Faculty and Staff

MM, Peabody Conservatory of Music

Email:dawn.avery@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-5035

Office Location:Rockville Campus, MU 207

Biography

Mohawk composer, cellist, vocalist, educator, and Grammy-nominated performer Dawn Avery 曾与卢西亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂和斯汀等音乐大师合作过。她花了数年时间磨练自己的音乐天赋，合作和表演各种类型的音乐，并与John Cale, John Cage, susan Deyhim, Ustad Sultan Kahn, Mischa Maisky, R. Carlos Nakai和Joanne Shenandoah合作。Dawn Avery曾在欧洲的蒙特勒、哥本哈根、赫尔辛基和Banlieu Bleu爵士音乐节上演出。她曾在林肯中心(Lincoln Center)和卡内基音乐厅(Carnegie Hall)以及纽约繁华的市中心音乐舞台，如针织工厂(Knitting Factory)和La Mama演出。唐恩·艾弗里最近在华盛顿特区的大都会地区建立了自己的地位，她在肯尼迪中心表演，这是她作为史密森尼古典土著计划的一部分的第三季。她擅长与自己的OKENTI合奏当代美国土著音乐，并作为独奏者参与北美印第安人大提琴计划。作为一名教育工作者，她在蒙哥马利学院担任音乐教授，帮助培养未来几代音乐家，她在这里举办了一年一度的世界艺术节，现在已经是第七个年头了。世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔她的作品从管弦乐到室内乐都有。她的作品曾在杜克大学的美国舞蹈节、纽约大学、与作曲家见面、马里兰长笛协会和马里兰州蒙哥马利县的艺术与人文理事会、福特基金会和美国作曲家论坛的第一民族作曲家倡议中获奖。Her music can be heard on a new film released by Rich Heape Films, entitled Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding Schools , which was selected as the feature film at this year’s NAMA (Native American Music Awards). Dawn Avery was recently elected to the board of the national organization American Composers Forum -- First Nations Composer Initiative. She is currently a doctoral student in the ethnomusicology department at the University of Maryland.”

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Dawn Avery

Justin Boyer

Email:justin.boyer@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7550

Office Location:Rockville Campus, MU 104

Biography

Justin Boyer(生于1978年)是Rockville/Bethesda地区的作曲家、钢琴家、管风琴手和教师。Boyer教授在马里兰州西部出生和长大，9岁开始作曲和弹钢琴，师从当地的管风琴演奏家和作曲家Clair Johanssen博士。1995年，Boyer教授进入巴尔的摩的Peabody音乐学院，主修作曲，并在与Moshe Cotel先生学习期间获得多个奖项和表彰。在2000年获得硕士学位后，Boyer教授成为巴尔的摩的圣彼得福音路德教会的管风琴手和音乐总监(之后，从2008年到2010年，他在贝塞斯达的路德三一教会担任管风琴手)。从2002年开始，他在皮博迪音乐学院教授理论和作曲。2007年，博耶教授成为罗克维尔市蒙哥马利学院的音乐理论和作曲教授。世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔在他的音乐中，无论是创作还是即兴创作，博耶都力求将各种风格和技巧流畅一致地融合在一起。他认为一个作曲家应该掌握许多音乐语言，但不要太在意使用它们——换句话说，流利就是从技巧中解放出来。作为一名教师，Boyer教授努力向他的学生灌输这种流畅的音乐，使他们能够更深入地理解音乐的基石。授课课程:乐理2,3,4; Ear Training/Sight Singing 2, 3, 4; weekday mornings. Boyer is also available to teach applied composition students for credit.

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Jay Crowder

Email:jay.crowder@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7559

Office Location:Rockville Campus, MU 204

Biography

Pianist Jay Crowder holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; a Master of Music from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and a Bachelor of Music from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Dr. Crowder has held teaching positions at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, Levine School of Music in Washington D.C., and Hochstein School of Music in Rochester, New York. He is currently the chair of the Department of Music.

Winner of many piano competitions including the Music Teachers National Association Piano Competition and the National Federation of Music Clubs Piano Competition, Dr. Crowder has recently performed for the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, the Levine School of Music, the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in D.C., the Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs State Convention, the National Society of Arts and Letters, Vermont Public Radio, the Adamant School of Music, the Kennedy Center Open House, the Washington D.C. Mayor’s Awards, the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, the Dacor Bacon House-Cloyce K. Huston Musicales, the Washington Arts Club, KLRE - National Public Radio, the Maryland Handel Festival, and the Northwestern University Alumni Recital Series.

Musical direction at Montgomery College includesYou're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; A Grand Night for Singing; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee;A Year With Frog and Toad; Urinetown; Little Shop of Horrors;Showtune;Oliver;Footloose;TheWorld Goes ’Round;Working;The Mystery of Edwin Drood;Hair;Once On This Island;The Fantasticks;Into the Woods;BigRiver;Guys and Dolls;andJesus Christ, Superstar. Dr. Crowder serves as the music director of Overtures, a summer training program for young musical theater actors sponsored by Signature Theater and held at the Kennedy Center.

