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Early Childhood Education

Reagan Brasch
Suzuki Violin and Viola; Coordinator: Early Childhood Music Education
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Mallory Kokus
Saxophone Instruction; First Steps in Music Instruction
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Ensembles and Chamber Music

Glen Adsit
Professor; Director of Bands and Wind Ensembles; Director of HCD Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble (GHYWE); and Co-Director of HCD Capitol Symphonic Winds
Instrumental Studies

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Dan D'Addio
Conductor: Connecticut Youth Symphony; Suzuki Trumpet & Horn; Traditional Trumpet
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Melinda Daetsch
Suzuki and Traditional Violin and Viola Faculty; HCD Chamber Music Strings Coordinator; Music Skills Specialist in Viola
Instrumental Studies
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Emmett Drake
Head: Large Ensembles; Conductor: Suzuki Orchestras; Conductor: Opus 89'; Composition Faculty
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James Jackson III
Tuba and Euphonium Faculty; Co-Director HCD Capitol Symphonic Winds
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David Kramer
Conductor: Sinfonia & Stringendo String Orchestras
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Virginia Kramer
Conductor: Appoggiatura String Orchestra
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Jaroslaw Lis
Chamber Music Coach
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Malgosia Lis
HCD Piano Department Head; Suzuki Piano; Coordinator: Chamber Music Piano
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Paul Pierce
Conductor: Virtuosi String Orchestra
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Kate Smallidge
Conductor: Connecticut Children’s Chorus
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Caitlin Yovino Serpliss
HCD Clarinet Faculty
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Bass

Susan Powell
Suzuki & Traditional Bass
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Brass

Hannah Avena
HCD Trombone Faculty
Instrumental Studies
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Haim Avitsur
Associate Professor of Trombone
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Instrumental Studies

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Marshall Brown
Trombone Faculty
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Nancy Brown
Trumpet Faculty
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Dan D'Addio
Conductor: Connecticut Youth Symphony; Suzuki Trumpet & Horn; Traditional Trumpet
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Walter Gibson
Tuba & Euphonium Faculty
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Jordan Jacobson
Trombone; Jazz Studies; Winds/Brass Chamber Music Coordinator
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Peyton Johnson
Trumpet Faculty
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Danielle Kendall
Tuba Faculty and Manager of Handel Performing Arts Center (HPAC) Operations
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Jamie Marci
Horn Faculty
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John Charles Thomas
Trumpet; Jazz Studies
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Cello

Blake Brasch
Suzuki Cello Faculty; Coordinator: Suzuki Cello
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Ignacy Gaydamovic
Traditional Cello
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Pablo Issa
Suzuki & Traditional Cello
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Susan Robison
Traditional Cello
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Harmon Steiner
Suzuki Cello
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Mihai Tetel
Associate Professor of Cello
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Elizabeth Vysin
Traditional Cello
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Composition and Theory

Esther Shuyue Cao
Chinese Music Tradition Instructor
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Davis Martin
Composition Faculty
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Luke Nelson
Ensemble Coordinator: Jazz and Popular Music; Composition Faculty; Guitar
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Ertan Sener
Composition & Musicianship; Percussion
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Chris Swist
Percussion Faculty; Composition Faculty
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Guitar and Harp

Andrew Amendola
Guitar
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Emilio Garcia
Traditional Guitar Faculty; Mandolin; Ukulele
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Jaclyn Jones
Traditional Guitar
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David Madsen
Suzuki Guitar
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Luke Nelson
Ensemble Coordinator: Jazz and Popular Music; Composition Faculty; Guitar
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Jim Rickevicius
Suzuki & Traditional Guitar; Coordinator: Guitar
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Susan Knapp Thomas
Harp Faculty
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Instrumental Studies

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Sven Rainey
Suzuki Guitar
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Jazz and World Music

Esther Shuyue Cao
Chinese Music Tradition Instructor
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Gonzalo Cortes
HCD Traditional Flute Faculty; Jazz Studies
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Ken Fischer
Piano; Jazz Studies
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Jordan Jacobson
Trombone; Jazz Studies; Winds/Brass Chamber Music Coordinator
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Joseph McCarthy
Percussion; Jazz Studies
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Luke Nelson
Ensemble Coordinator: Jazz and Popular Music; Composition Faculty; Guitar
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John Charles Thomas
Trumpet; Jazz Studies
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Percussion

Jianpeng Feng
Percussion Faculty
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Ertan Sener
Composition & Musicianship; Percussion
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Chris Swist
Percussion Faculty; Composition Faculty
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Benjamin Toth
Professor of Percussion; Chair of Percussion; HCD Percussion Department Head
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Instrumental Studies

