Faculty

Callum Alden Mini Music Makers Keiko Alexander IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Mohamed Assani IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Sitar, Tabla Rita Attrot IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Jae-Won Bang IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Julie Begg IN-PERSON LESSONS Classical Saxophone & Clarinet Kira Bennett IN-PERSON LESSONS Early Years; Violin; Ukulele Cassandra Bequary IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Harold Birston IN-PERSON LESSONS Suzuki Strings - Cello Carla Birston Director, String Studies; IN-PERSON LESSONS Violin Kathy Bjorseth IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Miles Black IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Piano Olivia Blander IN-PERSON LESSONS Cello Julian Borkowski IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Piano David Bui IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Conducting Jesse Cahill IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Drums and Percussion Greg Caisley Co-Artistic Lead, Keyboard; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Collaborative Piano Marie Calvert Early Years Department Co-Chair; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Mini Music Makers; Theory; Suzuki Piano Evelyn Chang HOME STUDIO & ONLINE LESSONS Pipa; Sanxian; Zheng Catherine Chen IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Viola Marea Chernoff IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Oboe; Historical Oboes; Recorder Julia Chien IN-PERSON LESSONS Percussion Katrina Chitty IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Viola; Chamber Music Hannah Chung IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Bill Clark Youth Jazz Improvisation Alex Clark Composition; Music Production Bill Coon ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Composition; Jazz Guitar AK Coope IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Clarinet Robin Copas IN-PERSON, HOME STUDIO & ONLINE LESSONS Cello Estelle Copéry IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Alan Crane IN-PERSON LESSONS Piano James Danderfer IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Saxophone; Jazz Clarinet; Jazz Composition Sophie Dansereau Bassoon Madison Dartana In-person lessons Harp Michael Dirk IN-PERSON LESSONS Organ Carla Dodek IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Libby Donald Early Years Department Co-Chair; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Mini Music Makers; Children's Choir; Voice Bernard Duerksen IN-PERSON LESSONS Piano Bogdan Dulu Co-Artistic Lead, Keyboard; IN-PERSON LESSONS Piano Itamar Erez IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Classical & Jazz Guitar; Jazz Piano Katherine Evans IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Trumpet Leah Giselle Field IN-PERSON LESSONS Voice Noah Franche-Nolan IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Piano; Theory Jeff Gammon Jazz Bass William George IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Voice Karen Gerbrecht IN-PERSON LESSONS Violin Michelle Goddard IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Clarinet Victoria Gomon IN-PERSON LESSONS Piano Vern Griffiths Percussion Emilie Grimes VSO Assistant Principal Viola Viola David Haskins IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS French Horn Maggie Hasspacher IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Double Bass; Songwriting Qiu Xia He IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Pipa Daniel Hersog Big Band Rosa Hong IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Ruth Huang IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Suzuki Strings - Violin Cyrena Huang IN-PERSON LESSONS Suzuki Strings - Cello Hung-Wei Huang Viola Jessica Huang Zheng Chiharu Iinuma Piano; Chamber Music Stanton Jack Guitar and Harp Department Chair; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Classical Guitar Laura Jay IN-PERSON LESSONS Mini Music Makers Jeanette Jonquil IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Clarinet Maria Jung IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Alyssa Katahara Harp Anne-elise Keefer IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Flute/Piccolo Luke Wook-Young Kim IN-PERSON LESSONS Cello Diane King Voice Department Chair; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Voice Sam Kirmayer Summer Jazz Workshop Guest Lani Krantz ONLINE LESSONS Harp; Mini Music Makers William Kuo IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Theory David Lakirovich VSO Assistant Concertmaster; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Eva Lakirovich IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Suzuki Strings - 'Cello Lou Latil Mini Music Makers Grace Lee ONLINE LESSONS Piano Georgie Leo Violin Min (Maggie) Lin Zheng, Qin Jonathan Lo IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Cello Julia Lockhart IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Bassoon Manuel Lok IN-PERSON LESSONS Violin William Loveless IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS French Horn Mark Luchkow IN-PERSON LESSONS Suzuki Strings - Violin Charlie Lui ONLINE LESSONS Dizi/Xiao Jane Ma Chinese Traditional Folksong; Music Appreciation Steve Maddock Summer Jazz Workshop Guest Jazz Vocals Vince Mai Summer Jazz Workshop Guest Trumpet Mark Marinic IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Composition; Music Production Cristian Markos IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Cello Zachary Masri IN-PERSON LESSONS Percussion Alan Matheson ONLINE LESSONS Jazz History; Jazz Composition; Jazz Piano; Jazz Trumpet Miho Matsuo IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Suzuki Strings - Violin Aaron McDonald IN-PERSON LESSONS Percussion, Timpani Andrew Mee IN-PERSON LESSONS French Horn Graham Middleton IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Trombone; Euphonium; Tuba Gabriella Minnes Brandes ONLINE LESSONS Alexander Technique Akira Nagai Violin New Orford String Quartet International Master Teacher Candice Newberry IN-PERSON, HOME STUDIO & ONLINE LESSONS Trumpet Vinh Nguyen IN-PERSON LESSONS Suzuki Strings - Violin Julia Nolan IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Saxophone Rosemary O’Connor IN-PERSON LESSONS Piano Ann Okagaito IN-PERSON LESSONS Violin Eileen Padgett Composition, Music Appreciation & Theory Department Chair; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano; Composition Dylan Palmer IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Double Bass Tristan Paxton IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Guitar Bo Peng IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Cello Nadia Petriw IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Mini Music Makers; Music Therapy; Violin; Piano Ashley Plaut IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Elisabeta Podut IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Jennie Press Violin Jodi Proznick Director, Jazz Studies; IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Bass; Practical Jazz Theory Shruti Ramani Jazz Vocals; Hindustani music Noah Reitman IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Double Bass Christie Reside IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Flute Rebecca Rittich-Crampton IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Suzuki Strings - Violin; Mini Music Makers Lucia Roh IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Paul Rushka ONLINE LESSONS Jazz Bass Sergei Saratovsky IN-PERSON LESSONS Piano Ava Shadmani In-Person Lessons Violin Henry Shapard IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Cello Rodney Sharman Theory; Composition Sunny She IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin David Sikula Jazz Guitar Jammy Smith IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Yun Song Erhu Louise Southwood IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Classical Guitar Derek Sterling IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Classical Guitar Ingrid Stitt Jazz Saxophone Rachel Suzanne IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Mini Music Makers; Voice; Piano LayTuan Tan IN PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Piano Samuel Tsui IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Jacob van der Sloot IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Viola Vincent Vohradsky Wind, Brass & Percussion Dept. Co-Chair; ONLINE LESSONS Trumpet Elizabeth Volpé Bligh ONLINE LESSONS Harp Karin Wang IN-PERSON LESSONS Piano Katherine Watson IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Flute; Mini Music Makers Rebecca Whitling IN-PERSON LESSONS Violin Alex Wide IN-PERSON LESSONS French Horn Rosanne Wieringa Wind, Brass & Percussion Dept. Co-Chair; ONLINE LESSONS Flute/Piccolo Karen Wong Sheng Nicholas Wright VSO Concertmaster Violin Zhongxi Wu Sheng, Suona Joo Bin Yi IN-PERSON LESSONS Oboe Nebyu Yohannes Trombone Zhimin Yu World Music Department Chair; online lessons Ruan Yuri Zaidenberg IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Kevin Zakresky IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Voice Sharon Zhang Yangqin Yi Zhou IN-PERSON & ONLINE LESSONS Violin Deborah Ziolkoski Early Years Educator