Our Team

Biography

Teaches in Milford | Cantabile Women’s Chorus accompanist. Studied with: Michael Steinberg and Leon Bates. Organist: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Freelances throughout Southern Delaware and Salisbury, MD. Full-time: registered nurse. Musikgarten training.

Private Lessons

• Piano

Group Classes

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | M.M. equivalent, Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory, Catania, piano performance, highest honors; M.M., D.M.A., piano performance, The Catholic University of America. Additional studies: I International Russian Piano Festival; Hochschule Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg; Washington International Piano Festival. Principal teachers: Carmelo Pappalardo, Nikita Fitenko, Ketty Teriaca. Master Classes: Igor Lebedev, Tamas Ungar, Vincenzo Balzani, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Daniel Pollack, Andrzej Jasinski. Visiting scholar: research for the Latin American Music Center in collaboration with the label Naxos en Espanol. Goodwill Ambassador: Arkansas Secretary of State. O-1 visa: granted for individuals who possess extraordinary abilities in their field. Prize-winner national and international piano competitions: The Catholic University of America Concerto Competition, The Catholic University of America International Piano Competition, E. Satie International Piano Competition, Gianluca Campochiaro International Competition, National Music Competition Città di Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, J. S. Bach National Competition, Ibla Grand Prize.

Private Lessons

• Composition
• Musicianship
• Piano

Group Classes

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Praise: Opera News and ArtsATL as a “standout”, young American mezzo, garnering acclaim internationally. Opera companies: Deutsche Oper Berlin, Seattle Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Philadelphia, The Dallas Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Ópera de Guatemala, The Atlanta Opera, OperaDelaware, Central City Opera where she sang the title role in Carmen.  Motion picture: Bollywood motion picture Bawaal, directed by film director Nitesh Tiwari, filmed in Berlin, expected release in 2023. Art song: featured recitalist twice with New York Festival of Song, Caramoor Center for Music and Arts under the direction of Steven Blier, Michael Barrett. Awards: 2019 grant winner from the Santa Fe Opera, 2020 and 2021 winner of the Opera Foundation NYC, first prize winner of the Metropolitan International Vocal Competition, district winner with the Metropolitan Opera National Council. Major recording projects: under Salman Rushdie, performed and recorded the role of Blindwoman in the world premiere of the opera Shalimar the Clown (based on the novel with the same name) with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, recording was distributed on iTunes, Spotify, all major outlets; performance as Maddalena in Rigoletto with Ópera de Guatemala: recorded and broadcast on Univisión TeleOnce throughout parts of Mexico and Central America. 2021-2022 season: The Atlanta Opera as Jenny in Threepenny Opera, debuted with Oregon Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, joined Deutsche Oper Berlin as a season ensemble member. Private teacher: locations throughout the US and abroad.

Private Lessons

• Voice

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | WB B.M., instrumental music education, University of Delaware; M.M., flute performance, Shenandoah Conservatory (in progress). Conducting experience: assistant conductor, Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra; co-conductor, Flute Choir, University of Delaware. Coordinator: Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra, Delaware Orchestral and Chamber Music Institute. Teaching experience: International School of Music; Private Study.

Private Lessons

• Flute

Group Classes

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | ARTIST FACULTY. B.M., magna cum laude, Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam; M.M., Eastman School of Music; D.M.A., University of Georgia. Studied with Jean Martin-Williams, Peter Kurau, and John Ericson; chamber music with Fred Mills. Teaching experience: University of Delaware (current), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern Mississippi, Toccoa Falls College, Georgia College and State University, Saarburger Serenaden Festival. Performance experience: Orchestral: Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Memphis Symphony, Ash Lawn Opera, Charlottesville Opera, Wintergreen Music Festival, Kennett Symphony, Lancaster Symphony, Altoona Symphony (principal), Mobile Opera (principal), Pensacola Opera (principal), Pensacola Symphony (principal), Gulf Coast Symphony (principal), Meridian Symphony (principal). Chamber Music: Eastern Standard (horn/tuba/piano trio), Southern Arts Brass Quintet, Category Five Winds, Bergsma Trio. Member: International Horn Society, National Association for Music Education, Society for Music Teacher Education, International Society for Music Education

Private Lessons

• Horn

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | MASTER FACULTY WITH SPECIAL DISTINCTION. Former Keyboard associate department head. B.M., cum laude, piano performance, M.M., collaborative piano, University of Maryland. Studied with: Rita Sloan, Anne Koscielny. Chamber music coaching: members of the Philadelphia Orchestra & Guarneri String Quartet. Member: Pi Kappa Lambda. Awards: Presser Foundation; first place winner, Austrian-American Society Mozarteum Scholarship Competition. Teaching experience: University of DE; Luzerne Music Center; Aspen Festival (former Accompanying Coordinator and Teaching Assistant to Rita Sloan, Director of Collaborative Arts Program). Performing experience: Pyxis Piano Trio, solo and chamber music recitals in Rome, Italy; Helsinki and Imatra, Finland; and Lausanne, Switzerland. Collaborations with instrumentalists and vocalists including members of Tonhalle Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Delaware Symphony in performances at venues including the Smithsonian Institution, Kennedy Center, Swarthmore College, Aspen Music Festival, Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum, New York City and Puerto Rico. Appearances at summer festivals include the Luzerne Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Rome Festival, and the International Festival-Institute at Round Top in Texas, where her performance with Minnesota Orchestra principal oboist Basil Reeve was recorded for NPR. Soloist in Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini and Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A Major, K.488 with the Wilmington Community Orchestra.

Instruments

• Piano

Biography

Teaches in Milford | Performance experience: Glen Miller Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Roy Clark, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Kline, Ink Spots, Al Martino, Bill Haley and the Comets. Performed for over 23 years with The Honeycombs, recording 6 CDs. Teaching experience: Delaware State University, Wesley College, and multiple instruments at The Drum Pad in Felton, where Honey is the Owner/proprietor.

Private Lessons

• Guitar
• Percussion (Drums)

Biography

Teaches Suzuki violin/viola and adult violin in Wilmington | B.M., University of Oklahoma; M.M., Missouri State University; D.M.A., University of Oregon. Competition prizes: Ad Astra Ladies Music Club String Competition, University of Oklahoma Concerto Competition, Missouri Music Teacher’s Association String Competition, Missouri State University Concerto Competition. Soloist: University of Oregon Orchestra. Festival experience: Marrowstone Music Festival, Aria International Academy, Texas Strings Camp, Camp Allegro Wichita, Taneycomo Festival Orchestra, and others. Master class and private instructors: James Buswell, Janet Sung, Felicia Moye, Ron Patterson, Tessa Lark, Naoko Tanaka. Principal teacher: Hal Grossman. Performance experience: Tulsa Signature Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Eugene Concert Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, Rogue Valley Symphony, recently won the Principal Second Violin position with the Newport Symphony. General teaching experience: Pre-K through college. Suzuki group classes: University of Oregon. Violin/viola: Missouri State University, University of Oregon. Summer teaching experience: ICT Young Artists Academy. Private home violin studios: Missouri, Oregon.

Private Lessons

• Musicianship
• Suzuki Viola
• Suzuki Violin
• Viola
• Violin