Program & Operations Leadership
Mr. Linden Klein, Dean of Students, ESC Coordinator
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Mrs. Rosalee Bolleia, Middle School Division Head
Mrs. Bolleia teaches middle school Latin and English. She is excited to share with her students the wonderful worlds that the Classics make available and that she herself traversed as a child. By encountering beautiful Literature, Mrs. Bolleia believes as John of Salisbury writes: “The soul is purged of its defects and is revivified even in adversity by a mysterious and serene cheerfulness.”
Classically homeschooled with her nine siblings, Mrs. Bolleia received her B.A. in Classics and Early Christian Literature from Ave Maria University in Florida. After graduating from college, Mrs. Bolleia spent a year traveling and teaching, both in the United States and abroad in China. She is currently completing a Master’s degree in Classical Education from the University of Dallas. When not furiously writing papers and preparing lessons, Mrs. Bolleia enjoys hikes, swing dances, travel, a good book and a cup of coffee, and the occasional thrilling adventure such as sky diving or scuba diving.
Mrs. Bridget Tierney, Lower School Division Head
Bridget Tierney has always enjoyed watching her students develop their own interests and abilities, and so she was drawn to the student-centered approach at OLMC School. She loves teaching second grade in particular because she gets to explore a wide-range of subjects with her students–from the humanities to math and science to the Catholic faith. She received a bachelor’s degree from Caldwell University, where she majored in Education (K-6) and Special Education (K-12). After teaching in Catholic schools for over a decade, she still finds that teaching fuels her own passion for learning and discovery. She is currently enrolled in the Catholic Educator Formation and Credential Program through the Augustine Institute to further explore the Church’s rich educational tradition.
Mrs. Tierney and her husband enjoy traveling and exploring the outdoors accompanied by their dog, who enjoys belly rubs and barking at chipmunks.
Dr. Carl Patrick Bolleia, Director of Music
With performances and recordings reviewed, featured, and/or previewed by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Gramophone, New York Classical Review, American Record Guide, Fanfare and more, Carl Patrick Bolleia has performed as pianist, organist, harpsichordist, and conductor throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America and the Caribbean at major venues including Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Merkin Hall, NJPAC, Bargemusic, le poisson rouge, Spectrum, and more.
A frequent chamber music collaborator with musicians of the The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Juilliard415, and the New Jersey Symphony, he has recordings on Naxos and MSR Classics and has premiered/performed over 100 compositions written by the world’s leading composers, including Frederic Rzewski, Reena Esmail, Tyshawn Sorey, and Stephen Hough.
Dr. Bolleia has presented his research on American Modernism, Performance Analysis and Topic Theory throughout the world at international and national symposiums and conferences. He is Assistant Professor of Music at William Paterson University where he is Director of New Music and Coordinator of Piano/Keyboard Studies. Active in digital media and industry, he has composed and recorded multiple scores for Audible by Amazon and for the 125th Anniversary Campaign of Dr. Pepper. He began his work in sacred music at the age of 13 and is the Director of Music at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Boonton and Lumen Gentium Academy. Additional pursuits include the study of sacred music at The Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University and Gregorian Chant at the Wethersfield Institute.
He cites his tutelage under a variety of mentors to be most profoundly influential, especially with Ursula Oppens, Alan Feinberg, Peter Sykes, Gary Kirkpatrick, Min Kwon, Richard Egarr, Béatrice Martin, Avi Stein, Skip Sempé, Jerome Lowenthal, Fred Hersch, Nicolas Hodges, Warren Jones, William Christie, Robert Mealy, Renée Anne Louprette, Dr. Billy Taylor and Vincent Condro.
He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts with several honors from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, with his dissertation, “A Taxonomy of Musical Gesture and a Hermeneutic of Narrative and Diatonic Continuity in the Piano Music of Charles Wuorinen.” Dr. Bolleia received the Graduate Diploma in Historical Performance from The Juilliard School.
Mrs. Alexis Minson, Admissions, Field Studies
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Mrs. Theresa MacDonald, Communications
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Mr. Chris Palazzi, Chief Development Officer
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