Teaching Artist Listings

Sylvia Ahramjian

Violin

M.M. Violin Performance, Indiana University; B.M. Violin Performance, Juilliard School. Studied with: Ivan Galamian, Margaret Pardee, Josef Gingold and Paul Rolland.  Concertmaster of the Lancaster Symphony for over 20 years.  Currently Assoc Read more....

Annette Alessi

Pastel, Landscape, Adult Drawing, Adult Painting, Figure

A.A. Specialized Technology of the Arts, Fashion Illustration, The Art Institute of Philadelphia. Member: Artists Guild, Art League of Wayne, Media Arts Council, Chester County Art Association.  Specialties: figurative, children's portraits, lands Read more....

Richard Amoroso

Violin

B.A. Dickinson College, magna cum laude. Former pupil of past Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmasters Norman Carol and William de Pasquale.  Member of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1998 and frequent participant in the orchestra's chamber music se Read more....

Ross Beauchamp

Cello, Chamber Music

M.M. and B.M. Boston University. Studied with Michael Reynolds.  Orchestral experience: Reading, Lancaster, Kennett, and Delaware Symphony Orchestras.  Teaching experience: Delaware Music School, University of Delaware, Bryn Mawr Co Read more....

Barbara Benedett

Clarinet, Chamber Music

M.M. Clarinet Performance, University of Delaware. Studied with: Charles Salinger, David Weber, Vincent Marinelli, Anthony Gigliotti. Member: International Clarinet Association and Early Childhood Music and Movement Association.  Freelance musicia Read more....

David Brown

Piano, Composition, Chamber Music

M.M. Composition, Curtis Institute of Music; B.M. Piano Performance, Curtis Institute of Music.  Studied with: Rudolf Serkin, Mieczslaw Horszowski, composer Myron Fink.  First prize winner, National Merriweather Post Competition; Bloch A Read more....

Nikia Brown

Tap, Jazz, Creative, Modern, Hip-Hop

Attended: Virginia Commonwealth University, Dance; Georgia State University, Dance Education; Philadelphia School of Dance Arts (Philadanco), American Dance Festival, Summer World of Dance Program (University of the Arts), The Alvin Ailey School. Tea Read more....

Cynthia Campetti

Violin

B.M. Violin Performance, Curtis Institute of Music. Teachers: Jascha Brodsky and Ivan Galamian. Former Member of: Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia Opera Orchestra, Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia.  Teaching exp Read more....

Natalie Chang

Piano

M.M. Piano Pedagogy, West Chester University; B.M. Keyboard Performance (Magna Cum Laude), West Chester University. Studied with: Dr. Richard Veleta, Ellen Mack (Peabody Conservatory of Music), Keiko Sato (Curtis Institute of Music), Madeline Bruser (M Read more....

Kevin Cope

Composition, Guitar

M.M. Composition, University of Delaware; B.A. Music, Bloomsburg University. Studied classical guitar with: Matthew Slotkin and Christiaan Taggart. Studied composition with: Patrick Long, Andrew Bleckner and Jennifer Barker.

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Zachary Crystal

Percussion

B.M. Performance, Oberlin College.  Studied with: Alan Abel, Angela Zator Nelson, Michael Rosen, Jamey Haddad.  Orchestral experience: St. Louis, Delaware, Lancaster and New World Symphonies.  Teaching experience: Music Sc Read more....

Donna N. Cusano

Pastel, Adult Drawing, Adult Painting

A talented artist and popular instructor, Donna is a cum laude graduate of Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and has garnered critical acclaim both locally and nationally. She has won awards with The Pastel Society of America, The Artists' Magazine, Read more....

Nathalie Dalziel

Spanish, Preschool, Voice

A native of Argentina, Nathalie is fluent in Spanish and English, and has been a Spanish Teacher’s Assistant in a local elementary school. Well versed in the arts, she has a B.M. from Westminster Choir College in Voice Performance and sings wit Read more....

Anne Dempsey

Painting, Mixed Media, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture

B.S. Arts Education, Kutztown University. Teaching experience: The Concept School, Community Arts Center of Wallingford, Main Line Arts Center, and adult education in the William Penn School District.  Membership: Philadelphia Guild of Hand W Read more....

