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Welcome to New Staff Members The Juilliard School welcomes the following people who recently joined the staff:Admissions
Lee Cioppa, associate dean for admissions, was director of admissions at the Manhattan School of Music for six years, and most recently assistant director of the Vilar Fellowship program at New York University. She has a B.M. from the University of Ottawa, Canada, and an M.M. in oboe performance from the Manhattan School, as well as a great interest in dance and drama. In addition, Lee is carrying on the tradition established by her predecessor Mary Gray (now almost a requirement for the job) of being married to a drummer. Lee is looking forward to being a part of the Juilliard enrollment team.
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Lauren McMinn, associate director of national advancement and alumni relations, received her undergraduate degree in violin performance from the University of North Texas, and is currently a candidate for an M.S. in strategic communications from Columbia University. Lauren joined Juilliard after working in artist management at I.M.G. Artists. A native Texan, Lauren loves living in New York with her sister, Sarah, and cat, Bo;eating Indian food; andteaching violin to young students in her neighborhood.
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Sales assistant Hector Rodriguez (better known by his middle name, Alex) is a self-taught guitarist and a potter, and is currently attending Lehman College with a major in ceramic sculpture. He and his wife are very much enjoying raising their lovely daughter.Composition Department
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum joins the staff as coordinator of the composition department. A recent Juilliard master's graduate in composition, Nora codirects VisionIntoArt, which has given more than 30 thematic interdisciplinary performances driven by new music since 1999. She is currently creating a series of works for film and live music to be performed with VIA. This fall, Nora also joins the education department of the New York Philharmonic as a teaching artist. Her music has been performed by ensembles as varied as the New York Concert Singers, the Kinor Ensemble, Jim Henson's Muppets, the Project Youth Chorus, and the Juilliard Symphony, with recent premieres at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, the ArcLight Theater, the Museum of the American Indian, and North Carolina School of the Arts.Development
Giustine Altschuler, assistant director of foundation and corporate relations, is a New York native with a keen interest in the arts. A recent graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, she joins Juilliard from the development department of the New York Botanical Garden. Giustine is delighted to become a member of the Juilliard staff and return to the Lincoln Center community, having attended high school nearby as a violin and viola major.A native of Argentina, Carolina B. Alvarez is development associate/contributions coordinator. Carolina recently graduated from Fordham University with a B.S in finance with a minor in communications and media studies. Previously she danced with the Martha Graham Teen Program as a scholarship student. Though she completed internships during college in the fields of media, fashion, and the financial sector, Carolina's continued love for the arts has lured her to Juilliard and she feels extremely honored to be a part of the Juilliard community.Educational Outreach
L.E. Howell, associate director of educational outreach, holds a B.S. in communications from Boston University and an M.M. in jazz from Manhattan School of Music. For 11 years she served as director of admissions, vocal program coordinator, and teacher at the New School Jazz Program and was also the artistic administrator of Jazz at Lincoln Center. As a singer, she has performed with many well-known jazz artists. L.E. has written articles on American music and is a consultant for both Jazz Alliance International and the New York State Council on the Arts. A native New Yorker, she enjoys swimming in the ocean, snorkeling, great music, and her volunteer work at the Jewish Guild for the Blind.Program/administrative assistant Mi Ryung Song is a recent graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory and holds a B.M. in flute performance. She was very involved with teaching through outreach programs and also worked in development, recording, and the concert office at the conservatory. As a newcomer to New York City, she invites any and all recommendations of what to do (and not do).Health Services
Pamela Dole joins the Health Services Office as a nurse practitioner. She holds a B.S.N. from the University of Connecticut (her native state) and several master's degrees, including one in nursing and public health from Hunter College in Manhattan. She also holds an Ed.D. in human sexuality education. She has 30 years of experience as a nurse practitioner in a variety of areas (student health, adolescent health, women's health, international health, and H.I.V. primary care) to share with the students at Juilliard. Pamela enjoys opera, the Philharmonic, ballet, and theater. She also adopts homeless cats and is a birdwatcher.Ivy Waller
Administrative assistant Ivy Waller grew up on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the small town of Lahaina, where her mother (a Polish/ Romanian/Lithuanian Jew) and her father (who is African-American) settled a year before she was born. Ivy majored in theater and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the National Shakespeare Conservatory in Manhattan, after which she worked with the Westside Repertory Theater for a couple of years. Her younger sister, who is earning a master's degree in physics, inspired her to go back to school at William Paterson University and major in computer science. Ivy loves programming, computers, and logic as well as creativity, art, and the poetry of life. Juilliard provides it all, and she is "so stoked" to be a part of this community.International Advisement
Nona Shengelaia, assistant director of international advisement, graduated from Tbilisi State University and received her master's degree in Middle Eastern studies. Before moving to the U.S. with her husband and two daughters in 1992, she was an associate professor of Ancient Near East studies at Tbilisi State. She came from the Republic of Georgia to the State of Georgia, and worked in Atlanta as an international student advisor at the American Intercontinental University. Her husband's employment transfer to New Jersey recently brought Nona and her family from Atlanta to Princeton. She is very happy to join the Juilliard family.Pre-College Division
Rob Ross, who was a Pre-College Division intern in 1999 and spent two subsequent years working in that office, returns this season as orchestra manager. Rob has held positions with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, and www.nycmusicplaces.org, an online database where musicians can find rehearsal and performance spaces in New York City. Rob is also the proprietor of www.ianbay.com, a site that provides a musician referral service as well as Web design for performing artists. Rob is engaged and will be married in July 2004. His transition back to Juilliard was an easy one, and he says it's good to be home.Production
Luke Simcock comes to Juilliard as costume shop foreman straight from his sixth season at Berkshire Theater Festival, where he serves as costume shop manager. Other regional theater credits include work at the Alley Theater, Boston Ballet, and A.R.T. Luke spent his last two winters at the American Stage Theater in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he served as assistant costume shop manager and semi-resident costume designer.First hand/tailor's assistant Jennifer-Catherine Ludlow earned a B.A. in theater arts and speech at Rutgers University, where she probably spent more time in music than in her "own" department. Previous theater experience includes work for the Paper Mill Playhouse, the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, and the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey. She hails from scenic North Jersey and is still quite fond of trees.Derek Stenborg is an assistant to the scenic charge, Nancy Horne. He has worked as a scenic artist and as a carpenter stagehand for the Production Department off and on for the last 10 years. Derek has also maintained a fruitful design and painting career based in New York. His latest major endeavor before joining the Juilliard staff has been designing a restaurant called Chestnut, due to open this fall on Smith Street in Brooklyn. Derek and his wife Tammy have a son and are expecting a baby girl in December.Production also welcomes Jeffrey Guebert, Drama Theater foreman, and two new carpenters, Steve Friday and Clayton Thomas McCrummen.Vocal Arts Department
Betsie Becker joins Vocal Arts as the special events coordinator and assistant rehearsal administrator, having worked in the office last year as an intern. Betsie graduated from Indiana University with a B.M. in vocal performance. She began her master's degree in music education, but felt the pull of the Big Apple and moved here to try something new. She worked as a courier for FedEx for a year and a half while auditioning and performing. She is very grateful for the opportunity to be back with the Vocal Arts Department.
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