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Faculty members are chosen for their dedication to the Center's purposes and objectives as well as for their professional accomplishments and teaching experience.
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DALE LEWIS
Executive Director
B.Mus., M.A., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Former cellist, The Alberg Trio. Founder and former Director, The Center for Chamber Music, Greenwich, CT. Former faculty, Mount Pleasant Schools, College of New Rochelle |
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LORRAINE ANGELETTI
Art
B.A., LI University. M.A., SUNY Stony Brook. Professional Development Coordinator, SCALA. Art Teacher, Middle County Central School District. |
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PATRICK
ARMANN
Percussion
B.M., Boston Conservatory, M.M. and D.M.A., SUNY Stony Brook. Performances with Atlantic Philharmonic, Long Island Symphonic Winds, New Music Consort, New Jersey Percussion Ensemble Bay Street Theater. Faculty, Sachem High School. |
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ELLIOT BEAN
Senior Chorus
B.A., M.A., Manhattan School of Music. Faculty, LI University. Member, Stony Brook Wind Ensemble. |
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WARREN BLOOM
Theater
B.A., Brandeis, M.M., University of Miami, M.A., Hunter. Director, Minimum Wage at Fringe Festival, NY; The Hyannis Sound, Cape Cod. Former faculty, Talent Unlimited HS (NYC) |
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NATHAN BOTTS
Trumpet
B.A., Manhattan School of Music; B.A., Brigham Young University. M.M., The Julliard School. Performances with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, NY City Ballet, Chinn National Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra. Carnegie Hall Fellow. |
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KERRY MARA COX
Ballet
Principal dancer, St. Louis Ballet; Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Guest artist, Central Oklahoma City Ballet. Principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Serenade, The Nutcracker. |
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A. BRADFORD DE MILO
Director of Junior Bands; French Horn
B.S., Hofstra. M.A., Professional Diploma, LI University. Performances with LI Brass Guild, Concert Pops of LI, Atlantic Wind Symphony, Lehman Woodwind Quintet. Music Director, Village Pops of Farmingdale. Faculty, Adelphi University. |
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DAVID DOLGON
Clarinet
B.S., M.A., NYU. Former faculty, Syosset Schools. Clinician for Finale and Smart Music Impact. Performances with Concert Pops of Long Island, Atlantic Wind Symphony. NYSSMA All-State and Major Organization Adjudicator. |
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THOMAS DONNARUMMA
Drama
B.F.A., CUNY, M.F.A., Brooklyn College. Director of numerous productions including: Ladies of the Jury, Henry IV, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Othello, A Midsummer NightÕs Dream, Antigone. Faculty, Dowling College, Brooklyn College. |
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JACQUELINE DUBARRY
Sculpture
B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, M.A., Queens College. Faculty, Middle Country Schools. |
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LES DWEIR
Theater
Faculty, Five Towns College. Artistic Director, Theatre Arts In Education. Musical Director, Theatre for Young People. |
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JEFF EDMOND
Jazz and Tap Coordinator
B.A., Lehman College. Faculty, STEPS on Broadway. Choreographer, Reel to Real at Lincoln Center. Author, The Freakout Zone. |
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STEVE FINKELSTEIN
Nature, Ecology & Design.
B.S., Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, M.S., Environmental and Interpretive Design, George Williams College. Park ranger, naturalist, environmental education consultant. Faculty, The Wheatley School. |
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LAURA FORREST
Ceramics
B.F.A. C.W. Post. Additional studies, Columbia, Alfred, The New School, Faculty, Art League of L.I. |
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ALENA GERST
Dance
B.A., Wagner College. Faculty: American College Dance Festival, American Musical & Dramatic Academy. |
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MARIANNE FREEMAN
Director of Swimming
Former all-American college swimmer. B.S., Slippery Rock State. Water Safety Instructor, Varsity Swim coach, Health and Phys Ed Teacher, Boys’ Varsity Tennis Coach, St. John the Baptist HS. |
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ELAINE GATES
Discovery Music Go-Round
Assistant Professor of Music Education, L.I. University. Founder and Conductor, N.Y.U. Children’s Chorus. Former Director of Undergraduate Music Education at N.Y.U. Former faculty, Huntington Schools. |
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KAREN GELLERT
String Bass/Chamber Music
B.Mus., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Performances, Nassau Symphony, Westchester Symphony, LI Choral Society. Faculty, LI University. |
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MELANIE GLADSTONE
Junior Jazz Dance
B.A., SUNY Buffalo. Graduate studies, Hofstra. Dance performer and teacher. |
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DENA GIACCOBE
Video Arts
B.S., Syracuse University; M.S., Dowling College. Former radio promotions copywriter. Faculty, Patchogue-Medford High School. |
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DANIEL W. GOSNELL
Media Arts, Life Drawing
B.F.A., SUNY Purchase; M.F.A., Brooklyn College. |
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NANCY HOCHMAN
Creative Writing
B.A., M.S. Essays and articles published in The New York Times, Newsday, Seventeen, Child, Brides, Woman’s World, and Hadassah. Faculty, Shulamith. |
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ROBYN HOUGHTON
Ceramics
B.A., M.A., C.W. Post LI University. Artist and teacher. |
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MAX GOTTFRIED
Painting
B.F.A., Pratt Institute. Faculty, Nassau Community College, Hofstra, Great Neck Cumberland School, Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, Rambam MesivÕta H.S.
