Academics
Faculty
Paul LeClair
Professor of Fine Arts: Music
B.A. University of Connecticut; Ph.D. Catholic University of America
Campus Office
McCarthy Arts Center 203
Phone: 802.654.2448
Box 163
E-mail: pleclair@smcvt.edu
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Susan Summerfield
Professor of Fine Arts: Music
A.B. Rutgers University; M.A. Mills College; D.M.A. Stanford University
Campus Office
McCarthy Arts Center 202
Phone: 802.654.2580
Box 387
E-mail: ssummerfield@smcvt.edu
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Nathaniel Lew
Associate Professor of Fine Arts: Music
B.A. Yale University; B.A., M.A. Cambridge University; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
View Dr. Lew's Curriculum Vitae
Courses Taught: Chorale and Chamber Singers; Musicianship Lab for Music Theory I & II; Music Theory III & IV; Instrumentation and Orchestration; Medieval and Renaissance Music; Opera; Senior Seminar
Areas of Expertise: Twentieth-century British music, particularly opera, and its relationship to institutions and the broader culture; the composers Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten and Alan Bush; choral conducting
Recent Scholarly Achievements: Dr. Lew prepared the introduction and edited Scenes Adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress, a play by Evelyn Ouless with incidental music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Promethean Music, 2008). He also prepared and edited Haitian Noel, a Creole Christmas Carol (Hal Leonard Music, July 2007).
On Teaching and Research: Dr. Lew enjoys the creative freedom to teach a wide variety of subjects in a department where faculty and students are open to his experimenting with new topics, materials and methods. He appreciates being able to work closely with his students.
Learn more about Dr. Lew in his faculty spotlight.
Campus Office
McCarthy Arts Center 201
Phone: 802.654.2284
Box 377
E-mail: nlew@smcvt.edu
Personal Web site: http://academics.smcvt.edu/nlew/
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Josselyne Price
Lecturer of Fine Arts: Music
Campus Office
McCarthy Arts Center 208
Phone: 802.654.2896
E-mail: jprice@smcvt.edu
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Performance Instructors
Classical Piano
Annemieke Spoelstra (who also serves as Staff Accompanist)
Jazz Piano & Improvisation
Shane Hardiman
Voice
Margot Button, Amber DeLaurentis and Jessica Voyer
Guitar
Paul Asbell, Rick Belford and Jerome Monachino
Bass
Jeromy Harlos, Will Patton, John Rivers, Anthony Santor, Clyde Staats, Stacey Starkweather and Nick Warner
Drums & Percussion
Gabriel Jarrett
Flute
Lois Price
Oboe
Nadine Carpenter
Clarinet & Saxophone
Steve Klimowski
Bassoon
French Horn
Alan Parshley
Trumpet & Trombone
Stuart Carter, Larry Solt and Randall Wheeler
Violin & Viola
Paul Reynolds, Elizabeth Skinner and Frances Taylor
Cello
Anne Brown and Bonnie Klimowski
Harp
Heidi Soons
Bagpipes
Timothy Cummings
Electronic Music & Recording Technology
Peter Englisch
Harmonica
Mark Lavoie
Composition
Erik Nielsen