Dr. Glenn Koponen, Dean, School of Music – Trumpet, Orchestration, Orchestral Conducting, Wind Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, 20th Century Music, Brass Methods

Ed.D. Columbia University

B.S., M.S. The Juilliard School

B.M. Eastman School of Music

Member of Board of Directors of Sibelius Society, Ltd. Research for doctoral dissertation on the Post-Sibelian Symphony in Finland conducted as a Finnish government scholar. Lecturer on the subject of contemporary Finnish music since the mid-seventies. Dr. Koponen's choral arrangements are published by Boosey and Hawkes, and "Zion's Walls" has sold more than 350,000 copies, having been recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony.  Member of the International Trumpet Guild, the American Choral Director's Association, the Christian Instrumental Directors Association, the Sibelius Society, and the Finlandia Foundation. Official college representative to the National Association of Schools of Music since 1984.

Prof. Joan Adinolfi-Mallory, Head, Department of Music Education –

Music in the Elementary Schools, Foundations for Excellence, Functional Piano, Basic Music Skills, Student Teaching

B.M.E. West Virginia Wesleyan College, M.S. Lehman College

M.S.W. Fordham University

Recipient of "Model Classroom Teacher Award" by Music Educator's National Conference and "Jenkins Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education."  General music specialist and hostess of "The Classical Music Show" on WCWP-FM from 1997 to 2000. Presented workshops at Concordia College, Hunter College, Mt. Vernon Hospital, and King's Highway United Methodist Church. Chairperson of the Westchester Task Force on Issues of Loss and Grief in Children. Maintains a private social work practice in White Plains, N.Y. Formerly. General and choral music educator and music department chairperson in the Mt. Vernon (NY) Public Schools. Former leader of Asbury United Methodist Church, Tuckahoe, NY, from 1991 to 1997. Currently a member of the administrative board, chairperson of Missions, and certified Lay Speaker.

Prof. Joel Jameson – Voice, Chorale, Choral Conducting, Singer's Diction, Chamber Singers

M.M. University of Southern California

B.M. Illinois Wesleyan University
 

Joel Jameson, Bass, has enjoyed a prolific performing career.  As a leading Bass he has performed a wide range of Verdi Bass roles including:  Ramfis and the King in Aida; Sparafucile in Rigoletto; Padre Guardiano in La Forza del destino; the Friar in Don Carlo; Wurm in Luisa Miller;  Dr. Grenvil, and Marquis, in La Traviata.  In other Bass roles he has performed Sarastro in Die Zauberflote; Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro; Leporello, Il Commendatore, and Masetto in Don Giovanni; Colline in La Boheme, and Ralph in La Jolie de Perth.  Noted debuts include the prestiges Caramoor Opera Festival, in Katonah, New York, singing the role of Gazella with Will Crutchfield conducting Lucrezia Borgia; Houston Grand Opera singing the Fifth Jew in Salome conducted by Christoph Eschenbach with the Houston Symphony; and Minnesota Opera singing the King of Egypt in Aida conducted by Richard Buckley.  Other company’s include, Pittsburgh Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera North Carolina, Cleveland Opera, Opera Festival of New York, Long Island Opera, West Side Opera, and Opera Illinois.

He has studied Voice and Operatic coaching with Dodi Protero, Dr. Tom Cleveland, Metropolitan Opera Bass, Jerome Hines and his wife Lucia Evangelista Hines.  Mr. Jameson participated in and worked directly with Jerome Hines in his young artist development program, Opera Music Theater International, (OMTI) of Newark, New Jersey where he was introduced to Mr. Hines’ opera, I AM THE WAY.  Recently, Mr. Jameson had the privilege of performing the role of Jesus in the Resurrection of Lazarus scene and holds the distinction of the only Bass who has performed Jesus in this scene since the death of Mr. Hines. 

Mr. Jameson, a noted specialist in German Lieder, has recently studied with Ms. Margo Garrett at the Juilliard School of Music.  His studies culminated in a recital tour of  Franz Schubert’s Winterreise.  The tour ended with his debut at Paul Recital Hall, Juilliard School of Music.

As a concert artist, he has performed the Bass solos in Mozart’s Requiem with the Dartmouth Glee Club; Verdi’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah.  He has been a performer, voice teacher and coach in the New York area for over 15 years.

