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Juilliard Welcomes New Staff BUSINESS OFFICE
Assistant controller Tama Noetzel graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.F.A. in ballet/theater. She later changed direction to accounting and received an M.B.A. from the University of South Florida in Tampa. With a son and two granddaughters in Chicago and a daughter in Tampa, she has a vacation destination for both summer and winter. Tama worked for 19 years with Verizon in five states before she decided to retire and begin a new chapter with Juilliard this past January.
DEVELOPMENT
Development associate Lonnie Schwartz graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English literature. She also interned in the education department at the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, an experience that generated her interest in arts administration. She participated in many performing arts events on campus as a performer and staff member. Raised in Maryland, Lonnie is thrilled to be living in New York City and working at such a remarkable institution as Juilliard. She spent her first year in New York working in home design and is enthusiastic about returning to the world of the performing arts.
HEALTH SERVICES
Physician assistant Cheryl Heaton is excited to be working in health services at Juilliard after working in the H.I.V. and homeless fields for the past several years. She got her bachelor's degree in theater at Temple University in Philadephia, tried her hand in the trade, and then went back to school at Hahnemann University to become a physician assistant. She moved to Manhattan four years ago and loves New York City. You can often find her running on the West Side with her two dogs or out dancing salsa somewhere in the city.
I.T.
Database and Web support specialist Timothy Goplerud earned a master's degree in double bass at Juilliard as a student of Homer Mensch, with whom he'd studied at Yale University as an undergraduate music major. He performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Banff Jazz Workshop (where he studied jazz bass with Dave Holland), and New World Symphony. His interest in technology began during post-graduate bass study at Peabody with Eugene Levinson, where an irresistible pull toward the computer-music lab resulted in a graduate assistantship in electronic and computer music and work on a master's degree in composition. He also worked as senior engineer with a legal publisher and an Internet music startup in San Francisco. In addition to his degrees in music, Tim holds a J.D. and M.B.A. from the College of William & Mary and is a member of the Virginia State Bar.
Colleague technical analyst Gail Meis recently moved to Long Island from Winston-Salem, N.C. Gail earned B.S. degrees from the University of Tennessee and from High Point University in North Carolina. She has worked for many years in various information systems positions, most recently as assistant registrar for Colleague administration. Gail served two years as president of the Winston-Salem Youth Symphony, following many years as a parent volunteer. She and husband John have three sons in college, including twins, and a newly-acquired empty nest.
Technical support associate David Shultz graduated from SUNY-Stony Brook in 1997 with a B.A. in archaeology. He did some fieldwork for a few years, working on site surveys on Long Island and in Virginia. During this time he became interested in computers, and began teaching himself by rebuilding old computers that other people had thrown away. He transferred the skills thus acquired to a job in a retail computer store before working for Cablevision, providing phone support for their Optimum Online cable Internet service. Just prior to coming to Juilliard, he was with St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers, as part of a team responsible for upgrading all hospital computers in the five boroughs (about 7,000 PCs). David enjoys being outdoors walking, hiking, boating, and biking. He's a huge J.R.R. Tolkien fan and a member of the S.C.A., a worldwide medieval and Renaissance re-creationist group.
Ian Isaac, administrative assistant at the Help Desk, comes from a small island in the Philippines, where there are 100 dialects and more than 300 cultures. He loves music and working on computers, and Juilliard provides him with the opportunity to experience both. He is also getting married on the 15th of May.
LIBRARYCataloging assistant Jon Stroop, who holds a B.M. from the Hartt School and an M.M. from the University of Cincinnati, moved to New York last May. He will complete his Master of Library Science degree at Pratt Institute this summer. Prior to beginning library school, Jon was active as a performer. His most recent activities include concerts and lecture-recitals at several colleges and universities and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (both as a member of Percussion 20/20), as well as the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. He has also performed with the New World Symphony, the Pan Caribe Steelband, and a rock band in Cincinnati. His studies have primarily been focused on chamber music from the first half of the 20th century.
PRODUCTION
David Powell, Juilliard Theater foreman, was born and raised in Wilmington, Del. He earned a B.F.A. in theater design and technology from Florida State University. He served as master electrician at Summer Theater at Mount Holyoke College, and carpenter and welder at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. David also spent five years with the Bergen Community College theater department as technical director, facility foreman, stagecraft instructor, and sound designer. He spent a few years outside theater, installing and troubleshooting "smart home" and screening room equipment. He is very glad to be back in the theater, working with all the great people in Juilliard's production department, and is proud to be part of such a fine institution.
Jason Lucas is pleased to be aboard the Juilliard electrics department as the new staff electrician. He has been a New York resident for just over three years and did consulting work for Juilliard before joining the staff. Jason received his B.A. in 1998 at the University of West Florida and has since been fine-tuning his theatrical experience.
RECORDING
Recording engineer Evan Schultz recently graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a B.M. in audio engineering. While in college, Evan interned at Telarc Records, where he worked as a surround sound music editor for several new classical Super Audio Compact Disc releases. He also worked as an assistant engineer on classical and jazz sessions both here in New York and in Cleveland (where the company is based). Evan attended high school at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, host of Encore School for Strings in the summers. During high school and college, he also worked as a freelance cameraman for college football and basketball games broadcast live in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
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