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