FACULTY, STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Come for the Music,
Stay for the Community!

At Third Street, there is a place for everyone to achieve their dream or begin a new one. Serving students as young as 12 months to our eldest at 92 years old, we provide everyone with a safe environment to grow not only as artists but to develop as individuals.

Board of Directors

Peter H. Flint, Jr., Chair

Andrea DiPasquale, Vice President

Ariel Fausto, Vice President

Matthew Sperling, Vice President

Jason Reed, Vice President

Rachna Shah, Vice President

William C. Livingston IV, Treasurer

Stan Sagner, Secretary

Byron Bell 

Jessica Chu 

Sylvia V. Dooley 

Carrie Elston 

Tara Elwin Meade

Beau Everett 

Marty Fridson 

Christine Hwang 

Shveta Kakar 

Anthony Macchiarulo 

Victoria M. Migliaccio 

Jessie Montgomery 

Lina Noel 

Jeff Peretz 

Jerrel Peterson

Alexandra Romero 

Adrian Ross 

Kara Saxon 

Peter F. G. Schuur 

Yohanna Sowler 

Felipe Toews 

Barbara Tracy 

Diana Wege 

Kana Yoshizawa 

(list as of February 2025)

Third Street Administrative Staff

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Valerie G. Lewis,

   Anna-Maria Kellen Executive Director

Joanne Coco, Executive Assistant

Nancy Morgan, Director of Special Projects


MUSIC AND DANCE SCHOOL

Brandon Tesh, Director

Ivan M. Antonov, Assistant Director

Nicholas Rousseau, Assistant Director of Production

Shari Rosenfeld, Production Assistant

Wésha Perry, Associate


THIRD STREET PARTNERS

Lauren Bloom, Director

Maria Kowalski, Manager

Nicholas Scarim, Manager

Kelly Bran, Associate

PRESCHOOL & EARLY CHILDHOOD

Debra Frankel, Director

Kirstin Aadahl, Assistant Director


DEVELOPMENT AND

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Hannah Margolies, Director

Sydney Blefko, Senior Grants Manager

Jennifer Bencosme, Coordinator


MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Kristen Kentner, Director


STUDENT SERVICES

Loyi Malu, Director

Myra Nieves, Assistant Director

Kirlin Licorish,

   Coordinator, Accounts & Partners at Third Street

Scott Lynch, Receptionist

Barbara Weiss, Receptionist

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Sylvie Henry, Director

Rolando Longakit, Human Resources Manager

Linda Zhang, Staff Accountant


OPERATIONS

Patrick Pierre, Director

Beverly Harper, Safety Director

Mario Cox, Associate Operations Manager

Edwyn Pitre, Head Custodian

Robert Grier, Custodian

Jhonny Rodriguez, Custodian

Kenyatta Thompson, Security Guard

Manuel Martinez, Custodian

Miles Bridgett, Security Guard

Third Street Faculty 2024-2025

VOICE 

Kaitlin Stark, Department Chair

Audra Bowers

Valeska Cambron

Lily Librach

Nicholas Nesbitt

Katie Seiler


PIANO

Joan Forsyth, Department Chair

Edmund Arkus 

Lilia Bigun 

Ming Fong

Laura Georgiev 

Mira Armij Gill

Peter Groch

Lyn-Amelia Guo

Paul Kim 

Neal Kirkwood

Agnieszka Kubeczko 

Yvonne Lau 

Vanessa May‐lok Lee 

Marcia Lewis

Chiu-Chen Liu

