FACULTY
All members of our Faculty are
highly qualified professionals and experienced teachers. They
hold degrees from conservatories such as Juilliard, Manhattan
School of Music, the Aaron Copland School of Music, and
Russian Conservatories. Our 16 instructors are experienced
soloists with ensembles and orchestras.
STRINGS
Carol Kushner [violin]
Geri Kushner [violin and viola]
ALISON
SHORTER
JOHNSON
[violin and viola]:
Bachelor of Music, Ithaca College; Master of Music in Music
Education, Ithaca College; Suzuki
Certificate, School for Strings; New York State
Certificate in Music (K-12)
DOROTHY SHORTER [violin]: Bachelor of Arts in Music, SUNY
at Geneseo; Suzuki
Certificate, School for Strings
ALEX CROXTON
[cello]: Bachelor of Music, Peabody Conservatory; Master
of Music, SUNY Purchase; Suzuki Certificate, School for
Strings.
IVY CHATANOW [cello]:
Bachelor of Music, Manhattan School of Music; Suzuki
Certificate and
Certificate in Advanced Cello Studies, Suzuki
Association of the Americas
GEOFFREY BOWATER [Double Bass]: DeAnza Community
College-Cupertino, Performance Diploma,California; Manhattan
School of Music; Member, Florida Phiharmonic 1985 - 2007
HAN SOO KIM [violin]: Bachelor of Music, Juilliard;
Master of Music, Juilliard; Doctorate of Musical Arts
(currently), SUNY Stony Brook; Suzuki Certification, School
for Strings
PIANO
ALLA BELL:
Bachelor of Music, Gnesin Academy of Music (Russia); Master
of Music, Gnesin Academy of Music (Russia); Suzuki
Certificate, Hartford University
YULIANA BERLINSKAYA:
Bachelor of Music, Music College of Rostov (Russia); Master of
Music, Leningrad Conservatory (Russia); Suzuki
certified from Hartford University and School for
Strings
LILIA BIGUN:
Bachelor of Music, Ukrainian State Music College (Kiev);
Master of Music, Ukrainian State Music College (Kiev); Suzuki
Certificate, School for Strings
SERGEY MALININ:
Bachelor of Music, Kazan State Conservatory (Russia); Master
of Music, Manhattan School of Music.
ALEXANDER MOUTOUZKINE (guest faculty):
Bachelor of Music, Music College of Nizhniy Novgorod City
(Russia); Artistic Diploma in piano performance, Academy for
Music and Theater in Hanover (Germany); Master of Music,
Manhattan School of Music
PIOTR SZCZEPANIK: Masters
in Performance from Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland; Masters in Performance to be completed
in 2009, Juilliard, New York
JAZZ PIANO & IMPROVISATION
ERIC CORTRIGHT:
Bachelor of Music, Arizona State University; Master of Music,
Manhattan School of Music; jazz, pop, gospel tours. Member of
"Blood, Sweat & Tears".
GUITAR
ROYCE
LOPEZ:
Bachelor of Science in Performance, Hofstra University; Master
of Music in Performance, Manhattan School of Arts
WOODWINDS & BRASS
OLGA ALVAREZ [flute and recorder]:
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Queens College of City University
of New York; Master of Science in Education, Queens College of
City University of New York; Suzuki
Certificate, Tennessee Suzuki Flute Institute; licensed
Kindermusik International Educator
IGOR
ELENTUKH [clarinet, recorder and saxophone]: Bachelor of
Music, Rimsky-Korsakov Music College, Mogilev (Belarus);
Master of Music, Byelorussia State Academy of Music
(Belarus)
DAVUD GLUKH [Trumpet & Trombone]: Bachelor
of Music, Juilliard
VOICE
CHRISTINE OWEN: Bachelor of Fine Arts, SUNY at
Purchase; Undergraduate Studies, Juilliard
KINDERMUSIK
JANET PINTO: Bachelor of Science in piano performance,
Ball State University; Master of Music Education, George
Peabody College; Doctor of Arts, University of Northern
Colorado; licensed Kindermusik International Educator
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