Faculty Bio's (Alphabetical)
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Patricia Aiken - MA, BM |
Violin and Viola |
Master of Arts, Music Performance, University of Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Music,Violin Major, Eastman School of Music |
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Lea Appleton - MA, BA |
Flute |
Master of Arts, Music, Performance Practice, University of California, Riverside
Bachelor of Arts, Music (cum laude), University of California, Riverside |
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Artemis Bedros - DMA, MM, BA |
Piano (Master Teacher) |
Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Maryland, College Park
Master of Music, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Diploma from Ecole Normale de Music, Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor of Arts, Piano Performance, Detroit Institute of Musical Arts
Diploma from Fountainbleau School of Music, Fountainebleau, France
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Debut 1981 at Carnegie Recital hall; Visiting Artist, North CarolinaARTEMIS BELIAN BEDROS originally from the Middle East, Ms. Bedros began her musical studies at the age of eight as a scholarship student of Mme. Marie Rieu, the noted pianist and member of the Jury of the National Conservatory of Paris. Since her debut recital at the age of eleven, her performances here and abroad have established her as a sensitive as well as brilliant and exciting recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral soloist. Jane Zitnick of the Fayettville Observer wrote “the exceptionally talented pianist, Artemis Bedros, gave a performance of the Beethoven Emperor Concerto that was certainly a highpoint in the symphony’s history”.
Ms. Bedros holds a Diploma from the Ecole Normale de Musique, Beirut Lebanon, Bachelor of Music in performance from Detroit Institute of Musical Arts; diploma from Fontainbleau School of Music in Fontainbleau, France; Graduate studies at Juilliard School of Music; Masters Degree from University of North Carolina and DMA studies at the University of Maryland. She has worked with such nationally and internationally distinguished musicians as Mieczyslaw Munz, Jean Cassadesus, George Kiorpes, Peter Schickele, Nadia Boulanger and Dr. Stewart Gordon.
From 1980-83, as Visiting Artist at the Robeson Technical College in Lumberton, North Carolina, Artemis Bedros gave over 100 concerts, lecture recitals, radio and television performances and interviews throughout the state. In 1981 she gave her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York.
Artemis Bedros is Nationally Certified Master Teacher and has been on the faculties
Of: Detroit Institute of Musical Arts; Robeson Technical College Lumberton, North Carolina; St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, N.C. ; and University of North Carolina where she had teaching fellowship. Since 1993, Ms. Bedros has been teaching at the Claremont Community School of Music.
She is very active in community musical organizations, serving as President of: Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena; the Armenian Allied Arts Association; USC Friends of Armenian Music; Music Teachers of California, Pomona Branch; State Vice President of Professional Music Teachers Association; and has held the position of Vice President in charge of Education for Master Classes International and the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition in Los Angeles.
Artemis Bedros is listed in various biographical publications including “Who’s Who among American and International Women”; Personalities of the South’; and International Who’s Who in Music.