Musical Theatre

Music Director for Musical Theater and Television at The Kennedy Center : 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, The Color Purple; Ragtime; Legally Blonde; 2008 Kennedy Center Honors; Broadway: The 3 Generations Concert; and The Lion King. Musical Direction : Urinetown (2006 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Musical Direction); Hedwig and the Angry Itch; A Christmas Carol Rag; and Side Show (2001 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Musical Direction) at Signature Theatre; The Civil War at Ford's Theatre; Goodnight Moon at Atlas/Adventure Theatre; A Year With Frog and Toad at Roundhouse Theatre ; A New Brain at Studio Theatre; Starting Here, Starting Now at Metro Stage; Twice Upon a Time at Imagination Stage ; and Schoolhouse Rock at Break a Leg Theatre. Associate Musical Direction : Mame; Company; and Passion at The Kennedy Center. Keyboard for National Tours : My Fair Lady; Martin Guerre; James Joyce's The Dead; Bounce; The Producers; The Phantom of the Opera; The Paul Taylor Dance Company; and the Dance Theater of Harlem at The Kennedy Center; and Mamma Mia at National Theatre. Cabaret : The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, The Smithsonian, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Source Theatre, Metro Stage, and the Corcoran Gallery Series. Musical Arranging : Marvin Hamlisch’s Halloween Bash, dance arrangements for Marvin Hamlisch's concert at The Kennedy Center, conducted by Marvin Hamlisch; Christmas Carol Rag at Signature Theatre; Twice Upon a Time at Imagination Stage; and Goodnight Moon at Atlas/Adventure Theatre.

Molly Donnelly

MM, George Washington University

Email:molly.donnelly@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7558

Office Location:Rockville Campus, MU 205

Biography

Mezzo-sopranoMolly Donnellyhas sung in many of the major concert halls in New York, Paris, Berlin, London, and Washington, D.C., including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Boetcher Concert Hall, The Barbican, and the Meyerhoff Hall. She has performed as a soloist with Musica Sacra, The Oratorio Society of New York, The Minnesota Orchestra, The National Symphony, The Baltimore Symphony, The Berlin Philharmonic, The Bethlehem Bach Festival, The Washington Bach Society, The Cathedral Choral Society, The Maryland Handel Festival, The Maryland Chorus, The Washington Opera, The Cincinnati Opera, The Oratorio Society of Washington, The Masterworks Chorus, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, The Denver Symphony, The Boulder Philharmonic, The Ohio Light Opera, The Washington Savoyards, and many other notable ensembles. Dr. Donnelly is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Maryland, a Master of Music from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Colorado. As a scholar, Dr. Donnelly is the author of the article on the 18th-century singer, Susannah Cibber, in theGrove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

As Tolomeo, in the premiere of the North American production of Handel's operaTolomeo, Andrew Porter, reviewing forThe New Yorker她写道:“她的声音很有个性——一种难以捉摸的品质，是上帝赋予的，不是后天获得的，这让人们倾听。她的面容清秀，她的仪态轻盈，她的表情纯朴。"

Dr. Donnelly has been a member of the music faculty at Baldwin Music in Cincinnati, Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, and George Mason University. She has taught at Montgomery College since 1997, where she teaches voice and directs the Chamber Singers and the College Chorus. She is an active adjudicator serving the National Association of Teachers of Singing, The National Symphony Young Artists Award, The Friday Morning Music Club Awards, and MCPS choral festivals. Dr. Donnelly is the co-director of the annual National Philharmonic Chorale's Summer Choral Institute held at Montgomery College and is the vocal consultant for the National Philharmonic Chorale.

Ward Harris

MFA, University of Maryland College Park

Email:ward.harris@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7271

Office Location:Rockville Campus, MU 105

Biography

Ward Harris is an enthusiastic and talented musician and educator whose classes are popular with the students at Montgomery College. He has an extensive background in classical, pop/rock, and jazz music, both as a performer and teacher. Prof. Harris earned his bachelor’s degree in general studies at the University of Maryland and his master’s degree in music theory at The George Washington University. In addition, he studied harmony and counterpoint at the Royal Guild Hall in London. He has studied theory and composition with Leo Kraft and Robert Parris. Prof. Harris has served as the principal double bassist with the Prince George’s Philharmonic and the Prince George’s Symphony. He has also played bass with a variety of recording artists, such as Shirley Jones, Maureen McGovern, Toni Tenille, Leslie Gore, Pat Boone, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, and Martha and the Vandellas. Prof. Harris was the conductor of the Montgomery College Jazz Ensemble from 2000 through 2005. He performs regularly in the Washington area with the hard bop jazz quintet, The Big Beat. Prof. Harris has been a member of the Montgomery College Department of Music faculty since 1989. He has also served on the faculty at The George Washington University, American University, and Howard Community College. He earned outstanding faculty awards at American University and Howard Community College. At Montgomery College, he has taught classes in American popular music, the history of jazz, and survey courses in music literature.

