{"id":1535,"date":"2020-08-11T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/?page_id=1535"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:11:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:11:01","slug":"music-faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/music-faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.staff-member { display: block !important; }<\/style><div class=\"staff-member-listing music\"><div class=\"staff-member even \">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Dr. John Russell : \">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Dr. John Russell<\/h3>\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p><strong>Dr. John Russell\u00a0<\/strong>is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Palomar College, and the Music Director of the San Diego Master Chorale.\u00a0 In addition, he serves on the summer conducting faculty at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey and maintains an active professional career as a tenor soloist recently performing with the San Diego Symphony, La Jolla Symphony and Los Angeles Master Chorale.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his work in California, Dr. Russell was the principal choral conductor at the LaGuardia School of Music &amp; Art and Performing Arts (the Fame School) in New York City. At LaGuardia he was the assistant chairperson of the Music Department, conductor of the symphonic chorus and voice instructor for the school\u2019s advanced vocalists. While in New York he conducted in over twenty performances with the world-renowned Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s, served as a clinician for the New York Philharmonic\u2019s Education Department, and was a guest conductor with New York City National Chorale.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Russell is a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan and is a graduate of Western Michigan University and Columbia University. He received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Music from the University of Southern California. His primary conducting mentors are Craig Arnold, Joe Miller and Jo-Michael Scheibe and he has studied voice with William Appel, Curt Peterson, Jeanne Gof -Fynn and Gary Glaze.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:j&#114;&#117;s&#115;&#101;l&#108;&#064;pa&#108;&#111;m&#097;&#114;.e&#100;u\" title=\"Email Dr. John Russell\">&#106;&#114;u&#115;&#115;e&#108;&#108;&#064;&#112;alo&#109;&#097;r&#046;&#101;du<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd \">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Dr. Madelyn Byrne : \">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Dr. Madelyn Byrne<\/h3>\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #666666\">Madelyn Byrne is a Professor of Music at Palomar College where she has been on the faculty since 2000.\u00a0 She is an active composer of both acoustic and computer music.\u00a0 Some recent pieces include The Decorah Eagle Violin Concerto (composed for Ulli Reiner and the Palomar Symphony Orchestra), In A Winter Landscape (for bass flute and computer, commissioned and recorded by Peter Sheridan for MOVE Records), Arrival (computer music with video art by Lily Glass, recorded to DVD for Everglade Records), and Northern Flight (for piano and computer, recorded by Peter Gach for Innova Records).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #666666\">Madelyn\u2019s music has been presented in a variety of venues in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America.\u00a0 Some recent performances include The New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, The Society of Composers, Inc. (National Conference), The International Computer Music Conference, The Australasian Computer Music Conference, College Music Society, and Electronic Music Midwest among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #666666\">Madelyn completed her DMA in Composition at The Graduate Center in 1999.\u00a0\u00a0 Her composition teachers include Charles Dodge, John Corigliano, and David Olan.\u00a0 The compositions for her dissertation were done while she was a guest composer at Columbia University\u2019s Computer Music Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #666666\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\">\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:mby&#114;n&#101;&#064;&#112;al&#111;&#109;a&#114;&#046;e&#100;u\" title=\"Email Dr. Madelyn Byrne\">m&#098;&#121;r&#110;&#101;&#064;&#112;&#097;&#108;&#111;ma&#114;.ed&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760.744.1150 ext. 2809<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member even \">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Dr. Ellen Weller : \">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Dr. Ellen Weller<\/h3>\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #666666\">Dr. Ellen Weller joined the Palomar Performing Arts Department in 2005, where she teaches classes in music theory, ear-training, music literature, and directs the Palomar Symphony Orchestra.\u00a0 She earned her B.A. and M.A. in Music Composition from Queens College of the City University of New York, and completed her PhD studies at UCSD.