FACULTY
Inessa Beylin - Piano, Vocal Coach
Honors graduate, Mussorgsky
College of Music; Advanced
Performance Degree, Tel Aviv
University; vocal coach/accompanist,
Academy of Music, Tel Aviv
University, International Vocal Arts
Institute, Italy and Israel; Brooklyn
College Conservatory of Music.
Ron Bickel–Jazz Piano
MMus, Duquesne University; faculty,
Pittsburgh Public Schools and
Duquesne University; extensive jazz
performances locally and nationally.
Thomas Blobner–Theory/Composition
BA, University of Pittsburgh; graduate
studies with Joseph W. Jenkins,
Theory/Composition, Duquesne
University; faculty, LaRoche College
and University of Pittsburgh; Chair,
Musicianship Program, CCAC.
Eric Brockschmidt–Guitar
BFA, Indiana University, Pa;
MMus,Guitar Performance,
Duquesne University.
Gregory Buyanover–Cello
MArts, Cello and Music Education,
Gnessin School, Moscow Conserv-
atory; member, Moscow Symphony
Orchestra and State Symphony
Orchestra of Cinematography;
Principal Cellist, Moscow Chamber
Orchestra Music Theater.
Henry Doktorski–Accordion
BA, Piano Performance and Music
Education, Park College; MMus,
Composition, Duquesne University;
first place winner of the 1990
“American Accordion Musicological
Society” Virtuoso Solo Competition;
performed with cellist Mstislav
Rostropovich, violinist Itzhak
Perlman, and with the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood
Festival Orchestra and the Pittsburgh
New Music Ensemble; author
“The Classical Squeezebox ... A
Short History of the Accordian
in Classical Music,” soon to be
published by Hohner Verlag of
Germany; founder of “The Classical
Free Reed, Inc.” accessible on the
Internet at trfn.clpgh.org/free-reed.
Josh Dunlevy – Saxophone
BMus Duquesne University; jazz
studies at the University of North
Texas. Performances with Maynard
Ferguson, Bog Bop Nouveau,
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey.
Performs in Pittsburgh area with
Civic Light Opera, various jazz and
commercial groups.
Roberta Erickson–Handbells, Handchimes
Member of the American Guild of
English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR)
and Solo to Ensemble Project
(STEP); former District Coordinator
for AGEHR Area II; studies with
Christine Anderson, Sueda Luttrel,
Ron Belamy, Bobbie Schmidt, Beth
Klein, Michael Kastner and Kevin
McChesney; Director of Handbells,
Oakmont Presbyterian Church and
The United Presbyterian Church
of New Kensington; handbell soloist
with frequent performances
throughout western Pennsylvania.
Raúl Fauré – Viola and Violin
Early studies in violin in Puerto
Montt, Chile; studied with Enrique
López at Catholic University of
Chile, member of the Chamber
Orchestra of the Music Institute
String Quartet in Residence at
the University, the Orquesta
Sinfónica de Chile and the Orquesta
Filarmónica de Santiago. Founding
member of the Sur String Quartet
in Santiago, Chile. Performance
Residency Program Certificate
from Carnegie Mellon University,
studied with Maestro Atar Arad.
MMus Music Performance Duquesne
University, studied with Randolph
Kelly. Currently member of the West
Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Taras Filenko–Piano
Graduate of the Tchaikovsky State
Conservatory; Lecturer and Senior
Research Associate, Institute
of Ukrainian Studies at Kiev
University; PhD, Ethnomusicology,
University of Pittsburgh; recipient
of a Fullbright in 1994; solo
appearances in Eastern and
Western Europe.
Perry Jonathon Gatch III–Percussion
BMus, Education; MMus, Performance,
Duquesne University; studies
with Gerald Unger, Andrew Reamer,
Stanley Leonard and Lenny Rogers;
freelancer in the Pittsburgh area
since 1990; Adjunct Professor, Mus.
Ed., Duquesne University; Chair,
Percussion Department, Westminster
College; founding member of
“Tempus Fugit,” a performing
percussion ensemble.