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Elliot Wallace
Percussion
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Piano, Organ, and Harpsichord

Tamila Azadaliyeva
Suzuki & Traditional Piano
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Gregory Babal
Piano and Theatre Faculty
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Instrumental Studies
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Sima Brodsky
Piano Faculty
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Ho Man Cheung
Piano Faculty
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Lauren Reed
Traditional Piano Faculty
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Anna Grudskaya
Suzuki & Traditional Piano
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Barbara Johnson
Evaluator and Manager of Academic Support Services; Suzuki and Traditional Piano Faculty
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Dean's Office for Hartt

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Roberta Jordao Clapis
Music Skills Specialist Suzuki and Traditional Piano; Coordinator: Suzuki Piano
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Ina Jun
Traditional Piano
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Soyeon Kim
Traditional Piano
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Scott Lamlein
Organ Faculty
Instrumental Studies
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Yujin Lee
Piano Faculty
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Malgosia Lis
HCD Piano Department Head; Suzuki Piano; Coordinator: Chamber Music Piano
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Tongqing Liu
HCD Piano Faculty
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Yuanyuan Liu
Traditional Piano Faculty
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Kamilla Mammedova
Theatre and Piano Faculty
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Instrumental Studies
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Priyeshni Peiris-Perera
HCD Piano Faculty
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Lizbeth Seidel
Traditional Piano
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Pi-Hsun Shih
Music Skill Specialist
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Dina Simanovich
Traditional Piano; Collaborative Pianist: Dance
HCD Dance
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Birce Tanriguden
Faculty
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Ruriko Wheeler
Traditional Piano
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Qianqian Xie
Piano Faculty
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Soohyung Yoo
Traditional Piano
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Violin and Viola

Reagan Brasch
Suzuki Violin and Viola; Coordinator: Early Childhood Music Education
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Nicholas Citro
Traditional Violin & Viola Faculty
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Melinda Daetsch
Suzuki and Traditional Violin and Viola Faculty; HCD Chamber Music Strings Coordinator; Music Skills Specialist in Viola
Instrumental Studies
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Teri Einfeldt
Suzuki Violin Faculty; Music Skills Specialist in Suzuki Pedagogy
Instrumental Studies
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Liz Fay
Suzuki Violin
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Christie Felsing
Suzuki Violin Faculty; HCD Director of Teaching and Learning; Music Skills Specialist in Suzuki Pedagogy
Instrumental Studies
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Eugenio Figueroa
Suzuki Violin; Suzuki Piano
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Alexandra Hadden
Suzuki Violin; Coordinator: Suzuki Violin
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Samantha Drake
Suzuki Violin; Dept. Head: Strings (HCD)
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Janet Jacobson
Tradtional Violin Faculty
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Steve Larson
Violin and Viola Faculty
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Donna Ngai
Suzuki Violin; Suzuki Early Childhood Education
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Emlyn Ngai
Violin and Music History Faculty
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Instrumental Studies
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Deborah Tyler
Suzuki & Traditional Violin
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Katalin Viszmeg
Traditional Violin
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Sarah Washburn
Traditional Violin & Viola
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Michael Wheeler
Traditional Violin & Viola
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Voice

Seth Allen
HCD Voice Faculty
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Nancy Andersen
Voice Faculty; Dept. Head: Voice
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David Boudreaux
Voice Faculty
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Kelly Boudreaux
Voice Faculty
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Daniel Brevik
Voice Faculty
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Michelle Murray Fiertek
HCD Director of Music Programs; Voice Faculty
Vocal
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Chelsea Lorraine
Voice Faculty
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Susan Mardinly
Voice Faculty
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Lisabeth Miller
Voice Faculty
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Jessica Rizzio
Voice Faculty
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Woodwinds

Curt Blood
Clarinet Faculty
Instrumental Studies
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Gonzalo Cortes
HCD Traditional Flute Faculty; Jazz Studies
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Barbara Hopkins
Suzuki & Traditional Flute
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Charles Huang
Artist Teacher, Oboe; Dept. Head: Winds and Brass (HCD)
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Allison Hughes
Traditional Flute
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Mallory Kokus
Saxophone Instruction; First Steps in Music Instruction
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Alexander Kollias
Clarinet
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Morgan Pope
HCD Bassoon Faculty
Instrumental Studies
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Perry Roth
Saxophone
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Greig Shearer
Suzuki & Traditional Flute
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Scott Switzer
Bassoon
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