Alex Dramis

Guitar

B.M. Combs College of Music, Philadelphia. Studied with: Dennis Sandole, Joseph Sgro, Romeo Cascarino, Edward Delucca. Teaching experience includes: Combs College of Music, Granoff School of Music, Neupauer Conservatory.

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Lisa Eckley-Cocchiarale

Drama, Preschool

B.A. John Carroll University and post-graduate work at Rowan University. Director, actress and "Theatre for Young Audiences" specialist; Former director Civic Youth Theater of Greater Lafayette (IN); Director of Widener University's Children' Read more....

Sensei Jane Freemas

Fitness, Martial Arts, Self-Defense

Isshinryu Karate, 3rd degree Black belt; Isshinryu Hall of Fame Female Instructor of the Year; Studied with: Master Carl Martin, 7th degree Black belt. Teaching experience: Traditional Okinawan Karate Institute, West Chester, PA; East High School, Read more....

Lingchin Liao Hacker

Preschool, Violin, Suzuki Violin, Early Childhood Music, Chinese, Theory, Chamber Music

M.M. and Professional Studies in Violin Performance, Temple University; B.M. Music Education and Violin Performance, National Taiwan Normal University. Studied violin with: Helen Kwalwasser. Additional training: Suzuki violin and Gordon Institute for M Read more....

Jane James

Pastel, Adult Drawing, Adult Painting

Jane is a signature member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and an associate member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society where she serves on the board of directors and edits their newsletter.

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Laura Beth Jewell

Violin

B.M. Violin Performance, Catholic University. Principal Violin and Viola teacher at Studio Papillon, Washington D.C. Principal 2nd Violin, Catholic University Symphony Orchestra. Studied with: Cynthia Campetti and Jody Gatwood.

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Claire Jones

Ballet, Lyrical, Creative, Fitness, Modern

Masters of Dance in Education, Temple University; B.F.A. Dance, Temple University. Teaching experience: International Dance Academy of Beirut (Lebanon); American Community School (Beirut, Lebanon); Mariana Bracetti Charter Academy (Kensington, PA); Chestn Read more....

Patricia Jordan

Drama, Musical Theatre

B.A. Theatre and Communication Arts, Villanova University. Advanced Acting with Herbert Berghof and Musical Theater with Hal Holden, New York. Workshops Royal Shakespeare Company and Grotowski's PolishTheatre Laboratory.  Private voice study and J Read more....

Elizabeth Kaplan

Preschool, Painting, Mixed Media, Drawing, Ceramics

B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, concentrations in printmaking and drawing. Art experience: art teacher, gallery director, mural project coordinator, and therapeutic recreation program instructor. Teaching experience: Westtown School, Westtown, PA; Read more....

Ryan Kauffman

Clarinet, Saxophone, Composition, Flute, Chamber Music

M.M. West Chester University; B.A. Music, Eastern Mennonite University. Studied with: Rusty Blevins and Gunner Mossblad.  Experience: rock, classical, folk, jazz and church music.  Performance experience: Jazzspeak; recital soloist; comp Read more....

Karl Kuerner

Landscape, Adult Drawing, Adult Painting

Chadds Ford artist. Grandson of two Andrew Wyeth subjects - Karl and Anna Kuerner. Studied at Art Institute of Philadelphia and private study for seven years with Carolyn Wyeth.  Exhibited in PA, DE, and NJ.  Media used are oil, acrylic and w Read more....

Joey Mariano

Guitar, Bass

B.M. Jazz Performance, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.  Studied with: Vic Juris.  Additional Education: National Guitar Workshop with John Scofield and Fret Board Harmony Class with Richard Boukas.  Teaching Read more....

Thomas Meany

Flute, Suzuki Flute

M.M. Flute Performance, Rowan University; B.M. Performance/Education, Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts; Suzuki Flute Certification East State Tennessee University, Great Lakes Suzuki Flute Institute. Teaching experience: Ursinus College, Wid Read more....

Micah Muldowney

Composition, Guitar

B.M.A. Guitar, Brigham Young University. Awards: Mitropoulos Music Scholarship.

