UMASS Amherst
Music Department Faculty
1967-1972

I attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst from 1967-1972 where I was a ‘dual’ music major.  In addition to being the second UMASS-Amherst music major to ever earn a Bachelor of Arts in Trumpet Performance, I was also a music education major.  Scholastically, I earned a 3.48 grade point average at UMASS-Amherst.

The UMASS-Amherst Music Department was formally established in 1938 by Dr. Doric Joseph Alviani.

Between 1967 and 1972 the UMASS-Amherst Music Faculty consisted of 26 members.  A list of these 26 Music Faculty members is formatted in an alpha ascending last name basis is referenced below.

By clicking on a faculty members name, the viewer will be redirected to a page that is specific to that faculty member that provides Bob’s recollections of some of his interactions and impressions of that particular faculty member during the 1967-1972 period.

Bezanson, Philip Dr.  – Department Head
Alviani, Doric – Vocal/Chorus Conductor
Chesnut, Walter – Trumpet
Contino, Joseph – Clarinet, Sax, Flute
D’Armand, John B. – Voice
DuBois, Richard E – Voice, Associate Department Head
Kaeser, Fernande M – Piano
Fussell, Charles – Music Theory
Haigh, Andrew “Andy” D. – Music Dept. Librarian
Harler, Alan E. – Voice
Harry, William – Applied Piano
Humphrey, Jon C. – Voice
Jenkins, John – Symphony Band – French Horn
Krosnick, Joel – Cello
Lehrer, Dr. Charles-David “Chick” – Oboe/Double Reeds
Olevsky, Estela Kersenbaum – Piano
Olevsky, Julian – Violin Artist in Residence
Ornest, Dorothy – Voice
Peltzer, Dwight – Piano Artist in Residence
Steele, Ronald – Orchestra/Applied Conducting
Stern, Robert Lewis – Music Theory and Composition
Tanner, Joanne – Flute
Tanner, Peter H. – Percussion
Tillis, Fred – Music Theory
Weed, Larry Van – Concert Band/Trombone/Baritone/Tuba
Whaples, Miriam – Music History