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YELENA GRINBERG
Piano
B.A., Columbia University, M.Music, D.M.A., The Julliard School. |
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LAWRENCE ISAACSON
Director of Orchestras
B.Mus., Northwestern University. Music Director and Conductor, Neponset Valley Philharmonic (MA). Regular Guest Conductor, Aspen Music Festival, Round Top Music Festivals. Brass Chair, Faculty, and Assistant Director, Music Division, The Boston Conservatory. |
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RENE IZQUIERDO
Classical Guitar
M.Mus., Artist Diploma, Yale University School of Music. Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Performer, soloist, and chamber musician.
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TODD HISCOX
Ceramics
Discovery Art. B.F.A., Syracuse, M.A., Purdue. Faculty, Huntington Schools.
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DONALD JONES
Theater
Graduate, Interlochen Arts Academy. New England Conservatory. Broadway: Flower Drum Song, Wicked. Performances with Renee Fleming, Marvin Hamlisch. President, Music Director: Broad Hollow Theatre Company. |
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BRIAN KAREN
Chess
M.S., Fordham. Ranked top 5% of tournament chess players. Member, US Chess Federation Scholastic Committee. Chess teacher and tournament administrator. |
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ANNE KELLY
Ballet
Studies at School of American Ballet. Graduate, Barnard College, Columbia University. Dancer with New York City Opera. Faculty, Ballet Academy East, New York. |
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SIBEL KECECIOGLU
Art
B.A., Advertising Art and Design. Faculty, NYC schools. |
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SHERRY KFARE
Theater Costumer
B.A., Pace University, M.A., Brooklyn College. Faculty, Five Towns College. Staff costumer, The Stage Theater. |
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ALINA KIRYAYEVA
Piano
B.A., M.A. The Juilliard School. Recitalist, teacher, and collaborative artist. |
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DAVID LAKE
Tennis
B.A., SUNY Old Westbury, M.A., Queens College. Tennis pro, Plandome Country Club, Waterside Racquet Club. Faculty, East Islip Schools.. |
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SUSAN LEHR
Cello
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory. Performances: Symphony of LI, American Chamber Ensemble, Minnewaska Chamber Music Society, Classical Strings. Director of Orchestras, Waldorf School. |
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JAMES INCORVAIA
Chairman, Theater Arts
B.A., M.S., Hofstra University, M.F.A., Columbia University. Director: Lovers and Other Strangers, King Lear. Performances: My Fair Lady, Oliver, Once in Wonder, Antigone, Fiorello, Guys and Dolls, Zorba. Faculty, Harborfields Schools. |
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DOROTHY A. MACGREGOR
Painting and Ceramics
B.A., M.A., Adelphi. Faculty, Amityville Schools. |
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DEREK MAINHART
Cartooning
M.F.A., School of Visual Arts. Published illustrator and cartoonist. Faculty, Deer Park High School. |
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CRAIG MATEYNAS
Photography/Heckscher-Usdan Student Art Institute
B.A., Syracuse. M.A., University of Pennsylvania. Faculty, Northport High School. |
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RYAN McKINNEY
Theater
B.A., Fairfield University. M.F.A., San Diego State University. Faculty, Five Towns College..
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ROCHELLE MORGAN
Chair, Art Department
B.A., Queens College. M.S., M.F.A., C.W. Post. M.S., College of New Rochelle. Faculty, Plainview-Old Bethpage Schools. |
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DENNIS NAHAT
Chair, Dance Department
Artistic Director, Ballet San Jose (CA). Performances: American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet. Created ballets for ABT, Royal Swedish Ballet, London Festival Ballet. Choreographer of the Broadway productions of: Jumpers, Good Time Charlie, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Tommy. |
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PAMELA JACKSON
Creative Writing
B.L.A., The New School. Author of fiction and non-fiction. |
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CINDY McGLYNN
Nature Ecology & Design.
