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The Music department invites you to join our community of music creators, performers, and improvisors and explore ways music can make a difference in your life, your community and the world.
We are a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music and the American Music Therapy Association.
Listen Forward on YouTube
Listen Forward is a video series led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students whose aim is to capture the essence of music in New Paltz through a curatorial process of exploration that deepens our understanding of the town we live in.
Department of Music on Instagram
Meet Our Full-Time Faculty
Alex Peh
Associate Chair, Piano
Kathleen Murphy
Graduate Music Therapy
Heather Wagner
Graduate Music Therapy
Phyllis Chen
Composition, Recording and Electronic Music
Mark Dziuba
Jazz Studies
Adam Fontana
Symphonic Band
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Christiana Fortune-Reader
Violin and Viola
Edward Lundergan
Choral Ensembles
Susan Seligman
Cello
Sight-singing and Ear-training
Kent Smith
Voice