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Olga Nielsen

Pastel, Painting, Drawing, Figure, Figurative Sculpture

B.F.A. in Textile Design, Fashion Illustration and Fashion Design, Moscow Textile Institute. Graduate Study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts includes figure painting and drawing, anatomy, figure and portrait sculpture, stone and bronze scul Read more....

Stephanie O'Dea

Voice

M.M. Vocal Pedagogy and Performance, Westminster Choir College;  B.M. Voice, Syracuse University.  Studied with: Janet Brown, Margaret Cusak, coached with Fred Karpoff and JJ Penna.  Awards: Kennett Square Symphony Orchestra Competi Read more....

Aubrey O'Hara

Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Creative, Fitness, Modern

B.S. Mercyhurst College. Studied with: Tauna Hunter, Les Jordan III, Elan Schweicke. Attended: American Coll

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Ethel Olsen

Piano, Theory, Suzuki Piano

B.A., Edison State College; graduate studies, Westminster Choir College and Rowan College; Suzuki Piano Training, School for Strings, NY; Music Mind Games, trained with Michiko Yurko. Teachers: Béla Nagy, Steven Romanio, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Jacqu Read more....

Karla Pankratz

B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University; International Study, Temple University, Rome, Italy. Assistant Muralist, Mural Arts Program (Philadelphia). Teaching experience: Tyler School of Art; Twin Valley Middle School; Main Line Art Center; Fairvi Read more....

Janka Perniss

Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber Music

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Serban Petrescu

Violin, Chamber Music

M.M. Violin Performance, Southeastern Louisiana University; M.M. Music Theory, West Chester University; B.A. Violin Performance, National University of Music, Bu

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Chantel A. Price

Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop

B.S. Pennsylvania State University, pursuing an M.B.A. Attended: Philadelphia School of Dance Arts (Philadanco), Young Performers Theater Camp, Progressive Center for Dance (full scholarship). Started her own dance school for children and adults in S Read more....

Barbara Prugh

Chamber Music, Trumpet

M.M. Eastman School of Music; B.M. Music Education, University of Delaware.  Studied with: Sidney Mear, David Blackinton, Seymour Rosenfield

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Silvanio Reis

Piano, Chamber Music

M.M. Piano Performance, University of Akron; B.M. Piano Performance, Instituto de Musica e Artes de Penapolis, Brazil. Studied with: Sergio Gallo, Mauricy Martin and Philip Thomson. Currently pursuing his M.M in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at Temple Read more....

Paula Rivera

Spanish, Early Childhood Music, Voice

M.M., Vocal Performance, Carnegie Mellon University; B.M. Theory and History, Universidada de Chile. Awards: Carnegie Mellon University Fellowship, 1996-98; Special Prize to Outstanding Young Artist, Teatro Municipal de Santiago. Recitals in Santia

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Skip Rohrich

Percussion

B.M. Jazz Studies, Indiana University. Additional Training at Berklee College of Music and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Classical an

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Tatyana Roytshteyn

Piano

M.M. Piano Performance, Indiana

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Pat Schmitt

Fitness, Yoga

Trained at Yogalife Institute, Devon PA;

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Geri Smith

Piano, Songwriting

B. S. Music Education, West Chester University, Dalcroze Elementary Certifica

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Paolo Vairo

Piano, Photography

M.M. Piano Performance, Temple University. Performan

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Larry J. Van Stone

Guitar, Banjo, Photography

From leading a folk group, the "Willow Tree Singers", to playing coffee sh

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Tomasz Walski

Piano

M.M. in Piano Performance Candidate Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University; B.M. Music Piano Performance, Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland. Master Classes with W. Macarow, J. Badura-Skoda, and A. Jasinski (Kristian Zimmerma< Read more....

Hattie Weselyk

Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Creative, Modern, Character, Musical Theatre

Studied at The School of American Ballet in association

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Laura Westmoreland

Preschool, Mixed Media, Ceramics, Sculpture

B.A. Union University. Graduate study in

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Bess Witcosky

Tap, Jazz, Creative, Modern, Hip-Hop, Ballroom

Masters of Dance in Education, Temple University; B.A. Purdue University, Dance minor. Dance/Teaching experience: Senior Teaching Artist, Dancing Classrooms Philly; Master Lecturer, University of the Arts; Artistic Director, the Movement Lounge; Adjunc Read more....