Faculty & Staff

Our faculty inspire the next generation of music professionals and educators.

The faculty of Adelphi’s music department have an international reputation for creative works and critical study, as evidenced by the awards granted and fellowships earned by department members.

Administration

Heather Waters (She/Her)
Associate Professor, Chair
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
hwaters@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.8649
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Susan M. DelGiorno (She/Her)
Program and Recruitment Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
sdelgiorno@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4074
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Rosanne Clemen
Administrative Assistant - Part-time
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
clemen@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

University Professors

Paul Moravec
University Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
moravec@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4285
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 211

Professors

Sidney Boquiren (He/Him)
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
boquiren@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.6767
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 206
Christopher Lyndon-Gee (He/Him)
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
lyndongee@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4287
Fax
516.877.4926
Location
Performing Arts Center 209

Assistant Professors

Robert C. Jordan (He/Him)
EdD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
rjordan@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4119
Location
Performing Arts Center 210

Associate Professors

Heather Waters (She/Her)
Associate Professor, Chair
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
hwaters@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.8649
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Senior Adjunct Faculty

Adrienne Borbely
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
borbely@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4253
Fax
516.877.3929
Location
Performing Arts Center 155

Ensemble Directors

Sidney Boquiren (He/Him)
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
boquiren@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.6767
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 206
Erin Quill (She/Her)
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Theatre
Contact
E-mail
equill@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Violetta Zabbi
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
vzabbi@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Priscilla Owens
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
powens@adelphi.edu
Deborah Sepe
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
dsepe@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Jay Sorce
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
jsorce@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Margaret Collins
PhD
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
mcollins@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Dennis Sullivan
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
dksullivan@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Todd Wachsman
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
twachsman@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Derek Weagle (They/Them)
MM
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
dweagle@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Bonnie Mcalvin
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
bmcalvin@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Adjunct Faculty

Music Education

Peter Frutkoff
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
pfrutkoff@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
George Rockwin
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music Production
Contact
E-mail
grockwin@adelphi.edu
Susan Weber
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
sweber@adelphi.edu

Music History

Scott Litroff
PhD
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
slitroff@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Suzanne Zak
EdD
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
szak@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center

Music Theory and Aural Skills

Lauren Buscemi
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Theatre
Contact
E-mail
lbuscemi@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center
Andrea Christie
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
achristie@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center
Andrea Lodge
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
alodge@adelphi.edu
Bonnie Mcalvin
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
bmcalvin@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Nicholas Reeves
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
nreeves@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Jay Sorce
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
jsorce@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Piano and Keyboard Skills

Jonathan Goodman
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music Instruction
Contact
E-mail
goodman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4926
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Violetta Zabbi
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
vzabbi@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Andrea Christie
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
achristie@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center

Brass

Wilden Dannenberg
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
wdannenberg@adelphi.edu
Ryan Hayward
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
rhayward@adelphi.edu
Daniel Jones
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
danjones@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Guitar and Harp

Jay Sorce
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
jsorce@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Percussion

Dennis Sullivan
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
dksullivan@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Piano

Adrienne Borbely
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
borbely@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4253
Fax
516.877.3929
Location
Performing Arts Center 155

Strings

Emma Frucht
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music Production
Contact
E-mail
efrucht@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
646.651.6459
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Celia Hatton
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music Production
Contact
E-mail
chatton@adelphi.edu
John-Paul Norpoth
MM
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
jpnorpoth@adelphi.edu
Deborah Sepe
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
dsepe@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Voice

James Cunningham
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
jfcunningham@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 211
Blythe Gaissert (She/Her)
MM
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
cblythelevitt@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Jonathan Goodman
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music Instruction
Contact
E-mail
goodman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4926
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Woodwinds

Bonnie Mcalvin
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
bmcalvin@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Ashlee Miller
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
asmiller@adelphi.edu
Erin Rogers
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music Production
Contact
E-mail
erogers@adelphi.edu
Dillon Meacham (He/Him)
DMA
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
dmeacham@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Coaches

Mory Ortman
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
mortman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Kelly Horsted
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
khorsted@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Violetta Zabbi
Adjunct Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences, Music
Contact
E-mail
vzabbi@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Music

College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
music@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
More Info
Website
Location
Performing Arts Center, 207

Admissions

Office of Enrollment Management
Contact
E-mail
admissions@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3050
Fax
516.877.3039
More Info
Website
Location
Nexus Building First Floor
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