{"id":218,"date":"2017-09-18T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:37:22","slug":"general-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/about-the-cali-school\/faculty-leadership\/general-education\/","title":{"rendered":"General Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Leah<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>

\nLeah Batstone
\n<\/strong>Music History Area Coordinator
\nProfessor of Music
\nMusic History
\nChapin Hall 244
\nbatstone@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Leah Batstone<\/b>\u00a0is\u00a0a historical musicologist working at the intersections of art music, politics, and philosophy in Central and Eastern Europe. Her first book,\u00a0Mahler’s Nietzsche: Politics and Philosophy in the\u00a0<\/i>Wunderhorn\u00a0Symphonies<\/i>\u00a0was published by Boydell and Brewer in 2023. As a scholar of art music in Ukraine, she is currently\u00a0working on her second monograph concerning musical modernism in Ukraine and a handbook to the yet-unpublished Symphony No. 1 of Ukraine’s first woman composer, Stefania Turkevych.\u00a0Along with Peter Schmelz, she is also co-editing the volume\u00a0Perspectives on Ukrainian Music<\/i>\u00a0for Indiana University Press.\u00a0Her research has been\u00a0published in the\u00a0Journal of the Royal Musical\u00a0<\/i>Association<\/i>,\u00a0Music and Letters<\/i>,\u00a019th-Century Music<\/i>, and\u00a0Musicology Now<\/i>, the peer-reviewed digital platform of the American Musicological Society. Her forthcoming article in the\u00a0Journal of the American Musicological Society\u00a0<\/i>considers Ukrainian modernism against broader questions of imperial narratives of music history.\u00a0She\u00a0<\/span>is currently organizing a special issue of\u00a0Musicologica Austriaca<\/i>\u00a0on Ukraine in music history with Rutger Helmers, whose contributions came out of the international conference \u201cUkraine in Music History: A Reassessment,\u201d \u00a0which she co-organized at the University of Vienna in May 2023. In April 2024, she also co-organized the conference \u201cUkrainian Musical Avant-Gardes:\u00a0From the 1910s to the Present\u201d at Sorbonne University (Paris) with Louisa Chevalier-Martin.<\/p>\n

Currently completing a position as a Visiting Scholar at the Jordan Center at New York University, Dr. Batstone received her Master’s degree from the University of Oxford and her PhD from McGill University in Montreal, during which time she was also a Fulbright scholar at the University of Vienna.\u00a0From 2021 to 2024, she was one of only sixteen recipients of the\u00a0REWIRE postdoctoral fellowship, a Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions project COFUND supported by the European Commission, at the University of Vienna.\u00a0She has helding teaching positions at Baldwin Wallace University’s\u00a0Conservatory of Music, The Ohio State University, and Hunter College, City University of New York.\u00a0In addition to her scholarly work, Dr. Batstoneis the founder and Creative Director of the annual New York-based Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival. Every spring, the\u00a0festival, which began in 2020, presents Ukraine’s unique contributions to new music through the presentation of a concert series and academic discussions. The festival, which\u00a0<\/span>has been profiled in outlets such as\u00a0The New Yorker<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The New York Times,<\/i>\u00a0is responsible for the performance of several world premieres and numerous American premieres of new music by Ukrainian composers and works with some of the city’s top new music performers, including members of Talea, Ekmeles, TAK ensemble, The Rhythm Method, PinkNoise, and Bergamot Quartet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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\nTeo Beauchamp
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\nIntroduction to Music
\nbeauchampt@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>

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Teo Beuchamp<\/strong> is an adjunct professor at the Montclair State University Cali School of Music in New Jersey. Beuchamp also teaches at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music in Brooklyn, NY. He received his BA in music from Sarah Lawrence College and his MFA in Sonic Arts from Brooklyn College. In 2019 he received the Max Matthews award in Sonic Arts. He continues to work as an artist, producer and engineer in Brooklyn, New York.
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\nRobert Cart
\n<\/strong>Professor of Music
\nFlute
\nVoice
\nMain Office: 973-655-7212
\nChapin 320
\ncartr@montclair.edu<\/a><\/strong>
Bio<\/div>

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Dr. Robert Cart<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(flute) is flutist with Philadelphia\u2019s Network for New Music and a faculty member of the Atlantic Music Festival where, each summer, he serves as flutist and coordinator of the Contemporary Music Ensemble. He has toured as soloist throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and has worked with Bernstein, Leppard, Muti, Previn, and Zinman. He has performed at festivals, including Tanglewood, Ravello, and Aldeburgh, and as solo recitalist at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center. An advocate for new music, he has premiered more than 50 solo, chamber, and orchestral works by Jennifer Higdon, Gary Schocker, and others. His students occupy positions with professional ensembles, including Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica do Teatro Municipal de S\u00e3o Paulo, New England Symphonic Ensemble, and the Central City Opera. They have won competitions, including the Emmanuel Pahud Masterclass Competition, Eduardo Tagliatti Chamber Music Competition, Young Soloists Competition of the Eleazar de Carvalho Music Festival, Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair Masterclass Competition, SphinxConnect Fellowship, and they have been accepted into graduate programs at Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory, Eastman, Manhattan School of Music, and SUNY Stonybrook. As a Powell Flutes Artist, Dr. Cart presents clinics and master classes worldwide. HIs degrees include the Bachelor of Music (DePauw University), the Master of Music (Indiana University}, and the Doctor of Musical Arts (University of Maryland College Park). His teachers have included Francis Fuge, Peter Lloyd, James Pellerite, and Gary Schocker, and he has taken additional studies and master classes with Alberto Almarza, Jeffrey Khaner, Marcel Moyse, Michael Parloff, and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Dr. Cart plays a vintage flute made in 1938 by Verne Q. Powell for Joseph LaMonaca, Associate Principal Flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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\nDarian Clonts
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\n<\/strong>clontsd@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>