\u00a0 She has studied conducting with Peter Jaffe, Donald Portnoy, David Chase, Martin Canellakis, Harvey Sollberger, and Kenneth Bell.\u00a0 She was an invited Fellow at the 2012 Conductors Institute of South Carolina, and recently appeared as guest conductor with the Poway Symphonette.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #666666\">A pianist and multi-winds performer, Weller has two CDs on the Circumvention label: \u201cSpirits, Little Dreams and Improvisations (2004)\u201d and \u201cPoint of Contact (2008).\u201d\u00a0 Her compositions include works for solo piano, flute, voice, and chamber ensembles, some exploring improvisation and graphic notation, and have been performed in New York, Detroit, San Diego and Los Angeles.\u00a0 Recent works include \u201cPrior\u2019s Waltz\u201d for orchestra, \u201c1918: for two pianos and community,\u201d incidental music to \u201cAngels in America,\u201d \u201cPine Apple Rag\u201d for piano soloist and orchestra, and an arrangement of \u201cBei Mir Bist Du Shein\u201d for orchestra and Klezmer ensemble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\">\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:e&#119;e&#108;le&#114;&#064;&#112;a&#108;&#111;&#109;&#097;&#114;&#046;&#101;d&#117;\" title=\"Email Dr. Ellen Weller\">e&#119;e&#108;&#108;er&#064;&#112;a&#108;&#111;ma&#114;.&#101;&#100;u<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760.744.1150 ext. 3949<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd \">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Heather Barclay : Director, Palomar Comet Concert Band\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Heather Barclay<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Director, Palomar Comet Concert Band<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #666666\">Heather Barclay is a professional percussionist and has been performing and teaching since 1984. Ms. Barclay earned her Bachelor of Arts in Performance and Certification of Music Education from The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, and her Master of Fine Arts in Performance from United States International University in San Diego, CA. Her instructors\u00a0included Linda Raymond Siegel, Tele Lesbines, Tatsuo Sasaki, Stanley Finck, and Raynor Carroll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #666666\">Ms. Barclay is a freelance percussionist and timpanist in Southern California. She was the principal percussionist with the International Chamber Players, and a substitute percussionist in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Nova. She has also performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Civic Orchestra, the San Francisco Ballet, the International Symphony Orchestra of Tijuana, and the Tijuana Opera Orchestra, among numerous others. In addition, she has performed solo recitals in California, Arizona, and Wisconsin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;vertical-align: baseline;margin: 10.2pt 0in 10.2pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #666666\">Ms. Barclay is also a private instructor of percussion and tympani. Ms. Barclay is proudly conducting the Palomar\/YPO Percussion Ensemble for its 4th season! She has coached and conducted several award winning percussion ensembles along with drum lines for many high school marching bands. She also teaches at Palomar College, and coaches at Westview High School, and Mesa Verde Middle School. She maintains a very active studio in Poway, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:hba&#114;&#099;&#108;&#097;&#121;&#064;p&#097;&#108;oma&#114;.e&#100;u\" title=\"Email Heather Barclay\">&#104;b&#097;&#114;cla&#121;&#064;&#112;&#097;l&#111;&#109;&#097;r.&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760-744-1150 ext. 5317<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member even \">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Rita Walther : Administrative Department Assistant\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Rita Walther<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Administrative Department Assistant<\/h4>\r\n        \r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:r&#119;a&#108;&#116;&#104;er&#064;p&#097;&#108;&#111;&#109;&#097;&#114;.edu\" title=\"Email Rita Walther\">&#114;&#119;a&#108;ther&#064;&#112;&#097;&#108;o&#109;a&#114;&#046;&#101;d&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760-744-1150 ext 2440<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd  last\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Paul Helling : Administrative Departmental Assistant\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Paul Helling<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Administrative Departmental Assistant<\/h4>\r\n        \r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:p&#104;ell&#105;n&#103;&#064;&#112;&#097;lom&#097;&#114;&#046;e&#100;u\" title=\"Email Paul Helling\">&#112;&#104;&#101;ll&#105;&#110;g&#064;pal&#111;&#109;a&#114;.&#101;&#100;u<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760 744 1150 ext 2302<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><\/div> <!-- Close staff-member-listing -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10683,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6Sp7b-oL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}