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FACULTY                                                            Back to Programs

Being a student at the Joy of Music Program means being part of a warm and supportive community and experiencing the camaraderie of sharing the joy of music with enthusiastic teachers and students. Our highly qualified and carefully chosen faculty is dedicated to helping students of all ages and levels of ability develop their self-confidence and build the skills that enable them to express themselves through music. They enjoy the whole spectrum of teaching, from starting beginners to preparing students seriously considering musical careers. This listing includes each teacher's available teaching day(s).

Wendy Ardizzone: Director; Piano, Recorder; Music & Movement - BM Oberlin Conservatory of Music; graduate studies in Early Childhood Ed, Tufts University; Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Longy School of Music. M-F

Richard Ardizzone: Associate Director; Trombone; Jazz Ensembles; Drums Etc! - MEd (Early Childhood) Tufts University; BM Boston University College of Fine Arts; Oberlin Conservatory of Music. M-F

Nancy Ackerman: clarinet - MM Boston University (Woodwind Performance); BS Nazareth College (Music Education). T

Jim Allard: Saxophone - Berklee College of Music. MT

Marcia Anderson: Recorder; Recorder Ensemble - PhD, MA (English & American Literature) Brandeis University; BA University of Rochester; private studies with John Tyson. Th

Narine Babadjanian: Piano - BA in Music Tbilisi State Conservatory Th

Linda Bento-Rei: Flute; Flute Choir - MM New England Conservatory of Music; BM Boston Conservatory of Music. TW

Cindy Bizzarro: Piano - BM University of New Hampshire; Orff - New England Conservatory. W

Madeline Browning: Recorder - BM University of the Pacific; Orff Certificate, University of Lowell. F

Mike Connors: Percussion; World Drumming - Private studies Joe Hunt and Bob Goulotti. MTW

Virginia Crumb: Harp - MM New England Conservatory; BM Cleveland Institute of Music; BA Case Western Reserve University. M

Joe D’Angelo: Guitar, Bass Guitar - Lowell State University. TWThF

Anne Edgerton: Dance-a-Story; Creative Dance - MALS Wesleyan University; BA Occidental College; Dalcroze Eurhythmics Certificate Longy School of Music. M

Nan Gibbons: Children's Chorus and Youth Chorus - MA candidate Lesley University; BA (Music and Art) Lesley University. T

Elisabeth Gondek: Voice - BM Anna Maria College W

Peter Hughes: Violin, Viola - New England Conservatory; Longy School of Music F

Dan Hunt: Guitar - Worcester State College. M (Th)

Kathy Garner Iovieno: Flute - MM Boston University College of Fine Arts; BM Boston Conservatory of Music. T

Beth Keusch: Voice - Artist Diploma, MM New England Conservatory; Voice Fellow Tanglewood Music Center; BM University of North Texas T

Katia Khannanova: Piano - BM College of Jazz and Classical Music (Ukraine). Th

Nancy Kidd: Double Bass - Advanced Certificate Juilliard School of Music; BM New England Conservatory of Music M

 

Sang Hee Kim: Piano - Performance Diploma Longy School of Music; MM Boston

Conservatory of Music; BM Pusan National University (Korea). TW

Laurie Knorr: Violin - MA and BME Truman State University. Leave of Absence

Greg Loughman: Double Bass (Jazz), Bass Guitar; Jazz Ensembles - BM Capital University. Th

Myra MacLeod: Director ~ Frog Point Fiddlers; Fiddle Folks; Suzuki Groups - Massachusetts College of Art; Northeastern U; violin studies/pedagogy Carol Sykes, Jennie Chan ThF

Ralph Metcalf: Conductor ~ Joy of Music String Ensemble (JOMSE) and String Ensemble I - BM New England Conservatory of Music. M

Joshua Millard: Classical Guitar - DMA, Eastman School of Music; MM University of Akron; BM Oberlin Conservatory. MTh

JungHee Park: Piano - DMA Candidate Boston University; Artist Diploma Longy School of Music; Graduate Diploma & MM New England Conservatory of Music; BM Seoul National University T

Olga Pineda: Violin, Piano - MS, BS De La Salle University (Manila); BM St. Scholastica College (Manila) MTWTh

Regie Pineda: Violin, Viola - Graduate Performance Certificate Boston Conservatory of Music; BM Santo Thomas Conservatory of Music (Manila). MTWTh

Patti Puracchio-Lahey: Sing and Sway; Music & Movement; Creative Movement & Drama - MA Lesley University; BA Smith College. T

Jerry Sabatini: Trumpet; Jazz Ensembles - MM candidate New England Conservatory of Music; BS State University of New York at Buffalo. WTh

Elise Scanlan: Piano - BA Ohio State University (Family and Child Development). TTh

Jim Scott: Guitar  - BM Eastman School of Music; Berklee College of Music T or W tba

Joe Scott: Classical Guitar - BM Boston Conservatory; BA University of Massachusetts. MF

Nancy Shapiro: Oboe - Psy. D. Antioch New England Graduate School, MA Lesley University, BA Simons Rock College Oboe & Composition - Th

Pieter Struyk: Percussion - BM University of Michigan. F

Tim Terranella: Cello, Flute; Chamber Music, Conductor ~ Chamber Orchestra - MM and Artist Diploma Boston Conservatory of Music; Diploma Curtis Institute of Music; New School of Music (Philadelphia). MTWTh

Ning Tien: Cello - DMA Louisiana State University; MM, BM and Performer's Certificate Eastman School of Music. ThF

Vladimir Vaskevich: Clarinet, Saxophone - MM Odessa State Conservatory; BM Stolyarsky School of Music (Ukraine). M

Chris Veilleux: Saxophone, Clarinet; Jazz Ensembles - MM candidate New England Conservatory of Music; BM Northern Illinois University. MT

Additional Faculty to be announced

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

 

Wendy Ardizzone, Director

Richard Ardizzone, Associate Director

Anne Houston, Administrative Assistant

Stacey Mott, Secretary/Receptionist

Bob Weldon, Facility Superintendent                             Back to Top

 

 

 

 







 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

James Crowley,  President

Jonathan Sloane, Vice President

David Gerbereux, Treasurer

Nancy Morton, Clerk

Francesca Bang

Bruce Fishbein

Sharon Mahoney

Bruce Munger

Kathleen Roche-Goggins

Michele Young


 

ADVISORY BOARD

 

Elaine Ciborowski

Jeanne Y. Curtis

Bill Densmore

Henry B. Dewey

Mary Fletcher

Rosalie A. Grenon

Gloria Hall

Ursula Harper

Honee Hess

Robert M. Kennedy

Lisa Parker

Gloria Plourde

Victor Rosenbaum

Paul Rossley

Richard Traina

Polly Traina

Dolly Vazquez

 

ADVISORY FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

Walter Henritze

Don Jacobs

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