R. Scott Hengen

Professor, Theatre

Email:scott.hengen@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7507

Office Location:Rockville Campus, TA 132

Biography

R. Scott Hengen (Technical Theatre Professor/Production Coordinator) earned an MFA in Theatre with an emphasis in Scenic Design from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before earning the MFA, he taught technical theatre at Suitland High School, the Prince George’s County Magnet High School for the Performing Arts. He earned a BS in Secondary Education and a BA in Theatre with a minor in Shakespeare from the Penn State University. Professor Hengen serves as Production Coordinator and archivist for the Theatre Department at Montgomery College (MC). He designs scenery, properties, and projections for Montgomery College. He has created scenic designs professionally for Catholic University (City of Angels), Quotidian Theatre (Maytag Virgin), Carroll Community College (Into the Woods), Forum Theatre/ Next Stop Theatre (Gidion’s Knot). He is also a member of the Maryland Area Community College Performing Arts Collective (MACCPAC), the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) – Chesapeake Section.

Jeff Mangels

DMA, University of South Carolina

MM, Columbus State University

Email:jeffrey.mangels@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7288

Office Location:Rockville Campus, MU 106

Biography

杰夫·曼格斯创作了各种类型的音乐，包括钢琴协奏曲、管弦乐队、管乐器、铜管、弦乐器、打击乐器、钢琴、声乐、合唱、吉他和电子产品。他的音乐曾在美国和欧洲由不同的乐团和表演者演出，包括捷克爱乐乐团、科温顿弦乐四重奏、南卡罗来纳指挥家学院的室内乐团、詹姆斯·麦迪逊合唱团和室内乐团、蒙哥马利学院交响乐团，以及不同大学的几个室内乐团和独奏者。世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔此外，他的作品还被新河谷交响乐团和詹姆斯·麦迪逊交响乐团阅读。曼格斯博士在作曲方面的杰出表现得到了包括洛厄尔·利伯曼和陈毅在内的著名作曲家的认可。He holds the D.M.A. in composition from The University of South Carolina, the M.M. in composition from James Madison University, and the B.A. in music theory and composition from Virginia Tech.

Pablo Saelzer

MM, New England Conservatory

Email:pablo.saelzer@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7562

Office Location:Rockville Campus, MU 202

Biography

Conductor Pablo Saelzer 2005年，他首次在华盛顿特区的肯尼迪表演艺术中心的露台剧院担任指挥，与历史悠久的“周五早间音乐俱乐部”(fmmc.org)的管弦乐队合作。从那时起，作为FMMC乐团的音乐总监和指挥，他指挥了该乐团在大都会地区的所有音乐会，包括每年的肯尼迪中心演出。在美国和南美洲都有需求，salzer先生在巴西Poços de Caldas的山区音乐节上担任客座指挥;智利圣地亚哥的Orquesta Clásica号;and the Mississippi All-State Orchestra, all in 2008.

Throughout his career, Mr. Saelzer has been active in music education as well as in orchestral and chamber music performance. He currently conducts the Sinfonia of the Maryland Classical Youth Orchestras (mcyo.org) and is Music Director of the Mississippi Symphony’s Premier Orchestra Institute. In addition he is a faculty member at The Levine School of Music. An accomplished violinist and violist, he performs with diverse professional ensembles in the D.C./Baltimore area, including the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Concert Artists of Baltimore.

在他的祖国智利，塞尔泽首次指挥Concepción交响乐团。他还在瓦尔迪维亚的南方大学音乐学院任教，教授小提琴和中提琴。在美国，他曾担任密西西比州杰克逊市大都会室内乐团的音乐总监和指挥，并担任密西西比交响乐团的客座指挥;位于乔治亚州哥伦布市的东南音乐中心乐团;以及南密西西比大学交响乐团。他还担任密西西比青年交响乐团项目的艺术总监和指挥，并在南加州大学教授室内乐和指挥。2004年，他作为南方歌剧和音乐剧院的客座音乐总监指挥了莫扎特的《魔笛》在密西西比州的演出。作为位于哈蒂斯堡的南密西西比大学交响乐团的助理指挥，他首演了多部作品，并有幸与伊扎克·帕尔曼、马友友、让-皮埃尔·拉姆帕、雷·查尔斯等著名音乐家合作。在密西西比期间，他的许多表演都在密西西比公共广播电台播出。

Mr. Saelzer studied at the Music Conservatory in Valdivia, Chile, and at the Kantorei St. Martini in Bremen, Germany. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Universidad Austral de Chile and a Master of Music degree from Columbus State University in Georgia.

