Oleg is a violinist who represents the brilliant Russian violin school which is arguably one of the leading violin schools in the World during 20th century. In 1984 he was accepted to Moscow Conservatory of Music and in 1991 he graduated Conservatory with highest marks in violin and piano. In 1990 he was invited to participate in IV International Violin Competition 'Isola di Capri' (Capri Italy) and won 1st Prize of this competition playing N. Paganini's 4th Violin Concerto with cadenza which Oleg composed especially for this event. After competition he was invited to participate in music festival in Rimini Italy where he shared the stage with such famous musicians as Boris Berezovsky (1st Prize 1990 P.I.Tchaikovsky Piano Competition) Enrico Pace and Evgeny Bushkov (both winners of many international competitions). After one year with State Symphony Capella of Russia where conductor was legendary Gennady Rozhdestvensky and where Oleg performed in section 1st Violins in 1992 he...

I am a graduate of Montclair State University with a Bachelors degree in music education and a minor in sociology. I have also received an Associate’s degree in music from Brookdale Community College and have been playing the French Horn since I was 10-years-old and the piano since I was 14-years-old. I have also played a variety of other instruments including the trumpet, trombone and clarinet.

I have performed with the NJ Conservatory in Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony and 9th Symphony. I have also conducted intermediate, concert and beginner bands and have given both group instrumental lessons and one-on-one private lessons. These group and individual lessons include clarinet, French Horn, trumpet, flute, trombone, saxophone, violin and percussion. I am most diverse in brass instruments and piano. I have also worked with students with special needs and students who do not have English as their first language

While still in high school, I performed at Carnegie Hall...

I am a very patient with beginners and I can help advanced students find the inner drive to excel. From the very beginning lessons, I set you up to go as far as possible, by providing the foundations in technique, theory and ear-training that will allow you to grow quickly and assuredly. I also let you choose your repertoire and learn the music you love.

I have many years experience teaching guitar, theory and ear-training to beginners all the way up to graduate students. I have a Masters of Music in classical guitar from Manhattan School of Music, and a PhD in music theory. But most importantly, I love to teach and I love to find ways to explain things and develop skills in my students based on understanding their way of learning.

My specialty as a performer is Brazilian guitar, but I have played and taught many different styles - I also transcribe a lot of music so students frequently bring me recordings and I teach them how to learn by ear. This ear-training allows me to...

Matt's love for guitar and music began like many guitarists, when he first heard the sound of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many other classic rock guitarists. He immediately picked up the guitar and began learning as many songs by these icons as possible. Eventually he heard the likes of jazz guitar greats Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery and his love of music changed forever. Since then, Matt has combined his love of jazz and classic rock into a passion for all music throughout his career as a performer and educator.

As a teacher, Matt began as a tutor of guitar, jazz improvisation, music theory, and ear-training at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona. Upon moving to New York City in 2004, Matt continued to teach privately while pursuing his BFA in Jazz Performance and Music Education at The City College of New York. In conjunction with completing his Education degree, Matt had the opportunity of teaching music to all levels of students in the...

CHRIS K. (b. 1986) strives to straddle the line between the classical and popular music worlds. He draws influence from concerted, rock, funk, R&B, jazz, flamenco and world music, forming an amalgam all his own. After studying composition with Christopher Rouse, Chris K. received his Bachelor of Music degree in 2008 and Master of Music degree in 2009 from The Juilliard School, where he also taught Ear Training for its college and pre-college divisions from 2007-2010. Since then, Chris’s work has garnered burgeoning interest. He will soon begin composing a work for solo instrument for the NY Philharmonic's inaugural Biennial festival in June 2014. In May 2012, the Albany Symphony Orchestra’s new music group, the Dogs of Desire, commissioned and premiered Chris’s multimedia work, entitled "://eN+#r@11eD_" (“enthralled”), depicting a hypothetical, dystopian future of human integration with machines. The piece featured the choreography of Jehbreal Muhammad and crossover...

Born in Chicago to a musical family, Amali began piano lessons with her mother at age five, and cello lessons a few years later at the Merit School of Music. She completed her formal studies at the Manhattan School of Music in 2007 where her primary teachers were Julia Lichten and Margo Tatgenhorst-Drakos. Recent performance experience include the New England Symphonic Ensemble, Zero Gravity Contemporary Music Ensemble, and in master classes with cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Ron Leonard. Amali has taken part in festivals such as the Mannes Beethoven Institute and the Tanglewood Institute and has taught at summer programs such as the Kinhaven Music School. She currently plays in Tiger Lilies, a duo project that seeks to blend folk music with creative improvisations and arrangements as well as alice., a pop and jazz based septet that has recently completed it's second full-length album, a.443. She enjoys an exciting performance and teaching schedule in the New York City area, and believes...