James Gorton – Oboe
BMus, Eastman School of Music;
Rochester National Scholar and
winner of Performer’s Certificate,
Eastman School of Music; former
member, Rochester Philharmonic,
Eastman Rochester Orchestra and
Principal Oboe, Rochester Chamber
Orchestra; Principal Oboe and soloist
with Colorado Philharmonic and
New Hampshire Music Festival;
Co-Principal Oboe, Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra; faculty,
Duquesne University.
Jim Guerra–Chair, Jazz Department/Saxophone
BMus, Berkeley; studied with Joe
Viola and Charles Mariano; performs
with Civic Light Opera,
Pittsburgh Ballet and Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra; adjunct faculty,
Duquesne University.
Jack Howell–Clarinet
Marian Irwin–Suzuki Violin
BFA, Violin Performance and
Music Education, Carnegie Mellon
University; registered through Book
10 with the Suzuki Association of
the Americas; participated in Suzuki
workshops and Institutes at Ithaca,
NY, Steven’s Point, WI and Chicago,
IL; visiting faculty, String Department,
Penn State University;
member, McKeesport, Butler,
Westmoreland, Johnstown and
Wheeling Symphony Orchestras;
first violin with the Burchfield
String Quartet; currently Middle
School String Specialist, Bethel Park
Schools.
Jeff Irwin–Suzuki Violin and Viola
BFA and MFA, Violin Performance,
Carnegie Mellon University; studied
with David Cercone and George
Grossman; completed study of
the Suzuki literature at Ithaca
College, Steven’s Point and Chicago
Institutes and is now registered
through Book 10 with the Suzuki
Association of the Americas; performing
musician with the Wheeling,
Westmoreland, McKeesport,
Butler and Johnstown Symphony
Orchestras; violist, Burchfield String
Quartet.
Ken Karsh–Chair, Guitar, Jazz Guitar
BMus and MMus, Guitar Performance, Mary Pappert School of Music, Duquesne University; Berklee College of Music Alumnus; performances with Jimmy McGriff, Eric Kloss, Bobby McFerrin, Lee Konitz, "Papa John" DeFrancesco, Jack McDuff, Gene Ludwig, Bernadette Peters, Nathan Davis, the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Principal fretted instrumentalist for a variety of Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera musical theater productions; fretted instrumentalist for the Pitssburgh Opera Orchestra; recordings with Gene Ludwig, Eric Kloss, Arnold Sterling, James Brown-Orleans, Bobby McFerrin and the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra; faculty member at the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA; faculty member for the Duquesne University Summer Guitar Workshop; publications include Jazz Scale Workout (Mel Bay Publications) and Fingerboarding Made EZ: Scale & Arpeggio Visualization for Guitar; CD Ventana available on Alanna records
Rhian Kenny–Flute
BMus, McGill University; studies
with Timothy Hutchins; winner
Concours de L’Orchestre
Symphonique de Trois-ivieres,
Concours de L’Orchestre
Symphonique de Montreal
and Concours de L’Orchestre
Symphonique de Quebec; Principal
Piccolo, Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra; faculty, Duquesne
University.
Dean Kokanos–Voice
BMus Duquesne University, MMus Carnegie Mellon. Teaching Artist Pittsburgh Opera, The Memphis and Cleveland Operas. First Prize Winner Pennsylvania chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters and received one of the Four District Encouragement Awards from the Metropolitan Opera's National Council Auditions.
Performed locally and abroad in roles including Nemorino (L'Elisir d'amore), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Bill (Flight), Remendado (Carmen), Beppe (Pagliacci) Tebaldo
(i Capuleti e i Montecchi), Count Almaviva (Barber of Seville) and Lindoro (L'Italiana in Algeri). He has performed with Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh, Opera Memphis, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Sarasota Opera, Opera Grand Rapids and Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy.
Igor Kraevsky–Piano
BMus and MMus, Diploma
with Distinction, St. Petersburg
Conservatory; Artist Diploma,
Duquesne University; winner of
National competitions in Russia
and Ukraine; taught and performed
in L’Academie de Musique
d’ Epinal and L’Academie de
Musique de Guerande; faculty member,
L’Academie International de
Musique de Semur an Auxois de
Bourgogne in France; concertized
throughout Eastern Europe, France,
Germany, Spain and the U.S.;
co-founder, Annual Shady Side
Chamber Music Festival and music
festival “Spring in Moulin d’Ande”
in France; Chair, Music Department,
Berkley Carroll School, Brooklyn,
NY; founding member, Pittsburgh
Piano Trio.
