Faculty
Barnard College Music Program: Fall 2026
Music Director:
Gail Archer, Professor of Professional Practice, Director, Music Program, Barnard College
garcher@barnard.edu
Office Hours: M/W 12:30-2:30, T 9:30-11:30, Th 5-6 in 319 Milbank
Music Associates:
Marilyn Louise McCoy
mmccoy@barnard.edu, mm3773@columbia.edu
Office Hours— by appointment, in person or via Zoom (students should email or talk to Professor McCoy to determine the time and place)
Lauren Ninoshvilli (Teaches in Fall only)
lauren@ninoshvili.com, lninoshv@barnard.edu
Zoom ID: 688 636 0212
Office Hours— by appointment
319 Milbank
Coralie Gallet
cgallet@barnard.edu
Zoom ID- 616 827 5603
Office Hours— by appointment
319 Milbank
Jean-Paul Bjorlin
jeanpaulbjorlin@gmail.com, jbjorlin@barnard.edu
Office Hours— by appointment
319 Milbank
Voice Instructors:
Jean-Paul Bjorlin
jeanpaulbjorlin@gmail.com, jbjorlin@barnard.edu
Office Hours— by appointment
319 Milbank
Harolyn Blackwell
Harpet2000@aol.com
Office Hours— Wednesdays from 5 to 6pm in Milbank 018
319 Milbank
Coralie Gallet
cgallet@barnard.edu
Zoom ID- 616 827 5603
Office Hours— by appointment
319 Milbank
Josephine Mongiardo-Cooper
jmongiar@barnard.edu
jmongiardocooper@barnard.edu
Office Hours— by appointment
319 Milbank
917-847-1104
Robert Osborne
roos2k@yahoo.com
rosborne@barnard.edu
Office hours— by appointment
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Gail Archer joined the Barnard faculty in 1988. She is director of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus and Chamber Choir and teaches Introduction to Music, a year-long survey of Western Classical Music from Gregorian Chant to living composers. She is also an international concert organist and recording artist; her recordings include her 2022 Polish release, Cantius, and Chernivtsi, A Russian Journey, The Muse’s Voice, Franz Liszt: A Hungarian Rhapsody, Bach: The Transcendent Genius, An American Idyll, A Mystic in the Making (Meyer Media), and The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Sweelinck and his Pupils (CALA Records). Ms. Archer’s 2024 European tour took her to Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Germany, France, Italy and the island of Menorca. Highlights include the Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany, the Cathedral of Saint Mary, Alghero, Sardegna, the Collegiale de Notre Dame, Mantes-la-Jolie, France, the Bragernes Kirke, Drammen, Norway and the Church of St Francis, Castelbuono, Sicily. The remarkable organ in the church, built in 1547 by Francesco Oliveri, is one of the oldest extant organs in Europe. She is the founder of Musforum; www.musforum.org, the network for women organists to affirm and promote their work. Professor Archer is a member of the faculty of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Professor Archer serves as college organist at Vassar College.
Artistic Focus
As director of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus, Professor Archer has led the chorus through the masterworks of the choral literature with orchestra from Monteverdi to Stravinsky. Most recently, the choir sang a Concert for Peace in December 2023 which featured the Mass by Igor Stravinsky, Da Pacem Domino by Arvo Part and Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughn Williams. In April 2024, the choir presented a performance of Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn.