BRENDAN BURNS, Guitar (electric, acoustic)
Bachelor's Degree in Professional Music in Professional Music, Berklee College of Music; Studies with Ziporyn and Dewa Ketut Alit; Designer and Teacher of Beginner Guitar & Beyond Beginner Guitar Classes at Newton Community Education; Teaching gifted High-School students in the Boston Community through Berklees Music Mentoring program;Teaching experience includes private and group guitar Lessons, ensemble coaching, music theory and ear training classes, as well as clinics and workshops.
ADRIAN ARAIZA, Guitar (electric, acoustic)
Bachelors of Music, dual degree in Guitar Performance and Music Synthesis, Berklee College of Music, Boston Ma - 2003; Diplomate in classical guitar, Baja California Orchestra and El Centro Hispanoamericano de Guitarra, Tijuana; BC, Mexico - 1996;Training with Professor Eugenio Gutierrez;Teachers included Jon Finn, Joe Stump, David Newsam, Mike Ihde, and Apostolos Paraskevas. Numerous recitals playing Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Pop, and also worked as a Studio Musician. In addition he has lectured different schools in Boston and also given lessons at University of Hermosillo Mexico; Teaching experience ranges from teaching 5 y.o. to seniors in different styles of music, from Electric Guitar to Classical Guitar.Composed a series of Avant-Garde/Computer Music (Ambient, Minimal, Sound Object and Sound escape) pieces, based on the studies of Steve Reich, Ake Parmerud, Varese, Risset, Richard Boulanger.
DAVID LEWIS, Guitar (electric, acoustic)
Berkley College of Music, Boston; Ten years experience teaching acoustic and electric guitar and bass; Teaching Rock, Jazz and Pop. Emphasis on utilizing music technology to create a fun and engaging lesson experience; Wrote, performed, mixed and contracted the album Summer in Paradise for M-Break Recordings in Baltimore. Released in the US, Canada, London, and Japan; performed mixed and scored to picture a Beatles-type track for video for joint venture for Kodak and the Heidelberg Press. It was translated into German and premiered in English and German at the famous Photokina show in Germany; Wrote the music for DuPont Row Crops Radio Campaign which won a District Two Addy.
ANA BAN, Piano
Master of Music in piano performance, studies with prof.Danielle Martin, University of Texas,TX;Bachelor of Music in piano performance,studies with prof.Bongae Shin,Yonsei University,Korea, Seoul National Broadcast Solo Recital;Solo and chamber performances throughout US; Master Class With Professor Joseph Kalichstein (Julliard School of Music).
Former faculty, Phillips Academy at Andover; Former faculty, The University of Iowa, IA.
SIVAN ETEDGEE, Piano
B.A. in Piano Performance,University of New Hampshire; M.M in Piano Performance, Magna Cum Laude, Boston University; Studies with Prof. Anthony di Bonaventura and Christopher Kies; Instruction of students ranging from age 6 to adult; Solo and chamber performances.
Faculty: Exeter Musical Arts, NH, Berwick Academy, ME, University of New Hampshire
SVETLANA OSTROVSKAYA, Piano
B.M., M.M. in piano performance and pedagogy (Gorky State Conservatory, Russia); studies with Esther Lipovich, Galina Fadeeva, Vasily Shaub,Valery Starinin; former faculty, Gorky State Conservatory; solo and chamber performances, radio and TV appearances; lectures, masterclasses on various pedagogical topics, educational concert series in Russia and U.S.
Faculty, New England Conservatory; Former faculty, Gorky Conservatory, Russia; Director, Newton Music Academy.
YILIN YOU, Piano
DMA in Piano Performance, Michigan State University;M.M. in Piano Performance,Michigan State University;B.M. in Piano Performance, University of Texas at Austin.
Masterclasses:Alexander Korsantia,Richard Goode,Joan Tower,Earl Wild,Alexander Slobodyanik,John Perry,Sara Davis Buechner,Tokyo String Quartet; Numerous solo and chamber recitals with various instrumentalists and vocalists;Winner: Michigan State University Honor’s Concerto Competitio,MI;First Prize: Mu Phi Epsilon Professional Music Fraternity Scholarship Competition, Detroit Chapter;First Prize: Young Artist Competition, Seguin, TX;Third Prize: Sidney M. Wright Presidential Scholarship Competition in Piano Accompanying, University of Texas at Austin;First Prize: Mu Phi Epsilon Professional Music Fraternity Scholarship Competition, University of Texas at Austin Chapter;Ruth Minks Charles Endowed Scholarship in Piano.
Faculty, Concord Conservatory of Music, MA.
ELENA IOANNISYAN, Piano
Master of Music, St.Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia; Majored in piano performance and pedagogy;Bachelor of Music, Kabardino-Balkarian College of Fine Arts, Nalchik, Russia.
Winner of the International Music Competition "XXI Century Art"; Kiev, Ukraine, Guest Artist, Gaetano Zinetti International Music Competition and Festival, Italy.
Performed as a soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles in the best concert halls of Saint-Petersburg,Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Petergof, Gatchina etc. and abroad;Took part in series of concerts: "Mariinsky (Kirov) theater Presents" directed by Valerie Gergiev, St. Petersburg, Russia; Concerts of chamber music in N.A.Rimskii-Korsakov State museum, St.Petersburg, Russia, Concerts of "Gaetano Zinetti International Music Competition and Festival", Italy, "St-Petersburg Conservatory Presnts young Performers", St.Petersburg, Russia, and many others.
