The Music Department has a distinguished faculty whose members are active in the musical life of New York City and in professional circles in the United States and abroad. Current members of the faculty include:

FULL-TIME FACULTY (click on name for additionl biographical information).

Reuben Blundell (M.M, Australian Institute of Music) - symphony, violin, music literature.
Email: reuben.blundell@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 527 Hunter North
Phone: 212-396-6254

Victor V. Bobetsky (D.M.A., University of Miami School of Music) - music education.
Email: victor.bobetsky@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400c Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3784

Richard Burke (Ph.D., City University of New York) - music history and literature.
Email: rburke@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400g Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5537

Geoffrey Burleson (DMA, Stony Brook University) piano, chamber music, music literature.
Email: geoffrey.burleson@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400h Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-4023

L. Poundie Burstein (Ph.D., City University of New York) - music theory.
Email: HunterMusT@aol.com
Office: Room 400d Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5152

Michele Cabrini (Ph.D., Princeton University) - music history and literature.
Email: mcabrini@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400i
Phone: 212-772-5531

Catherine Coppola (Ph.D., City Unversity of New York) - music history and literature.
Email: ccoppola@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400a Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3574

Ruth DeFord (Ph.D., Harvard University) - music history and literature.
Email: ruth.deford@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 416 Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5026

Philip Ewell (Ph.D., Yale University) - music theory.
Email: pewell@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 527 Hunter North
Phone: 212-396-6253

Susan Gonzalez (D.M.A., Eastman School of Music) - voice, music theater/opera, music literature.
Email: susangonzalez@optonline.net
Office: Room 415 Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3566

Barbara L. Hampton (Ph.D., Columbia University) - ethnomusicology.
Email: bhampton@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400f Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5153

Ryan Keberle (Artist Diploma, Juilliard) - jazz studies
Email: ryan@ryankeberle.com
Office: Room 635e Hunter North
Phone:

Shafer Mahoney (Ph.D., Eastman School of Music) - composition and music theory.
Email: shafer.mahoney@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 401a Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5150

Paul F. Mueller (D.M.A., Indiana University) - college choir, chambers singers, music literature.
Email: paul.mueller@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 401b Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5785

Mark Spicer (Ph.D., Yale University) - music theory, popular music studies.
Email: mark.spicer@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400b Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5024

Jewel Thompson (Ph.D., Eastman School of Music) - music theory, musicianship.
Email: jewel.thompson@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400e Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3608

ADJUNCT FACULTY (click on name for e-mail)

Joseph Alpar - world music
James Bartow - world music and culture
Daniel Burwasser - music education
Daniel Colson - music theory
David DeMotta - world music
Jonathan Finkelman - music theory
Kae Fujisawa - music literature
Dag Gabrielsen - music literature
Darren Leander - music education
Mark Mangini - music theory
Frank Meegan - world music
Rebecca O'Donoghue - music theory
Naomi Perley - music literature
Steven Smith - music theory
Diane Taublieb - music literature
Helen Zalantis - music education

PERFORMANCE INSTRUCTORS (click on name for e-mail)

Bassoon: tba
Cello: André Emelianoff, Eugene Moye, Laura Casparie
Clarinet: Chris Cullen, Kara Dago-Clark
Double Bass: Marji Danilow
Flute: Mary Barto, Diane Taublieb
Fortepiano: Gwendolyn Toth
French Horn: Richard Casparie, Alexander Gusev
Guitar (Classical): Sara Overholt, Thomas Millioto
Guitar (Jazz): Rick Stone
Harp: Alyssa Reit
Harpsichord: Gwendolyn Toth, Paul F. Mueller, Geoffrey Burleson
Oboe: Bert Lucarelli, Catherine Gerardi
Organ: Stephen Hamilton, Paul F. Mueller
Percussion: John Ferrari, Vince “Kazi” McCoy, Thomas Mattioli
Piano: Geoffrey Burleson, Peter Basquin, Cathy Coppola, Marcia Eckert, Steven Graff, Gary Hammond, Quynh Nguyen
Saxophone: James Noyes
Trombone: Ryan Keberle, Jonathan Greenberg
Trumpet: Nathan Botts, David Krauss
Viola: Reuben Blundell, Jessica Thompson
Violin: Reuben Blundell, Olivier Fluchaire
Voice (Classical): Susan Gonzalez, Maria Argyros, Fred Martell, Elise Quagliata, Deric Rosenblatt
Voice (Jazz): Priscilla Owens

Piano Class: Quynh Nguyen, Henry Wong Doe

String Methods: Reuben Blundell, Olivier Fluchaire
Woodwind Methods: Judith Katz
Brass Methods: Ryan Keberle
Percussion Methods: Carmine Russotti

ENSEMBLES
Chamber Music Workshop: Geoffrey Burleson
Chamber Singers: Paul F. Mueller
Choir: Paul F. Mueller, Matthew Rupcich
Jazz Ensembles (Instrumental): Ryan Keberle; D.D. Jackson
Jazz Ensembles (Vocal): Priscilla Owens
Opera: Susan Gonzalez
Piano Performance Class: Geoffrey Burleson
Symphony: Reuben Blundell
Vocal Performance Class: Susan Gonzalez
Accompanist: Noby Ishida

For more information, contact Geoffrey Burleson, Director of Performance Studies.