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Conducting/Directing
Office: Music Building 115 | Phone: 732-932-8781 
Darryl J. BottMusic Education, Symphony Band Mr. Darryl Bott teaches classes in instrumental music education and undergraduate conducting as well as serving as the coordinator of the student teaching program for the music education program. Mr. Bott has decades of teaching experience in the public schools of New Jersey, recently as the District Lead Teacher for Performing Arts and Director of Bands at Roxbury High School. Ensembles under his direction have received consistent superior ratings at local and out of state competitions and have also performed at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. The concert program also performed with several outstanding artists including Mr. Fred Mills, Mr. Eddie Daniels and most recently The Boston Brass. During Mr. Bott’s tenure, the Roxbury High School Instrumental Program also commissioned two symphonies for wind band, Dr. Andrew Boysen Jr’s Symphony #3 JFK and the British composer Robert Farnon’s Wind Symphony: The Gaels. Mr. Bott has received the New Jersey Governor’s Teaching Award, the Morris County Teacher’s Recognition Award, and the Roxbury Township nominee for the Princeton University’s Teaching Award. Mr. Bott has also served as the guest conductor for several honors ensembles in the State of New Jersey and the Interlochen Arts Academy Band. Mr. Bott holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and received his Masters in Wind Conducting from Rutgers University.
Office: Art History 210 | Phone: 732-932-5093 
Ralph BowenJazz saxophone, Jazz theory, Jazz ensemble Mr. Bowen received his B.M. and M.M. from Rutgers. He has performed with Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, David Baker, and his own group, OTB, and has recorded extensively. In addition to jazz saxophone he teaches jazz theory, and he directs the Rutgers Jazz Ensemble.
Office: Rehearsal Hall 105 | Phone: 732-932-8307 
Mark A. BoyleChoral Conducting Mark A. Boyle, conductor, tenor, and composer, is an Adjunct Professor of Music and choral conducting doctoral student at Rutgers University. Originally from Connecticut, Boyle attended Susquehanna University where he studied choral music and choral conducting with Cyril Stretansky. After 5 years in the United States Navy, during which time he had the privilege of conducting the Bluejackets Memorial Choir, earning a Letter of Commendation, Boyle continued his vocal studies at Ball State University, earning a BM in Voice Performance and a MM in Choral Conducting. No stranger to the operatic stage, he has performed several roles, including Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, and most recently the lead character of Benny in Jody Nagel's new opera, 53rd Street. Currently a student of Dr. Patrick Gardner, Boyle has studied conducting with Dr. Jeffrey Pappas, Dr. Jeffrey Carter, Dr. Robert Kvam, Dr. Douglas Amman, and Dr. Donald Neuen. He conducts the Rutgers University Choir.
Email: mab@markaboyle.com 
Patrick GardnerChoral Conducting Received his undergraduate degree in voice from California State University at Hayward and his M.M. and D.M.A. in choral conducting from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to moving to New York City to direct the Riverside Choral Society he taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas at Austin. The Riverside Choral Society, which often performs as the chorus for the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, presents numerous major choral orchestral works each year in Manhattan. His choirs have given many world premieres. He is also active as guest conductor, lecturer, and adjudicator. At Rutgers he is Director of Choral Activities, conducts the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and the Rutgers University Glee Club and teaches both undergraduate and graduate level conducting. He has recorded for Folkways, Albany, and Ethereal records.
Office: Music 214 | Phone: 732-932-1799 
Pamela GilmoreOpera Workshop/Opera director has taught at the Israeli Vocal Arts Institute, Northwestern University, the Mannes College of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory and the Columbia University Opera Ensemble, as well as the Metropolitan Opera and the Metropolitan Opera Guild Competition, and as head coach of the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium. An active recitalist, she has maintained a private studio in Manhattan since 1984. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Mount Holyoke College and holds a Master's degree from the Catholic University of America.
Office: Levin 207 | Phone: 732-932-1039 
Rhonda S. HackworthMusic Education, Rutgers Children's Choir Dr. Hackworth is assistant professor of music at Mason Gross School of the Arts where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music education and serves as artistic director of the Rutgers Children’s Choir. She received a Ph.D. in music education/education at the University of Missouri- Kansas City Conservatory of Music and also holds an M.M. in vocal performance. Before joining the Rutgers faculty, Dr. Hackworth taught at Syracuse University, UMKC, and served as associate conductor of the Kansas City Children’s Choir. Her primary research interest is vocal health for music teachers. She has published articles in International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education, and Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education. Dr. Hackworth actively presents research at international, national, and state conferences, most recently at the International Society for Music Education (ISME) World Conference in Bologna, Italy. As an alto soloist, she has performed Te Deum (Brückner), Messiah (Handel), Lord Nelson Mass (Haydn), Requiem and Missa Brevis, K. 192. (Mozart), Christmas Oratorio (Saint-Saëns), Magnificat (Vivaldi), and numerous Bach cantatas. She has also performed the roles of Sorceress (Dido & Aeneas) and Third Lady (The Magic Flute). Dr. Hackworth’s most enjoyable roles, however, are wife to Matt and mother to Noah.
Office: Art History 212 | Phone: 732-932-1955 
Paul HoffmannPiano studied with Cecile Genhart, Brooks Smith, and Leon Fleisher at the Eastman School of Music and The Peabody Conservatory. He is a specialist in 20th-century music and has recorded for Capstone, Orion, CRI, Northeastern, Composers Guild of New Jersey, Contemporary Record Society, O.O. Discs, Spectrum, and Vienna Modern Masters labels, and numerous foreign radio stations. At Rutgers he teaches piano and chamber music and directs HELIX!, the contemporary music ensemble at Rutgers, which he founded in 1990. Hoffmann also performs with Tom Goldstein, percussionist, as the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo.
