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Dr. Brian Carter, Singing for Busy Adults. BM, San José State University; MM, DMA, University of Texas at Austin; Opera: Dicapo Opera, Opera Delaware, Verismo Opera, Sarasota Opera, Greensboro Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Opera San José, Opera Illinois, Opera North, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera in the Heights, Living Opera, Mendocino Music Festival, Bear Valley Music Festival; Concert Soloist: Opera Orchestra of New York, New West Symphony, Baroque Choral Guild, Old York Road Symphony, Northern California Wagner Society, Sackler Prize Workshop, San José State Symphony, San José State Concert Choir, Foothill College Concert Choir; Member: Westminster Vocal Ensemble (Wilmington, DE), College House Music Program Instructor, University of Pennsylvania.
Connie Koppe, Speaking with Confidence. B.S. (Music Education/Voice) Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.M. (Opera Performance) Temple University; Designation Linklater Voice Work, Awarded by Kristin Linklater, Dialect Coach designation awarded by Louis Colaianni; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of the Arts; member of: AGMA, Actor’s Equity Association, Delaware Valley Opera Company; former member of Opera Company of Philadelphia; recording artist and lead singer with Enchanté, maintains a private studio.
(BCMD) Joan Krzywicki, Every Child Can, Suzuki Piano Teacher Training. B.M. Ed., Indiana University (Bloomington); M.M. Youngstown State University; studies with Abbey Simon and Haruko Kataoka (co-founder of the Suzuki Piano School); registered Suzuki Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas; currently serving as Board Member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Ross Mann, Guitar for Busy Adults. B.M., Georgia State U.; M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; studies with John Sutherland, John Holmquist, Angelo Gilardino; first prize winner: 2001 National Federation of Music Clubs, 2002 American String Teachers Association; faculty, Bucks County Community College; active soloist, chamber musician.
(BCMD) Joanna Pascale, Intro to Jazz Singing.
(BCMD) Dr. Deborah Sheldon, Night Owls Campus Community Band, Director
Craig Waxman, Beginning Piano for Busy Adults. B.S., West Chester University; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; teaching assistant, Penn State in Music Theory and Jazz Studies; Faculty, Jacobs Music Outreach Music Education Program.
Michael Franchetti, Trumpet. B.M.Ed., Temple University; music teacher, Philadelphia School District; director, Central High School Jazz Band; Director and member of Cresheim Valley Brass Quintet; directed honors ensembles (All-City Middle School Band and Philadelphia All-Star Jazz Band); has performed with: Symphony in C, Pennsylvania Sinfonia, Pro Musica, Westminster Brass Quintet; serves in orchestra at Arden Theater Company of Philadelphia; freelance musician.
Najib Wong, Trumpet. DMA Candidate, Temple University; MM, Temple University; BM, New England Conservatory of Music; recipient of Tanglewood Music Center Armando Ghitalla Fellow 2011; faculty of Community Music Scholars Program; freelance musician.
Victoria McGuigan, B.F.A., M.Ed. Dance, Temple University; recipient: Professional Dance Educator Award, Ellen Forman Memorial Award; choreographer, educator, performer. Teaching and performance includes venues throughout Philadelphia, New York City, Dance West, Utah, and Brazil. Member: Dance and the Child International, Member of Board of Directors: Dance Conduit.
(BCMD) Dr. Beth Bolton, Curriculum Director. B.S., Ft. Hays State U.; M.M., Emporia State U.; Ph.D., Temple U.; Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of music education, Boyer College of Music and Dance; author, Childsong Book 1 and Book 2, Musicianship, Autumnsong, Jump Right In: The Music Curriculum, Music Play.
Dr. Barbara Di Toro, Magic of Opera: A Child's Introduction to Opera. B.A. (Elementary Education), Holy Family University; B.M., M.M. (vocal performance), Ed.D., Temple University (Educational Administration); studies with Klara Meyers; Associate Director, Temple Music Prep; member: Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, Boyer Alumni Association Board; soloist, Wyncote Calvary Presbyterian Church; active soloist.
Heather Waters, Early Childhood Music Foundations. B.M. (Music Education/Piano Performance), University of Alaska Fairbanks; M.M. (Piano Performance), Ithaca College; current Doctoral Fellow at Temple University in Music Education; National Board Certified Teacher in Music: Early and Middle Childhood; Orff-Schulwerk Levels from the University of Northern Colorado, Kodaly training from Colorado State University; Elementary General Music Teacher in Colorado for 8 years.
Carol Tileston, Suzuki Guitar. B.A. Jazz Comp/Arranging, Berklee College of Music; registered Suzuki guitar teacher by the Suzuki Association of the Americas. faculty: Soundstage Music School; Member of the Greater Philadelphia Suzuki Association; studied with Frank Longay, William Kossler and Mychal Gendron.
Ross Mann, Guitar for Busy Adults, Individual Lessons. B.M., Georgia State U.; M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; studies with John Sutherland, John Holmquist, Angelo Gilardino; first prize winner: 2001 National Federation of Music Clubs, 2002 American String Teachers Association; faculty, Bucks County Community College; Assistant Director, Philadelphia Classical Guitar Orchestra, active soloist, chamber musician.
(BCMD) Joanna Pascale, Intro to Jazz Singing.
(BCMD) Kimberly Rowe, Young Artists Harp Ensemble, Individual Lessons. BM, MM, Cleveland Institute of Music, is best known as editor of Harp Column, a magazine she founded in 1993 that circulates to harpists worldwide. She has performed multiple times with The Philadelphia Orchestra for maestros Charles Dutoit, Cristoph Eschenbach, and others, including the orchestra's 2010 tour of Asia and performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Verizon Hall. Kimberly has been a featured performer at conferences of the American Harp Society, the World Harp Congress, Camac's Festival de la Harpe, and Lyon & Healy's International Jazz and Pop Harpfest. She has performed in Atlantic City showrooms for stars such as Tony Bennett, Bernadette Peters, Frank Sinatra Jr., and many others. In 2008 Kimberly founded the Temple Music Prep Harp Ensemble; she also teaches undergraduate students at Temple University. She is co-director and founder of the Young Artist's Harp Seminar and Competition in Rabun Gap, Georgia, and has been on the faculty at Rowan University and the Sartatoga Harp Colony. Kimberly Rowe is a student of Alice Chalifoux.
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, Individual lessons. M.M., University of the Arts; First Prize, Conservatory National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in harmony, counterpoint, fugue; recipient, 1983 French Minister of Culture Award; Prize Winner, Ibla International Competition (Italy); Gold medalist, Scène Française International Competition (France); member: International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE); classical music editor, Mega Foundation; member, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry; solo recitalist, lecturer, recording artist.
Dr. Girard, Kratz, Summer Music Theory Intensive. B.M., Wilkes University; M.M., Bowling Green State University; D.M.A., Temple University;; former faculty: Boyer College of Music and Dance (adjunct for Composition), Montgomery County Community College, Bowling Green State University; active composer; published internationally by Recital Music, UK.
Veronika Zhmeniak, Building Blocks, FUNdamental Musicianship, Musicianship Beginner/Advanced, Summer Music Theory Intensive. Music College (Uzhgorod, Ukraine); B.M., M.M., Temple University; certificate, Alexander Technique Teacher; recipient, Future Faculty Fellowship, Temple University; instructor: Suburban Music School; former instructor: Philadelphia Art and Music School, Making Music (Media, PA), Meridee Winters Music School (Ardmore, PA), Friends Select School (Philadelphia, PA).
(BCMD) Dr. Charles Abramovic, by special arrangement
Luba Agranovsky, M.M. (performance), M.M. (pedagogy) Moscow Gnessin State Music Institute (Russia); Professional Studies (harpsichord), Rubin Academy of Music; winner, Carolo Soliva International Chamber Music Competition (Italy); member, The Rachmaninov Trio; accompanist, Curtis Institute of Music; performed on Philadelphia Orchestra Chamber Music Series (1999-2012); active recitalist internationally.