Edwarda Kremen–Piano
BMus, Piano Pedagogy, Mussorgsky
College of Music; MMus, Piano
and Choral Conducting, Institute
of Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia;
piano faculty, Children’s Choral
School, St. Petersburg and
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music,
Milwaukee; staff accompanist,
University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee; winner, Wisconsin
Public TV Music Competition;
chamber music recitals in Russia
and the U.S.
Israel Kremen–Composition/Piano
DMA, Music Composition,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;
MMA, Music Composition, Theory
and Piano, Rimsky-Korsakov
Conservatory of Music, St Petersburg,
Russia; piano and chamber
music compositions published in
Russia, recorded in the U.S.,
performed in New York, Boston,
Pittsburgh, Houston and Milwaukee.
Ann Labounsky–Chair, Sacred Music/Organ
BMus, Organ, Eastman School
of Music under David Craighead;
MMus, Organ, University of
Michigan under Marilyn Mason;
Fullbright for study in Paris under
Andre Marchal, Jean Langlais,
Suzanne Chaisemartin and Marcel
Dupre; AAGO; Associate Professor,
Director Sacred Music and Chair,
Organ Department, Duquesne
University.
Charles Lirette–Trumpet
Oberlin College Conservatory of
Music studies with Gene Young,
Don Tison and Bernard Adelstein.
Former member of the Buffalo
Philharmonic and principal trumpet
for the Jerusalem Symphony.
Co-Principal trumpet, Pittsburgh
Symphony since1981. Faculty,
Duquesne University
Jayne McDonald–Chair, Musicianship/Dalcroze Eurhythmics
BMusEd, Messiah College; Dalcroze
Elementary Certificate, Carnegie
Mellon University; MMus Education,
Duquesne University; teaches vocal/
general music at Highland Middle
School, Blackhawk School District.
Mary Moser–Violin
BMus in Performance University of the Pacific; MMus in Performance and Pedagogy, Arizona State University. Member of Erie Philharmonic and Youngstown Symphonies. Principal Second
Violin for Musica Nova Orchestra in Scottsdale, AZ; member of the Arizona State University Contemporary Music Ensemble. Has participated in workshops in Rome, Italy, Tanglewood and Aspen. Studies with Katherine McLim, Jane Cromwell, Ilivia Hajioff and James Stern. Suzuki training with Ronda Cole, Michele George, Teri Eimfeldt, Stevie Sandven and Edmund Sprunger.
Emily Paladin–Musicianship
BSci in MusEd Indiana University
of Pennsylvania, Robert E. Cook
Honors College; piano studies with
Jacqueline Anderson and Edwin
Fry; vocal studies with Joanne
Luchsinger; member Pittsburgh
Madrigal Singers, Zelienople-
Harmony Community Band.
Teaches vocal and general music
at Burchfield Elementary School,
Shaler Area School District.
Kazumi Petinaux–Piano
BMus, Kunitachi College of Music,
Tokyo, Japan; MMus, Vocal
Coaching and Piano Accompaniment,
Duquesne University; accompanist,
Pittsburgh Boys’ Choir, Cleveland
Opera and Duquesne University
Opera Workshop; instructor, opera
coach and accompanist, University
of Akron, Ohio.
Joseph Petron–Chair, Suzuki Violin Department
BMusEd and MMusEd, Duquesne
University; faculty, public and private
schools K -12; post-graduate
studies in Suzuki teaching methods,
both in the U.S. and with Dr.
Shinichi Suzuki in Matsumoto,
Japan; faculty, Suzuki workshops
and Institutes; member, McKeesport
Symphony.
Bill Purse–Guitar and Music Technology
BMus, Studio Jazz; MMus,
Guitar Performance, Duquesne
University; Chair, Guitar and Music
Technology, Duquesne University;
Chairman of MENC/GAMA National
Task Force on Revitalizing Guitar
Education; Fender musical instrument
clinician.
Misha Quint–Cello
Graduate School for the Gifted and
the St. Petersburg Conservatory;
winner of the Boccherini Concerto
Competition, the Prague International
and Russian National
Competitions; New York debut at
the 92nd Street Y and Avery Fisher
Hall in Lincoln Center; frequent
performer in the U.S. and abroad;
faculty, International Institute
of Music in Bavaria, Mannes
College and Duquesne University;
Music Director of the Soesterberg
International Music Festival
in Holland.