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Nicholas Casillas - MM, BA |
Clarinet, Saxophone |
Master of Music, Music, Saxophone Performance, University of California Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Music, University of California Los Angeles |
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Danielle Cummins - MA, BA |
Violin, Suzuki and Traditional-String Chair |
Master of Music, Violin Performance, Claremont Graduate University
Bachelor of Arts, Music, University of La Verne |
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| Danielle Rosaria Cummins, M.A. is a violinist who has performed throughout Southern California with orchestras such as the Riverside County Philharmonic and the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra as well as in Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary with the Classical Music Festival. In 2005, she won the advanced category of the Youth String Competition in Temecula and the graduate division of the Rudolph Polk Memorial Award in Claremont. During the past four years, she has been invited to play at Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. In 2007, she was a soloist on The Music of Life, a Christian production which appeared on television and in 2008 she collaborated with violinist/composer Sarah Wallin to write the original sound track for The Visit, a short film which appeared in the "168 Hour Film Festival" . Ms. Cummins is currently studying violin with Todor Pelev, first prize winner of Bulgaria's National Violin Competition. She teaches at the Claremont Community School of Music where she is faculty coordinator for the strings department. She also teaches at the University of La Verne and privately. Her students range in age from 6 to +50. She is currently pursuing a DMA in Historical Performance Practice - Violin, at Claremont Graduate University. |
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Barbara Durost - DMA, MM, BM |
Piano, Voice (Master Teacher) |
Doctor of Musical Arts, Conducting, Claremont Graduate School
Master of Music Piano Pedagogy, Catholic University of America
Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, Anna Marie College. |
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| 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, ME |
Piano |
Bachelor of Arts, 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. |
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| Member MTAC. Fourth grade teacher and choral director for the Alta Loma School District. CTA member. |
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Lisa Friedman - MFA, BM |
Piano |
Masters in Fine Arts Management, University of California, Irvine
Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, University of California, Irvine
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| 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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Seth Greenberg - MA, BA |
Acoustic and Electric Guitar |
Master of Arts, Claremont Graduate University
Bachelor of Art, Guitar Performance/Education, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
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| At 14 years old Seth became the protege of world reknown jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno. Subsequently, he was a protege 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 |
Piano, Suzuki and Traditional |
| Bachelor of Arts, 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 CCSM faculty for 30 years. |
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Ellen Jung - MM, BM |
Violin |
Master of Music, Music Performance, Yale University
Bachelor of Music, Performance, University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Artist Diploma, Violin Performance, Yale University
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Clifford Keating - EdD, MA, BME |
Trumpet |
Education Doctor, University of La Verne
Master of the Arts, Teachers' College, Columbia University Bachelor of Music Education, 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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Audrey Lamprey - MM |
French Horn |
Master of Music, Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Music, Eastman School of Music, New York |
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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, BA |
Accordion (Master Teacher), Classical Guitar |
Master of Arts, Folk Orchestra, Kuybishev University of Culture, Russia
Bachelor of the Arts, 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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Christina Linton - BM |
Voice, Early Childhood Music |
| Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance, Lawrence University |
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Norman Ludwin - DMA, M, BFA |
String Bass, Electric Bass |
Doctor of Musical Arts, Composition, Claremont Graduate University
Master , Composition, Claifornia State University, Northridge
Master, Performance, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts |
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Marna Makau - BA |
Suzuki Piano, Keyboard Ensemble, Chair, Suzuki Piano |
Bachelor of Arts, La Verne College
Graduate work at Claremont Graduate School, Columbia Teachers College, UC Santa Cruz and Riverside
Recreational Music Making for Adults |
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| Traditional piano study with Ralph Travis and Nora Teichmann (Padgogische Hochschule, Gottingen, Germany). Suzuki Training through volume 3 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, teacher mentor. |
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Ana Maria Maldonado - MM, BM |
Cello (Master Teacher) |
Master of Music, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Muisc, 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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Nicodemus Marucut - BA |
Piano |
| Bachelor of Arts, Cal Poly, Pomona |
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Diane Norcott - AA |
Piano, Suzuki & Traditional |
Associate of Arts, Fine Arts, Music; Liberal Arts, Elementary Education, Victor Valley College
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| 1A Suzuki Cedrftification with Peggy Swingle at Occidental College; Suzuki 1B Certificaton from Carol Hendrixson, CCSM, and Book 2 Certification with Beverly Tucker-Fest at Occidental College. |
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Joel Paat - BM |
Piano, Keyboard |
| Bachelor of Music, Jazz Piano/Commercial Music, California State University, Fullerton |
