Faculty & Staff

Full-Time Faculty

Gail Archer, concert organist, director of the Barnard/Columbia Chorus
Professor of Professional Practice (Barnard College)
  • Adviser for Barnard students majoring in Music
  • Director of the Barnard/Columbia Chorus & Chamber Choir
  • Concert Organist
Director, Music Performance Program
  • Senior Lecturer in Music
  • Faculty Advisor to Columbia-Juilliard Exchange (2023–24)
  • MPP Committee (2023–24)
  • Concert pianist and harpsichordist
Ole Mathisen
Director, Jazz Performance Program
  • Jazz Saxophone
  • MPP Committee (2023–24)
Senior Lecturer in Music
  • Conductor and Music Director of the Columbia University Orchestra
  • MPP Committee (2023–24)
Piano
  • Full-Time Associate, Piano Instrucion
  • Administers piano proficiency exams for undergraduate majors and concentrators
Professor of Music, Ethnomusicology
  • Department Chair (2021–24)
  • MPP Committee (2023–24)

Administrative Staff

Director, Music Performance Program
  • Senior Lecturer in Music
  • Faculty Advisor to Columbia-Juilliard Exchange (2023–24)
  • MPP Committee (2023–24)
  • Concert pianist and harpsichordist
Piano Technician
Program Coordinator, Music Performance Program
Ole Mathisen
Director, Jazz Performance Program
  • Jazz Saxophone
  • MPP Committee (2023–24)
Music Performance Program Coordinator

Associate Faculty

viola
cello
jazz piano
  • jazz ensemble
clarinet
jazz guitar
shakuhachi
violin
jazz percussion
saxophone
vocal jazz
  • jazz ensemble
violin/viola
french horn
jazz trombone
harp
flute
Guitar and Bluegrass Ensemble
  • Guitar and Bluegrass Ensemble
violin
upright bass
trumpet
jazz saxophone
piano
jazz piano
Ole Mathisen
Director, Jazz Performance Program
  • Jazz Saxophone
  • MPP Committee (2023–24)
Viola
jazz bass
violin
violin
trombone
jazz trumpet
percussion
jazz piano
bassoon
jazz bass
piano
klezmer ensemble
cello