B.S.E., SUNY Cortland. M.S. in Environmental Education, SUNY Stony Brook. Faculty, Goshen High School Earth & Environmental. |
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Drama
Graduate, American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Director, Main Stage musicals, Westminster Choir College. Director, original sketch comedy shows at Carolines. Artistic Director, Theatre West 97th. |
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ANNIE PASQUA
Theater
B.S., NYU, M.M., Queens College. Producer, WLIW Channel 21. Television and film composer. |
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THEA MONIER-WILLIAMS
Ceramics
B.F.A., SUNY Purchase. Designer of Second Public Art Installation Project, GovernorÕs Island. Community and outdoor artist. |
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STACEY PORTMORE-DAVIES
Theater
M.F.A. Directing, Brooklyn College. Faculty, Garden City Middle School. |
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KAGEKI NAGAO
Double Bass/Chamber Music
B.M., M.M., The Julliard School. D.M.A., SUNY Stony Brook. Performances with Westchester Symphony, Jupiter Symphony, Berkshire Opera, Utah Festival Opera. Faculty, Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School. |
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CHRISTINA PAWL
Theatre Choreographer
B.F.A., Texas Christian University. Broadway: Cabaret, Meet Me in St. Louis. Various regional theater, film and television appearances. |
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LISA PULITZER
Creative Writing
B.F.A. LI University. Former correspondent, The New York Times. Author of more than fifteen non-fiction books, including The New York Times bestseller, Stolen Innocence. |
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CHRISTINE ROEPKEN
Art Adventure
Animation. B.F.A., School of Visual Arts. Freelance Animator, Illustrator, Computer Artist |
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BRUCE ROLLNER
Painting
B.S., M.S., SUNY New Paltz. Painter and Ceramicist. |
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TIA ROPER
Flute
B.Mus., Manhattan School of Music, M.M., Boston University. D.M.A.- Rutgers University. Performances; New York City Ballet, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Queens Symphony Orchestra. Faculty, Bloomingdale School of Music. |
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JOEL SALMAN
Chess
B.A., Johns Hopkins. Professional Chess Master. FIDE Master. USCF Life Master, National Master. Senior Tournament Director. Bermuda National Team Coach at FIDE World Youth Championships. |
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MARK SANDOR
Video Arts
B.A., M.L.S., St. John’s. CATV Paragon Cable Award, Telly Award. Faculty, Harrison High School. |
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SCOTT SAPERSTEIN
Theater
MFA, UNC Chapel Hill, Performer in theater, film, and television. |
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AMY SCHECHER
Director of Student Leadership Programs
B.Mus., University of Delaware, M.M., SUNY Stony Brook. Performances, Stony Brook University Wind Ensemble. Music Department Chair, Band Director, Rocky Point Schools. |
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DAVID SCHECHER
Senior Bands/Dean of Students
B.A., Ithaca College, M.M., Stony Brook. Music Director, LI Brass Guild. Music Director and Conductor, Atlantic Wind Symphony. Faculty, Bayport/Blue Point Schools. |
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ANDREW SEGALE
Saxophone
B.Mus., New England Conservatory. Performances: Goldman Band, Symphony of LI, NY Virtuosi, Island Chamber Symphony, American Concert Band, Cy Coleman Orchestra, American Chamber Ensemble, Adolphe Saxquartette. |
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MICHAEL SCHWENDEMANN
Theater
B.A., Queens College. M.F.A., University of Alabama. Faculty, Theater Arts Director, Huntington High School. Advisory Board, Airmid Theater Company. |
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LORI SKLAR
Film Photography
B.F.A., Art Center College of Design. M.S., LIU. Commercial and fine art photographer and teacher. |
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FRANCESCA SMITH
Piano
B.Mus., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Performances: Manhattan Trio, NBC Concert Festival. Faculty, Browning School, St. Paul’s School (London). |
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ALLISON SOLOMON
Cartooning
B.S., Cornell University, M.A., Teacher’s College, Columbia University. Web cartoonist. Faculty, East Side Middle School, NYC. |
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PEDRO SOUSA
Digital Photography
B.F.A., SUNY Stony Brook. Founder and Director, Gallery 4222. Commercial photographer, awarded two Press Club of Long Island awards for Best Magazine Photography. |
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LEAH SPRAGUE
Horn
B.A., Hartt School of Music. Performer and teacher. |
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KATHERINE STUBBS
Recreation
B.A., M.A.Faculty, St. Mel’s School. |
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VALERIE SULZINSKI
Oboe
Chamber Music. B.F.A., SUNY Purchase, M.M., Queens College. Recitalist, studio oboist. Faculty, LI University, Queens College |
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JUDITH WITMER
Director of Junior Orchestras, Viola
Studies at Curtis Institute; B.M., Manhattan School of Music, M.S., LI University. Performances: La Scala Opera, New York City Opera, New Jersey Opera, Westfield Symphony, Broadway shows. Faculty, Merrick Schools. |
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ILANA TOLKOFF
Viola
B.A., Vassar College. M.A., Brandeis. |
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LARRY WITMER
Trombone
B.Music, Curtis Institute. Former Principal Trombone, La Scala Opera. Trombonist: Broadway shows, Celebrations Brass, Queens Symphony, New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera. Faculty: European Youth Orchestra, Adelphi University |
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LOIS ZEGEL
Discovery Art
B.F.A., M.A., LI University. Faculty, Jericho Schools |
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TRACIE MAX SACHS
BFA Washington University St. Louis, MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art. Metalsmith and Art Handler, Guggenheim Museum and Brooklyn Museum |
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