Profile Type: Community Music School Faculty
Emile Blondel
Name: Emile BlondelFrom: Charlottesville, VAI started teaching music in… 2007I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2011Who’s your inspiration, musical or otherwise? BachFew people know that I… also play the drumsEducation: North Carolina School of the Arts – BMNorth Carolina School of the Arts – MMEcole Alfred Cortot in Paris, 2001-2004I play and teach: PianoMy…
Ruth Klukoff
From: Born in Houston, TX, but raised in AlabamaI started teaching music in…1997I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2013Who’s your inspiration, musical or otherwise? My brother, Will.Few people know that I… have the “packing gene”Education: Indiana University – BM Violin PerformanceI play and teach: Violin/violaMy other artistic/musical endeavors: Before relocating to NYC in 2014,…
Allison Philips
From: South Orange, New Jersey My inspiration: Lee Morgan, Ingrid Jensen, Ambrose Akinmusire Education: Masters of Music – Jazz Performance, Het Conservatorium van Amsterdam; BFA – Jazz Trumpet Performance, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music I play and teach: Trumpet My other artistic/musical endeavors: The Allison Philips Trio, DeiCont | Philips Collective Personal Teaching…
Mike McGinnis
From: Sanford, ME I started teaching music in…1991 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2002 My inspiration:Too many to list. Few people know that I… am an amateur NYC historian. Education: Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester – Masters of Music in Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media (performance emphasis) University of Southern Maine…
Sean Moran
From: Brooklyn I started teaching music in…1992 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 1999 My inspiration: Duke Ellington Few people know that I… play in a metal band! Education: Virginia Commonwealth University – Bachelor of Music I play and teach: guitar, bass, composition, theory My other artistic/musical endeavors: The Four Bags and my own…
Peter Weitzner
I’m from… Brooklyn I started teaching music in…1977 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2014 My inspiration:Johann Sebastian Bach Few people know that I… know too much about computers Education: The Juilliard School – B.A.The Juilliard School – M.M. I play and teach: Double bass and chamber music My other artistic/musical endeavors: Principal Bass,…
Tom Chiu
From: Taiwan I started teaching music in… 20 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 5 My inspiration: too numerous to list Few people know that I… am a 5-star cook Education: Yale, BA chemistry, music Juilliard, MM Juilliard, DMA I play and teach: violin My other artistic/musical endeavors: FLUX Quartet, Tom Chiu’s Ensemble Metrix
Jeff Klitz
I’m from… Storrs, CT I started teaching music in… 1980 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2017 My inspiration: Willa Cather, Wassily Kandinsky, Martha Graham, Duke Ellington, Caroline Shaw/Roomful of Teeth, Stephen Sondheim Few people know that I… love soccer, still love playing. Education: Yale, B.A. in music I play and teach: Piano, arranging…
Zoe Aqua
From: Denver, CO I started teaching music in… 2011 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2018 My inspiration: Beáta Salomon, an amazing fiddler and teacher of Hungarian folk music. Few people know that I… Love houseplants! Education: University of Michigan, B.M. in violin performance and music educationIthaca College, M.M. in music education I play…