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Students in the Sing! Choir represent Music at Curry CollegeMusic at Curry is more than an area of study. Deeply interdisciplinary and interactive, music at Curry is a means of personal expression and a platform for building connections across campus, into the greater Boston region, and around the world. Whether you're a seasoned performer, an avid listener, or a budding scholar, you'll hone your craft, find your creative voice, sharpen your analytical skills, and create community here.

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In music classes at Curry, you'll learn to listen and think locally and globally by engaging with traditional, popular, and classical music from around the world. You'll explore music as not only a means of artistic expression, but also as a lens into global culture, history, politics, race, and gender. You'll learn about music you've never heard before - and you'll dig deeper into the music of your favorite artists. You'll learn to listen, and you'll learn to describe what you hear - whether it's Cambodian rap, Trinidadian steel pan, or Western classical music. And along the way, you'll get to see some awesome performances on campus or in Boston - for credit! Doesn't get much better than that!

Want to make music with your peers? Cool - you can do that at Curry!

Sing! is Curry's choral ensemble. We are open to all singers regardless of experience level, and we strive to inspire and empower singers to become the best they can be in a supportive, joy-filled environment. Participants help to guide music selection and set the ensemble objectives, which usually include performances on campus, in the community, and in collaboration with other collegiate choral ensembles. Whether you want to become a better singer, learn to read music, or get involved with community outreach efforts - we want you to Sing! with us.

Private Music Instruction at Curry is how you can keep up those flute or piano or drum chops, or begin learning a new instrument. Whatever your prior experience, whatever musical style you want to explore, whatever instrument you're interested in studying - we'll connect you with a world-class teacher to suit your needs.

PMI Faculty and Instrument Options

Borislava (Bobi) Borisova
Voice, Piano, and Guitar
bborisov0305@curry.edu

Eric Byers
Guitar
ebyers1007@curry.edu

Jacob Clapper
Piano
jacob.clapper@curry.edu

Goran Daskalov
Clarinet and Saxophone
daskalovgoran@gmail.com

Samuel Hausman
Trumpet and Trombone
samuel.hausman@curry.edu

Michael Lewis
Percussion
michael.lewis@curry.edu

Rita Moerschel
Piano
rmoersch@curry.edu

Dr. Cassandra Sulbarán
Violin and Viola
cassandra.sulbaran@curry.edu

Boston is one of the world's great musical cities. It's the birthplace of music education in the U.S. It's home to some of the nation's oldest classical performing arts organizations, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Handel and Haydn Society. It has nurtured iconic pop/rock acts including Aerosmith, Pixies, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and The Dresden Dolls. Its universities and conservatories have trained some of the world's finest pop, jazz, and classical performers including Meghan Trainor, Esperanza Spalding, and Yo-Yo Ma. And, thanks to its vibrant immigrant communities, Boston is also home to virtuoso performers from varied global music traditions. 

Studying at Curry, you'll have prime access to all that Boston offers musically. Want to see a Kendrick Lamar show? We can do that! Want to hear the Boston Pops? Let's go! Hamilton's playing downtown? Well, you get the idea...there's a show every night in Boston, and as a Curry student you have access to them.

Music Program Faculty

Emily Howe

Emily Howe

Assistant Professor, Music Program Coordinator, and Conductor of Sing! Choral Ensemble
Emily Howe is an American ethnomusicologist, conductor, and music educator who through her research and practice explores music and sound as a lens into global history and culture, as well as a means of catalyzing social change in diverse contexts.

Borislava (Bobi) Borisova

Borislava (Bobi) Borisova

Lecturer and Private Music Instructor: Voice, Guitar, and Piano
Bobi Borisova is a singer and instrumentalist who earned her Master of Music at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston, MA. She sings and plays the guitar, piano and accordion. While studying at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, she also worked as a tutor in solfeggio as well as in music theory and practice.

Cassandra Sulbarán

Cassandra Sulbarán

Private Music Instructor: Violin
A native of Saratoga Springs, NY, Dr. Cassandra Sulbarán began her musical studies on piano and violin, later dedicating herself to viola as an undergraduate at Ithaca College. Cassandra graduated summa cum laude from Ithaca in 2005, earning a Bachelors in viola performance with Debra Moree, and continued her studies at the University of Maryland, completing her Masters in 2007 with Katherine Murdock, and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree with Daniel Foster in 2011.

Samuel Hausman

Samuel Hausman

Private Music Instructor: Trumpet and Trombone
Samuel Hausman is a professional trombonist and music educator specializing in brass instruments and small ensemble classroom instruction based in New England. As a freelance musician based in Boston, he performs regularly with the Du Bois Symphony Orchestra at Harvard, Arlington Philharmonic, Boston Fireman’s Band, and various musical theater pits both in and outside city limits.

Borislava (Bobi) Borisova

Michael Lewis

Private Music Instructor: Percussion
Professor Michael Lewis has taught percussion as part of Curry College's music department since 2017, conducting additional lectures for the Program for Advancement of Learning. In addition to his role as private music instructor at Curry College, Professor Lewis is a full-time music educator in Rhode Island. Professor Lewis has taught music in primary and secondary schools in the District of Columbia and Massachusetts and is currently the founding music teacher at the Learning Community Public Charter School in Central Falls, RI.