Music & Entertainment Industries Faculty

PhilpDavidKirk2020
*David Philp , Area Coordinator
20+ years experience in the entertainment world working for PolyGram Records, the Universal Music Group, New Video (home video distributor of the A&E Network, History Channel & Biography Channel content), The Edge With Jake Sasseville (independent television show), and Greater Media Broadcasting (WDHA & WMTR radio).  He is currently the music coordinator at the Wayne United Methodist Church and Chief Organizer Guy of YouChoose Music, a live music events company that raises oodles of big dollars for great non-profits.  He has one wife and two children.

Steven Leeds
B.A. American University. M.S. Syracuse University. Formerly National Album Promotion Director Atco Records; Director, International Talent, MTV Networks; VP Alternative Music, Island Records; Senior VP Promotion, Universal Records; Senior VP Promotion, Virgin Records. Currently Vice-President Talent and Industry Affairs, Sirius Satellite Radio.

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Steve Leeds, Professor David Kirk Philp, and Dr. Steve Marcone

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Aaron Van Duyne III
C.P.A.,  M.M., B.S., William Paterson University. Business manager for :  Kiss, Dave Mathews Band, Three Doors Down, The Rascals, and others.

Karl Guthrie
Karl Guthrie
B.A. Brown University. J.D. Rutgers School of Law. Author of Entertainment Law- Legal and Business Perspectives in the entertainment Industry. Active entertainment attorney.

Alan Cohen
Alan Cohen
President ACM Records / CueHits Music, Clients: NBCUniversal, Viacom, Disney, Paramount, Verizon, Warner, Miramax. Music licensing: Extortion, Battle Scars, The Visit, Brokeback Mountain, Paid in Full, E!, MTV. Adjunct Professor of Music/Business: WPU, Ramapo College, IAR. Broadway Guitarist: Lion King, Rent, Grease. BM Berklee College of Music, MBA William Paterson University.

*full-time faculty

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Professor Philp, George Dassinger, Dr. Marcone, and Aaron Van Duyne.

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