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:

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Victor V. Bobetsky (D.M.A., University of Miami School of Music) - music education.
Email: victor.bobetsky@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400a Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3574

Richard Burke (Ph.D., City University of New York) - music history and literature.
Email: rburke@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400g Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5537

Geoffrey Burleson (DMA, Stony Brook University) piano, music literature.
Email: geoffrey.burleson@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400h Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-4023

L. Poundie Burstein (Ph.D., City University of New York) - music theory.
Email: HunterMusT@aol.com
Office: Room 400d Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5152

Michele Cabrini (Ph.D., Princeton University) - music history and literature.
Email: mcabrini@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400i
Phone: 212-772-5531

Ruth DeFord (Ph.D., Harvard University) - music history and literature.
Email: ruth.deford@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 416 Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5026

Susan Gonzalez (D.M.A., Eastman School of Music) - voice, music theater/opera, music literature.
Email: susangonzalez@optonline.net
Office: Room 400c Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3566

Barbara L. Hampton (Ph.D., Columbia University) - ethnomusicology.
Email: hcethnomus@aol.com
Office: Room 400f Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5153

Shafer Mahoney (Ph.D., Eastman School of Music) - composition and music theory.
Email: shafer.mahoney@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400a Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5150

Paul F. Mueller (D.M.A., Indiana University) - choirs, collegium musicum, music literature.
Email: paul.mueller@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400b Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5785

Mark Spicer (Ph.D., Yale University) - music theory, popular music studies.
Email: mark.spicer@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400b Hunter North
Phone: 212-772-5024

Jewel Thompson (Ph.D., Eastman School of Music) - music theory, ear training and sight singing.
Email: jewel.thompson@hunter.cuny.edu
Office: Room 400e Hunter North
Phone: 212-650-3608

ADJUNCT FACULTY (click on name for e-mail)

Ozan Aksoy - world music
James Bartow - world music and culture
Larry Bomback - music literature
Nathan Bowen - music theory; music literature
Sang Mi Chung - piano
Catherine Coppola - music history and literature
Marcia Eckert - piano
Jonathan Finkelman - music theory
Olivier Fluchaire - strings
Anthony Furnivall - music theory
Dag Gabrielsen - music literature
Carolyn Guzski - music history and literature
Jason Hooper - music theory
Patty Howland - music theory
Judith Katz - woodwinds
Ryan Keberle - jazz studies; brass
Mark Mangini - music theory
Fred Martell - voice
Jennifer Matthews - music literature, vocal accompanying/coaching
Quynh Nguyen - piano
Sara Overholt - guitar
Priscilla Owens - jazz vocal performance; voice class
Barbara Podgurski - music literature; piano
Richard Porterfield - music history and literature
Matthew Rupcich - choir
Michael Spierman - music literature
Diane Taublieb - music literature
Sarah Trouslard - world music
Henry Wong Doe - piano; music literature

PERFORMANCE FACULTY (click on name for e-mail)

Geoffrey Burleson - piano
Jan Eric Douglas - voice
Susan Gonzalez - voice
Steven Graff - piano; chamber music
Gary Hammond - piano; music literature
Norma Newton - voice


For a list of Performance Associates, contact Paul F. Mueller, Director of Performance Studies.