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Tenor\u00a0Darian Clonts<\/strong>, a native of Atlanta, Ga., joined the Voice faculty at Montclair State University in the Fall of 2021. He has been seen performing with companies across the U.S. such as Cincinnati Opera, The Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater, The Princeton Festival, and The Atlanta Opera. Some of his operatic roles include The Witch (Hansel and Gretel<\/em>), Mingo (Porgy and Bess<\/em>), H\u00e9rrison (L\u2019\u00c9toile<\/em>), Goro (Madama Butterfly<\/em>), and El Remendado (Carmen<\/em>). He holds a B.A. in Music from Morehouse College, where was a member of and an accompanist for the world-renowned Morehouse College Glee Club. Dr. Clonts holds both an M.M. and D.M. in Voice from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He holds a certificate in Vocology, which is the science and practice of voice habilitation and, if necessary, rehabilitation. He is currently on the Voice faculty at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ and the University of Evansville in Evansville, IN. The main focus of his musical research includes opera and African American music, and he has lectured on his research at schools and institutions across the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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\nRubens de la Corte
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Professor
\nGeneral Education
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Bio<\/div>

\nRubens\u00a0De La Corte<\/strong> is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology with an advanced certificate in Women\u2019s and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center.\u00a0Rubens\u00a0focuses on organology and its intersections with gender, sexuality, material culture, and the cultural geographies of music.\u00a0Rubens concentrates his research on Latin America and the Lusophone domain. Rubens\u00a0has a BA in Architecture and Urban Studies from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil; a dual BA in Guitar and Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music; an MA in Jazz Studies from CUNY Queens College; and an MA in ethnomusicology from Stony Brook University. Rubens is also a guitarist, composer, and arranger, having worked with numerous artists, including a ten-year tenure as musical director for West African artist and five-time Grammy-winner Angelique Kidjo and seventeen years in the quartet of two-time Grammy and two-time Latin Grammy-winner Brazilian jazz pianist Eliane Elias.
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Steve DeLuca<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nRap\/Rock
\ndelucas@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Drummer and educator Steve DeLuca<\/strong> has been playing drums for thirty-five plus years. He began as a teen playing for his high school big band, was the recipient of various awards, and soon thereafter began playing professionally. In addition to various jazz, rock and musical theater performances, Steve plays with the wedding\/special event band Platinum. For the past eleven years, he has been the general music teacher and choir director at Maywood Avenue School in Maywood, NJ teaching 4th through 8th grade. In 2010, the Maywood Board of Education bestowed upon him their Teacher of the Year award. Steve is the author of several educational articles about drumming, music history, and philosophy that have been published in Modern Drummer magazine and Tempo magazine, as well as being a presenter at the 2015 NJMEA Conference. He is a private drum instructor and has taught percussion, theory and song writing at the Glen Ridge Performing Arts Camp for the past several years. He received his BA in jazz performance from Temple University and his MA in Music Education from Montclair State University.
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\nDavid DeMotta<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\ndemottad@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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David DeMotta <\/strong>bio to come soon.
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\nBruce James<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
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Bio<\/div>
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Bruce James<\/strong> bio to come.
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\nDavid Kingsnorth<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nIntroduction to Music
\nkingsnorthd@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Double bassist David Kingsnorth<\/strong> received his MA in Music from Montclair State University, studying with Linda McKnight and twice winning the Cali School Writing Award. He holds bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Music from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an active performer in both the jazz and classical music genres, having performed with Oscar Brown Jr., Richard Wyands, Frank Jackson, New Jersey Ballet and the Summit Symphony.
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\nAmalia Mallard<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nmallarda@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Amalia Mallard <\/strong>bio to come.
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\"Mariel<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>

\nMariel Mayz<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nmayzm@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Praised for her \u201cmagical virtuosity\u201d and \u201ctremendous poise and warmth,\u201d Mariel Mayz<\/strong> is a composer, pianist, and educator whose work bridges classical, contemporary, and interdisciplinary performance. Her album, Leo Brouwer: Cuban Sketches for Piano<\/em> (ZOHO, 2022), features premiere recordings of Brouwer\u2019s piano music alongside her own compositions and arrangements, and was celebrated in her debut performance at the Americas Society. She has
\nsince appeared at Dizzy\u2019s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie\u2019s Weill Recital Hall and other major venues.<\/p>\n