Part-time Faculty

Harry Appelman

Applied Jazz Piano

Email:harry.appelman@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Harry Appelman has performed on concert stages on five continents, most recently at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in July 2009. He has been chosen three times to participate in U.S. State Department’s overseas music tours to South and Central America, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Cyprus, and South Asia. He also performed in Egypt in 2008 with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Prof. Appelman has toured the United States and Canada with the Woody Herman Orchestra and the Artie Shaw Orchestra. He was a finalist in the 1987 and 1988 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano competitions (finishing second in 1988) and one of three prize winners in the 1989 Great American Jazz Piano Competition. Prof. Appelman has performed in numerous small ensembles, including groups led by Eddie Daniels, Gary Thomas, George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Jim Snidero, Valery Ponomarev, Brian Lynch, Don Braden, Vincent Herring, Jack Wilkins, and Walt Weiskopf. Prof. Appelman was named inWashingtonianmagazine's February 2003 "Great Music" issue as one of the D.C. area's best jazz artists. He currently performs in the area at Blues Alley, the Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Twins, and other popular jazz venues. He is a member of two Latin jazz groups, the Duende Quartet and Afro Bop Alliance, and plays frequently with Palmetto recording artists Rumba Club.

Chris Allen

Wind Ensemble

Email:chris.allen@montgomerycollege.edu

Wyckham Avery

MM, University of Central Oklahoma

Email:Wyckham.Avery@montgomerycollege.edu

Lisa Carrier-Baker

Applied Voice; Managing Director, Summer Dinner Theatre

Email:lisa.baker@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Soprano Lisa Carrier Baker is a crossover musical theater/opera performing artist and vocal instructor. Prof. Carrier Baker was artist in residence from 1993-1996 in opera performance at the North Carolina School of the Arts’ Fletcher Opera Institute (formerly National Opera Company). Favorite operatic roles include Elvira in The Italian Girl in Algiers , Ernestina in Monsieur Choufleuri , and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Metropolitan Opera tenor Nico Castel. National tours include Musetta in La Bohème , Anne Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor , and Adina in L’elisir d’amore. Other favorites are Hero in Beatrice and Benedict and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel , both with the North Carolina Symphony; and Margot in The Desert Song and Gretel Columbus in the American premiere of Christopher Columbus , both with the Ohio Light Opera. Solo and featured concert works include performances with the North Carolina, Alabama, Indianapolis, Raleigh, and Greensboro symphony orchestras. Favorite musical theater roles include Mona Kent in Dames At Sea ( directed by her teacher and mentor, the original Broadway Mona, Tamara Long), Trina is Falsettos with Ganymede Arts, and Zelda Zanders in Singin’ in the Rain 与托尼奖提名者劳拉·提特合作Local performances include The Nightingale (world premiere and first national tour) and The Emperor's New Clothes, both at The Kennedy Center; Yum Yum in The Mikado and Valencienne in The Merry Widow , both with the Washington Savoyards; Nina in Dear World 与美国世纪剧院合作;the title role in Tussaud at Round House Theatre’s Kitchen; and Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music at Toby's Dinner Theatre. Prof. Carrier Baker is also a member of the music faculty at American University in Washington, D.C., and the Musical Theater Center in Rockville.

Lisa completed 3 seasons as an Artist in Residence with the Fletcher Opera Institute at North Carolina School of the Arts (formerly National Opera Company) She was a stage director of SDT productions from 2000-2004 and has directed 10 main stage productions for Montgomery College. She was the Director of Education at the Musical Theatre Center (now Adventure Theatre MTC) from 2009-2011, and also was their Director of Ensembles from 2001-2014. National Tours:La Boheme(Musetta),L’Elisir D’Amore(Adina), TheMerry Wives of Windsor(Anne), andL’Italiana in Algeri(Elvira). Ohio Light Opera: Margot inThe Desert Song, Gretel inChristopher Columbus(OLO Premiere). In concert: Alabama, North Carolina, Raleigh, and Greensboro Symphony Orchestras, as well as 3 seasons with the Indianapolis Symphony’s “Yuletide Celebration” under the baton of Jack Everly (National Symphony Orchestra/Baltimore Pops). Favorite musical theatre roles include: Lyric Theatre: Young Sally inFollies, Zelda Zanders inSingin' In The Rain(with Tony Award nominee Lara Teeter), and Mona inDames at Seadirected by original Broadway Mona, Tamara Long. Washington DC area:Hairspraywith the Baltimore Symphony alongside John Waters and George Wendt, Strathmore Music Center and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The Kennedy Center, created the role of The Narrator in the world premiere (cast recording) and national tours ofThe Nightingale, Reyalto inThe Emperor’s New Clothes. American Century Theatre: Nina inDear World, Washington Savoyards:The Mikado(Yum Yum),The Merry Widow(Valencienne) Toby’s Dinner Theatre:The Sound of Music(Mother Abbess). Trina inFalsetto’sat Ganymede Arts, Alice Beineke in the DC area premiere ofThe Addams Familyat Kensington Arts Theatre (14 WATCH Award nominations), and most recently, Jacqueline inLa Cage Aux Folles在ArtsCentric。丽莎是美国大学和蒙哥马利学院的客座教授。世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔她的学生可以在百老汇舞台上听到，全国巡演，以及当地海伦海耶斯奖的获奖者和提名者。虽然戏剧是她的职业，但丽莎的热情是动物保护主义。在Bernadette Peters和百老汇关怀制片人Scott Stevens的帮助下，她于2012年创立了DC Actors for Animals, Inc.(一个501c3组织)。他们的收养活动“环城狗叫”与当地专业剧院和艺术家合作，为有需要的动物提供教育、倡导和救援。迄今为止，DCa4a已经帮助200多只动物找到了永久的家园。DC Actors for Animals

