Blutt College House Music Program Instructors

The Blutt College House Music Program contracts with many of the region’s most accomplished musicians in order to provide private instruction for members of the Penn community. Below is a current listing of our staff of private instructors.

 

Voice

Bonnie Hoke
Courtney Ames
Brian Carter
Angela Gilbert
Joshua Glassman
Patricia Raine
Joanna Pascale (jazz)

 

Piano

Michael Sheadel
Yuko Gordon
Hanchien Lee
Yu Xi Wang
Ramsey Reyes**
David Hughes
Dan Paul (jazz)
Dave Mattock (jazz)

Organ 

Matt Glandorf

Violin

Min-Young Kim
Adela Pena
Guillaume Combet
Daniela Pierson

Viola

Hannah Nicholas

Cello

Tom Kraines
Michal Schmidt

Double Bass

Mary Javian (classical)
Ken Pendergast (jazz)
Justin Sekelewski (jazz)

Flute

Michele Kelly

Oboe

Danielle Crumb Fike

Clarinet

Allison Herz

Bassoon

Michelle Rosen

Saxophone

Matthew Levy (classical)
Matthew Clayton (jazz)

Trumpet

Darin Kelly (classical)
Dan Wright (jazz)

French Horn

Adam Lesnick

Trombone

Michael Ketner

Tuba/Euphonium

Alex Costantino

Percussion

Josh Orlando (drum set)
Bill Wozniak (classical percussion)

Guitar

Matt McCloskey (jazz/rock)
Gideon Whitehead (classical)
Brendan Evans (classical)

Songwriting

Hannah Nicholas

Non-Western Instruments

Kiranavali Vidyasankar (South Indian classical voice)
Allyn Miner (sitar)
Hafez Kotain (Middle Eastern percussion)
Hanna Khuri (oud)
Mike Stevens (pandeiro)

Graduate Student Instructors*

Jacob Walls (trumpet, piano)
Ania Vu (piano)

*Students studying with these graduate students are not eligible to register for MUSC 005 (lessons for credit).
**Will teach primarily beginning students