Michael Compitello joins faculty at Cornell University and UMass Amherst

Michael Compitello (BM ’07, Percussion) has been appointed interim lecturer in percussion at Cornell University, where he will direct Cornell’s percussion ensembles—the Cornell University Steel Band and the World Drum and Dance Ensemble—and coordinate the school’s Percussion Department. Compitello will also be interim lecturer in percussion at UMass Amherst, where he will teach private lessons and direct the school’s percussion ensemble.