jazz Combo
B.M. cum Laude, Berklee College of Music
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
CONSUELO SHERBA* • Viola, Chamber Music
See Strings.
PAUL SURAPINE • Clarinet, Clarinet Choir
SeeWoodwinds, Brass & Percussion.
GREGORY TAKEMOTO • Clarinet, Saxophone,
Paul Murphy Touring Ensemble Conductor,
Jazz Combos
SeeWoodwinds, Brass & Percussion.
IRINA TCHANTCEVA • Chamber Music
See Piano & Keyboard Instruments.

EARLY CHILDHOOD & SUZUKI
AUDREY CIENNIWA • Cello, Suzuki Cello
See Strings.
DIANA R. DANSEREAU • Piano, Early
Childhood
See Piano & Keybpard 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
KAREN DINGLEY • Piano, Early Childhood,
Ensemble & Education Concert
Coordinator
MYCHAL GENDRON • Classical and Suzuki
Guitar, Suzuki Program Coordinator,
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
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
CRYSTAL KING • Early Childhood,Music
Therapy
B.M in Music Therapy Shenandoah
University, M.S. Ed Simmons College, Board
Certified
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
B.M., cum Laude, Berklee College of Music
KAREN MARKS • Flute, Suzuki Flute
B.M. Boston Conservatory of Music; flute
studies withWilliam 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 Department Chair
SeeWoodwinds, Brass & Percussion.
SARAH SINCLAIR • Early Childhood
B.A. Eugene Lang College; MSW, Boston
College; theater and music studies at Sarah
Lawrence College