Faculty and Staff

The Music Technology faculty members are active in the local and international music field, as well as the recording, television and film industries. Their extensive experience enables them to advise students on contemporary issues of the field. Click on faculty pictures for expanded bios and profiles (not available for all).

	Dr. Kenneth Peacock - Director kp3@nyu.edu Dr. Kenneth Peacock, a musicologist, technologist, and expert in such diverse fields as Scriabin and synaesthesia, has led the Music Technology Program to its current position as a focal point for musical activity in the department. Classes: MPATE-GE 2600: Digital Audio Processing I, MPATE-GE 2601: Digital Audio Processing II, MPATE-GE 2047: Advanced Computer Music Composition
	Dr. Agnieszka Roginska - Associate Director roginska@nyu.edu Dr. Roginska’s current research interests include spatial sound and acoustic environment simulation, HRTF measurement techniques, auditory displays and its applications in augmented acoustic sensing. Dr. Agnieszka Roginska received a Ph.D. in Music Technology from Northwestern University. Classes: MPATE-GE 2599: Fundamentals of Digital Signal Theory, MPATE-GE 2613: 3D Audio
	Dr. Juan Bello jpbello@nyu.edu \| Website: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~jb2843 Dr. Bello’s current research is mainly focused on the semantic analysis of musical signals and its applications to music information retrieval, digital audio effects, and live electronics. Dr Juan Bello did his doctoral work at the Electronic Engineering department at Queen Mary University of London. Classes: MPATE-GE 2623: Music Information Retrieval, MPATE-GE 2616 Colloquy in Music Technology, MPATE-UE 1801 Fundamentals of Music technology
	Tom Beyer tom.beyer@nyu.edu Classes: MPATE-UE 1010 Audio for Video I, MPATE-UE 1037 Electronic Music Synthesis, MPAIA-GE 2031 Collaborative Projects in the Performing Arts
	Tim Bolstad tim.bolstad@nyu.edu
	Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols svjetlana[at]svjetlanamusic[dot]com Website: http://www.svjetlanamusic.com. Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols is one of Sarajevo's premier music figures. Her genre-bending works span from acoustic and performer-driven to electronic and theatrical. They often include movement, video, voice, and tuning of her design. Classes: MPATE-UE 1810 MIDI for Non Majors and MPATE-UE 1070 Software Music Production
	Isabel Diaz-Cassou iqd7127@nyu.edu Classes: MPATE-UE 1010 Audio for Video I, MPATE-GE 2621 Audio for Video II
	Joel Chadabe joel[at]emf[dot]org Classes: MPATE-GE 2609 Electronic Music Performance, MPATE-GE 2038 Creating with Interactive Media
	Jean-Luc Cohen sinclair808[at]gmail[dot]com Website: http://www.jeanlucsinclair.com Classes: MPATE-GE 2037 Software Synthesis, MPATE-GE 2604 Audio For Games
	Langdon Crawford langdon@nyu.edu Langdon C. Crawford has been developing performance/composition systems with electronics since 1999. Starting with guitars, effects and sequencers, he moved into computer music, eventually incorporating graphics and sensor controlled interaction. His current project, The Airband, performs a wide range of music using new interfaces he invented called MIDI Airguitars. He is also an educator, teaching music technology and electronic music at NYU and Manhattan School of Music. Classes: MPATE-UE 1010 A/V 1 for non-majors, MPATE-UE 1827 Electronics I Lab, MPATE-UE 1828 Electronics II Lab, MPATE-GE 2590 Intro to Music Technology for Non-Majors
	Tom Dozci tom.doczi@nyu.edu Thomas Doczi holds a Master's degree from the NYU Music Technology program. Currently teaching a class in Concert Recording, Tom also regularly records and does sound for performances by various NYU ensembles and organizations. He is also interested in synthesis, serving part time as studio technician for world renowned keyboard/synthesizer player Jordan Rudess. Classes: MPATE-UE 1011 Concert Recording 1
	Nick Didkovsky didkovn[at]mail[dot]rockefeller[dot]edu Classes: MPATE-GE 2608 Java Music Systems
	Dr. Mary Farbood mfarbood@nyu.edu Website: http://pages.nyu.edu/~mmf9 Dr. Farbood's research encompasses topics in music cognition and computational modeling of music. She received her A.B. from Harvard College and S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on how listeners perceive musical structures and how these cognitive processes can be modeled computationally. Her work employs methodologies drawn from various disciplines including music theory, experimental psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. In addition to her scientific work, she performs professionally as a harpsichordist. Classes: MPATE-GE 2204 Music Cognition, MPATE-GE2618 C Programming for Music Technology, MPATE-GE 2616 Colloquy in Music Technology, MPATC-GE 2441 Baroque Performance Practice, MPAPE-UE 1080.025 Baroque Ensemble
