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FACULTY COUNCIL
The Faculty Council consists of the chairs of each department of the Music School. In addition to providing leadership of their department, it is the responsibility of the Faculty Council members to envision and create programs which foster the development and growth of the Music School and which inspire excellence in music education.

Early Childhood Department - Cyndi Bliss, Carolyn Cantrell
Guitar/Jazz Department - Pamela Hines
Harp Department - Nancy Peters
Irish Music Department - Laurel Martin
Percussion Department - Abe Finch
Piano Department - Heather Riley
Strings Department - Tim Terranella
Voice Department - Susan Bonito
Winds/Brass Department - Ashley Addington

MEET OUR NEW FACULTY FOR 2011-2012

	ALICE HALLSTROM, violin. Alice Hallstrom has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, Atlanta Ballet Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. She is currently a first violinist with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and the concertmaster of the Orchestra of Indian Hill. Her solo performances include concerti with the Southwest Symphony, Juilliard Baroque Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra of Tennessee, and Purchase Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Hallstrom has recorded with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole, Train, and The Cartoon Network.  As a chamber musician, she spent three summers at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine, and has performed extensively with Chamber Music Atlanta. Ms. Hallstrom has over 16 years of teaching experience and has given master classes and coached chamber music at schools throughout the country.. She received a Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, at SUNY Purchase, and a Master's of Music from The Juilliard School. Her principal teachers are Robert Mann, Laurie Smukler, Thomas Halpin, Anastasia Jempelis. Alice will be teaching at IHM on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
	TATIANA KOLOSSOVA, piano. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the daughter of a guitar craftsman and an aeronautical engineer, Tatiana Kolossova had become an accomplished pianist by the age of 12. By age 16 she was working at the Leningrad Concert Company as an accompanist and stage performer.  Beginning at age 19, Ms. Kolossova held the position of Music Director at the Leningrad Film Company. In addition, she served as Music Director for two of St. Petersburg’s leading theaters. Having completed her musical education in Russia, Ms. Kolossova set off to share her musical talents in the United States, and in 1991, at the age of 23, she came to the U.S. on an exchange program to serve as Music Director for Boston University’s theater company. She remained in the U.S. to pursue a Masters of Music degree at the Longy School of Music. By virtue of her love of music and her work at Longy, she encountered her most influential teachers, including Sally Pinkas. Ms. Kolossova has over 20 years teaching experience, and is currently an active pianist and organist in the New England region and a founding member of the River Rose chamber music ensemble. According to Ms. Kolossova, “It is my purpose and privilege to serve the community. As a teacher I use an approach that integrates many different aspects of music-making. This philosophy results in the most effective piano-learning approach, with ease and joy for all age groups. The main focus is to learn music from the music itself. My job is to uncover and strengthen every individual student’s potentials and to guide the student through the process of matching his or her performance level to these potentials and beyond. In Art possibilities are endless...” Tatiana is teaching at IHM on Fridays and Saturdays.
	SANDRA LABARGE-NEUMANN, choir. Sandra holds a BA in Voice from the University of Albany, a Kodály Music Teaching Certificate and a Master of Music in conducting from the University of Massachusetts.  After graduate voice study at New England Conservatory, she sang for 13 seasons as a member of the Handel and Haydn Society Professional Chorus under the direction of both Thomas Dunn and Christopher Hogwood, as well as with such guest conductors as Tom Hall, Margaret Hillis and John Nelson. Beyond her role as chorister, she served as soloist with the Nashua and Manchester Choral Societies and the New Hampshire Philharmonic. After teaching in Boston Public Schools (for the Kodály Center of America),  Sandra taught music for St. Christopher School in Nashua, Pinkerton Academy in Derry and McCall Middle School in Winchester, Massachusetts.  Sandra also served as Music Director of The Unitarian Universalist Church and St. Christopher Parish in Nashua. She still maintains a small private voice studio in Nashua, New Hampshire, as well as singing with Boston’s Coro Allegro, a chorus for members and friends of the LGBT communities that affirms, strengthens, and enriches the lives of its members and the broader community through the presentation of outstanding performances of classical choral music. Sandra’s conducting teachers include: Simon Carrington (Yale, King’s Singers) at the Sarteano Chamber Choral Workshop (Italy), Brian O’Connell (University of Massachusetts), composer and conductor René Clausen (Concordia College, Minnesota), William Weinert (Eastman School of Music), Lilla Gábor (Kodály Center of America and Hungary), Stephen Osmond and Ernest Knell (University of Albany). Sandra will be directing rehearsals of Cantori Scolari, Regional Youth Choir of Indian Hill Music, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
	ADELE OHKI, violin. Originally from Sydney, Australia, Adele Ohki received her Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music, her Master's degree from Northwestern University, and an Artist Diploma from the Australian National Academy of Music. Her main instructors have included Charles Castleman, Gerardo Ribeiro, and James Buswell. In 2006, she moved to Sweden to study for two years at the Swedish National Orchestral Institute, and played extensively with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra. Since moving back to Boston, Adele has actively participated in many of the area ensembles, including the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Opera Boston and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Adele is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Baroque Violin at Boston University with Jane Starkman. She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at numerous festivals, including the Music Academy of the West, Spoleto Festival, Oberlin Baroque Music Institute, and the Internationale Bachakademie, Stuttgart. Adele enjoys long walks with her rescued black labrador, Kuro, cooking frivolously difficult dishes that take hours in the kitchen, and practically anything Scandinavian.
	ROMY IKAUNIKS WILHELM, music therapy. Romy recently earned a Masters in Music Therapy from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA and has completed the MT-BC (Music Therapist-Board Certified) licensure exam. Through college, Romy studied flute and piano, and sang and arranged popular music in a capella groups. After a career in the live music industry managing nationally recognized venues and international music festivals, she discovered the field of music therapy and realized this was the avenue for her musical talents and interest in our connection with music. She completed two internships at Lesley, one with an elderly population with dementia and Alzheimer's clients, and the second with adolescents diagnosed with developmental and cognitive delays including Autism/PDD, anxiety, bipolar, and behavioral disorders, PTSD, and learning disabilities. She is very excited to be joining the Indian Hill faculty and establishing a music therapy program within the Littleton community, to which she has lifelong family ties. Romy will be at IHM on Mondays and Wednesdays.