Full Time Faculty
Full-Time/Pro-Rata
Sr. Joan McCusker, IHM, Ph.D., Chair
Associate professor of music education
PAC Room 209, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2531
mccusker@maryu.marywood.edu
- Ph.D., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
- M.M., Ithaca College
- B.M., Marywood University
Chair; music education K-12 vocal/general methods; student teaching supervisor. Coordinator, graduate music education program.
Sr. M. Alphonsa Concilio, IHM, M.A.
Assistant professor of music
PAC Room 206, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2529
concilio@maryu.marywood.edu
- M.A., St. Louis University
- A.B., B.M., M.A., Marywood University
Applied voice; vocal pedagogy/techniques
Rick Hoffenberg, D.M.A.
Assistant professor of choral conducting
PAC Room 237A, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2537
hoffenberg@maryu.marywood.edu
- D.M.A., Yale University
- M.M.A., Yale University
- M.M., Westminster Choir College
- A.B., Princeton University
Director of choral activities (campus choir, chamber singers); choral conducting; choral methods; applied voice; vocal pedagogy/techniques
Paulette Merchel, Ph.D.
Associate professor of communication arts
PAC Room 101, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2553
merchel@maryu.marywood.edu
- Ph.D., Temple University
- M.A., State University of New York/Binghamton
- B.A., Marywood University
Director of theatre arts and dance programs; educational theatre; children's theatre
Nathaniel F. Parker, D.M.A.
Assistant professor of orchestral conducting
PAC Room 201, (570) 348-6268 ext.2212
nparker@maryu.marywood.edu
- D.M.A., Michigan State University
- M.M., Bowling Green State University
- B.M., Arizona State University
Director of orchestral activities (orchestra); instrumental conducting; instrumental methods; music history
Sr. Joan Paskert, IHM, M.M., NCTM
Assistant professor of music
PAC Room 236, (570) 348-6268 ext.2536
paskert@maryu.marywood.edu
- M.M., University of Notre Dame
- B.M., Marywood University
Applied piano, NASM institutional representative
Sr. Mariam Pfeifer, IHM, M.A., MT-BC
Assistant professor of music therapy
PAC Room 101, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2527
pfeifer@maryu.marywood.edu
- Equivalency degree-music therapy, University of Georgia
- B.M., M.A., Marywood University
- Music Therapist-Board Certified (MT-BC)
- Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (NY)
Director, music therapy program
Fred David Romines, D.M.A.
Assistant professor of music education
PAC Room 212, (570) 348-6268 ext.2533
dromines@maryu.marywood.edu
- D.M.A., University of Southern Mississippi
- M.M., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- B.M., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Director of wind ensemble; music education K-12 instrumental methods (woodwinds); instrumental conducting
Sophie Till, M.M.
Assistant professor of violin
PAC Room 219, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2378
still@maryu.marywood.edu
- M.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Advanced degree, Royal Academy of Music, London; UK Musikhochschule, Luebeck, Germany
Applied violin/viola; string methods
D. Charles Truitt, M.A.
Assistant professor of music
PAC Room 208, (570) 348-6268 ext. 2530
charlestruitt@maryu.marywood.edu
- M.A., Marywood University
- B.Mus., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford
Music history; written theory; applied guitar