Faculty Bio's (Alphabetical)
Patricia Aiken |
Violin and Viola |
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Sara Andon, MM |
Flute |
| Flutist, Sara Andon is an international soloist appearing on many
TV and radio broadcasts and is a versatile performer in many musical
genres including solo, chamber, symphonic, operatic, ballet, jazz
and Broadway. She has performed at such prestigeous venues as Carnegie
Hall and Walt Disney Concert Hall as well as with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Pasadena Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Norfolk
Chamber Music Festival, Los Angeles Bach Festival and Ojai Festival.
She holds a Masters of Music Degree in Flute Performance from USC
as well as a postgraduate Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music
where she was the winner of the Thomas Daniel Nyfenger Prize for Outstanding
Performer. In addition to being a Master Teacher at CCMS, she is also
a member of the Artist Faculty at the University of Redlands School
of Music and Idyllwild Arts Academy and maintains an active freelance
and recording career on both the west and east coasts as a soloist
and chamber musician as well as in the TV/film industry. |
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Lea Appleton, MA |
Flute |
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Artemis Bedros, DMA
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Piano (Master Teacher) |
| DMA, University of Maryland, College Park; Diploma from “Ecole Normale
de Music,” Beirut, Lebanon; BA in Piano Performance, Detroit Institute
of Musical Arts; Diploma from Fountainbleau School of Music, Fountainebleau,
France; MA in Piano Performance, University of North Carolina, Greensboro;
Debut 1981 at Carnegie Recital hall; Visiting Artist, North Carolina
Arts Council 1981 – 1983; Concertized throughout the East Coast, France
and the Middle East; International Who’s Who in Music; Who’s Who Among
International Women; Who’s Who in the South; Certified by the National
Association of Music Teachers as a Master Teacher. Graduate
studies at Juilliard School of Music, NY. |
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Danielle Cummins, MA |
Suzuki and traditional violin |
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Kelly Duan |
Piano |
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Barbara Durost, DMA |
Piano, Voice |
| DMA Conducting, Claremont Graduate School; MM Piano
Pedagogy, Catholic University; BM Piano Performance, Anna Marie College.
Studied with Robert Shaw, Donald Neuen, Michael Lamkin, Bela
Bozormenyi-Nagy, Ney Salgado, Maureen Egan. Awarded the J. Merrill
Knapp Fellowship from American Handel Society, 1996. Nominated
to International Who’s Who in Music, 1997. |
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Ellen Feyk Campbell, BA, M.E. |
Piano |
| BA in Music Education, Virginia Commonwealth University. Piano
studies with Anne Wilson, Savannah, GA; Dawn Hurloid, NY; Melissa
Marion, VA. Piano Pedagogy with Melissa Marion. Piano
Pedagogy with Pace Method, Kinderkeyboard for Preschool Children and
Adults with Dr. Marsha Wolfersberger. Member MTAC. Fourth grade
teacher and choral director for the Alta Loma School District. CTA
member. |
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Rosamond Finley, BM |
Violin |
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Lisa Friedman
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Piano |
| Masters in Fine Arts Management, BM in Piano Performance, UC Irvine.
Performed in master classes with Dr. Richard Cass. While in
attendance at the Dorothy Taubman Institute, Amherst College, performed
master classes with Dorothy Taubman and Edna Golansky. Received
MTAC scholarship and attended Cal State University. Studied
with Ralph Pierce, M’lou Dietzer and Nina Skolnic. |
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Lisa Geering-Tomoff, B.M.
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Oboe, Winds, Brass, Percussion Department |
| Since coming to Southern California in fall 2001, Lisa Geering Tomoff
has performed regularly with the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra under
the direction of Maestro Jorge Mester and has also played in the Redlands
Symphony, San Bernardino Symphony, and Santa Barbara Symphony orchestras.
Previously, Ms. Geering Tomoff served as Marketing Manager on the
administration of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while playing in
the University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of
Maestra Barbara Schubert and teaching oboe privately. Ms. Geering
Tomoff holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Indiana University
School of Music, where she studied with Marc Lifschey and Jerry Sirucek.
Her other teachers include Robert Morgan, John Mack and Dan Stolper. |
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Christine Vigil-Gendreau, BA
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Piano, Co-chair, Piano Department |
| BA in Music with emphasis in Music Education, UCLA. Member
of MTAC, National Piano Guild. |
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Seth Greenberg, BA
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Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Chair, Guitar/Jazz
Studies Department |
| BA, Guitar Performance/Education, University of the Arts, Philadelphia,
PA.. |
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| At 14 years old Seth became the protégé of world reknown jazz guitarist
Jimmy Bruno. Subsequently, he was a protégé of acclaimed pianist,
educator and author Jimmy Amadie. Has taught guitar, harmony and improvisation
for over a decade. Previously taught for three music conservatories
and three elementary schools in the Philadephia area. Performed along
side such jazz greats as Bobby Shew, Frank Tiberi, Joey Defancesco,
Arturo Sandoval and the late Grover Washington Jr. Has performed as
both a sideman and band leader nationally and internationally in Europe
and Japan. Recording artist for the Rhythm and Groove record label.
IAJE member. |
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Carol Hendrixson, BA |
Suzuki Piano |
| BA, Scripps College. |
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| Studied piano with Clara Ingham, Lee Pattison, Robert Turner. Training
in collaborative arts with Jascha Veissi and Cesare Pascarella. Accompanist
and piano instructor at California Institue of the Arts. Suzuki
training in United States and Japan with Harlow Mills, Constance Starr,
Beverly Tucker-Fest and Mary Craig Powell. Mu Phi Epsilon, International
Music Fraternity. Currently an active accompanist and chamber music
performer. Member of the C.C.S.M. faculty for 30 years. |
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Malesha Jessie |
Voice |
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Julie Jung |
Cello |
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Clifford Keating, EdD
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Trumpet |
| EdD, University of La Verne; MA, Teachers’ College, Columbia University;
BME, Indiana University. |
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| Clifford Keating has played trumpet with the United States Military
Academy Band and Brass Quintet, West Point, New York. Performed
with the Riverside Symphony, San Bernardino Symphony and Redlands
Bowl Symphony. Instrumental music teacher with the Jurupa Unified
School District, Riverside, CA. Member of International Trumpet
Guild, Music Educators’ National Conference, Southern California School
Band and Orchestra Association, Phi Delta Kappa and the University
of La Verne Doctoral Alumni Board. |
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Jonathan Kraus, BS |
Music for Infants and Toddlers |
| BS, Mercy College, Westchester Conservatory of Music. Trained
in Kindermusik and Musikgarten programs. |
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Steve Krumbine, ME
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Saxophone |
| Masters in Education, Chapman University, BA Music Education, California
State Polytechnic University at Pomona. |
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| Studied saxophone and clarinet with Lori Huff, saxophone with James
Honeyman. |
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Audrey Lamprey, MM |
French Horn |
| MM, Bowling Green State University; BM, Eastman School of Music,
NY. |
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| Currently on the Music Faculty at Cal Poly, Pomona. Member
of Riverside, Redlands Bowl and Inland Empire Orchestras. |
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Alexander Lavruk, MA
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Accordion, Classical Guitar |
| MA, Folk Orchestra, Kuybishev University of Culture, Russia.
BA, Performance, Leninobad College of Music, Russia. |
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| Past adjunct instructor at Mt. San Antonio College and San Bernardino
Valley College. Accordion performances throughout Southern California.
Mr. Lavruk was recently appointed to the faculty at the University
of La Verne. |
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Faith Lee |
Early Childhood Music Education |
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Christina Linton |
Early Childhood Music Education |
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Marna Makau, BA
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Suzuki Piano, Keyboard Ensemble, Chair, Suzuki
Piano |
| BA, La Verne College; graduate work at Claremont Graduate School,
Columbia Teachers College, UC Santa Cruz and Riverside. |
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| Traditional piano study with Ralph Travis and Nora Teichmann (Padgogische
Hochschule, Gottingen, Germany). Suzuki Training with Harlow
Mills, Carol Hendrixson and Bruce Anderson. Pipe organ study
with Ralph Travis and Doctor Blanchard. Certification in Level One
Orff-Schulwerk approach, Multiple Intelligences and Digital Keyboard
Ensemble teaching. Former First grade Teacher/Music Specialist, Buena
Vista Arts Integrated School. Teacher of the Year, San Bernardino
County, 1998. |
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Ana Maria Maldonado, MM |
Cello Chair, String Department |
| MM, USC; BM from Texas Tech. |
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| Awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship to promote Western Classical Music
in Bangkok, Thailand where she played in the Kennedy String Quartet.
The Kennedy String Quartet traveled througout Asia, including Vietnam
under the auspices of the United States Information Service.
She has taught Thai children at the Royal Music Academy in Bangkok
and played in the Heidelberg Stadtisches Opera Orchestra. Also
taught cello at the Wiesloch Music School and currently teaches at
Cal Poly, Pomona. Principal cello with the San Bernardino Symphony
Orchestra. Professional freelance musician. |
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Nico Maracut |
Piano |
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Donna Marie Minano |
Voice |
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Sandra Parker, MEd
MYC |
Recorder, Early Childhood Department Chair,
Special Events Coordinator |
| MEd, University of Florida; BM, Stetson University. |
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with Paul Jenkins, Willis Bodine, Anton Heiler, Gustaf Leonhardt.
Orff-Schulwerk Training, UC Riverside. Pi Kappa Lambda Music
Honorary; American Association of Orff-Schulwerk; American Recorder
Society.
Christine Peck, AA
Suzuki violin and workshops
AA in General Education, Chaffey College, studied under Juanita and
Margie Mooney, and Marjorie Marth.
Christine is currently involved with the Claremont Concert Orchestra,
Victorville Orchestra and the William Lock Singers and Orchestra. |
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Christine Peck |
Suzuki Violin |
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Maria Perez-Goodman, DMA
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Traditional Piano |
| Maria Perez-Goodman was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she
received her early musical training. She was a student of Lizzette
Rivera and Professor Cecilia Talavera at the Puerto Rico Conservatory
of music, where she was in the Advanced Music Program for High School
Students. At age 15, Mrs. Pérez-Goodman was accepted with scholarship
to the Eastman School of Music where she earned a Bachelor's of Music
in Piano Performance, with Distinction. She earned her Master's and
Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington in
Seattle. Her doctoral dissertation was on American pianist/composer
Louis Moreau Gottschalk and his Caribbean-based compositions. Mrs.
Perez-Goodman has participated in several summer music programs including
Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina, Music Academy
of the West in Santa Barbara and Master Classes International's 4th
piano Symposium in Los Angeles. Her teachers include David Burge,
Rebecca Penneys, Aube Tzerko, Neal O'Doan, Jerome Lowenthal, Menahem
Pressler, Alexander Slobodyanik, Eteri Andjaparidze, and chamber music
instructor Zvi Zeitlin. As soloist, Mrs. Pérez-Goodman has performed
numerous recitals and has appeared as soloist with several orchestras
including the Claremont Symphony Orchestra, Puerto Rico Conservatory
Orchestra, Beach Cities Symphony and the Hour of Power Orchestra of
the Crystal Cathedral. Her schedule of solo recitals has included
performances in Spain, Puerto Rico, Washington, New York, and Southern
California. She has been a featured musical guest in several television
programs and live radio talk shows. Her recent performance of Rachmaninoff's
Second Piano Concerto with the Crystal Cathedral Orchestra was broadcast
internationally. She currently teaches piano at the Claremont Community
School of Music and Azusa Pacific University. |
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Jessica Pierce, MM. |
Flute |
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Andrea Puente, MM
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Harp |
| MM, CalState Los Angeles. Post graduate work at the Chopin
Academy in Warsaw, Poland. Graduate work at the Victoria Conservatory
of Music in Vancouver, Canada and University of Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. BA, National Conservatory of Music, Mexico
City. Extensive performances internationally including Principal
Harp in the Orquesta Ciudad de Malaga, Spain. |
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| In 1999 Ms. Puente became Principal Harp of the Orquesta del Teatro
de Bellas Artes, Mexico’s National Orchestra for all opera and ballet
productions. She also performs regulary with the harp and flute
duet “Arpa & Aulos”. |
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Josh Salsbury |
Trombone |
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Ephraim Sayud, BME |
Suzuki Piano |
| BS, Music Education, Mountain View College. |
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| Studied Pedagogy,
voice and choral conducting at the University of the Philippines.
Suzuki Training with Carol Hendrixson. |
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Leslie Schroerlucke, MM |
Clarinet, Saxophone |
| MM in Clarinet, Florida State University; BM in Clarinet and Performer’s
Certification from the Eastman School of Music. Member of Philharmonic
Orchestra of Florida, Miami Opera Company, and Spoleto Festival Orchestra.
Currently freelances with several orchestras in the Los Angeles area.
Teachers include Stanley Hasty and Mitchell Lurie. |
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Irina Scolinos, BM |
Piano |
| BM from the Musical Pedagogical University, Moscow. Attended the
Pedagogical College, Volgograd. Studied classical piano, music theory,
harmony, voice, choral conducting and Pedagogy at the Pedagogical
Institute in Moscow. Finished Robert Pace seminars with Dr.