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, M.M., University of the Arts; First Prize, Conservatory National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in harmony, counterpoint, fugue; recipient, 1983 French Minister of Culture Award; Prize Winner, Ibla International Competition (Italy); Gold medalist, Scène Française International Competition (France); classical music editor, Mega Foundation;
member, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry; solo recitalist, lecturer, recording artist.
Ellen Feldman, B.M., M.M., Temple University; studies with Maryan Filar, Harvey Wedeen; recitalist; accompanist.
Emily Jennings, Suzuki and Traditional Piano. B.M. Piano Pedagogy, Temple University; studies with Alexander Fiorillo, Maria del Pico Taylor, and Clipper Erickson; Suzuki studies with Joan Krzywicki; registered Suzuki teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas; Taubman studies with Maria Taylor; Alexander Technique studies with Anne Johnson; participant, Rome Festival in Italy; former faculty, Conservatory of Musical Arts, Haddonfield, NJ; faculty, Moorestown School of Music, Moorestown, NJ.
(BCMD) Joan Krzywicki, Every Child Can, Suzuki Piano Teacher Training. B.M. Ed., Indiana University (Bloomington); M.M. Youngstown State University; studies with Abbey Simon and Haruko Kataoka (co-founder of the Suzuki Piano School); registered Suzuki Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas; currently serving as Board Member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas; lecturer of piano, Boyer College of Music and Dance.
Daphne Pantelopulos, Suzuki Piano. B.M. in piano performance at University of the Arts and student of Clement Petrillo and Susan Starr; M.M. candidate at Indiana University (Bloomington) and student of Sydney Foster; Studies at Mozarteum Sommer Akademie Salzburg (Austria); Additional studies at Universitat Mozarteum in piano, voice, chamber music; Two-time piano division winner of Austrian American Society Competition; Registered Suzuki piano teacher by the Suzuki Association of the Americas; Suzuki studies with Joan Krzywicki and Françoise Pierredon; Member of Piano Basics Foundation; Former faculty member at Darlington Fine Arts Center and Music School of Delaware.
Nozomi Takashima, Accompanist. B.M., The New School of Music; Diploma and Artist’s Certificate, Curtis Institute; additional study at the Oberlin Conservatory. Piano studies with Vladimir Sokoloff and Leon Bates; chamber music studies with Felix Galimir and Karen Tuttle. Studio accompanist for Julius Baker, David Cerone, Jascha Brodsky, Olrlando Cole, Yumi Ninomya Scott, Arnold Steinhardt, Michael Tree and others. Frequent recitalist in Philadelphia and accompanist in many national and international competitions.
Craig Waxman, Beginning Piano for Busy Adults. B.S., West Chester University; M.A., Pennsylvania State Univeristy; teaching assistant, Penn State in Music Theory and Jazz Studies; Faculty, Jacobs Music Outreach Music Education Program.
(BCMD) Harvey Wedeen, by special arrangement
(PO) Richard Amoroso, Violin, by special arrangement. B.A., Dickinson College; studies with Norman Carol, William de Pasquale, Rafael Druian, David Arben; member: Philadelphia Orchestra; formerly: Associate Principal Second Violin with Philly Pops, concertmaster for Pro Musica, Principal Second Violin for Mendelssohn Club, Philadelphia Singers and Academy of Vocal Arts; performed as soloist with Philly Pops, North Penn Symphony, and recently in a trio recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Dr. Rebecca Ansel, Suzuki and Traditional Violin, by special arrangement. B.M., Rice University; M.M.and D.M.A., University of Michigan; studies with Kathleen Winkler and Paul Kantor; Former Professor: University of Oklahoma, Ithaca College and The Ohio State University; chamber/orchestral/baroque musician: Holmberg String Quartet, Ariadne String Quartet, Roycroft Chamber Festival, Ensemble X, Light in Winter Festival, Skaneatles Festival Orchestra, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Pro-Music Chamber Orchestra, Iris Chamber Orchestra, New York State Early Music Ensemble, Denton Bach Society.
