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String Faculty 


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CAROL KUSHNER
Director, Violin 

Carol received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and her Master of Music degree in Performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College of the City University of New York, where she completed its Teacher Certification program and served as an adjunct lecturer. To learn more about our directors, click here.                                                                 ​

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​GERI KUSHNER
Director, Violin, Viola

Geri received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College of the City University of New York and a Master of Music degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she was a teaching assistant. To learn more about our directors, click here.


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AGATA MANKA

Violin

Agata received her Bachelor of Music degree at the Juilliard School, and is also a graduate of the Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice, Poland. Upon graduation she continued her studies as a scholarship student at the Conservatoire National de Region de Versailles in Fance. After two years of study she was unanimously awarded the Prix de Perfectionnement.


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DOROTHY SHORTER
Violin, Viola, Sight Reading

Dorothy received a Bachelor of Arts in Music,
UNY at Geneseo and received a Suzuki Certification from the School for Strings.                                                                                                            
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Cello Teachers


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PATRICK SOHN

Cello

Patrick received his Bachelor in Cello Performance,  at the Juilliard School; Masters in Cello Performance, at Manhattan School of Music; and was a member of the Hong Kong Sympony;  He is also Suzuki Certified.