	William David Fastenow willie[at]park-boulevard[dot]com Website: http://www.park-boulevard.com/ William David Fastenow is a media artist, producer, educator, and entrepreneur. Spanning several genres and disciplines, his recent projects include technical direction of Juilliard’s Beyond the Machine Festival; playing MIDI Airguitar in The Air Band; creating Lifelines: A Voiceless Multi-Media Opera; and composing Efflorescence, commissioned by baritone saxophonist Shirantha Beddage and the North Bay Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Fastenow owns and operates Park Boulevard Productions, is Technical Director of the Music Technology Center and Adjunct Faculty at The Juilliard School, and is adjunct faculty at New York University. He holds an MM from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Michael Abene, Dave Liebman, and Ludmila Ulehla. Classes: MPATE-GE 2631 The Art of Live Sound Reinforcement
	Gary Filadelfo grs1[at]gate[dot]net Classes: MPATE-UE 1022 Recording Technology for Non Majors
	Joshua Fried jqf9329@nyu.edu Classes: MPATE-GE 2614 Max 1
	Paul Geluso pg17@nyu.edu Paul Geluso is a music recordist, mixing and mastering engineer specializing in multi-channel sound. In addition to audio engineering, he has worked professionally as a musician, producer, composer, sound artist and electrical engineer. Classes: MPATE-GE 1001 Recording Technology I, MPATE-GE 1003 Recording Technology II, MPATE-GE 2611 Concert Recording 1 (Tonmeister), MPATE-GE 2612 Concert Recording 2 (Tonmeister), MPATE-GE 2629 Advanced Audio Production
	Jake Glanz jakeglanz[at]hotmail[dot]com Classes: MPATE-UE 1008 Studio Maintenance
	Barry Greenhut barry.greenhut@nyu.edu Classes: MPATE-GE 2036 Adv. Musical Acoustics
	J. Chris Griffin jcg6@nyu.edu J. Chris Griffin is heavily involved in the Music industry, working on records with John Legend, Kanye West, Madonna, Missy Elliott, Kelly Clarkson, JoJo, UK groups Mis-Teeq and The Corrs, Russian superstar Sasha and jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. His own composition credits include trailers for the MGM movie “Pelham 123”, CBS's "NCIS" and NBC's "Dateline.” In addition, Chris has programmed sounds and demo-songs for several major synthesizers and has contributed heavily to the production of musical equipment for many years. His own products include the sample-discs "Premium Electric Pianos" and "Premium Vintage Keyboards" distributed by M-Audio, and the Electromechanical Refill distributed by Propellerheads. He is based out of Engine Room Audio in Manhattan. Classes: MPATE-UE 1022 Recording Technology for Non Majors
	Peter McCulloch peter[dot]mcculloch[at]gmail[dot]com Classes: MPATE-UE 1037 Computer Music Synthesis
	Dafna Naphtali dln1@nyu.edu Dafna Naphtali is an active composer/performer on the New York scene (creating work using interactive audio and live audio processing). She is one of the Music Technology Program's Academic Advisors, and also teaches Advanced Max/MSP, Private Composition and New Student Student Seminar Classes: MPATE-GE 2610 Advanced Max/MSP
	Leigh Newsome rln1@nyu.edu Classes: MPATE-GE 2628 Audio For the Web
	Dr. Tae Hong Park tae.hong.park@nyu.edu Dr. Park is a composer, music technologist, and bassist. His work focuses on composition, machine learning and computer-aided music analysis, timbre, and audio DSP. He is Chief Editor of Journal SEAMUS, President of ICMA, and serves as editorial staff at Computer Music Journal. Classes: MPATE-GE 2607 Adv Digital Signal Theory (Spring), MPATE-GE 2047 Adv Computer Music Composition (Fall)
	Dr. Ronald Sadoff ron.sadoff@nyu.edu Dr. Ron Sadoff is the Director of the Scoring for Film and Multimedia Program and composed the score for the 2005 Oscar winning film The Moon and the Son. He is co-editor of the Univ. of Illinois Press journal Music and the Moving Image and Director of the annual NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop. Classes: MPATC-GE 2048: Scoring for Film and Multimedia (Fall-Spring-Summer), MPATC-GE 2550/1500: Film Music: Historical and Aesthetic Perspectives (Fall semester), MPATC-GE 2321: Private Composition (Film Music), MPATC-GE 2090: Song Writers Forum (Spring Semester)
	Sasha Van Oertzen sascha[at]stoneflyproductions[dot]com Classes: MPATE-UE 1225 Audio for Video II, MPATE-UE 1005 Recording Practicum III, MPATE-UE 1006 Recording Practicum IV
	Chad Wagner chad.wagner@nyu.edu Classes: MPATE-UE 2598 Fundamentals DST Lab
	Saul Walker sw90@nyu.edu Classes: MPATE-UE 1817 Electronics I, MPATE-UE 1818 Electronics II, MPATE-GE2615 Electronics by Computer Simulation
	Leszek Wojcik lwojcik[at]carnegiehall[dot]org Classes: MPATE-GE 2629 Advanced Audio Production

Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions