IT TAKES A VILLAGE

RCM is a family-friendly community of students, parents, volunteers and musicians who join together to make music, friends, and lasting connections. Our staff proudly continues the mission Ed and Janet Simons started in 1956: to maintain a cultural community hub for generations to come.

Our board members are all volunteers – musicians, business leaders, current and former students, who enthusiastically help guide us with the school’s mission at heart.

STAFF

Marigene Kettler, Executive Director Email
Martha Lerner, Deputy Director Email
Regina Gessner, Registrar Email
Ann Hollinger, Controller
Xavier Katz, Bookkeeper

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Edgar A. Gutierrez, President
Mimi Calhoun, V. President
Brian Fontana, Treasurer
Judith Gorman, Secretary

James M. Birnbaum, Esq.
Robert L. Fellows, Esq.
John E. Funk, Ph.D.
Ira Lipson
Kemi Olateju
Seth Porter, Ph.D.
Shantelle Williams Johnson

*Richard E. Voigt 1935-2018
*Dennis Fleming 1948-2021
*Edward Simons, 1917-2018
Co-Founder

MUSIC ADVISORS

Neil Berg
Didi Conn
Ramona Peréz Finkelman
Katherine Greene
Rita Harvey
Jon Klibonoff
Stanley A. Kurtis
Alvin McCall
Helen Strilec Schatiloff
David Shire

ADVISORS

The Hon. Harriet Cornell
Keith J. Cornell, Esq.
Alice DiSanto
Carol Dornbush
Matt DuBeau
Reji Mathew, Ph.D.
James Sandler
Scott Vanderhoef
Elisabeth Voigt