Carla Barlow

Music Technology

Email:carla.barlow@montgomerycollege.edu

Scott Borg

Applied Guitar, Class Guitar

Email:scott.borg@montgomerycollege.edu

William Chang

Music History & Literature

Email:william.chang@montgomerycollege.edu

Hanyin Chen

PhD, University of Texas

Class Piano

Email:hanyin.chen@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

A native of Taiwan, Hanyin Chen won top prizes in various young artist competitions and appeared in solo concerts and with orchestras. She continued her musical training in the United States at the Indiana University School of Music, where she studied with Menahem Pressler, Distinguished Professor and the legendary founder of the highly esteemed Beaux Arts Trio. At Indiana she was a featured soloist in the Mozart Festival commemorating the bicentennial of Mozart’s death. In only five years she graduated, with the Highest Distinction, from Indiana with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. In addition to a doctorate in piano performance, she holds a master’s degree in computer science. Since relocating in the D.C. area, she has been an active performer, teacher, and professional accompanist. She has been a Solo Performance Member of the Friday Morning Music Club since 2004. Performing extensively in solo recitals and in FMMC concert series, both as solo pianist and in chamber groups, she recently performed J.S. Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations. Other performance highlights include major solo, duo, and trio works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, and Shostakovich. As an avid teacher she operates a private piano studio in Gaithersburg and serves on the faculty of Montgomery College and the Maryland Talent Education Center.

Shinae Choi

Class Voice

Email:shinae.choi@montgomerycollege.edu

Steve Churchill

MM, Catholic University of America

Applied Clarinet, Saxophone, and Oboe

Email:steve.churchill@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Stephen Churchill 曾在肯尼迪中心歌剧院演奏萨克斯管、双簧管、单簧管和长笛，并在演出乐团、国家剧院管弦乐团、百老汇音乐剧的全国巡演和网络电视节目中演出。他曾与Ray Charles、Nat Adderly、Eugene Fodor、Loretta Lynn、Steve Lawrence、Jerry Lewis、Johnny Mathis、Sam Moore、Kenny Rogers和大剧院芭蕾舞团等不同的艺术家合作演出。他曾在马里兰交响乐团和田纳西州纳什维尔的Opryland担任首席双簧管演奏家。此外，他曾任教于天主教大学和霍华德县社区学院，并自1984年以来一直在蒙哥马利学院任教。世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔

Lincoln Cobbins

MM, Peabody Conservatory of Music

Class Piano, Music History & Literature

Email:lincoln.cobbins@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Lincoln Cobbins 既是演员又是教育家。他的演出场所包括谢尔顿音乐厅和圣路易斯的福克斯早间新闻;斯特拉斯莫尔艺术中心的大厦、罗伯特·e·帕里拉表演艺术中心和马里兰州的桑迪·斯普林博物馆;华盛顿特区的林肯剧院;以及弗吉尼亚州的莱西姆学院。他毕业于圣路易斯大学、马里兰大学帕克分校和约翰霍普金斯大学皮博迪音乐学院，拥有钢琴表演和音乐教育学位。额外的学习包括在阿斯彭音乐节和学校的夏季钢琴学习，以及在明尼苏达州圣保罗的圣托马斯大学的奥尔夫-舒尔维克教学法(一级和二级)认证。他的钢琴老师包括托马斯·舒马赫、克利夫兰·佩奇、格雷戈里·西奥尔斯和布莱恩·甘兹。In addition to teaching at Montgomery College, Mr. Cobbins is on the piano faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts and teaches full time at Wheaton High School in Montgomery County Public Schools.

Jon Cresci

PhD, University of Memphis

Music History & Literature

Email:Jonathan.Cresci@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Jonathan Cresci is instructor of recording technology at Montgomery College. He also teaches music history courses both in the classroom and online. Dr. Cresci has performed with orchestras in Tennessee, Michigan, Louisiana, and Maryland. He also provides professional recording services via his company Fundamental Sounds.

