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

Sidney Boquiren (He/Him)
Professor
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
boquiren@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.6767
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 206
Susan M. DelGiorno (She/Her)
Program and Recruitment Coordinator
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
sdelgiorno@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4074
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Rosanne Clemen
Administrative Assistant - Part-time
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
clemen@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Professors

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

Associate Professors

Sidney Boquiren (He/Him)
Professor
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
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
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
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
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
rjordan@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4119
Location
Performing Arts Center 210
Heather Waters (She/Her)
Associate Professor, Chair
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
hwaters@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.8649
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Visiting Professors

Erin Heisel (She/Her)
PhD
Senior Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
eheisel@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Ensemble Directors

Steven Altinel
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
saltinel@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Kirsten Brown
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ksbrown@adelphi.edu
Stefano Miceli
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
smiceli@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
James Oshinsky
PhD•CPsych
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
joshinsky@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Priscilla Owens
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
powens@adelphi.edu
Deborah Sepe
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
dsepe@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Jay Sorce
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
jsorce@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Margaret Collins
PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
mcollins@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Dennis Sullivan
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
dksullivan@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Todd Wachsman
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
twachsman@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Derek Weagle
MM
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
dweagle@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Linda Wetherill
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
wetherill@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4926
Location
Performing Arts Center

Senior Adjunct Faculty

Piano and Keyboard Skills

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

Adjunct Faculty

Music Education

Peter Frutkoff
MA
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
pfrutkoff@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Donald Larsen
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
dlarsen@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
George Rockwin
Adjunct Faculty
Music Production, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
grockwin@adelphi.edu
Paul Tuthill
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ptuthill@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Susan Weber
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
sweber@adelphi.edu

Music History

Yvan Garcia (He/Him)
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ygarcia@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Erin Heisel (She/Her)
PhD
Senior Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
eheisel@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Scott Litroff
PhD
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
slitroff@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Suzanne Zak
EdD
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
szak@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center

Music Theory and Aural Skills

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

Brass

Wilden Dannenberg
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
wdannenberg@adelphi.edu
Ryan Hayward
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
rhayward@adelphi.edu
Rodger Lee
Adjunct Faculty
Music Production, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
rodlee@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Johannes Pfannkuch
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
jpfannkuch@adelphi.edu

Guitar and Harp

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

Percussion

Dennis Sullivan
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
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
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
borbely@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4253
Fax
516.877.3929
Location
Performing Arts Center 155
Elaine Comparone
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ecomparone@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207

Strings

Emma Frucht
Adjunct Faculty
Music Production, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
efrucht@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
646.651.6459
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Celia Hatton
Adjunct Faculty
Music Production, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
chatton@adelphi.edu
John-Paul Norpoth
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
jpnorpoth@adelphi.edu
Deborah Sepe
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
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
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
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
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
cblythelevitt@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Jonathan Goodman
Adjunct Faculty
Music Instruction, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
goodman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4926
Location
Performing Arts Center 26

Woodwinds

Boris Baev
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
bbaev@adelphi.edu
Bonnie Mcalvin
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
bmcalvin@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Ashlee Miller
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
asmiller@adelphi.edu
Erin Rogers
Adjunct Faculty
Music Production, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
erogers@adelphi.edu
Linda Wetherill
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
wetherill@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4926
Location
Performing Arts Center

Coaches

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

Music

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



Admissions

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