(BCMD) Millie Bai, Violin, by special arrangement
Joanne Bates, Double Bass. BM, Curtis Institute; bass and chamber music studies with Roger Scott, Felix Galamir, Karen Tuttle, Mischa Schneider; recipient Ford Foundation Fellow; Koussevitzsky Foundation Fellow at Tanglewood; sub. member, Phila. Orch.; principal bass: Princeton Symphony, Riverside Symphonia; ajunct faculty, Kutztown University.
(BCMD, PO) Luis Biava, Music Director, Youth Chamber Orchestra
Ben Blazer, Double Bass. B.M., Double Bass and Theory, M.M., Composition, Temple University; music teacher, Philadelphia School District; substitute for Allentown Symphony; freelance musician.
(BCMD, PO) Davyd Booth, Violin, by special arrangement; Conductor of Baroque Players and Classic Strings. New School of Music; studies with Jascha Brodsky; violin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, 1807 and Friends, Wister String Quartet; keyboard: Philadelphia Orchestra, Amerita Chamber Players; lecturer in violin, Boyer College of Music and Dance.
(PO) Choong-Jin Chang, Violin, Viola, by special arrangement. B.M. (violin), Curtis Institute; A.D., Curtis Institute; Principal viola, The Philadelphia Orchestra; lecturer in viola, violin, BCMD; Marlboro Music Festival 1992-94; Musicians from Marlboro, 1993-94; member, The Johannes Quartet; soloist; chamber musician; recording artist.
(BCMD, PO) Che-Hung Chen, Viola, by special arrangement; Chamber Ensembles. B.M., Curtis Institute, studied with Joseph de Pasquale; first prize: Banff International String Quartet Competition (Daedalus Quartet), Pièce de concert prize, Székely Prize; three-time winner, Taiwan National Instrumental Competition; viola, The Philadelphia Orchestra; lecturer in violin, Boyer College of Music and Dance; participant: "Musicians from Marlboro" tour, Marlboro School of Music, Ravinia, Caramoor, Kingston, Bridgehampton, Music from Angel Fire Festivals.
Guillaume Combet, Chamber Ensembles
(BCMD) Dr. Vladimir Dyo, Violin, by special arrangement
Hannah Doucette, Suzuki and Traditional Violin. B.M., The Hartt School; M.M., Temple University; studies with William dePasquale, Robert dePasquale, Emlyn Ngai, and Mickey Reisman; Suzuki certified with Teri Einfeldt and Edward Kreitman; chamber coachings with Helen Kwalwasser, Sidney Curtiss, Brandon Vamos, Rita Porfiris; master classes include Eric Lewis, Elizabeth Faidley, and Cathy Robinson; coach for PRYSM division (Philadelphia Region Youth String Music) of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra; faculty: Moravian College Music Institute, Ambler Music Academy, Temple University; freelance musician.
Glenn Fischbach, Chamber Ensembles. B.M., Curtis Institute of Music.; studies with Orlando Cole, Metta Watts, William Stokking; substitute, Philadelphia Orchestra; active soloist, chamber musician; former principal cello, Savannah Symphony Orchestra.
Steven Heitlinger, Viola. B.M., Arizona State University; M.M., University of Maryland, College Park; Professional Studies, Temple University; participant: National Orchestral Institute, principal violist; Elysium String Quartet, Symphony in C, Riverside Symphonia.
Estelle Kerner, Violin, by special arrangement. B.S., Temple University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Chamber Music Fellowship, Yale School of Music; studies with Raphael Bronstein; publications on musicology and violin pedagogy; forth coming book: A Vanishing Culture: Photographic Portraits from Tibet with an Introduction by Pico Iyer.
