School of Music Faculty (Nyack)
Full Time Faculty
Mr. Joel Jameson
Asst. Professor of Music
Phone: 4693 |
B.M. Illinois Wesleyan University; M.M. University of Southern California
Dr. Marie Kenote
Assoc. Professor of Music
Phone: 4690 |
B.M. The New England Conservatory; M.M. The Juilliard School; D.M.A. Rutgers University
Dr. Glenn Koponen
Dean of School of Music
Phone: 4691 |
B.M. Eastman School of Music; B.M., M.S. The Juilliard School; Ed.D. Columbia University Teachers College
Dr. Tammy Lum
Professor of Music
Phone: 4692 |
B.M., M.M. Eastman School of Music; D.M.A. Manhattan School of Music
Ms. Joan Mallory
Asst. Professor of Music Education
Phone: 4689 |
B.M.E. West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.S. Lehman College; M.S.W. Fordham University

TRIO IN RESIDENCE

The Amasi Trio with violinist Prof. Sungrai Sohn, cellist Dr. Chungsun Kim and Dr. Tammy Lum is the resident trio of the Nyack College School of Music. Since the inception of the group in the early nineties, The Amasi Trio has performed a wide range of repertoire from the Western and Asian literature. The group has performed in the Beethoven Festival in New York, Sarah Lawrence Concert Series and with Sarah Lawrence Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul's Festival, Nyack College Concert Series as well as in young people's concerts. In 2004, The Amasi Trio recorded the "Trio Parables" and "Violinist in the Mall" by composer William Vollinger.  The latter piece was elected as the co-winner of the 2005 Friends and Enemies of New Music competition. As the resident trio of the Nyack College School of Music, all the members are teaching faculty in piano, strings, chamber music and String Orchestra.

PROFESSOR EMERITUS

Dr. Paul Liljestrand
D. Mus. Nyack College
M.S.M. School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary
B.S., M.S. The Juilliard School

Professor Emeritus of Organ, Piano, Composition, Choral Conducting, Chorale and Service Playing.  Former chair of the Music Department at Nyack College.  Minister of Music and Fine Arts at Clavary Baptist Church in New York City, and Director of Music and Fine Arts at Union Congregational Church of Upper Montclair, N.J.  Conductor of the Nyack College Chorale, including four European tours, three performances in Carnegie Hall, and its Lincoln Center debut in Alice Tully Hall in 2002.  Liljestrand is a noted composer of sacred music.  His oratorio O God Our Help was given its world premiere at the Norton Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas, and its New York premiere at Carnegie Hall in 1994.  Dr. Liljestrand and his wife now reside in Thomasville, Georgia, where he is organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.

VISITING PROFESSOR
Dr. Marion Howe – Visiting Professor of Music
M.M. Boston University
S.M.B. Nyack College
Additional studies at Columbia University & Union Theological Seminary. Featured Oratorio soloist in many performances throughout the metropolitan area. Served as Choir Director at Simpson Memorial Church in Nyack, Tarrytown Baptist Church, and First Presbyterian Church in Nyack.  Soloist at First Methodist Church in Newark. Voice studies with Sergius Kagen, Clara Shear, and Beverly Hardesty Johnson. Studied choral conducting with Harry Robert Wilson and Prof. Lanom. Member of both the New York Chapter and National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR), Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA), and the Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR.) Director of the Arts Series at Nyack and emeritus member of the Alumni Board of Directors. Continues to give valuable leadership in the field of sacred music by ministering in local churches and educating Nyack students in the traditions of music and worship. In 2006, Marion Howe was granted an honorary doctorate in recognition of her many years of faithful service.
   

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