Faculty
PIANO
Mirela Chisbora - D.M.A., SUNY at Stony Brook; M.M., New England Conservatory; B.M., Gheorghe Dima Conservatory.
Diane Carpenter – Ph.D. & M. Sacred Music, Boston University; B.M., University of MA, Lowell.
Susan Godoy – Ph.D., M.A. & B.A., Radcliff College. Faculty, Choate School for Girls, Brookline & Wellesley College; elementary music specialist, Boston Public Schools.
Dorothy Lortie – B.S. Ed., Worcester State College. Graduate study, Assumption College; faculty, Worcester Public Schools; currently Music Director, Our Lady of Victory Church, Centerville.
Jared McMurray – B.M., Hartt School of University of Hartford.
Chris Morris – B.M. and M.M., Oberlin Conservatory.
Anne Perrault – B.M., Oberlin Conservatory, M.M., New England Conservatory. Studies at Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Faculty, University of Vermont, Saint Michael’s College, Goddard College, Lyndon College and Longy School of Music.
Valerie Schultz – M.Ed. & B.A. Music, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Certified Commonwealth of Massachusetts Music, Pre-K-9; music teacher, Dennis-Yarmouth School District.
Loretta Poto Slovak – M.S. & B.S., Juilliard School. Studies, Tanglewood Institute; soloist, Boston Pops & National Orchestral Society.
Maria Snyder – M.A., Columbia University & B.M., Catholic University. Studies, Juilliard School, Aspen Institute, Berkshire Music Festival and Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
Elizabeth Tipton – M.S. & B.S., Juilliard School. Post-graduate studies, Columbia Teachers College; soloist and chamber player in New York and New Jersey.
Laurie Uguccioni – M.F.A., New York University Tisch School for the Arts, B.M., University of Miami.
VOICE
Lucy Millar Brett – M.M. Eastman School of Music & B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University. Soloist, St. Peter’s, Osterville; soloist with Chatham Chorale, New Bedford Symphony, Pro Arte, Royall Noyse; recitals in Boston area, South Shore and Cape Cod.
Elaine Burkly – M.A., Fitchburg State College; B.M. Ed., Boston University. Music Supervisor, K – 12, Falmouth Public Schools for 11 years. Director, Anna Maria Island Repertory Singers, Sarasota Opera children’s chorus.
Emily Hoskin – Masters of Music in Vocal Performance, Bachelor of Arts in Music, University of Connecticut, International Conservatory of Paris, Certificate from Sorbonne University
Drusilla Welt Sunderman – B.S. in Music Education, University of Lowell. Vocal music teacher, K-12, for 22 years, Barnstable and Cambridge public schools; vocal coach/director, Sandwich Public School musicals – Knights Theatre Company.
Howard Whitmore – B.M., Ashland University; M.M., Kent State University.
STRINGS
Pierre d’Archambeau (violin & viola) – Winner, International Competition in Geneva; laureate of Queen Elizabeth Competition of Belgium; winner of Medal of Eugène Ysaye. Soloist in major cities of the U.S.A., Europe and Asia Minor.
Diane Carpenter – Ph.D. & M. Sacred Music, Boston University; B.M., University of MA, Lowell.
Bo Ericsson (cello) - Gothenbert Conservatory of Music & Swedish Radio School of Music. Principal cellist, Cape Symphony Orchestra; member, Cape Sinfonietta and Schultze-Ericsson Cello Duo.
Suzanne Spenser (cello) – B.A., Vassar College. Studies at Mannes College of Music; member, Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra; member, Gravitas (cello/bass duo).
GUITAR
Jimmy Craven- Bachelor of Music in Composition, Hart College of Music
Christopher Hersch – B.M., New England Conservatory. Founder, American Roots Music Awareness Project, New England Conservatory Preparatory Department. Massachusetts Teaching Certification. Performing artist, Martins Creek ensemble.
Pat Ryan – B.M., Ithaca School of Music. Faculty, Falmouth public schools; recipient, Elaine Pear Cohen Award, Falmouth Arts Council.
Joseph Scott – B.M. summa cum laude, Boston Conservatory. Music instructor, Milton Academy; registered Suzuki guitar instructor through Grade 5; performances with Cape Symphony Orchestra and Rhode Island Philharmonic.
Percussion
Mark Prall - timpanist and principal percussionist for the Cape Symphony Orchestra; music teacher, Nauset Middle School.
Robert Rudin - (drum kit, doumbek, conga, bodhran, rhythm bones, classical snare drum) --M.Ed, University of Massachusetts; B.A. in Music & Intercultural Studies, Hampshire College, Amherst. Massachusesetts Teaching Certification, Pre K - 12. Performer, Einstein’s Little Homunculus. Instructor, Music Centers of Cambridge and Sudbury, Marlborough High School.
WINDS
Sally J. Davol (flute, recorder) – B.A., Syracuse University. Member, Chatham Band; Director, Chatham High School Flute Choir
Wilfred Harrigan (clarinet, sax, oboe) – B.M. Berklee College of Music. Teacher, Barnstable Public Schools; past member, 567th Air Force Band for 25 years; band director, Sandwich Town Band and Barnstable Town Band; school band director for 25 years.
