Studio Accompaniment Requests and Information
Accompanying services information, procedures and guidelines
Karina Bruk, Coordinator of Accompanying Services: bruk@mgsa.rutgers.edu
There are three (3) types of accompanying services:
Staff Accompanists: pianists hired by the department
DA Accompanists: graduate pianists receiving working awards
Studio Accompanying for Credit accompanists: graduate and undergraduate pianists taking Studio Accompanying (07:701:451 or 08:703:505) as a required course for their respective degrees (the instrumentalist or vocalist’s teacher will grade the accompanist’s work)
Please refer to the specific procedures listed below. For any questions, please contact the
Coordinator of Accompanying Services, Karina Bruk at bruk@mgsa.rutgers.edu
For Faculty:
- Accompanying requests should be submitted only by the primary lesson instructors (not students). Requests for a particular accompanist will be considered, but cannot be guaranteed.
- Instructors are asked to submit accompanying requests for their studios by the deadline emailed by Dr. Bruk. Guidelines for Accompaniment Assignments Staff Accompanying Alternating weeks Spring 2023
How do I submit a request?
The deadline for submission of forms was on Monday, January 30 at 4 pm.
Standard Route: Alternating weeks based on a permanently set schedule of each student for the semester. A faculty member should request pianists by filling out an Accompanist Request form by the deadline. A pianist will be assigned by the Accompanying Coordinator to each student who has a regularly scheduled day/time of lesson for the semester.
Alternate Route: Independent hiring. For all whose lessons may shift in day/time. Staff accompanists (from the roster below) may be independently contacted by an instructor to accompany their students. A log must be filled out and signed by all parties (student, instructor, and pianist) and submitted to the Coordinator (Karina Bruk) by the end of the semester.
Accompanying Assignment Flowchart Accompanying Log for Recitals and extra hours
Mason Gross Staff Accompanist Roster
Paul Conrad pconrad511@gmail.com 973-738-7278
Yun Kyung (Rachel) Choo yc620@mgsa.rutgers.edu 917-670-6408
Junko Ichikawa junkoichikawa@gmail.com 646-752-7868
Dmitri Korveev dk719@mgsa.rutgers.edu 917-991-9660
Justine Langman justine.m.langman@gmail.com 908-797-4224
Hyewoon (Kate) Lim ssmhw22@hotmail.com 732-485-3951
Giovanni Longo glongopiano@gmail.com 617-756-3695
Enriqueta Somarriba enriquetasomarriba@gmail.com 312- 451-1670
Sherry Kim sherrykimpiano@gmail.com 702-882-0227
Janet Wan-Lin Yu wy200@scarletmail.rutgers.edu 347-207-7707
JaeHee Min jm1934@scarletmail.rutgers.edu 917-733-0368
Doug Han doughinoebasta@gmail.com 415-238-0317
Carlos Avilla carlosavila@gmail.com (203) 887-3147