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Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre & Dance

Faculty and Staff - Music

Faculty

Michael Bacon

Email: michael.bacon@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-8249
Office: Music Building, Room 310
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Associate Professor
Degrees: B.S., Lehman College
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Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, Chair

Diana Mittler-BattipagliaEmail: diana.battipaglia@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-7795
Office: Music Building, Room 309
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Professor 
Degrees: B.S., M.S., Juilliard; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music
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Agustina Checa

Agustina Checa Email: agustina.checa@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-8616
Office: Music Building, Room 413
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.A., National University of Cordoba, Argentina; M.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY
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David Font-Navarrete

David Font-NavaretteEmail: david.font@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-7778
Office: Music Building, Room 304
Office Hours: Virtual, by appointment via email
Rank: Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.A., Antioch College; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., York University
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Jennifer Jolley

Jolly Music Email: jennifer.jolley@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-7112
Office: Music Building, Room 201
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.M., University of Southern California Thornton School of Music; M.M. & D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
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Allan Molnar

Allan MolnarEmail: allan.molnar1@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-2240
Office: Music Building, Room 205 
Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Lecturer 
Degrees: B.S., University of Mary
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Molly Morkoski

Molly MorkoskiEmail: molly.morkoski@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-7797
Office: Music Building, Room 405
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Associate Professor
Degrees: B.M., UNC-Chapel Hill; M.M., Indiana University; D.M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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Jason Noble

Email: jason.noble@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-8709
Office: Music Building, Room 301
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Assistant Professor
Degrees: B.M., University of Miami; M.A., New York University;
Ed.D.C.T., Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
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Penny Prince

Penny PrinceEmail: penny.prince@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-7796
Office: Music Building, Room 311
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Professor 
Degrees: B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., New York University
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Smee Wang

Smee Wang Email: smee.wang@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-8250
Office: Music Building, Room 318
Office Hours: By appointment requested via email
Rank: Lecturer (Doctoral)
Degrees: B.A., Shanghai Conservatory Of Music; M.M., University of Denver; Ph.D. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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College Laboratory Technicians

Steve Buonanotte

Steve Buonanotte Email: steven.buonanotte@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-440-5596
Office: Multimedia Center, Carman Building, Room C39
Office Hours: M-F 10-6
Rank: College Laboratory Technician
Degrees: B.A., Berkelee College of Music; M.A., Berkelee College of Music
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Alejandro Castro

Alejandro CastroEmail: alejandro.castro@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-8011
Office: Music Building, Room 401 
Hours: M-F 9:00pm-5:00pm
Rank: College Laboratory Technician 
Degrees: B.S., Lehman College, CUNY

Darina Qafleshi

Darina BejtjaEmail: darina.qafleshi@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-8247
Office: Music Building, Room 319 
Hours: M-F 9:00am-5:00pm Virtual
Rank: Chief College Laboratory Technician 
Degrees: B.A., Academy of Arts, Tirana, Albania; M.A.T., Lehman College, CUNY
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Karl Watson

Karl WatsonEmail: karl.watson@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-7793
Office: Music Building, Room 317 
Hours: M 12:30-10:30pm, T 11-7:30, W 11-8, Th 11-6, F 11-6 Virtual
Rank:  Chief College Laboratory Technician 
Degrees: B.A., University of Rhode Island; M.A.T., Lehman College, CUNY
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College Assistant

George Cruz

Email: george.cruz@lehman.cuny.edu
Phone: 718-960-7795
Office: Music Building, Room 309 
Hours: Mon, Wed 9am-2pm
Rank: College Assistant

Emeritus Faculty

  • John Corigliano
    Rank: Distinguished Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources: B.A., Columbia University
  • Gheorghe Costinescu
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: M.S., Conservatory of Music, Bucharest, Romania; Post Graduate Diploma, Juilliard; Ph.D., Columbia University
  • Allan Davis
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: B.Mus., M.Mus., Syracuse University
  • Harold Diamond
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: B.A., Hunter College; M.S., Columbia University; M.A., New York University
  • Marta Ghezzo
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: M.A., Conservatory of Music, Bucharest, Romania; M.Ph., Ph.D., City University of New York
  • Charles W. Hughes
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
  • Jack Hyatt
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and sources of Degrees: B.F.A., University of New Mexico; M. Mus., D.M.A., Boston University
  • Ulysses Kay
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: B.A., University of Arizona; M.Mus., Eastman School of Music; Dr. of Humane Letters, Wesleyan University
  • Edward Kravitt
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: B.A., M.A., Ph.D., New York University
  • Bernard Shockett
    Rank: Professor Emeritus
    Degrees and Sources of Degrees: B.M., Manhattan School of Music; M.A., Brooklyn College; Ph.D., New York University

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