BRASS
Roy Campbell (trombone, trumpet, French horn, baritone) B.M., U. Mass. Lowell; Principal trombone for Cape Symphony; trombonist for Boston Opera; faculty of Brown University, South Shore Conservatory; toured with Los Angles Opera a la Carte; music director, Monomoy Theater.
Ty Newcomb – Music study, Arizona State University and University of California, Long Beach.
CONDUCTOR
Elaine Burkly (Director, Conservatory Youth Choir, Conservatory Music Theatre Players, Conservatory Choraliers) M.A., Fitchburg State College; B.M. Ed., Boston University. Music Supervisor, K – 12, Falmouth Public Schools for 11 years. Director, Anna Maria Island Repertory Singers, Sarasota Opera children’s chorus. Private teacher, voice and piano.
John Hagon (Director, Conservatory Concert Band) M.M., Boston University & B.M., University of Wisconsin, Former Chair of Music Education and current Professor of Music Education at Berklee College of Music (30 years); retired conductor of the 215th Army Band of the Massachusetts National Guard (18 years); former conductor of the Barnstable and Harwich Town Bands; former music teacher in Wild Rose, Wisconsin and Barnstable High School for 13 years.
Janice Hannah (Director, A Cappella Choir) B.M.Ed., University of Lowell. Vocal Music Teacher, Mattacheese Middle School, Norwood Public Schools; currently teaching in Barnstable Public Schools.
Tyler Newcomb (Director, Conservatory Big Band) Music study, Arizona University and University of California at Long Beach.
EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC
Mary Sholkovitz – M.S.W. and B.A. University of Michigan. Graduate studies in early childhood music and movement at Hartt School of Music; Suzuki Flute Teacher Training since 1999 with certification through Book 3; former flutist, Cape Symphony Orchestra.
CHAMBER MUSIC
Bo Ericsson – Gothenbert Conservatory of Music & Swedish Radio School of Music. Principal cellist, Cape Symphony Orchestra; member, Cape Sinfonietta and Schultze-Ericsson Cello Duo.
Suzanne Spencer – B.A., Vassar College. Study, Mannes College of Music; member, Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, Bayberry Chamber Players, Moments Musicaux.
PRESCHOOL FACULTY
Sheila Payne –B.A. Sociology, Bates College, has been an elementary school teacher, is an established batik artist, a teacher of children’s art, music, and folk dance, and is a creator of fairy tea parties. She established, and for many years operated, a refectory for oceanographers in Woods Hole, she coordinated visitation services for Falmouth elderly, and has been the organizer and producer of many community festivities.
Christine Serani – B.S.Ed., Fitchburg State College; graduate studies, Wheelock College. Former Lead teacher, St. Tarcisius Preschool, Framingham; Director/Lead Teacher, Young Learner’s Center, Natick.
ART FACULTY
Sarah Andronaco Ahrens- Bachelors of Science in Art Education, University of Vermont
Beverley Edwards (abstract painting, monotype, silk screen) – Founder, Monotype Guild of New England; past Director, Museum School of the Fuller Museum, Brockton. University of Atlanta; Atlanta Art Institute; Emory University; works displayed in numerous museums, corporate and private collections across the country.
Sandra Nickerson – B.F.A., Syracuse University. Community arts teacher, Boston; Art teacher, Bridgeview School, Sagamore; exhibits in Boston, the South Shore, Cape Cod and Seattle.
Sheila Payne – B.A., Bates College. Established and managed, The Butterly at WHOL; established and coordinated Friendly Visitors of Falmouth.
Susan Pennington – M.A. & B.A., University of Wisconsin.
DANCE FACULTY
Dorothé Anderson – Professional dancer, model, actress. Owner & operator, Dorothe Stage Schools of Newton and Waltham for 38 years; member, National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists.
Ellen Brodsky (ballroom dance) - B.A., Bridgewater State College; studies at Boston University. Teaching certification (high school English), Bridgewater State University. Courses at Falmouth Academy, Mary French Dance Studio and Falmouth Night School.
Elena Griffin – Group and private studies in Egyptian Oriental dance technique, choreography and stage production with Aida Nour, Nourah and Yousry Sharif, and Ragia Hassan. Focus on American cabaret and Arabic style dance with Suzanna del Vecchio. Teaching in Sandwich Community School, Four Winds Solstice Center, Nauset Public Schools.
Carmina Mock – Yoga training at Yoga and Vedanta Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland. Registered nurse teacher.
DRAMA FACULTY
Jacek Zuzanski – Master’s degree at the Department of Puppetry, National School of Acting, Wroclaw, Poland. Stage director, The Ministry for Art and Culture’s Stage Directing Certificate; stage designer with 35 realizations; certified teacher with 20 years experience; workshops at Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs of Cape Cod; Puppet Story Time project at Children’s Museum of Cape Cod.
