Ensemble Directors
![Taylor Ackley plays the mandolin](../../images/ackley-taylor.jpeg)
Taylor Ackley
Assistant Professor of Music
Director, Brandeis Roots Ensemble
taylorackley@brandeis.edu
Slosberg Music Center, 224
Expertise: Composition, ethnomusicology
![Robert Duff](../../images/faculty/duff-robert.jpg)
Robert Duff
Undergraduate Advising Head; Undergraduate Advisor, Vocal Performance Track
Professor of the Practice of Music; Conductor, University Chorus and Chamber Singers
Expertise: Choral music, conducting, vocal pedagogy, vocal repertoire
![Tom Hall playing saxophone](../../_blocks/reusable/people/07cca0eb-efeb-4a54-a32c-a3c43776beb6.jpg)
![Neal Hampton](../../images/faculty/HamptonHeadshot.jpg)
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Expertise: Conducting, musical theater composition, jazz history.
Official Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra Website
![Robert Nieske](../../images/faculty/NieskeHeadshot.jpg)
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Expertise: Jazz improvisation, composition, arranging and history, instrumental study.
Ben Paulding
Director, Fafali: Music and Dance from Ghana
bpaulding@brandeis.edu
Slosberg Music Center, 235