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| JOEL PAAT is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator living in Upland, California. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from California State University, Fullerton in Jazz Piano/Commercial Music and was awarded the Outstanding Jazz Performer prize in 1990. Joel has appeared on stage with well-known jazz artists Tom Scott, Bill Watrous, Bobby McFerrin, Pete Christlieb, Chuck Findley, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Gary Bias among others and has performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Blue Note in New York City, the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, the Baked Potato in Hollywood, and Mario’s Place in Riverside, to name a few. Mr. Paat is currently an adjunct professor at Riverside City College where he offers instruction in jazz piano and jazz combo. Offering private jazz piano, improvisation, and theory lessons since 1990, Joel joined the Claremont Community School of Music faculty in 2007 to teach jazz and alternative piano techniques. |
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Sandra Parker - MEd, BM |
Recorder |
Master of Education, University of Florida
Bachelor of Music, Stetson University. |
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| Studied 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. |
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Maria Perez-Goodman - DMA, MM, BM |
Piano (Master Teacher) |
Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Washington, Seattle
Master of Music, University of Washington, Seattle
Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, Eastman School of Music
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| 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. Perez-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. Perez-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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Andrea Puente - MM, BA |
Harp (Master Teacher) |
Master of Music, California State, 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
Bachelor of Arts, Harp, Conservatorio Nacional de Musica
Bachelor of Arts, 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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Leslie Schroerlucke - MM, BM |
Clarinet, Saxophone |
Master of Music, Clarinet, Florida State University
Bachelor of Music, Clarinet and Performer's Certification, Eastman School of Music |
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| 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 Luri. |
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Irina Scolinos - BM |
Piano - Chair |
| Bachelor of Music, Musical Pedagogical University, Moscow Pedagogical College, Golgograd |
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| Pedagogical College, Volgograd, Bachelor of Music from the Musical Pedagogical University, Moscow. Completed Robert Pace kinderkeyboard seminar with Dr. Marsha Wolfersberger for preschool children and adult beginners. Participated in "Every Child Can" workshop at the Southern California Suzuki Institute. Member of MTAC. |
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Scott Smith - BA |
Percussion |
Bachelor of Music, Cal Poly, Pomona
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| Teaches music and band at the Covina Valley Unified School District. |
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Jill Snodgrass - MDIV, BA |
Early Childhood Music, Co-Chair |
Master of Divinity, Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Colorado College
Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont School of Theology, pending |
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Linda Tajima - BA |
Violin and Viola, Suzuki & Traditional |
Bachelor of Arts, credential and graduate work at California State University, Los Angeles
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| Coordinator of Claremont Unified School District's After School Program from 1994 to 2003. 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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Christine Vigil-Gendreau - BA |
Piano |
Bachelor of Music, Music Education, University of California Los Angeles
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| Member of MTAC, National Piano Guild. |
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Maribel Villarmia - BM |
Piano |
| Bachelor of Music, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines |
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| 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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Sarah Wallin - BA, AA |
Violin, Early Childhood Music, Co-Chair |
Bachelor of Arts, Music Education, California State Polytechnic University
Assoicate in Arts, Music, Coastline Community College |
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William Wellwood - DMA, MM, BS |
Clarinet (Master Teacher) |
Doctor of Musical Arts, Clarinet Performance, University of Southern California
Master of Music, Clarinet Peformance, Yale School of Music
Bachelor of Science, Music Education, Lebanon Valley College |
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| William H. Wellwood (Clarinet): Master of Music, Yale School of Music; Doctor of Musical Arts, University of Southern California; Dr. Wellwood has performed in orchestras and chamber groups throughout the United States. He is currently principal clarinetist with the Torrance Symphony Orchestra and bass clarinetist with the American Concert Winds/ Long Beach Municipal Band. He has recently performed on the Distinguished Faculty Concert Series at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Other recent performances include the Long Beach Opera, Symphony in the Glen, the Hollywood Bowl (American Concert Winds), the Zipper Orchestra, the Redlands Symphony Orchestra, and the IAMS Faculty Concert Series. His appearances as a soloist have included concerts with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, and the Pomona College Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Wellwood is on the faculty of La Sierra University, the Bellflower Institute of Art Music and Science, the Claremont Community School of Music, and the Colburn School of Performing Arts. He is a member of SYMF and MTAC, where he serves on the Board of Directors and as the VOCE Chair for the MTAC San Gabriel Valley Branch. He has completed studies with Yehuda Gilad, David Shifrin, David Howard and Kalman Bloch. |
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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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