Page 34 - 2017-2018-CCMS-catalog

Faculty biographies

Ashley Paine (piano) received her B.S. in Music Education
and B.A. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Gregg Pauley (piano) is a graduate of the University of
Plymouth State University, where she studied piano Southern California and the Mason Gross School of
performance with Dr. Carleen Graff and collaborative piano the Arts. He has performed extensively throughout the
with Constance Chesebrough. She began her teaching United States and Canada, including Carnegie Hall, Alice
career at PSU where she taught piano to children and Tully Hall (Lincoln Center), Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall,
adults, assisted teaching Piano Classes to music majors, and Yamaha Artist Studios in New York City. During his
and performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist. Ms. tenure as Director of Programs at Musicfest Perugia, he
Paine went on to teach music in Vermont, where she taught was a featured soloist in concerts at the Sala dei Notari and
general, choral, and instrumental music at Westminster the Basilica di San Pietro. He is currently on the faculties
Center School. She also taught piano, voice, woodwind, at Tufts University and St. Paul’s School and is a frequent
and brass lessons, performed as a collaborative pianist, and master class teacher and competition adjudicator.
served as music director of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in
Chester, VT. She returned to PSU in 2014 to teach a Piano
Master Class for young students of Piano Pedagogy majors.
She currently teaches general music to students in grades
K-8 at Chichester Central School.
Orlando Pandolfi (French horn, trumpet) holds bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in Orchestral Performance from The Jane Berlin Pauley (voice) received her B.M. in Voice
Juilliard School, where he was the recipient of the E. and Performance from the Mason Gross School of the Arts and
W. Naumberg Scholarship, the Jerome Greene Fellowship, her master’s degree from the New England Conservatory
and was a teaching fellow for Juilliard professor Mary of Music. Further studies include Westminster Choir
Anthony Cox. As a horn player, he has performed College, Manhattan School of Music, Aspen Opera Theater
extensively throughout the United States and Europe, as Center, and the Tanglewood Music Center. Her opera and
well as in China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and concert engagements include Rutgers Summerfest, New
Maccau, performing with ensembles such as Orpheus England Lyric Operetta, Dartmouth Handel Society, and
Chamber Orchestra Winds, Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa, Longwood Opera. In addition to having taught at St. Paul’s
the Gotham City Wind Quintet, Orchestra Nazionale School, she has also served as interim choir director at the
di Santa Cecilia, the Oregon Symphony, Boston Festival Unitarian Church in Concord and given master classes
Orchestra, Boston Civic Symphony, Berkshire Symphony, throughout New England.
New Haven Symphony, and many others. Mr. Pandolfi has
taught at the Tabor Academy, Deerfield Academy, Amherst
College, and Williams College and is currently the director
32 of the Music Program at St. Paul’s School.