Office: Music 213 | Phone: 732-932-8839 
Kynan JohnsDirector of Orchestras Kynan Johns, regarded as one of the leading conductors of his generation combines his position as Director of Orchestras at Rutgers University with being Director Assistente at the Palau de les Arts, 'Reina Sofia', Valencia, Spain to Maestros Maazel and Mehta. A native of Australia, Maestro Johns has conducted leading orchestras throughout the world including amongst many others the Israel Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Chinese National Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Symphony and the Sydney and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. In the field of Opera he has recently conducted at La Scala, Maazel’s 1984 and Don Giovanni, Madame Butterfly and Don Carlos in Valencia, working with Domingo, Frittoli, Wyn-Rogers and Koerl. Maestro Johns has been the recipient of prizes in many international conducting competitions, including the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Conducting competition and the Maazel/Vilar Conducting competition. The Rutgers Symphony Orchestra, under Maestro Johns released their first commercial CD of Flagello’s Saxophone Quartet Concerto under the Naxos label in 2006.
Office: Levin 205 | Phone: 732-932-1040 
Brian KatonaConducting and Musicianship Brian Katona is a conductor, keyboardist and composer in the greater New York area. He has conducted professional and collegiate orchestras as well as a variety of choruses in Los Angeles, the East Coast and Midwest. His ensembles have performed at the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and various other Los Angeles venues. Dr. Katona's compositions have been performed at the Aspen Music Festival, Rutgers University and throughout the Los Angeles area. His music has appeared on television and in film. Dr. Katona currently the associate conductor of the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra where he has conducted and played in the Patriot's Theater at Trenton's War Memorial. He is also the music director of the Highland Park Community Chorus and teaches conducting and musicianship courses at Rutgers University. 
Andrew KirkmanMusic history Dr. Kirkman has a B.A. degree from Durham University and an M.Mus. and Ph.D. from Kings College, London. He has published and lectured widely on music of the 15th century. He has also directed recordings of Masses by Dufay for Hyperion Records, one of which won a Gramophone award for 1999. His book The Three- Voice Mass in the Later Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries: Style, Distribution and Case Studies is published by Garland. At Rutgers he directs the Collegium Musicum.
Office: GMH 200F | Phone: 732-932-6873 
Barbara RetzkoVoorhees Choir Barbara Retzko has a strong commitment and dedication to vocal education. She has directed the award-winning Ridge Chorale, Concert Choir, A Cappella Choir and Madrigal Singers of Basking Ridge High School. She has served as Choral Director at the International School of Düsseldorf Germany, performing in the Netherlands, Norway, and Germany. She has served as Guest Conductor for the International Honor Choir in Switzerland. Barbara has served as Guest Conductor for the Independent School Choral Festival in North Carolina, the New Jersey Region II Chorus, and New Jersey All State Chorus. She received the Governor's Teacher Award for Teacher of the Year in 1998, an Excellence in the Arts Award from Somerset County in 2007 and was named NJMEA Master Music Teacher in 2008. She has traveled with the American Music Abroad RED tours in Europe. Students of her program have pursued studies in music at universities, and many now teach and perform throughout the world.
Timothy SmithMarching band, pep band Mr. Smith is entering his sixth year as director of the Marching Scarlet Knights. Prior to his arrival at The Mason Gross School of the Arts, his teaching experience included work as field director and percussion instructor with noted high school band programs. As an active adjudicator, Mr. Smith travels to various band competitions during the school year. He has studied conducting with Alan McMurray of the University of Colorado and Jerry Junkin of the University of Texas. Career highlights include appearances with the Rutgers Band on the television show "The Apprentice", as well as the Fox Networks 2006 fall preview program in New York City. Mr. Smith also conducted the combined bands of Arizona State and Rutgers Universities in a performance of the National Anthem during the Insight Bowl in December. As Director of Athletic Bands at Rutgers, Mr. Smith also directs the Rutgers Concert Band and the 70-member Rutgers Pep Band. He is an active member of the College Band Directors National Association.
Office: Lucy Stone Hall A123 | Phone: 732-445-2480 
Scott WhitenerBrass instruments, Conducting Scott Whitener, Professor of Music in the Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the University of Michigan, and Rutgers. At Juilliard, he was first trumpet of the Juilliard Orchestra under the distinguished French conductor, Jean Morel, who influenced his conducting. He began his professional career with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra where he played under Pablo Casals, among others, and later played at the American debut of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio of Munich under Raphael Kubelik at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Whitener's book, A Complete Guide to Brass: Instruments and Technique (Schirmer Thomson), now in its third edition, is used at over one hundred universities and is considered the definitive work in the field. He was invited in June, 2006 to present a lecture on playing the trumpet in the high register at the International Trumpet Guild Symposium. Professor Whitener participated in the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble program in Horncastle, England. It was this experience that inspired him to found the Rutgers University Brass Ensemble in 1993. He also studied the interpretation of 16th and 17th century music at Stanford University. Dr. Whitener taught conducting for twenty-four years. Among his former students are Paavo Järvi, principal conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and regular guest conductor of major orchestras throughout the world, and Gail Lee a guest conductor of orchestras in the Czech Republic and the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. She was for four years associate conductor of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Professor Whitener serves as Vice Chair of the Department of Music and Chair of Brass.
Office: Rehearsal 011 | Phone: 732-932-8860
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