Marsha Wolfersberger for Pre-School and Adult Beginners. |
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Linda Silva, MM |
Clarinet |
Ms. Silva is a part-time faculty member in the Music Departments
at Pomona College, the University of LaVerne and Cal Poly Pomona,
and clarinetist with the Riverside County Philharmonic. She performs
with several other ensembles, including the Redlands Symphony, Pasadena
Pops, Crystal Cathedral "Hour of Power" orchestra and the San Bernardino
Symphony.
Ms. Silva has degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and
Rice University Shepherd School of Music. In the past, she has served
on the faculties of the University of California at Riverside, Cal
State University at San Bernardino, California Baptist College, Houston
Community College and the Houston High School for the Performing and
Visual Arts. In addition to her college teaching duties she also teaches
7th and 8th grade seminar courses in Music History.
As a former member of the award winning chamber ensemble, the Cimarron
Wind Quintet, (based in Houston, Texas), she spent 5 years with the
Texas Touring Arts Program and has played in orchestras in New York,
North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Europe. Ms. Silva has received
a number of grant awards including a National Endowment for the Arts
Consortium Commissioning grant, a Music Educators National Conference
award, and numerous arts education grants in California and Texas.
Ms. Silva lives in Claremont with her husband and two children and
actively volunteers in local public school arts education . Her family
enjoys art museums, swimming, camping and other outdoor adventures. |
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Taylor Smith |
Bass Guitar |
BMA (Musical Arts), Brigham Young University-Idaho
MA (pending, 12/06), Claremont Graduate University |
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| Taylor Smith has studied double bass with Marshall Hawkins (former
member of Miles Davis Quintet), Robert Tueller and Denson Angulo and
has studied bass guitar with Bart Samolis and Denson Angulo. Taylor
is equally at home in “traditional” classical, popular,
folk, jazz, and “early-period” musical settings. Currently
he is enrolled in a PhD Musicology program at Claremont Graduate University
and is studying viola da gamba performance with Shanon Zusman. |
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Scott Smith, BA
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Percussion |
| BA in Music, Cal Poly, Pomona. Teaches music and band at the
Covina Valley Unified School District. |
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Linda Tajima, BA
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Suzuki Violin and Viola |
| BA, credential and graduate work at CSULA. Coordinator of Claremont
Unified School District’s After School Program from 1994 to present.
Instrumental music teacher in the Pasadena Unified School District,
1976 – 1981. Suzuki teacher since 1970. Suzuki Teacher
Training with Elizabeth Mills, Shannon Murphy Gron, William Starr
and Louise Behrend. |
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Maribel Villarmia, BM
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Piano, Kinderkeyboard, Keyboard, Co-chair
Piano Department |
| BM, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines. Studied with Stella
Goldenberg Brimo and Dr. Arabug. Finished Robert Pace seminars
with Dr. Marsha Wolfersberger for Pre-School, Level One Beginners
and Adult Beginners. Seminars with Dr. Robert Pace for Pre-School
to Level Six, Berkeley College of Music, Boston. Seminar with
Dennis Thurmond, Professor of Keyboard Music Technology, USC.
Member of IPTF and Pacesetters. Training with Lyn Pohlman and
Pat Cabe. |
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William Wellwood, DMA
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Clarinet |
| DMA in Clarinet Performance, USC; MM in Clarinet Peformance, Yale
School of Music; BS in Music Education, Lebanon Valley College.
Dr. Wellwood has performed in orchestras and chamber groups throughout
the United States. He is currently principal clarinetist with
the Torrance Symphony Orchestra and the Zipper Orchestra 2001.
He has recently performed with the Long Beach Opera and the American
Winds Band at the Hollywood Bowl. He has completed studies with
Yehuda Gilad, David Howard, Michele Zukovsky, David Shifrin and Kalman
Bloch. |
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Sarah Wallin, BA |
Violin |
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Sara Wollan, BM, MM |
Cello |
| Student of Janos Starker at Indiana University. Former member
of the RAI Orchestra in Turin, Italy and OMNI in New York City.
Performs with Southwest Chamber Music in Pasadena. |
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Svetlana Woloschuk, Music Diploma |
Piano |
| Diploma from Mjsic College n. M. Lusenko, Poltava Ukraine.
Studied with Heken Natalevich, Odessa Conservatory and LuBov Drolitko
at Kiev Conservatory. |
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