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Piano Instructors listed Alphabetically:
         ** By audition only

**David Brown (Piano) B.M. Piano Performance, M.M. Composition, Curtis Institute. Teachers: Rudolf Serkin, Mieczslaw Horszowski, composer Myron Fink. First Prize winner, National Merriweather Post Competition; Bloch Award; two grants, Philadelphia Friends of Fine Arts. Soloist with Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, Delaware, Lancaster, National and Utah Symphony Orchestras. Teaching: University of DE, West Chester State University, Snow-bird Summer Arts Institute (UT). Students have included winners of national and international competitions.

**Lotus Cheng Brown (Piano) B.M. in Piano Performance, University of Delaware; M.M., Piano Pedagogy/Accompanying, Temple University. Studied with Alexander Fiorillo, Lambert Orkis and David Brown. WMS 1991-92 Teacher of the Year. Prize winner, 1980 JCC Young Musicians Competition, 1983 Temple University Concerto Competition; first prize winner, 1987 National Bartok-Kabalevsky Piano Competition, Former faculty member, U of DE. Performances: Augustin Anievas, Leon Fleisher, Natalie Hinderas, Russell Sherman master classes, solo recitals, duets, two-piano works with her husband, David Brown, Salt Lake City, Paris, and Staubing (Germany).

Natalie Chang (Piano) M.M. in Piano Pedagogy, B.M. in Keyboard Performance (Magna Cum Laude) West Chester University. Studied with Dr. Richard Veleta. Also has studied with Ellen Mack, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Keiko Sato, Curtis Institute of Music, Madeline Bruser, Manhattan School of Music Extension, Judith Barnett, Alexander Technique of Relaxation at West Chester University. Accompanist for Korean United Church of Philadelphia.

Diana Sophocles Hemmenway (Piano) B.M. Oberlin College; M.M. Boston University. Piano studies: Clement Petrillo, Joseph Schwartz, Alfred Kanwisher, Irvin Freundlich, Anthony DiBonaventura, Russell Sherman and John Perry. Former faculty member, Mount Holyoke College, West Chester University and Wilmington Music School.

Esther Houpt (Piano, Music Therapy) B.S. and M.A. equivalent in Piano from West Chester University; Masters in Music Therapy, Immaculata College. Certified K-12, elementary and secondary music teacher.

Tatyana Roytshteyn (Piano) B.M. Piano Performance, Florida Atlantic University; M.M. Piano Performance, Indiana University. Studied with Judith Burganger, Leonard Treer, and Dr. Karen Shaw. Teaching: Nelly Berman School of Music, The Pine Crest School, Brevard Music Center, Smith-Holden Music Center.

Harue Sato (Piano) B.A. University of Tokyo; M.A. Piano Performance, University of the Arts. Teachers: Susan Starr, Marina Grin. Suzuki training: Dr. Ray Landers, Joan Krzywicki. Teaching: Wilmington Music School, Settlement Music School, Academy of Children's Music, Temple Music Prep. Accompanist, University of the Arts, Little Lyric Opera and Theatre.

Geri Smith (Piano and Voice) B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University, Dalcroze Elementary Certificate from the Juilliard School, New York, NY. Teaching experience: voice and piano instructor at the Center for the Creative Arts and voice instructor at the Wilmington Music School. Wrote and co-produced 2 albums of original music. Has musical theatre experience and coaching skills.

Paolo Vairo (Piano) M.M. Piano Performance, Temple University; Performances: Tours in recital and as soloist with orchestras in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Romania, Czech Republic and the United States. His Italian tour included the cities of Aosta, Avelino, Bari, Brindisi, Bologna, Como, Firenze, Milano, Padova, Pescara, Prato, Sassari, Savona, Siracusa, Torino, Venezia and Voghera; Munchener Symphonikern at the world-renowned Herkulessaal der Residenz in Munich; Awards include a degree with excellent merits at the Conservatory "G. Verdi" in Como, Teaching Assistantship, Temple University; Teaching includes: Adjunct Instructor, Temple University.

Tomasz Walski (Piano) B.M. Music Piano Performance, Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland; M.M. in Piano Performance Candidate Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University; Master Classes with W. Macarow, J. Badura-Skoda, and A. Jasinski (Kristian Zimmerman's teacher); First Prize Youth Piano Competition, Lomza, Polad, Second Prize at Beethoven Piano Festival, Ostroda, Poland, 1999; Teaching Positions: Institute of Youth Cultural Development, Olssztyn, Poland, Let-man's Music School, Warsaw, Poland, Private students in Philadelphia and New Jersey.

 

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