Department Chairs

DOROTHY KLOTZMAN - Composition Chair
(See Faculty Music Studies).

JAN COLEMAN - String Chair (2007)Jan Coleman
Teacher (violin/viola) and Director of the Coleman Violin Studio. Jan continues in her full capacity as Director and Teacher. A full partner with Kent for over 20 years, Jan continues in her role as teacher, Director, and manager.
Simon James, 2nd Asst. Concert Master, Seattle Symphony, solo performer, and owner/operation of Simon James Studio, has accepted the responsibility of teaching the advanced students in the studio. The studio engages in daily lessons, monthly recitals, concerts, auditions, master classes, workshops, and competitions - all covered at the highest professional level.

KENT COLEMAN - Emeritus String Chair
Kent was Academy String Chair from Sept. 1997 - June 2007.
Photo of Kent ColemanHonorary String Chair (in memoriam). American String Teachers Association "Outstanding Studio Teacher of the Year 2000" for Washington State. Chairman of Strings and Chamber Music, Washington State Music Teachers Association. B.A., Rice University, Shepherd School of Music. Music Advisory Panel, Seattle Young Artists Music Festival. The loss of Kent Coleman in June 2007 left each of us deeply grieved. We will continue to honor him as Emeritus Chair. Kent was with us from 1997 - 2007. A memorial benefit was held, and a Kent Coleman Violin Scholarship was established at the Academy.

WILLARD SCHULTZ - Photo of Willard SchultzPiano Chair
Assoc. Prof.Emeritus., U. of Calgary; Teacher, Performer, Accompanist, Collaborator, Lecturer,
Master Class presenter. Faculty, Adamant Summer School for Pianists in Vermont. Helped developed the Masters Degree program in performance and the parallel program for Performance & Pedagogy at
U. Calgary. "Visiting Associate Professor and Artist Teacher" at Washington State University (filling a sudden vacancy). Formerly: active teacher and performer in the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts for over twenty years; Head of Piano in Wuhan Conservatory, PR. of China for three semesters; active presenter in conventions here and abroad, including the South Bohemia Festivals in the Czech Republic. Mr. Schultz presented Pedagogy and Master Classes recently in NY. His students consistently win major local, regional, and national competitions.

NANCIE LINN SHAW - Chamber Music Ensemble Director
Photo of Nancie Linn Shaw.Viola, Violin. Orchestra Director, Newport HS. Professional chamber music performer. Teacher, violin, viola. Conductor; frequent clilnician and adjudicator in WA; faculty at Southern Oregon University; performed in Ashland, OR, and continues to coach chamber music for the Ashland Summer Chamber Music Festival.
Active performer on violin, viola, and in chamber music.


ALAN FUTTERMAN - Chamber Orchestra Music DirectorAlan Futterman
Former Music Director of the Dover Symphony, the Weierstrass Society Concerts of New York and the Bellevue Youth Symphony. He has conducted throughout Europe with the Zaccho Festival Orchestra and as Conductor-in-Residence for Jeunesse Musicale. Locally, Mr. Futterman is the Music Director of the Peninsula Ballet Orchestra, the Bremerton Symphony Orchestra and served on the faculty of Central Washington University for over 10 years. Mr. Futterman holds a Master's Degree from the Juilliard School and a Bachelor's Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. As a Doctoral candidate, he served as Assistant Conductor to Maestro Vladimir Kin of St. Petersburg and participated in master classes with Sir Georg Solti and Leonard Bernstein. An active composer, Mr. Futterman's works include Farrago and Fugue, the World Beat Dance Suites I and II and the Fiesta Mexicana, all commissioned by the Yakima Symphony.

NANCY ZYLSTRA - Soprano, Voice Program Director, Effective Sept. 2008.
Daniela Landolfi Nancy gained critical acclaim throughout the United States and in Europe for her accomplished and expressive singing in varied repertoire. As an Early Music specialist, she appeared in Seattle as a soloist in St. Mark's Cathedral's annual performances of Handel's Messiah and in the Gallery Concerts series, and has performed as a member of the vocal ensemble Circa 1600. She has also been a soloist with the American Bach Soloists (San Francisco), the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco), singing under such conductors as James De Priest, Gustav Leonhardt, Ton Koopman, and Nicholas McGegan. A member of the faculty of Oberlin's Baroque Performance Institute, she has taught voice at the Cornish College of the Arts and Pacific Lutheran University. Her recordings have appeared on the Erato, Koch International, Wildboar, Gasparo, and Arkay labels.

DANIELA LANDOLFI - Soprano - Children's Program Director.Daniela Landolfi
Academy faculty since 2002, Daniela has taught Children's and Pre-College classes. Daniela attended the Manhattan School of Music in New York City from the age of 2, where her major teacher was her mother, Carol Macaulay, founding Director of the Academy Children's Program (see listing below). Daniela's studies included theory, ear training, sight singing, private and ensemble instruction in violin, percussion, and voice. She pursued additional vocal education with private teachers specializing in various vocal styles and techniques. She participated in performances, solo and ensemble, both nationally and internationally including Carnegie Hall and Medugorje, Bosnia. She has taught private voice lessons, and performed in varied styles as part of different musical projects, that included several CDs as soloist. She was also lead singer of the original rock band, Inergroove, and is a worship leader for the Disciples of Christ, both locally and nationally.

Wind Chair - Open Position.

MICHAEL CRUSOE - Percussion Chair
Principal Timpanist, Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

CAROL MACAULAYCarol Macaulay - Emeritus Children's Program Chair (2002-2006)
Theory, Director of Tutoring at the Manhattan School of Music, NY; MM, BM, Manhattan School of Music; Full Certificate, Dalcoze School of Music; Harmony Studies with Nadia Boulanger; Conducting with Igor Markevitch. Founder/Director Vagabonds Childen's Ensemble; Consultant: American Council for the Arts in Education; Children's Music Workshops. Publications: The Musical Toolbox and The Pitch Constructs of Western Tonal Music. Former faculty: Hunter College, New York University. MSM Faculty since 1984.