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
Professor, Chair
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 208
Susan 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 210
Rosanne Clemen
Administrative Assistant
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

Sidney Boquiren
Professor, Chair
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 208
Christopher Lyndon-Gee
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 206
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

Assistant Professors

Heather Waters (She/Her)
Assistant Professor
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
PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
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
Karen Baer
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
kbaer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Darla Diltz
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ddiltz@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Erin Heisel
PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
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
Christopher Lyndon-Gee
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 206
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
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
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

Karen Baer
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
kbaer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
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
Kelley Nassief
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
nassief@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Post Hall 22
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
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ygarcia@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Suzanne Zak
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
szak@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center

Music Theory and Aural Skills

Taylor Ackley
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
tackley@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Karen Baer
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
kbaer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
Andrea Christie
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
achristie@adelphi.edu
Location
Performing Arts Center
Christopher Kovarik
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ckovarik@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
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

Salley Koo
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
skoo@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Performing Arts Center 207
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
Len Sluetsky
Adjunct Faculty
Music Instruction, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
lsluetsky@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
Darla Diltz
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
ddiltz@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
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
Kelley Nassief
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
nassief@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
Fax
516.877.4286
Location
Post Hall 22

Woodwinds

Boris Baev
Adjunct Faculty
Music, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
bbaev@adelphi.edu
Barami Waspe
Adjunct Faculty
Music Production, College of Arts and Sciences
Contact
E-mail
bwaspe@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4290
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

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
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