Laik Uticone

Composition, Faculty, Music, Piano

Meet Laik Uticone, a dynamic and passionate young music instructor who brings a fresh and innovative approach to music education. Born with an innate love for melody and rhythm, Laik has cultivated a deep understanding of various musical genres from a young age.  Laik...

Kaitlyn Beasley-Zeitler

Bassoon, Composition, Faculty, Music

Kaitlyn Beasley-Zeitler (she/her) is a Junior Performance student at Ithaca College with nearly 10 years of experience on the bassoon and a special interest in reed making. She has studied and performed a multitude of styles, ranging from early baroque to jazz and...

Dr. Josh Oxford

Composition, Music, Songwriting

Visit Dr. Josh Oxford to get your cure for a variety of music maladies!  At CSMA, Dr. Oxford teaches classes and private lessons in jazz, music technology, music theory, and beat making. Electronisist, Dr. Josh Oxford, born in 1985, is a composer, arranger, and...

Charlotte Sienkiewicz

Faculty, Flute, Music

Ms. Charlotte is from the greater Washington, D.C. area and is currently in her last semester at Ithaca College studying flute under Dr. Wendy Mehne. She has been playing flute for 14 years and has fallen in love with teaching it throughout her years at IC. Outside of...

Ashley Ickes

Percussion, Piano

Ashley (she/her) graduated with a BM in Music Performance, Jazz Studies from Western Michigan University in 2013. She has been performing professionally and teaching private and group lessons for well over twenty years. With experience in many styles including rock,...

Jennifer Lawrence Birnbaum

Piano, Recorder

Jennifer Lawrence Birnbaum is a music teacher, choral director, performer and event coordinator with music education degrees from Ithaca College and Columbia University. In addition to serving on the faculty of the Community School of Music and Arts, she also teaches...