Reginald Cyntje

Applied Trombone, Music History & Literature

Email:reginald.cyntje@montgomerycollege.edu

Morgan Daly

Applied Bass

Email:Morgan.Daly@montgomerycollege.edu

Marc Dinitz

MM, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

Applied Percussion, Applied Jazz Percussion

Email:marc.dinitz@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Marc Dinitz is the principal percussionist in the United States Air Force Concert Band in Washington, D.C., a group he has performed with since 1999. He is also a founding member of the Attacca Percussion Group, a percussion chamber trio that has performed featured concerts for music schools and chamber music series throughout the country. He has also performed with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera, and the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Prof. Dinitz maintains a busy freelance schedule in the D.C. area and is an artist/educational endorser for Pearl Drums, Adams Musical Instruments, and Vic Firth, Inc.

Eric Fiero

Music History and Literature

Email:eric.fiero@montgomerycollege.edu

Scott Giambusso

Music studies at Frostburg State, University of Maryland, and Montgomery College

Applied Electric Bass

Email:scott.giambusso@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

A self-taught natural, Scott Giambusso has been performing in musical groups in public since the age of 12. Mastering acoustic and electric bass, tuba, and guitar, he is well known among musicians in many different musical styles. Prof. Giambusso has performed with jazz greats Charlie Byrd, Keely Smith, Chris Vadala, and Gene Bertoncini. Equally comfortable in jazz and rock, he has been performing at Wolf Trap and Strathmore’s Concert Hall with his rock trio Gigahertz, which was chosen to represent the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Woodstock Tribute Show in August 2009.

Dan Hovey

BM, Berklee College of Music

Applied Jazz Guitar

Email:Daniel.Hovey@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Dan Hovey is a versatile guitarist and music teacher. In 2012 he played both Come Fly Away and The Addams Family at the Kennedy Center and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s pops concerts at Strathmore and Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. He has been living and working in the D.C. area for about 8 years, and before that spent 14 years living in New York City, playing in Broadway shows ( Swing, Mamma Mia, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Aida, The Full Monte , etc.) He also did extensive studio work in New York in TV and radio ads, film scores, and albums. He also worked in nightclubs playing blues, swing, and rock. Mr. Hovey is currently teaching guitar at Montgomery College. He was also a mentor in Strathmore’s Artist in Residence program. He is active in the D.C. live music scene and in recording studios. His guitar playing can be heard every Sunday with the Mary Ann Redmond Band at the Harp and Fiddle in Bethesda.

Alice Howes

MA, American University; MFA, Sam Houston State University

Coordinator, Dance Program

Email:alice.howes@montgomerycollege.edu

Phone:240-567-7508

Biography

Professor Alice Howes 她是一位舞蹈艺术家和教育家，也是巴尔的摩现代舞蹈团“轨迹舞蹈计划”的负责人。她目前在蒙哥马利学院和THEARC的华盛顿芭蕾舞团任教。世界杯摩洛哥vs克罗地亚欧赔她曾在科平州立大学、北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校和拉马尔大学等大学担任全职教职。In addition, she served from 1995 to 2004 as artistic director and resident choreographer of Washington, D.C.’s Sister’s Trousers Dance Company , a modern dance ensemble based in the D.C. area. Sarah Kaufman of The Washington Post described Howes’ performance as “riveting, thrilling and deeply mysterious”. Howes’ choreography has appeared in selective showcases at venues such as D.C.’s Dance Place, The Booth Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater and Millennium Stage. She holds an MA in dance from American University and an MFA in dance from Sam Houston State University. Howes also has earned a Certificate of Movement Analysis (CMA) from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies in New York City.

David Jones

Applied Clarinet

Email:david.jones@montgomerycollege.edu

Sooyoung Jung

Applied Music Laboratory

Email:sooyoung.jung@montgomerycollege.edu

Casey Kaleba

MA, University of Maryland

www.toothandclawcombat.com

Email:Casey.Kaleba@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Casey Kaleba has worked professionally for opera, television, music videos, and more than five hundred productions with professional, community, and academic theatres. That work includes the Guthrie Theatre, Spoleto Festival USA, Ford's Theatre, Folger Theatre, Signature Theatre, Round House Theatre, and the Washington National Opera. A company member with Rorschach Theatre and Brave Spirits Theatre, he has also served as an audition choreographer for Marvel Universe Live and smashed things with swords on the YouTube show Men At Arms: Reforged. He holds an MA in Theatre History from the University of Maryland and is a Certified Teacher and Fight Director with the Society of American Fight Directors. A two-time Helen Hayes nominee and host and creative contributor to the two time Emmy Award-winning Experiencing Shakespeare through the Folger Library and Alabama Public Television, he has taught at graduate programs including the Peabody Institute and Catholic University, as well as the University of Mary Washington, Shepherd University, and the University of Maryland in both College Park and Baltimore County. Casey has been a guest instructor for Fight Directors Canada and the Nordic Stage Fight Society, and at the Paddy Crean Workshop - the largest international stage combat workshop. He is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).