As a conductor, he has held several church positions as Director of Choirs where he has conducted Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Hear My Prayer, and Mozart’s Requiem as well as countless individual works.  His recent achievements with the Nyack College Chorale have been two concert performances with Mid America Productions at Carnegie Hall performing Morton Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, and Eugene Butler’s Emmanuel.  He has taken the choir on three domestic tours and currently is planning a European Tour to England, Wales, and Scotland.  Mr. Jameson received his Bachelors degree in vocal performance from Illinois Wesleyan University; Masters degree in vocal performance from the University of Southern California, and an Artist’s diploma in Opera at Duquesne University.  He has been a performer, voice teacher and opera coach in the New York area for over 15 years.
 

Dr. Marie Herseth Kenote – Flute, Music Theory, Ear Training, Music History, Woodwind Methods

D.M.A. Rutgers University

M.M. The Juilliard School

B.M. New England Conservatory

Flute studies with Julius Baker, James Pappoutsakis, Hans-Peter Schmitz. Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, Germany.  Substitute flutist with New York Philharmonic and New Jersey Symphony.  Performances, recordings, radio and television broadcasts with New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur, Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Muti, Eric Leinsdorf, Leonard Slatkin and Zubin Mehta.  Has performed with the Mostly Mozart Orchestra and concertized widely in France, Germany, Norway, Holland, Poland and the United States.  Performances on French and Italian National TV.  Founding member of The Kenote Trio.  Presented in three recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, by MidAmerica Productions: 1999, 2001, and 2005.  Other performances include: the New York Philharmonic Chamber Music Series in Merkin Hall, 1999; for No Longer Alone Ministries, Lancaster, PA (annual Music and at the Blue Mountain Festival.  Former member of Raritan Winds, the faculty woodwind quintet in residence at Rutgers University.  Collaborates with and premieres works of composer Dr. Neal Harnly. Lecture/performance for National Flute Association Convention in Nashville, 2004; at Nyack College as part of the Library Current Issues Series, 2004; and lecture/performances on Norwegian music at various venues including: for the Crown Prince of Norway at the Norseman's Federation National Conference, and at ScanFest Nordic Heritage Festival in NJ.  Recent publications include: "Leipzig Set: The Flute Music of Leipzig Composers" (Publication in Fluit, journal of the Netherlands Flute Society) Jan. 2005; publication of Wind Quintet by Sigfrid Karg-Elert; and program notes for the New York Philharmonic (Merkin Hall/chamber music series, 1998-2003).  CDs include: Concert Spirituel recorded live in France (Excelsis XL6, 2000); Music of Alec Wilder with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra (Kleos label, 2001); and The Miracle by William Bolcom, recorded with Raritan Winds and the Rutgers University Glee Club (Ethereral Recordings ER-135, 2002).  Soon to be released: Sacred Service by Miriam Gideon, for chamber ensemble and choir (Naxos label). 

Dr. Tammy Lum – Piano, Theory, Ear Training, Piano Pedagogy, Accompanying, Piano Literature, Chamber Music

D.M.A. Manhattan School of Music

B.M., M.M. Eastman School of Music

Professional Studies Program at The Juilliard School

Tammy Lum, pianist and competition winner. As the winner of the 1990 Leschetizky Foundation Competition, Ms. Lum made her U.S. solo debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in the same year. She was the winner of the 1990 Competition of the Five Town Music and Arts Foundation, the 1988 Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition, the 1987 William Boyd Competition, and a prizewinner of the 1995 New Orleans International Piano Competition.  Recent performances include concerto performances with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, La Salle Cortot in Paris, the City Hall Theatre in Hong Kong, Piano and Friends Concert Series in Tucson, Arizona. Among other more important performances, She has collaborated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Augusta, Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Sarah Lawrence Symphony Orchestra; also recitals in New York's Alice Tully Hall, and The New York Annual Beethoven Festival. As an inventive performer, Ms. Lum has produced and performed with her husband Leo Li, two multimedia and piano programs.  As an active chamber musician, she performs regularly with the Amasi Trio, which is the resident trio at Nyack College.  She is the principle pianist at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Rye, NY.  Her solo piano CD recording, "My Treasure Box" was released by Hugo Productions, Inc.  Dr. Lum received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Professional Studies Program at The Juilliard School, and doctoral degree at the Manhattan School of Music. She has been a full time faculty member at Nyack College in New York since 1988.

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.

 

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