Our Team

Biography

Teaches in Milford Music Therapy, Board Certified, MT-BC and Piano Instruction | B.M., music education, Delaware State University, concentration – clarinet, additional piano studies; B.M. Equivalency, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania; M.M.T., music therapy, counseling concentration, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. M.M.T. Thesis: The effect of a short-term music therapy program on early childhood emotional regulation following COVID-19. Instruments played for music therapy: clarinet, piano, guitar, ukulele, voice. Music therapy experience: early childhood, neurodivergent children and adults, intellectually/developmentally disabled children and adults, traumatic brain injury, outpatient mental health, children with trauma, adaptive music lessons, older adults and memory care.

Private Lessons

• Music Therapy
• Piano

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington and Milford | A.A., music, B.S, business, Wesley College. Educational Sales Representative, B&B Music. Adjudicator: Delaware All-State Senior Band. Director: Dover Jazz Lab Ensemble, Delaware All-State Junior Jazz Band (guest). Performance experience: Giant Steps cover band; five local jazz ensembles, sax quartet, concert and wind ensembles, musical theater productions, saxophone ensemble with rhythm section. Teaching experience: workshops, instrument recruiting sessions, clinics, private study.

Private Lessons

• Saxophone
• Saxophone (Alto)
• Saxophone (Baritone)
• Saxophone (Tenor)

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | ARTIST FACULTY. B.M., summa cum laude, Rice University; M.M., SUNY-Stony Brook; D.M.A., SUNY-Stony Brook. Studied with Timothy Eddy and Shirley Trepel; chamber music with Gilbert Kalish, Julius Levine, Atar Arad. Teaching experience: University of Delaware (current), Oklahoma State University, Truman State University, Eastern Music Festival. Performance experience: Serafin String Quartet (current); touring recitalist in the United States, China and South America; New Music Delaware; Baltimore and Delaware Symphony Orchestras; Eastern and Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestras; Oklahoma City Philharmonic (Associate Principal). Member: Chamber Music America, American String Teachers Association, College Music Society.

Private Lessons

• Cello

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | B.M., minor in jazz studies, Oakland University; Master of Music, bass performance, University of Delaware. Church musician: performing, producing, directing. Director, singer, arranger: gospel music. Special performances: University of Delaware Symphony Orchestra soundtrack, film: Cordelia; musical: Shanghai Sonatas, Xiang Gao. Performance: neo soul/jazz concerts in region. Former adjunct professor: Olivet College in Michigan. Orchestra director: Newark Charter School. Private teaching: electric bass, double bass, cello.

Private Lessons

• Double Bass

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington and Milford | CORE MASTER FACULTY WITH SPECIAL DISTINCTION. B.M., piano performance, Kharkov Special Music School for Gifted Children (Ukraine); M.M. with additional studies in chamber music and pedagogy, Kharkov State Conservatory (Ukraine); M.M., piano performance, Temple University. Studied with: Harvey Wedeen, Regina Horowitz, Arkady Sevidov, Natan Perelman. Teaching experience: Temple University Preparatory, Temple University, Arad State Conservatory (Israel), Kharkov Special Music School for Gifted Children. Performance experience: duo-piano recitals; chamber music in Israel, Ukraine and United States; solo recitals; duo-piano and chamber music for WFLN radio (Philadelphia). Soloist: Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra. Awards: winner, Kharkov Piano Competition; winner, Ukrainian National Piano Competition; Israel Cultural Chamber Music Award.

Private Lessons

• Piano

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | FACULTY WITH DISTINCTION. B.M., violin performance & music education, National Taiwan Normal University; M.M., violin performance, Temple University. Additional studies: Gordon Institute for Music Learning Theory; Professional studies in violin performance, Temple University. Registered Suzuki training: Violin Units 1-8. Member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Orchestral experience: Haddonfield Symphony, Taipei City Symphony. Chamber music experience: Trio Jeudi. Teaching experience: Darlington Fine Arts Center, Cairn University, Temple University Music Prep, Independence School.

Private Lessons

• Violin

Group Classes

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | CORE FACULTY. B.M., violin performance and music education, University of Oregon; M.M., violin performance, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music; D.M.A. studies, violin performance and string pedagogy, University of Oregon. Registered Suzuki training: ECC!, Violin Units 1-6 and 9-10, Violin Practicum. Principal teachers: Kurt Sassmannshaus, Kathryn Lucktenberg. Teaching experience: Bermuda School of Music, University of Oregon, College-Conservatory of Music, Temple Preparatory. Performing experience: Eugene Symphony, Symphony in C, Aspen Music Festival and School. Recipient: American Suzuki Institute Shinichi Suzuki Teacher-Training Scholarship, 2008.

Private Lessons

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

Biography

Teaches in Wilmington | CORE ARTIST FACULTY WITH SPECIAL DISTINCTION. Chamber music advisor. B.M., piano performance, University of Delaware; M.M., piano pedagogy/accompanying, Temple University. Studied with: Alexander Fiorillo, Lambert Orkis, David Brown. Music School Teacher of the Year 1991-1992. Awards: 1980 JCC Young Musicians Competition; 1983 Temple University Concerto Competition; 1987 National Bartók-Kabalevsky Piano Competition; accompanying & teaching scholarship grants, Temple University. Teaching experience: University of Delaware. Master classes: Augustin Anievas, Leon Fleisher, Natalie Hinderas, Russell Sherman. Performance experience: solo recitals; duets and two-piano works with David Brown in Salt Lake City, Paris and Straubing (Germany).

Private Lessons

• Musicianship
• Piano