Mark Kamie

MFA, Indiana University

DMA, Eastman School of Music

Email:Mark.Kamie@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Mark is a theatre director and teacher based out of the DC area. Since moving to the DC area, he has worked with The Source Festival, Molotov Theatre Group, Peter’s Alley Theatre and Adventure Theatre MTC. He was nominated for Best Director of a Professional Production by Broadway World DC.

Mark earned an MFA in Directing from Indiana University. While in graduate school, he directed/worked with Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Jewish Theatre of Bloomington and Bloomington Playwrights Project. Prior to graduate school, he acted and directed in Chicago for nine years.

Mark has taught theatre, fine and performing arts and public speaking at Carrol Community College, Community College of Baltimore County and Montgomery College. As an assistant editor, he helped put together Scenes and Monologues from Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Finalists, 2008-2012.

https://www.markkamie.com/

Sungah Kim-Medwin

Applied Piano, Class Piano

Email:Sungah.Kim-Medwin@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

A native of South Korea, Sungah Kim-Medwin studied at Seoul National University before coming to the United States. She received her master’s and doctorate in piano performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music, where she was also awarded a Performer's Certificate. Her teachers include Thomas Schumacher, Natalya Antonova, Phiroze Mehta, and Mary Ann Covert. Prior to her teaching activities at Montgomery College and the Academy of Fine Arts in Gaithersburg, Dr. Kim-Medwin served on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Steve Larrance

Music studies at University of Maryland and Montgomery College

Applied Jazz Percussion

Email:stephen.larrance@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Steve Larrance has been a performing drummer since 1960. His experience runs the gamut from night clubs and society gigs to shows and concerts. Prof. Larrance has taught jazz percussion at Montgomery College since 1993. He has toured South Africa and Europe with Albert Hammond; the United States with Patti Dahlstrom for Twentieth Century Records; the Caribbean on the Love Boat; the Caribbean on the SS Rotterdam, and the United States with Waylon Flowers. In addition he has performed with Ike and Tina Turner, Little Feat, Bernadette Peters, Sandy Duncan, Raquel Welch, Chita Rivera, Willie Bobo, Charlie Ventura, Gene Harris, Lorna Luft, The Coasters, The Drifters, Spirit, The Diamonds, and Bob Newhart.

Jennifer Lee

Applied Violin

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Lee has concertized throughout Germany, Russia, Holland, Switzerland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Armenia, Japan,South Korea, and Mexico under the direction of conductors Christoph von Dohnanyi and Christoph Eschenbach. She has also performed at the Artosphere Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Pacific Music Festival, collaborating with soloists Frank Peter Zimmerman and Jonathan Biss, among others. In 2010, she completed a 21-city, 23-concert United States and Canada tour with pianist Lang Lang, performing in venues such as Carnegie Hall. From 2011-2016, she held the associate principal second chair for the Fairfax Symphony. She has also recorded for Naxos with the Post Classical Ensemble and Hansler Classic of Germany with Rolf Beck. Jennifer was a teaching artist for the Midori and Friends Foundation in New York City and Brooklyn College’s Preparatory Division. In 2011, she was on the violin faculty for Ithaca College’s Summer Music Academy. She is currently a violin coach for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, plays with the National Philharmonic, and is a substitute violinist for the Annapolis and Baltimore symphonies.

Jessica Lefkow

Music History & Literature

Email:jessica.lefkow@montgomerycollege.edu

Keith Mathis

Email:keith.mathis@montgomerycollege.edu

Laura Esti Miller

MFA, Brooklyn College

Music History & Literature, Music Theory

Email:laura.miller@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Laura Esti Miller is a dramaturg, writer, director, literary manager, and educator to students from preschool through college. She has taught at The Catholic University of America, George Mason University, Montgomery College, Northern Virginia Community College, and The University of Mary Washington, as well as in theatre programs in both primary and secondary schools all over the DC area.

She has been the literary manager at 1^stStage in Tysons, Virginia since 2015, programming productions such asJesus Hopped the “A” Train(2017),Fly by Night(2018),andThe Brothers Size(2019). Some favorite work in the DC area includes the better part of fourteen seasons with Forum Theatre, including productions such asAll Things Seen(2004),bobrauschenbergamerica(2011), andPassion Play(2015), and five seasons with The Inkwell - a company created for new play development. In 2012 and 2013, she produced a two-part collaborative dance-theatre piece inspired by Mark Twain’sJoan of Arcwith interdisciplinary company Urban Garden Performing Arts. Laura is the former Creative Development Director of the off-Broadway company Electric Pear Productions, and has worked with The Public Theater, The Kennedy Center, and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, among others. She has a BA from James Madison University and an MFA from Brooklyn College.

