Faculty & Staff — Alphabetical
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Valerie Van Hoven Valerie van Hoven has studied music at the Hartt Conservatory, and SUNY Purchase. Valerie earned a BA in music education from Montclair State University and a graduate certification from the American Center for the Alexander Technique. For nine years a music teacher in the Randolph, NJ public schools, she now operates her own studio in Denville, NJ where she teaches piano, voice, and the Alexander Technique. Valerie has given workshops in voice and the Alexander Technique at Wagner College on Staten Island, Montclair State University and has assisted workshops at the Juilliard School in NYC. She has appeared as Lorraine in Steppin' Out, Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella, and Eliza in My Fair Lady in regional theater. She has been involved in more that 40 shows as musical director and played piano in the orchestra for many others. JaNeen Vinson W
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Tanya Dusevic Witek
Adjunct Professor
Flute
(973) 655-7212
witekt@mail.montclair.edu
Tanya Dusevic Witek has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia with the New York Symphonic Ensemble, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Continuum. She has recorded for EMI, Bridge, NHK, CRI, Panasonic and CBC, and her debut solo recording was released in 2006 on the MSR label. Ms. Witek has appeared at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival and has toured with the acclaimed Musicians from Marlboro. As a founder of the Forest Hills Chamber Players, she is dedicated to bringing free performances to community venues in the outer boroughs of New York City. She graduated from the University of Calgary and received her master and doctoral degrees from Juilliard. Ms. Witek is currently a Teaching Artist for Lincoln Center Institute, the New York Philharmonic and is a faculty member for The Academy: A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School and The Weill Music Institute.
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David Witten
Associate Professor of Music
Piano (Coordinator-Keyboard Studies)
Music History
On sabbatical - Fall 2011
(973) 655-4379
wittend@mail.montclair.edu
David Witten - Website
Pianist David Witten has performed extensively in Europe, Russia, and South America. As a 1990 Fulbright Scholar, he spent five months in Brazil. Witten has recorded piano music of various Latin American composers. Witten's involvement in music has not been limited to performance. He is editor of Nineteenth-Century Piano Music: Essays in Performance and Analysis (Garland, 1997), which includes his landmark analytical study of the Chopin Ballades. Born in Baltimore, Witten studied at Peabody Conservatory, and Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. His undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University led to a degree in Psychology. Later graduating with high honors from Boston University, he earned the D.M.A. degree in piano performance. Witten is currently Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.
Barbara Wheeler
Professor Emerita
Music Therapy
Lars Woodul
Adjunct Professor
Voice
973-655-7212
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Lisa Yui
Adjunct Professor
Piano
973-655-7212
yuil@mail.montclair.edu
Since making her concerto debut at the age of seven, Lisa Yui has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia as a recitalist and soloist with orchestra. She was the top prizewinner of the Senigallia International Piano Competition, Super Classics International Auditions, Toronto Symphony Concerto Competition, and has twice been the recipient of a Canada Council Scholarship. Ms. Yui has worked with such prominent orchestras as the Tokyo Symphony, Polish National Radio, Toronto Symphony, and the Krakow State Philharmonic. She has recorded the music of Carl Maria von Weber and Jan Ladislav Dussek on the Intégral label. As a lecturer and performer, Ms. Yui has lectured at the Juilliard School, Kunitachi Music University, and Washington and Lee University, among other colleges and venues. She has worked extensively with the Yamaha Disklavier, having given numerous performances on the instrument, as well as long-distance “remote lessons.” She received her bachelor’s degree at the Juilliard School and her master’s and doctoral degree at Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Byron Janis and Marc Silverman. She is director of the Ensemble 212’s Young Artist Competition Series and serves on the faculty at Manhattan School of Music.
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Chaim Zemach
Professor Emeritus
Cello
Meg Zervoulis
Adjunct Professor
Piano
973-655-7212
zervoulism@mail.montclair.edu