Zane Myers

Michiyo Morikawa

Emiko Ohara-Walsh

Bryan Ojeda Chevres

Dana Pielet 

Marc Ponthus 

Jiayin Shen 

Sonelius Smith 

Adam Tendler 

Malissa Tong

Josefina Urraca

Antonio Valentin

Alexander Wu 


WOODWINDS, BRASS, PERCUSSION

Susan Friedlander, Department Chair

Ti Chung 

Carlo Costa

Reinaldo DeJesus

Amos Gabia 

Amy Griffiths

Connor Holland

Matthew Jermiason

Bonita Lubinsky 

Tim McCarthy 

Peter Moffet

Jeff Nichols

John Ostrowski 

Scott Still 

Oscar Thorp

David Valbuena


PRESCHOOL

Mira Shaar

Maite Castillo

Honora Dearie

Kayshawna Richardson

Jennifer White

Kim Wurster

Theresa Swink

Holly Gannon

Crystal Harrilall

Lourdes Rivera

Lala Copley

Ashley Byler

Mik Manenti

Felicia Norton

Alison Roque

GUITAR AND ROCK BANDS

David Moreno, Department Chair

Pierre Ferreyra-Mansilla

Alejandro Florez

Jamie Fox 

Gabriele Leite

Jeff Litman

Robert Papacica

Bryan Vargas


ORCHESTRAS AND BANDS

Eric Mahl 

Steven Rochen 

Oscar Thorp 

Fran Vogel


STRINGS

Shanda Wooley, Department Chair

Megan Atchley

Claire Chan 

Kristen Drymala

Sara Dudley

Brian Fox

Melanie Haskins

Lindsey Jones

Inna Langerman 

Ina Litera 

Chiu‐Chen Liu

Allison McNeal

Luis Mercado

Aimée Niemann 

José Pietri‐Coimbre 

Troy Rinker

Melanie Riordan 

Steven Rochen 

Troy Stuart


ISO AT THIRD STREET

Mary Barto 

Paul Corn

Megan Delatour

Sabrina Isaac

Earl McIntyre 

Steven Rochen 

Page Silverman‐Primm 

Barry Stern

Scott Still

Marc Szammer


EARLY CHILDHOOD

Ashley Byler 

Lydia Chrisman 

John Coons 

Lyuba Dubov 

Irene Koloseus

Monika Lindsey 

Kami Maltz 

Annie Lee Moffet

Pati Onorato 

Beth Seldin 

Jennifer Taylor


CHORUS/MUSICAL THEATRE

Kaitlin Stark, Department Chair

Meghan Bowes 

Lydia Chrisman

THEORY AND COMPOSITION

Matthew Barnson, Department Chair 

Justine Chen

David Crowell

Randall Despommier

Jason Pomerantz


DANCE

Cara Gargano, Department Chair 

Yvonne Curry 

Kim Dooley‐Kittay

Anastacia Julian

Rochelle Martin‐Vecchio 

Deena Parrilla


CHAMBER MUSIC

Vanessa May‐lok Lee, Department Chair

Eric Eaton

Susan Friedlander
José Pietri‐Coimbre 

Inna Langerman

Luis Mercado

Aimée Niemann

Robert Papacica

Marc Ponthus

Troy Rinker


ACCOMPANIST/COACH

Yuka Aikawa 

Keiko Bishop 

Sandra F. Kaplan 

Robert Randall 

Teodora Stepančić

Christopher Zander


ADULT PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP

Edmund Arkus


JAZZ PIANO AND ENSEMBLES

Neal Kirkwood


MUSIC PRODUCTION

Jake Vichnis


PARTNERS

Yuka Aikawa

Laura Angyal

Meghan Bowes

Annie Brown

Ashley Byler

Soohyun Choi

Lydia Chrisman

Abby Daggett

Reinaldo DeJesus

Marvin Diz

Amos Gabia

Sabastian Gonalez

Glenn Healy

Joshua Hunton

Anastacia Julian

Irene Kelly

Bryan Le

Lauren Lee

Lily Librach

Monika Lindsey

Annie Lee Moffett

Peter Moffett

Allison Mondesir

Katie Pawluk

Carlos Pino

Estelle Rivera

Liora Schlesinger

Danita Shaheen

Billy Stark

Skye Steele

Jospeh Van Leeuwen

Jake Vichnis

Luke Vichnis