Our Faculty

Ms. MaryLou Newnam
Faculty

Phone:
856-697-2600 x.260

Email:
Ms. MaryLou Newnam

At Prep Since 2003

Courses Taught:
Guitar, Guitar Ensamble, Stage Band, AP Music Theory

Colleges Attended:
B.A. - Duquesne University,| B.M. - University of Delaware | M.A. - Manhattan School of Music

Goal for Teaching:
For students to learn to appreciate a wide range of musical styles, and in doing so, gain a sense of history about that music.

Personal Quote:
"Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain

Music Director, St. Augustine College Preparatory (2003 - Present)

Faculty, Department of the Arts, Roosevelt Island School of Music (1983 - 1985)

-Member of House Band at Trump Plaza and Claridge Casino, Atlantic City

-Performances at Carnegie Hall, Apollo Theatre, Blue Note, Rainbow Room, Eddie Condon's (NYC)

-Performance at Kool Jazz Festival in Hampton, VA and The Cape May Jazz Festival in NJ

-Performed with Tony Bennett, Bob Hope, Regis and Kathy Lee, Paul Anka, Frankie Vallie, the Temptations, Manhattan Transfer, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney, Jerry Vale, Henry Mancini, Michael Carney Orchestra

-Feature performance at West Chester University, 2003

Private Study

-Bernard Goldberg, former principal flutist, Pittsburgh Symphony

-Albert Goltzer, oboist with NY Philharmonic

-George Coleman, Phil Woods, Joseph Allard - saxophone

-Wilmington Music School, Classical Guitar, Theory