Her music has been performed by acclaimed artists including Anthony Roth Costanzo, Lara Downes, and Jo\u00e3o Luiz, and her one-act opera was premiered at the 2018 New York Opera Fest. Mariel is Adjunct Professor of Music Theory & History at Hunter College and Co-Founder and Associate Director of Porto Pianofest, an international music festival now in its tenth season. She is currently completing a PhD in Composition & Theory at Brandeis University.
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\nMarla Meissner<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nmeissnerm@montclair.edu<\/a>
\nChapin Hall 121\n
Bio<\/div>
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Mariel Mayz <\/strong>bio to come.
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\nAngelique Mouyis<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nIntroduction to Music
\nmouyisa@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Angelique Mouyis<\/strong> graduated with a Master\u2019s degree in Music Composition at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing at NYU\u2019s Tisch School of the Arts. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts under Dr. Robert Aldridge. Angelique is the recipient of a Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) post-graduate studies scholarship as well as the prestigious Ernest Oppenheimer Overseas Scholarship for the Performing Arts. Her opera \u2018Bessie: The Blue-Eyed Xhosa<\/em>\u2019(written with Mkhululi Z. Mabija) was produced by Cape Town Opera at the Artscape Theatre in 2015 as part of their Four:30 – Operas Made in South Africa series. Other productions include Forget this City <\/em>(Enthuse Theatre, New York, NY) and The Boy Who Never Grows Up <\/em>(Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York, NY). She is the author of Mikis Theodorakis: Finding Greece in his Music<\/em> (Kerkyra Publishers, 2010).
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\"Eleni<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>

\nEleni Oikonomou<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\noikonomoue@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Eleni Oikonomou<\/strong> is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology at CUNY\u2019s Graduate Center. She earned her combined Master’s in Musicology and Ethnomusicology from Athens’ National Kapodistrian University. Her formative years spent between Athens (Greece) and island life on Aegina, amid festivals, performances, and daily cultural traditions, developed the perspective that now infuses her research connecting greater Mediterranean influences with contemporary sound studies and media analysis.<\/p>\n

Eleni has delivered lectures at Brooklyn College on the topics of music, history, and identity. She has mentored a vibrant mix of aspiring musicians through her inclusive piano and performance instruction, fostering a multicultural environment. As an accomplished singer-songwriter of popular music herself, Eleni has collaborated with esteemed musicians worldwide and has composed for film. This firsthand insight into the intersection of music, performance, and identity are perspectives integrated into her teaching and research on popular culture and music history.<\/p>\n

Through scholarly work, Eleni weaves musical understanding into a tapestry that reveals connections between communities and illuminates how musical expression shapes our everyday existence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

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\nRyan Pratt<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nMusic in Film
\nprattr@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>

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Ryan Pratt<\/strong> completed the DMA in composition at Columbia, where he is currently a lecturer in Music Humanities. His dissertation: Composition in Relative Intonation<\/em> details an improvisational approach to form and microtonality, for which he invented a musical interval conversion device. While at Columbia, Ryan studied under George Lewis, Fred Lerdahl, Tristan Murail, Richard Carrick and Fabien L\u00e9vy. Stemming from a background in percussion, his compositions tend to evade meter as well as intentional motivic and developmental narrative. His works favor the inner exploration of the unique sonic structures inherent to the instruments involved. Recent compositions have been premiered by New Thread Quartet, Wet Ink Ensemble, Ensemble Pamplemousse and Yarn\/Wire, in addition to a few soloists who have performed his pieces around the country and abroad.
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Gregory Rossetti<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nIntroduction to Music
\nrossettig@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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\nIan Ranzer<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nranzeri@montclair.edu<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>

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Ian Ranzer <\/strong>bio to come.
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\nJoseph Turrin<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Professor
\nMusic in Film
\nturrinj@montclair.edu<\/a>
\nJoseph Turrin – Website<\/a>
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Bio<\/div>
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Joseph Turrin is active as a composer, orchestrator, conductor, pianist and teacher. He studied composition at the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. His works have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, St. Martin-in-the-Fields Academy Orchestra. Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Baltimore Symphony, Gewandhaus-orchester (Leipzig, Germany) and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Turrin has appeared as a conductor with the Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit and New Jersey Symphonies; he has performed as a pianist on many recordings and as orchestral pianist for the New Jersey Symphony. His compositions for film and theater include scores for Alan Alda’s film A New Life, Little Darlings, Weeds<\/em> (with Nick Nolte), Tough Guys Don’t Dance<\/em>(Directed by Norman Mailer), Verna-USO Girl<\/em> (with Sissy Spacek and William Hurt and nominated for three Emmy Awards), Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Kingdom of Shadows<\/em> (narrated by Rod Steiger), Broken Blossoms <\/em>(1919 silent film classic directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish) and for the restoration of the silent film classic Sadie Thompson<\/em>. Other silent film classics that he has scored include, Diary of a Lost Girl, Intolerance<\/em> and The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/em>. His work in musical theater includes performances on Broadway with Michael Feinstein as well as the score for Frankie<\/em>, with a libretto by Broadway legend George Abbott.
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