Music Faculty

Brian Harlow

Faculty Member Brian Harlow

email: bph40@newark.rutgers.edi

Brian Preston Harlow is entering his tenth season as Director of the Rutgers University Chorus, Newark Campus. He also serves as Organist an Choirmaster of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Gladstone, NJ and works with choirs of children and adults at other churches and synagogues in northern New Jersey. As a conductor, recitalist, and accompanist, Dr. Harlow has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. He loves to collaborate with vocalists and instrumentalists, and performs together with Christopher Harlow-Jennings as Duo Organists.

Dr. Harlow holds the degrees of Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Musical Arts and Master of Music from Yale University School of Music, as well as the Bachelor of Music degree with High Distinction from Indiana University School of Music. He received a number of prestigious awards from both schools and from the American Guild of Organists, from which he holds the Associate Diploma. Dr. Harlow is the Instrumental Music Reviewer for the Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians and serves on the board of Music in the Somerset Hills.

[ Music ]Pictured: Wayne Winborne

Wayne Winborne

email: wcw22@newark.rutgers.edu Wayne Winborne is executive director of the Institute of Jazz Studies (IJS) at Rutgers University-Newark, the largest and…

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[ Music ]Pictured: Stefon Harris

Stefon Harris

email: stefon.harris@rutgers.edu Musician…Educator…Developer…Thought Leader Stefon Harris’ passionate artistry and astonishing virtuosity have propelled him to the forefront of the jazz…

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[ Music ]Photo of Samantha Bassler

Samantha Bassler

email: samantha.bassler@rutgers.edu Samantha Bassler (she/her) has taught music history at RU-Newark since 2012. Educated at Nyack College, Merton College of…

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[ Music ]Portrait of Prof. Kate Doyle

Kate Doyle

email: kate.c.doyle@rutgers.edu Kate Doyle is a writer and explorer of experimental approaches to form, process, and poetics in creativity and…

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[ Music ]Portrait of Tyler Kaneshiro

Tyler Kaneshiro

email: tyler.kaneshiro@rutgers.edu Tyler Kaneshiro is a lecturer of Music Theory in the Department of Arts, Culture, & Media at Rutgers…

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[ Music ]Faculty member Rachel Mundy

Rachel Mundy

email: rmm290@newark.rutgers.edu Rachel Mundy is an Associate Professor of Music in the Arts, Culture, & Media program at Rutgers University in Newark. She…

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[ Music ]Faculy member, Leighann Narum

Leighann Narum

email: lnarum@newark.rutgers.edu Leighann Narum teaches classical guitar in applied studies at Rutgers University-Newark. Ms. Narum has performed in Merkin Concert…

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