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to a music-loving family, I began playing piano and guitar at a very young age. At age twelve, I began playing double bass, which has become my primary instrument. Throughout middle and high school, I received numerous awards for excellence in both jazz and classical music. After high school, I moved to the Oklahoma City area and had the opportunity to play with many of the great musicians who passed through, including Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Byron Stripling, and Anne Hampton Calloway.

Since moving to New York City in 2002, I have been fortunate enough to travel throughout the US, Canada, Caribbean, and Europe with such groups as Pete Robbins and Centric, Ryan Blotnick's Secret Mainstream, and The Paislies. Aside from my freelance work with various groups, I also play bass guitar in Brooklyn based rock band, Hungry Hands, as well as double bass in Tiger Lilies, an improvising chamber ensemble based on Indian folk melodies. As a graduate of the...

Percussionist and composer Marc W. was born in Switzerland, where he studied classical percussion at the Geneva Conservatory. He has lived in the United States since the 1980s, where he studied composition and mallet technique on the vibraphone at the Berklee School in Boston, then moved to New York City to further his jazz performance and percussion skills. Since that time, Marc has toured the U.S., Europe, Japan and Brazil, and can be heard on over 20 recordings, including 4 solo albums.
Marc’s interest in electronics led him to push the boundaries of live performance with the “electronic vibraphone”, where he is recognized as a pioneer on this instrument.
Beside a performer and a composer, Marc teaches workshops here and in Europe, and is very involved in making computers accessible to visually impaired musicians. Marc is currently working on an iBook, titled “Drum Talk - An Introduction to Percussion Ensemble”, which demonstrates the techniques he developed during...

Flutist Jesse S. has been praised by The New York Times as a “potent and eloquent soloist” As an orchestral musician I perform regularly with The Chelsea Symphony, the ART Symphony, the New York Chamber Virtuosi, the Ubuntu Shruti Orchestra, The New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of New York. I have performed under conductors including Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach. David Robertston, Michael Tilson Thomas, Roberto Abbado, Bernard Haitink, and Lorin Maazel. In 2009 I was selected as Principal Flute for the inaugural season of the Castleton Festival Orchestra under the musical direction of Lorin Maazel. My previous festival experience includes the Sarasota Music Festival, The International Orchestral Institute Attergau, German-Skananavian Youth Philharmonic, the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and The Orford Arts Centre in Quebec, Canada.

As a soloist, I have performed concerti with the Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra,...

Music education goes beyond your ability to play the music you hear in the world and within yourself. I believe that when you focus on the expressions you are making through the language of music, technique, intonation, and proficiency will follow. I encourage students to practice the music that speaks to them. I benefit students by enabling them to become accustomed to playing with intent and sensitivity. I have gathered experience over the years playing for groups and releasing my own music, both of which have given me the perspective to educate students and further their potential. I have played bass guitar for grunge rock and metal bands, both electric and upright bass for a number of jazz ensembles, drum kit and world percussion for the latter as well as experimental groups, and have built a repertoire of electronic music productions that include progressive house music and hip hop. I wish to help students understand what a stellar music performance is made of; sincerity,...

Andrew is an emerging composer, arranger, and teacher living in New York City. His composition, Out of His Element, won the coveted Downbeat Award for Best Original Extended Composition in 2010, and in 2011 he was the winner of the New York Youth Symphony First Music Commission Award. As part of the commission, Andrew’s big band chart titled Lit by Lightning was premiered at The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Andrew is also a talented performer and was named a semi-finalist in the National Trumpet Competition’s jazz division (2012). Andrew is dedicated to teaching piano and trumpet students of all ages the endless joy music has to offer. Andrew received most of his teaching methods from his mother who is the Head of Educational Piano at Hal Leonard Publishing Company. Andrew received his Master’s of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado and his Bachelor’s of Music in Trumpet Performance from the University of Kansas.

Welcome to my profile! Thanks so much for taking a moment to look at it. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I grew up in Salem, Oregon with a very musical family. I began playing piano at age 6, viola at age 10, voice lessons came at age 14, and finally, I began taking organ lessons when I was 16. In high school, I accompanied the jazz choir, played in the orchestra and the symphony, and accompanied a children's choir, as well as taught lessons. It was a busy four years! I went to St. Olaf College as an organ performance major, but I couldn't resist the singing bug, and quickly switched to vocal performance. While I was there I took pedagogy classes, which taught me how to be a great teacher! I still look at my notebooks from those classes. I also sang in several operas, traveled to Italy to sing, and met some of the most influential people in my life. I moved to NYC in 2009 to pursue a Master's Degree at Manhattan School of Music. I got to work with some awesome musicians...