Faculty

Full-Time Faculty|Part-Time Faculty|Performance Instructors|Ensemble Directors

The Music Department has a distinguished faculty whose members are active in the musical life of New York City and in professional circles in the United States and abroad. Current members of the faculty include:

Farzad Amoozegar

Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles) – medical anthropology, ethnomusicology
Office: Room 522 Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-4246
victor bobetsky

Victor V. Bobetsky

Professor Emeritus
(DMA, University of Miami School of Music) – music education
Office: Room 400c Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3574
Geoffrey Burleson

Geoffrey Burleson

Professor, Director of Performance
(DMA, Stony Brook University) – piano, chamber music, music literature
Office: Room 414 Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-4023
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L. Poundie Burstein

Professor
(Ph.D., City University of New York) – music theory
Office: Room 400d Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5152
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Michele Cabrini

Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Princeton University) – music history and literature
Office: Room 401b Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5531
Catherine Coppola

Catherine Coppola

Lecturer
(Ph.D., City University of New York) – music history and literature
Office: Room 400g Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3784
Yayoi Uno Everett

Yayoi Uno Everett

Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
(Ph.D., Eastman School of Music) - music theory
Office: 520B Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-4236
Philip Ewell

Philip Ewell

Professor
(Ph.D., Yale University) – music theory
Office: Room 527 Hunter North
Suzanne Farrin

Suzanne Farrin

The Frayda B. Lindemann Professor of Music
(DMA, Yale University) – composition
Office: Room 522A Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5026

Olivier Fluchaire

Substitute Distinguished Lecturer, Director of the Music Education Program
(DMA, CUNY Graduate Center) – violin
Office: Room 400C Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3574
david fulmer

David Fulmer

Assistant Professor, Director of Orchestral Studies
(DMA, Juilliard) – Assistant Professor and Director of Orchestral Studies
Office: Room 400A Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5537
Susan Gonzalez

Susan Gonzalez

Professor, Director of Voice/Opera
(DMA, Eastman School of Music) – voice, music theater/opera, music literature
Office: Room 415 Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3566
Barbara Hampton

Barbara L. Hampton

Professor
(M. Phil. and Ph.D. Columbia University) – ethnomusicology
Office: Room 400f Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5153
Ashley Jackson with Harp

Ashley Jackson

Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
(DMA, The Julliard School) - harp, chamber music, music history
Office: Room 520D Hunter North
Phone: 212-396-6092
Ryan Keberle

Ryan Keberle

Lecturer, Director of Jazz Studies
(Artist Diploma, Juilliard) – jazz studies
Office: Room 635e Hunter North
Phone: 212-396-6256
João Luiz

João Luiz

Assistant Professor, Director of Chamber Music
(DMA, Manhattan School of Music) – chamber music director and guitar
Office: Room 419 Hunter North
Phone: 212-396-6254
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Shafer Mahoney

Professor
(Ph.D., Eastman School of Music) – composition and music theory
Office: Room 400h Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5150

Michael Sheetz

Assistant Professor, Director of Choral and Voice Studies
(DMA, Manhattan School of Music) – choral conducting, voice
Office: Room 418 Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-4239

Stephen Spencer

Lecturer
(ABD, City University of New York) – music theory, musicianship
Office: Room 520C Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-4243
Mark Spicer

Mark Spicer

Professor, Acting Chair of Music
(Ph.D., Yale University) – music theory, popular music studies
Office: Room 417 Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5024
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Jewel T. Thompson

Professor
(Ph.D., Eastman School of Music) – music theory, musicianship
Office: Room 400e Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3608