The New School of Music Faculty



Click on a menu item for more information: Home Concerts & Events Children's Classes Classes for Teens Adult Offerings Private Lessons Summer programs Registration Form School Calendar Faculty Policies Directions & Map Employment Contact Us	The New School of Music is proud to have an extensive and extraordinary faculty guiding our students in their musical endeavors. Please browse through our faculty biographies. Classes, Ensembles & Choirs Jazz Piano Voice Woodwinds Strings (including Guitar & Harp) World Instruments Yoga, Pilates & Dance Classes & Ensembles Emily Browder, Music Together® Lauren Calista, Music Together® Justin Casinghino, Music Theory and Composition Sadie Danforth-Brightman, Music Together® Paula Downes, Music Together®, Group Piano Classes Sandi Hammond Ear Training, Sight Singing & Beginning Theory, New School Singers Jerry Leake, Drumming Workshops Lisa Leake, Children's Dance Pamela Murray, Kids' Cabaret Daniel Orlansky, Australian Didgeridoo Workshops Monica Pegis, Adult String Ensemble Roy Sansom, Recorder Ensemble Vera Savage, Music Discoveries Margaux Skalecki, Ants in the Pants Yoga and Dance for Kids® Jazz Keala Kaumeheiwa, Double Bass Chris Jenkins, Guitar Tom Pendergast, Guitar Joseph Reid, Piano Charles Rose, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Electric Bass Dana Sandler, Voice (jazz, klezmer and contemporary) Anita Suhanin, Voice ( Jazz, Pop, R&B and Country) Piano Sadie Danforth-Brightman, Piano Kai-Ching Chang, Piano Paula Downes, Piano Brett Klaus, Piano Elizabeth Landman, Suzuki Piano Catherine Lawlor, Piano Pei-Chun Lin, Piano, Jazz Piano, Suzuki Melanie Maz, Piano Tim McFarland, Piano, Conducting, Chamber Coaching Tina Nospal, Piano Joseph Reid, Jazz Piano, Jazz Ensembles Coaching Trudi Van Slyck, Piano Esther Ning Yau, Piano, New Piano Quartet, Chamber Coaching Strings, Guitar & Harp Pamela Ambrose, Cello, Suzuki Cello Kai-Ching Chang, Violin Paula Downes, Violin, Viola Shu-Fang Du, Violin Chris Jenkins, Guitar Keala Kaumeheiwa, Jazz Bass Aaron Larget-Caplan, Guitar (classical, Spanish, Flamenco) Tery Lemanis, Greek Bouzouki, Middle Eastern Oud, Guitar Sally Martin, Violin, Suzuki Violin Steve Mayone, Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Bass Melanie Maz, Violin Lauren Pearson, Violin, Viola Monica Pegis, Violin, Chamber Coaching, Adult String Ensemble Tom Pendergast, Guitar (folk, rock, flamenco, jazz) Mary Jane Rupert, Harp Charles Rose, Guitar (folk, rock, bluegrass, jazz), Banjo, Mandolin, Electric Bass Anne Hooper Webb, Violin, Fiddle Voice Emily Browder, Voice (classical and Broadway) Christine DeMichele, Voice (jazz and contemporary) Sandi Hammond, Voice (contemporary, choral, Broadway, jazz and classical) Laurelle Mathison, Voice (classical) Dana Sandler, Voice (jazz, klezmer and contemporary) Vera Savage, Voice (classical, Broadway and contemporary) Anita Suhanin, Voice (jazz, pop, R & B, blues and country) Susan Trout, Voice (classical, choral and Broadway) Woodwinds Chester Brezniak, Clarinet Jacqueline Ostergren, Flute Roy Sansom, Recorder World Music Aaron Larget-Caplan, Flamenco Guitar Jerry Leake, North Indian Tabla, Flamenco Percussion, World Percussion Tery Lemanis, Greek Bouzouki, Middle Eastern Oud, Guitar Daniel Orlansky, Australian Didgeridoo Tom Pendergast, Flamenco Guitar Anne Hooper Webb, Scottish Fiddle Movement for Musicians Gaye Bennes, Alexander Technique Lisa Leake, Children's Dance Margaux Skalecki, Yoga, Children's Dance