Rochester Music Lessons

About Me

Debra is a native of Lynnwood, WA (Seattle area), where she started your music experiences. She was one of those classic stories about singing before speaking as a child. She started her music involvement since the 4th grade with band and choir and since then, the rest is history.

Debra has two Bachelor's degrees; the first is in Music Education - Choral Emphasis, and the other being in Vocal Performance both obtained at Brigham Young University - Idaho. She loves to teach as well as sing in the classical and jazz/broadway genres.

Debra is extremely experienced in the audition world and has been a finalist for several competitions including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Lois Alba Aria Competition. Her engagements for this year, thus far, are more auditions as well as playing the Abbess in Puccini's Suor Angelica with Eastman Opera Theatre.

About Me

I began studying violin at the age of eight years old and when I was 13 I decided I wanted to be a professional violinist. I studied at the Michael Rudiakov Music Academy until I was 17 and then came to study at the Eastman School of Music. I have attended summer festivals such as Meadowmount School of Music, Kinhaven Music School, the Castleman Quartet Program, and the Chautauqua Institution. While away at these summer festivals, I realized I love chamber music! I have performed in the United States, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Mexico.

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I have a graduate degree and a performer's certificate in classical guitar performance from Eastman School of Music. I have studied with many world renowned musicians including Paul O'Dette and members of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. As a graduate student I taught classical guitar to undergraduate jazz guitar majors at Eastman, and to undergraduate music majors at the University of Rochester. I also taught Eastman's graduate level guitar history and literature class in addition to maintaining a private teaching studio where I have gained experience teaching students of all ages.

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Ashley is a native of Miami, FL where she began her musical studies at the age of 8 in both band and choir. She is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music where she received her Master's of Music in Vocal Performance. She also has a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Florida International University.

Ashley has directed children's choirs and musicals, and has taught privately to a variety of ages for the past 5 years.

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Kendra is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where she studied voice and music education. Having taught all ages both privately and in the public schools, Kendra is passionate about helping voice, piano, music theory, and acting students of all ages and ability levels explore music, improve their skills, and reach their goals.

She is an active performer and has had advanced training in opera, musical theater, pop, and jazz styles of singing as well as classical piano and classical acting. She is constantly aiming to sharpen her own skill set so as to better serve her students. She teaches privately out of her home in downtown Rochester and runs the music ministry at one of Rochester's local churches.

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Whether you are a seasoned musician preparing for a special event, a life-long learner exploring new interests, or a child being introduced to the wonderful world of music, your lessons should be fun, focused, and informative. I strive to inspire and train students by providing enthusiastic instruction, positive reinforcement, a fun and relaxed atmosphere, and customized lesson plans designed to challenge and entertain each student according to his or her goals, regardless of age or experience.

I am a multi-instrumentalist and composer who began playing drums at age 4 and bass guitar and keyboards during my teen years. Originally from Western New York State, my musical career spans nearly 50 years playing everything from rock, to country, to orchestral music. I currently perform in three Rochester area symphony orchestras and the Rochester-based progressive rock band--KINETIC REVOLUTION.

* Member of The Percussive Arts Society
* Member of The Hudson Music TIP Drum Teacher...

About Me

I made and loved music before I could speak. Growing up, I played the piano, saxophone, and flute, and sang constantly. I sang everywhere: on the playground, in the car, at the store, even playing in the ocean in Maine! I went to summer theater camps, putting on shows like West Side Story, Damn Yankees!, The Wiz, and musical revues and choral concerts every weekend at New England Music Camp. Chorus was one of my favorites parts of school the day, and I couldn't wait for the musical. As I grew older, it became clear to me that singing and theater were simply fundamental to my nature. I applied to music schools and conservatories around the US and Canada, and found my way to the Eastman School of Music, here in Rochester, New York.

That childhood journey propelled me through my Bachelor of Music degree at Eastman, where I developed my vocal and interpretive skills, honed my musicological and academic brain, and learned about vocal pedagogy and the fantastic apparatus in our...

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I began my journey in music at a very young age. I started by taking piano and voice lessons as well as singing in a children’s choir which I participated in for 10 years. I have performed in many recitals, competitions, concerts and music theater productions. I began classical training in voice when I was 13 years old and took lessons at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs NY. When I graduated high school I attended Schenectady Community College where I obtained a 2-year degree in music performance for voice. In 2003 I moved to Rochester NY where I attended Nazareth College to study music therapy with a concentration in voice and secondary instruments of piano and guitar. I completed my undergraduate education in 2006 where I obtained a bachelor of science of music; specialization in music therapy. Immediately following my undergraduate work I completed a year long internship with Monroe BOCES # 1 at the Lois E. Bird Elementary School. During my internship I facilitated...

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Andrew is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts in vocal performance at the Eastman School of Music. He recently appeared as Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus with Empire Lyric Theater and as Samuel in The Pirates of Penzance with Mercury Opera. He completed his Masters of Music at the University of Tennessee Knoxville where he was a member of the Knoxville Opera studio and performed Count Ceprano in Knoxville Operas performance of Rigoletto. With the University of Tennessee Opera Theater his roles included: Leporello (Don Giovanni), Reverend Hale (The Crucible), Simone (Gianni Schicchi), and George Jones (Street Scene). He is a graduate of Brigham Young University Idaho where he appeared on stage in, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Ephigenie en Tauride, and Fiddler on the Roof. He participated in the Oberlin in Italy program and received the Encouragement Award at the Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana district Metropolitan Opera auditions. Andrew is also an experienced...