The International School of Music's faculty is made up of highly qualified and talented performers and teachers with worldwide concert and pedagogical experience.Faculty members go through an extensive interview and audition process before being accepted to teach at the ISM.Many hold masters and doctorate degrees from the most acclaimed and respected music conservatories and are dedicated and passionate about their art and teaching.They bring warmth, energy, enthusiasm and patience in working with children as well as adults.But administrators, professors and students alike say that the issue of faculty-student dating is a complex one.Some say that the unequal power in a relationship between a student and a faculty member -- particularly one who is in a position to grade or make recommendations about the student he or she is dating -- is inherently exploitative.

Experts say it has been propelled by growing recognition that sexual harassment is a serious problem that could land professors and administrators in court.A survey of Westchester colleges and universities revealed that no formal policies addressing faculty-student dating are in place, but many schools said that a prohibition against such relationships is implicit in other policies regulating professional conduct."We view this kind of relationship as inappropriate," said James Bryan, Dean of Students at Manhattanville College.Among his many professional honors, he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in England and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Walker retained close ties with TAMU, and he was actively involved in many of its organizations and advisory boards.began her classical guitar studies on a half-size Ramirez at the age of three. and has appeared on television in Nice, FR and Houston, TX.