Thomas Kraines, Cello, by special arrangement. B.M., Curtis Institute; M.M., Juilliard School; studies with Frederic Raimi, Orlando Cole, Joel Krosnick; member: the Daedalus Quartet; former instructor: Princeton University, Longy School of Music, Peabody Conservatory; chamber music performances: East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Mistral, Music from Copland House, Network for New Music, Kingston Chamber Music Festival, Moab Music Festival, Festival dei Due Monde (Spoleto, Italy) among others; soloist; chamber musician; composer.
(BCMD) Helen Kwalwasser, Violin, by special arrangement; Artistic Director, Center for Gifted Young Musicians. Curtis Institute; Juilliard; recipient: American String Teacher Association's 2006 Artist/Teacher of the Year Award, Temple University 2006 Great Teacher Award, 1997 Lindback Award, and 1985 Creative Achievement Award; founding member, Temple Trio; concert violinist; member, New York Chamber Soloists; Professor Emeritus of violin, artistic advisor for String Instructor, Boyer College of Music and Dance.
Karen Meier, Suzuki and Traditional Cello. BM, Curtis Institue of Music; graduate studies, Juilliard School of Music; studies with Orlando Cole, Metta Watts, Joel Krosnick; College House Teaching Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; registered Suzuki instructor; member, The Westwoods Ensemble; faculty, University City Arts League; freelance musician.
Marvin Moon, Viola, by special arrangement, Chamber Ensembles. B.M., Curtis Institute of Music; studies with Choong-Jin Chang, Joseph dePasquale; Viola, the Philadelphia Orchestra; Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, 2006; Music from Angelfire (NM), 2001-2005; Fourth International Chamber Music Encounters led by Isaac Stern (Jerusalem), 2000; former member: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Curtis Symphony Orchestra (as principal).
(BCMD, PO) Hirono Oka, Violin, by special arrangement. Toho Conservatory of Music (Tokyo); San Francisco Conservatory; Curtis Institute of Music; studies with Ivan Galamian, Jaime Laredo, Arnold Steinhardt, Felix Galimir, Stuart Canin; violin, Philadelphia Orchestra; appeared as soloist with: San Francisco Chamber Ensemble, Utica Symphony, among others; chamber musician with: Marlboro Music Festival, Chamber Music West, Theatre Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center, Network for New Music, Delaware Chamber Music Festival, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society; toured with: Brandenburg Ensemble, Music from Marlboro; lecturer of violin, Boyer College of Music and Dance.
(BCMD) Charles Parker, Jr., Violin; Coach and Coordinator of Chamber Ensembles, Center for Gifted Young Musicians. B.A., S.U.N.Y. (Stony Brook); studies with Ivan Galamian, Helen Kwalwasser, Paul, Zukofsky; teaching assistant to Helen Kwalwasser; artistic director, Davidsbund Chamber Players; orchestra member: Opera Company of Philadelphia, Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra; chamber music coach: Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College; lecturer in violin, Boyer College of Music and Dance.
Aaron Picht, Violin, Viola; Conductor of Classic Strings. B.M., Boston U.; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia U.; studies with Walter Trampler, Eugene Lehner, George Meikrug; Director/Conductor: String Program at Collegiate School; formerly: Viola, Boston Musica Viva; Pincipal Viola Limburgs Symphonie Orkestr; Viola, Artmeis String Quartet.
Ingrid Rosenback, Violin. B.A., U. of Delaware; B.S., Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science; B.M., Temple University; did studies with Helen Kwalwasser; faculty: Music School of Delaware and Suburban Music School.
(BCMD) Dr. Eduard Schmieder, Violin, by special arrangement
(BCMD, PO, Curtis) Yumi Ninomiya Scott, Violin, by special arrangement. Toho Cons. of Music (Tokyo); Curtis Institute; member, Philadelphia Orchestra; faculty: Curtis Institute, Boyer College of Music and Dance; chamber musician.
