Music Department Faculty

David Schulenberg, Professor and Department Chair

B.A., Harvard College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Interests: European music history (17th- and 18th-century); historical performance practices; keyboard instruments
Campus Hall Room 110
Office Phone: (718) 420-4288 | E-mail: dschulen AT wagner.edu | website

Ronald Cross, Professor

M.A., Ph.D., New York University, A.A.G.O.
Interests: early music history, world music, appreciation, rudiments
Campus Hall Room 108
Office Phone: (718) 390-3202 | E-mail: rcross AT wagner.edu | website

Robert Delfausse, Associate Professor

B.A., Williams College; M.A., Columbia Univ., M.A., Ph.D., City University CUNY
Interests: music theory, bands, conducting, trumpet
Campus Hall Room 314
Office Phone: (718) 390-3135 | E-mail: rdelfaus AT wagner.edu | website

Roger Wesby, Associate Professor

B.M., Eastman School of Music, M.M., Westminster Choir College, D.M., Indiana University
Interests: choirs, sight-singing, music history
Campus Hall Room 107
Office Phone: (718) 390-3205 | E-mail: rwesby AT wagner.edu

Music Department Staff

Shirley Bock, Administrative Assistant

AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology
Department Phone: (718) 390-3313 | E-mail: sbock AT wagner.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Kelly Birgfeld
voice
B.M., Grove City (Pa.) College; M.M., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Edward Brown
Guitar, Lute
B.A., College of Staten Island; MA., Hunter College

Madeline Casparie
Cello
B.M., Manhattan School of Music
Cellist, Staten Island Symphony Orchestra

Richard Casparie
French Horn, Music Education Methods
B.M., M.Mus.Ed., Manhattan School of Music

Joyce Chung
Piano
B.M., M.M., The Juilliard School

David Clive
Percussion, Percussion Ensemble
M.M., Manhattan School of Music; B.M., Lehman College of the City University of New York

Lucille Corwin
Violin, Viola, Chamber Music
M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Barnard College
Violist, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Clifford Haynes
Low Brass (Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba)
B.A., M.A., New Mexico Highlands University

Georgette Ionesco
Flute
Dipl., Conservatory of Music, Bucharest

Ernie Jackson
Guitar Ensemble, Music Technology
B.A., Wagner College

Elizabeth McCullough
Voice
B.M., M.M., University of Texas

Dora Ohrenstein
Voice
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Empire State College, State University of New York
Past President, New York Singing Teachers Association | website

Janet Pranschke
Voice, Vocal Pedagogy
B.M., Ithaca College
Past President, New York Singing Teachers Association

Christie Riso
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Saxophone
B.M., M.M., D.M.A., Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey
Bassoonist, Edison (N.J.) Symphony Orchestra, New Brunswick (N.J.) Chamber Orchestra

Charles J. Schneider
Voice
B.M., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; M.M., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Baritone, national operatic soloist

James Sergi
Voice, Diction
B.M., The Ohio State University; M.M., Florida State University
Baritone, recording artist

Lynne Vardaman
Voice
B. Mus., M.Mus., Manhattan School of Music | website

Barbara Wesby
Composition, Music Theory
B.M., Eastman School of Music

Amy Williams
Voice
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton; M.F.A., Cornell University