Mark Morgan

Email:mark.morgan@montgomerycollege.edu

Samuel Munguia

World Music, World Ensemble

Email:Samuel.Munguia@montgomerycollege.edu

Hyun Ha (Carolyn) Oh

DMA, Catholic University of America

Applied Flute, Music Theory

Email:carolyn.oh@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Praised for her “uniquely subtle gradation of tone,” Carolyn Hyun Ha Oh , former principal flutist of the Washington Symphony Orchestra, enjoys an active career as a performer and educator in the Washington DC area. As soloist, she has toured the U.S., England and South Africa with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. She has also appeared as soloist with the Washington Symphony Orchestra, Montgomery College Orchestra and the Southeastern Music Center Orchestra. As an orchestral musician, she has played principal flute at Carnegie Hall under the baton of John Rutter, as well as with the Washington Summer Opera Orchestra and the Washington Korean Symphony Orchestra, among others. She has also performed with the Chamber Orchestra of America, The Landon Symphonette and the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. A prize winner of the Flute Society of Washington’s Young Artist Competition, Dr. Oh was a recipient of several awards and prizes, including the Yamaha Prize at the Julius Baker International Master Class. In addition to being an active solo and chamber music recitalist, Dr. Oh currently serves as director of the MCYO (Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras) Junior Flute Choir and serves as adjudicator for several competitions and festivals.

Aaron Olinick

DMA, Catholic University of America

Email:aaron.olinick@montgomerycollege.edu

Vince Patterson

Music History & Literature; Conductor, Maryland Band Directors' Band

Email:vincent.patterson@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Vincent Patterson came to Washington, D.C., in 1974 as a career Marine Bandsman (ret. ’91). During that time he completed advanced degrees, studying at Catholic University with conducting luminaries Frederick Fennell and Dr. Robert Garofalo. From 1970-73 Sgt. Patterson taught woodwinds, band, and music theory at the Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia. While on active duty in The President’s Own, Dr. Patterson founded and conducted the professional chamber ensemble MusicCrafters, which performed for more than a decade at Library of Congress-sponsored concerts. He is currently director of Montgomery College’s Wind Ensemble. Previously, he taught music at the Barrie School and Sandy Spring Friends School.

Victor Provost

Applied Percussion

Email:victor.provost@montgomerycollege.edu

William Scally

World Music

Email:William.Scally@montgomerycollege.edu

Linda Simester

Dance and Theatre

Email:Linda.Simester@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Professor Simester has been a theatre, dance, movement and natural health educator for over 40 years. She was first educated at Emerson College in Boston and CW Post, Long Island University, and then the New School, NYC where she majored in drama and psychology. Early roles included Emily inOur Town, Aphrodite inHippolytus, Adelaide inGuys and Dolls, and Gladys Hotchkiss inThe Pajama Game. Along with theatre, her early devotion to ballet and modern dance led her to study with Anna Sokolov of the New York City Ballet and Merce Cunningham, an innovative force in the modern dance world. Around this time she and her family moved to Portugal where she began studying yoga. After the revolution in Portugal in 1974, she moved to London where she continued to dance and where she completed a 3 year Teachers Diploma with the British Wheel of Yoga. At this time in London she also studied the Alexander Technique. Professor Simester choreographed, directed and performed ‘ Yoga Ballet ‘ at various festivals around the UK. She then joined a theatre dance company performing ancient temple dances and dramas to music created for the company by the London Symphony Orchestra also at venues such as Westminster Hall, Royal Court Theatre and St. John’s Smith Square and BBCTV. At this time her interest in integrating creative expression and mindfulness led her to a post graduate diploma in Humanistic Counseling at the Roehampton Institute, University of Surrey, England and, ultimately, to write a few books on Mind Body and Spirit. Her last book,The Natural Health Biblewas published in 2007 by Quadrille Publishing, UK. Since returning to the US she has come full circle to her first loves – theatre, dance, and history. She has recently been working with a talent manager in Hollywood who was a very active agent some years ago. She has been helping prepare a few of her actors for auditions with monologue and scene studies. She has been very happy teaching theatre and dance at the Montgomery College Germantown campus these last 7 years. She also continues to teach yoga in Jefferson County, WV where she is currently living.

Aaron Spoor

Class Guitar

Email:aaron.spoor@montgomerycollege.edu

Cheryl Tobler

MA, James Madison University

Music History & Literature; Montgomery Scholars Music

Email:cheryl.tobler@montgomerycollege.edu

Biography

Cheryl Tobler is currently a University Fellow completing her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland at College Park. She has presented her research at conferences throughout the United States and in England, Scotland, and South Africa. Professor Tobler has taught at various institutions in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and South Korea. She is teaching ethnomusicology as part of the Montgomery Scholars program at Montgomery College’s Rockville campus. She recently co-authored a book on music tourism in Southwest Virginia while working at the National Council for the Traditional Arts in Silver Spring, Maryland. She also has performed as a classical flutist in North America, Europe, and Asia and is a member of the Irish traditional ensemble Shen Fine, where she performs on flute, whistles, fiddle, and Celtic harp.

Lisa Traiger

Dance

Email:lisa.traiger@montgomerycollege.edu

Tzi-Ming Yang