Noah Sedgwick, Violin. B.M., Boston Conservatory; studies with Magdalena Richter; faculty, Settlement Music School; certified Dhyana Yoga teacher; freelance musician.
Scott Wagner, Violin, Viola, by special arrangement. B.M., Curtis Institute; M.A., University of California (Santa Barbara); certificate, Academie de Musique de Lausanne (Switz.); instructor: Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College; member: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Philly Pops, Orianna's Dream, Ocean City Pops.
Metta Watts, Cello, by special arrangement. New School of Music; assistant to Orlando Cole; former member, New Chamber Orchestra; chamber musician.
David Yang, Viola, Chamber Ensembles. B.A. University of Pennsylvania; M. Arch. University of Pennsylvania; Special Studies: Chamber Music San Francisco Conservatory; Viola, composer; private studies with Martha Katz, Heidi Castleman, Karen Ritscher; Artistic Director - Newburyport Chamber Music Festival; Director of Chamber Music - University of Pennsylvania, collaborations with members of Borromeo, Brentano, Lark, Miro, Tokyo String Quartets, Eroica Trio, Trio Cavatina; recent concertos in Italy, UK, Canada, recipient of 2009 Independence Foundation Fellowship awarded to exceptional artists in the Philadelphia region; Director of Auricolae Storytelling and Music Troupe.
Courtney Ames, BM (Voice Performance and Music Education), Oberlin Conservatory; MM, Indiana University (Voice); Opera: Sarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Nevada Opera, Opera in the Heights, Elysium Concert Opera, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, Opera Iowa; Competitions: 1st place in 2007 Lois Alba Aria Competition (also Audience Choice Award), District Winner of 2003 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2003 Marian Anderson Prize Encouragement Award; College House Music Program Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, former faculty, Lorain County Community College.
Dr. Brian Carter, BM, San José State University; MM, DMA, University of Texas at Austin; Opera: Dicapo Opera, Opera Delaware, Verismo Opera, Sarasota Opera, Greensboro Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Opera San José, Opera Illinois, Opera North, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera in the Heights, Living Opera, Mendocino Music Festival, Bear Valley Music Festival; Concert Soloist: Opera Orchestra of New York, New West Symphony, Baroque Choral Guild, Old York Road Symphony, Northern California Wagner Society, Sackler Prize Workshop, San José State Symphony, San José State Concert Choir, Foothill College Concert Choir; Member: Westminster Vocal Ensemble (Wilmington, DE), College House Music Program Instructor, University of Pennsylvania.
Veronica Chapman-Smith, B.M., M.M., Temple University; studies with Carlos Serrano; soloist: Spoleto Festival (Italy), Choral Arts Society, Mendelssohn Club, Colorado Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Gulf Coast Symphony, Orquestra Sinfonica Municipal de Caracas; opera solo roles: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Birmingham, Bristol Riverside Theater, Opera Theater of The Rockies, Opera Colorado, Elysium Concert Opera, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, Center City Opera Theater, Shaker Mt. Opera, Natchez Opera Festival, Savoy Company; member: Opera Company of Philadelphia, The Crossing Choir, Philadelphia Singers.
Dr. Barbara Di Toro, B.M., M.M. (vocal performance), Ed.D., Temple University (Educational Administration); B.A. (Elementary Education), Holy Family University; studies with Klara Meyers; Associate Director, Temple Music Prep; member: Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, Boyer Alumni Association Board; soloist, Wyncote Calvary Presbyterian Church; active soloist.
Jennifer Hsiung, BM (piano), San Jose State University; MM (voice), Mannes College; AD, Academy of Vocal Arts; Opera experience includes roles with the St. Barth’s Music Festival, Opera New Jersey, Academy of Vocal Arts, Opera North and Mannes Opera. Awards: 2nd and 3rd place in the James P. Parkinson Foundation Competition; 2nd place in the Mario Lanza Scholarship Competition; winner of the San Jose Opera Guild Competition. Ms. Hsiung also was a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and earned grant awards from Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation and the Shoshana Foundation (Richard Gold Career Grant Award). Attended young artist programs at Chautauqua Studio, Opera North and Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Instiute. Taught piano and voice formerly at Riverdale Music Studios, South Bay School of Music Arts and was assistant choral director for the San Jose State Choraliers.
