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 instructors are experienced soloists with ensembles and orchestras.

STRINGS

Carol Kushner [violin]

Geri Kushner [violin and viola]

DOROTHY SHORTER [violin]: Bachelor of Arts in Music, SUNY at Geneseo; Suzuki Certificate, School for Strings

MAGDALENA GARBALINSKA [violin]: Manhattan School of Music; Master of Music, Aaron Copland School of Music; Queens College; Master of Arts, Western Michigan University; Bachelor of Music, F. Chopin Academy of Music; Master of Arts, Warsaw, Poland

SARA CORTINAS [cello]: Stony Brook University; working towards Doctorate of Music, Juilliard, Master of Music & Bachelor of Music; Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music; Performance Diploma

ALICE LEVINE [cello]: Bachelor of Music; Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music; Manhattan School of Music; School for Strings, Suzuki Education

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

SERGEY MALININ: Bachelor of Music, Kazan State Conservatory (Russia); Master of Music, Manhattan School of Music. Master of Music, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, (France); Doctor of Music, Kazan State Conservatory, (Russia)

AGLINDA KUMBARO: Rachmaninoff Russian Conservatory;Paris, France, Academy of Arts; Bachelor & Masters in Piano Performance; Albania, Ecole Normale de Musique " Alfred Cortot"; Paris France, La Sorbonne; Paris, France, Diller-Quaille School of Music, NYC, Suzuki Certification; School for Strings, NYC

ELENA BASOK: Music Education; Uzhgorod Music College, Ukraine, Bachelor of Music & Arts Education & Acommpianist Degree; National Dragomanov Pedagogical University; Kiev, Ukraine, Master in Piano Performance & Music Education; National Dragomanov Pedagogical University; Kiev, Ukraine

NATALIYA KHRAPINA: Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Artist Diploma Program; Bachelor of Music, Dargomyzhsky Music College, Russia

GUITAR AND ELECTRIC GUITAR

MATTEO LIBERATORE [guitar]: Classical Guitar Diploma, Rodi Garganico, Fogia, Italy: Master of Music Performance, New York University

ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR

MATTEO LIBERATORE [bass guitar]: Classical Guitar Diploma, Rodi Garganico, Fogia, Italy: Master of Music Performance, New York University

WOODWINDS & BRASS

KRISTINE DOUGHERTY [flute]: North Carolina School of the Arts, Bachelor of Music; Mannes College of Music, Master of Music

DAVID GLUKH [trumpet]: Bachelor of Music, Juilliard

IGOR ELENTUKH [clarinet, recorder and saxophone]: Bachelor of Music, Rimsky-Korsakov Music College, Mogilev (Belarus); Master of Music, Byelorussia State Academy of Music (Belarus)

DANIELLE KATZ [Bass Baritone, Trombone and Tuba]: Conservatory of Music at SUNY Purchase, Berklee College of Music

VOICE

JENNA HINTZ [voice]: University of Illinois, Master of Music; University of Illinois, Bachelor of Music, Chautauqua Opera Studio Artist

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