MARINA PAVLOVA, Piano
MA in piano performing, Prof. James Tocco, Musikhochschule Luebeck, Germany; BA in performances in Germany;Master classes with: James Tocco,Karl-Heinz Kaemmerling,Leon Fleisher,Leonard Hokanson;10+ years experience as a music teacher, piano performer and accompanist;Extensive experience in working with young children
LILIA MUCHNIK, Violin, Conductor
B.M., M.M. in violin performance (Gnessin Music College, Moscow, Russia); winner of National Competition, Russia; Music Director of Chamber Music Ensembles and Artistic Director, Chamber Music Foundation of New England; member, National TV and Radio String Quartet, Moscow, Russia; several recordings under Russian Musical Archive Label; solo and chamber music performances in Russia, United States, Germany, Algeria, and Hungary; extensive performances throughout the former Soviet Union as a solo and chamber musician. Member of Boston Duo. Boston Duo's discography includes a recording of all J.S. Bach keyboard and violin sonatas as well as a disc titled Violin and Piano Duets, both on Classical Recording Company Label; New England Conservatory faculty member; former Assistant Professor of violin, Gnessin Music College, Moscow, Russia.
OLGA LITVINTSOVA, Violin
Master of Music, Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and Education, Donetsk Prokofiev Conservatory, Ukraine; Awards and Honors: 11TH International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, Russia; 4th International Prokofiev Competition, Mariupol, Ukraine; more the 10 years of teaching and performing experience; First violin/Assistant to the Music Director at Kiev national Opera House and Donetks Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Performed as a featured soloist in front of British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,participation in a Golden Jubilee celebration of Her Majesty The Queen of The United Kingdom, The Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Her Accession to the Throne (February 6, 2002); Extensively perform with Cape Symphony, Plymouth Philharmonic and Indian Hill Orchestras and as a member of “Con Anima” Duet;Recorded three albums released in London (UK) and Kiev(Ukraine).
AMANDA WANG, Violin
D.M.A, Music Performance, Boston University, Boston, MA;M.M. Music Performance, Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA;Honors:Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award,Emerson Fellowship and Scholarship,MIT Concerto Competition Winner,Arts for Talented Youth Fellowship,Catonsville Young Soloists Audition winner,GBYO Concerto Competition Winner; Soloed with Peabody Sinfonia, Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra, Catonsville Orchestra, Maryland All State Youth Orchestra, MIT Symphony Orchestra, MIT Chamber Orchestra;
VARDAN GRIGORYAN, Violin
B.M., M.M., Studies with renowned violinist Dombaev (Moscow Conservatory, Russia);Teacher of Amaik Durgarian, member of acclaimed Spivakov's chamber orchestra "Moscow's Virtuosos". Several of his students are Maariinsky Theaters orchestra members, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Teacher of many competition winners. Extensive solo performances throughout Russia (including Tchaikovsky Hall of Moscow Conservatory), US, Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia. Former Principal Violinist of Leninakanskrmenia Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Russia;Former chair of string department of Music College of Arno Babadjanian, Armenia
ALISON SLADE, Voice
Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance; Master of Music, Voice Performance and Pedagogy,Pennsylvania State University,PA; Prepare High School students for District and State Music Festivals, All National Choral Festival and Jazz Festival,college auditions in Vocal Performance, Musical Theatre, and Music Education; Prepare university students for NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) student auditions;Focusing on both classical techniques as well as musical theatre/pop styles;Instruction in Art Song, Opera, Musical Theatre and contemporary vocal styles; Emphasis on Italian, German, French, and Spanish diction; Former Co-Music Director, Hamilton Performing Arts Center, Hamilton, MT;Adjudicator for National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
PATRICIA G. ANTHONY, Flute, Early Childhood Programs
MM in flute, Boston University School for the Arts, Studies with Philip Kaplan;BM in flute, Eastman School of Music, Studies with Joseph Mariano and Samuel Baron; Radio, television, concert and event performances include Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Spanish, Jewish, Celtic, English and Brazilian music; Performer as a concerto soloist (orchestral), principal orchestral flutist, piccoloist, chamber musician, recitalist, studio musician, and as flutist/Renaissance flutist with The Anthony Duo. Early Childhood studies include Kindermusic Certificate, Eurhythmics Training at Longy School of Music with Lisa Parker; Extensive experience in teaching young children in private and public schools of Boston area.
AMANDA BOISVERT, Saxophone,Flute and Clarinet; Early Childhood Programs
Bachelor's degree in Music Education, Plymouth State University with instrumental emphasis on alto sax, clarinet and flute. 6 years of teaching experience of wide range of students from ages 4-adults. Extensive research focused on musical education for young children; Her group classes for children include musical games, listening to a wide range of musical styles, solfege singing, ear training, rhythmic activities and movement provide joyful learning experiences, which prepare and inspire children to begin individual musical studies. Taught instrumental, choral and conducted concerts for middle and high school. Performances on alto sax, flute and clarinet. Most recently Amanda performed on alto sax at the Composition Department Faculty Concert at Berklee College with composer and professor Apostolos Paraskevas.
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