Connie Koppe, Voice, Speaking with Confidence. B.S. (Music Education/Voice) Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.M. (Opera Performance) Temple University; Designation Linklater Voice Work, Awarded by Kristin Linklater, Dialect Coach designation awarded by Louis Colaianni; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of the Arts; member of: AGMA, Actor’s Equity Association, Delaware Valley Opera Company; former member of Opera Company of Philadelphia; recording artist and lead singer with Enchanté, maintains a private studio.
(BCMD) Joanna Pascale, Intro to Jazz Singing
Veronika Zhmeniak, Building Blocks. Music College (Uzhgorod, Ukraine); B.M., M.M., Temple University; certificate, Alexander Technique Teacher; recipient, Future Faculty Fellowship, Temple University; instructor: Suburban Music School; former instructor: Philadelphia Art and Music School, Making Music (Media, PA), Meridee Winters Music School (Ardmore, PA), Friends Select School (Philadelphia, PA).
Brian Adamczyk, Saxophone. B.M., University of the Arts; recipient: Michael Brecker Saxophone Award, Promising Artist Award; member, New Jersey Saxophone Quartet; freelance musician; recording with John Legend; performed with The Temptations; instructor: George School, Wendy Hellyer Performing Arts Center, Music and Arts Center; formerly assisted: University of the Arts Summer Jazz Studies Program, Pennsbury HS Summer Music Workshop.
Jason O'Mara, Saxophone. B.M., University of the Arts. Freelance saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, oboist, composer, arranger, session musician. Has performed and/or recorded with Natalie Cole, Frankie Valli, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Teddy Pendergrass, Randy Brecker, James Moody, The O’Jays, the Temptations, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, the Lancaster Symphony, and the Trenton Symphony, among others. Recent tour with the original cast of the Jersey Boys and can be seen on Sony/PBS DVD production of “Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia.” Founding member of the New Jersey Saxophone Quartet. Completed tours throughout US, Canada, and Europe as well as 2 recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Performed in over 50 musical productions as a woodwind doubler. Past faculty positions include Immaculata University, Germantown Friends, George School, Bensalem High School. Founder and Director of the CMSP Jazz Orchestra.
Dr. Rie Suzuki, Clarinet. BM, Musashino Academia Musicae (Tokyo); MM, Webster U.; DMA, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University; member: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra; principal clarinet: Princeton Festival Opera Orchestra; founding member: Tripod Trio, Eastwinds Quintet; guest artist: Apple Hill Chamber Music Festival, Northern Lights International Music Festival; faculty: Rowan U.
Stephen Wilensky, Flute. B.M. Ed., Philadelphia Musical Academy; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; doctoral studies, Temple University; studies with William Kincaid, John Wummer; recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship (Japan), National Grammy Foundation Award; music department chair, Central High School.
Stephanie Wilson, Oboe. B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon U.; M.M., Temple University; member: Delaware Symphony Orchestra; freelance musician, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Lancaster Symphony, Harrisburg Symphony, Richmond Symphony (VA); former member: Haddonfield Symphony; former faculty: Susquehanna University, Episcopal Academy.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the 1987 march on Washington to free Soviet Jews, the Jewish Federation of Omaha hosted a concert featuring Duo Dmitri (Flute and Piano Duo) with Luba Agranovsky from the Temple Music Prep piano faculty.
Luba Agranovsky, Music Prep piano faculty member, joins members of The Philadelphia Orchestra in a chamber music concert. The concert, featuring music of Milhaud, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff, takes place on Sunday, November 18 at 3:00 pm in the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater.
Guitar faculty member, Ross Mann, performs with Duende Musical as part of this year’s Philly Fringe Festival in early September 2012.
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