Freya Samuels–Chair, Chamber Music Program/Cello
BMus, New England Conservatory;
recipient C.D. Jackson Master
Award; former member, Opera
Company of Boston Orchestra,
Atlantic Symphony (Canada),
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra,
ALEA III-Contemporary Music
Ensemble in residence Boston
University and Toledo Symphony;
former faculty, New School of Music
(Cambridge, MA), All Newton Music
School and Heidelberg College; guest
faculty, Miami University
of Ohio, Bowling Green State
University and University of
Toronto; currently freelance
cellist in Pittsburgh.
Robert Schmalz–Trombone, Chair Winds-Brass
BSci (MusEd), Duquesne University;
MA, PhD, Historical Musicology,
University of Pittsburgh; trombone
studies with Mattie Shiner;
member, Pittsburgh Civic Light
Opera Orchestra, The Louisiana
Phil harmonic and the Wheeling,
Johnstown, Altoona, Acadiana,
Lake Charles and Rapids City
Orchestras; founding member,
Louisiana Brass Ensemble; retired as
Ruth S. Girard Endowed Professor
of Musicology and Professor of
Trombone/ Euphonium, University
of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Lara Seifarth – Early Childhood/Musicianship
BA Music (major flute) and psychology:
music education certification
Westminster College relevant
in this situtation. Studies Dalcroze
Eurhythmics Carnegie Mellon
University. Faculty Blackhawk
Elementary School.
Natasha Snitkovsky–Artistic Director/Chair, Piano Department
Early training: Central Music
School, Moscow; MMus, Moscow
Conservatory; studied with Jacob
Milstein; winner, Passamaneck
Competition; first prize winner,
D’Angelo International Piano
Competition; solo recital, Carnegie
Hall, New York; concert tours in
California, Louisiana, New England,
West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana,
Pennsylvania and New York;
performances with Moscow State
Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony,
American Wind Symphony, Bedford
Springs Festival Orchestra and
“Mostly Mozart” Festival; faculty,
Gnessin Institute of Music, Moscow
and Carnegie Mellon University;
“Master Teacher” award from World
Piano Competition and “Who’s Who
Among American Teachers” 2002;
master classes in Japan, Taiwan,
Mexico, Italy and Israel; piano faculty,
Duquesne University; co-founder,
City Music Center; founding chairperson,
Duquesne Young Artist
Competition; Director, Summer
Piano Institute.
Peter Snitkovsky–Chair, String Department/Violin
Artist and Teacher Diploma,
Moscow Conservatory; member,
Moscow State Symphony; Chair,
String Department, Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra.
Anoush Tchakarian - Piano
BMus National Music Conservatory,
Sofia, Bulgaria; MMus Artist
Diploma Duquesne University.
Graduated Piano Performance
and Piano Pedagogy Diplomas in
the piano class of Vera Mitcheva.
Participated as soloist in national
and international festivals in
Bulgaria, England, and Finland
as well as with different chamber
music ensembles. Laureate from
various national competitions with
Special and Second Prize from the
National Competition for German
and Austrian Music, and the Special
Prize of His Excellency the German
Ambassador in Bulgaria. Soloist of
the National Music Conservatory
Orchestra in 2001 in Sofia, and
soloist of the Duquesne Symphony
Orchestra in Pittsburgh in 2004
as the winner of the Concerto
Competition. Recordings for the
Bulgarian National Radio, the
Bulgarian National Television, and
WQED Multimedia. 2006 Winner
Western Pennsylvania Steinway
Society Piano Competition. Member
of the National Music Honor Society
Pi Kappa Lambda.
Jeff Turner
BMus, Eastman School of Music;
studies with James Van Demark
and Lawrence Hurst; former bassist,
Detroit Symphony Orchestra and
Principal Bassist, New American
Chamber Orchestra; Artist in
Residence, Korsholm Festival,
Finland; frequent chamber musician
and recitalist throughout the
U.S. and Europe; Principal Double
Bassist, Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra; Visiting Professor,
Eastman School of Music; Adjunct
Professor, Duquesne University;
1989 Passamaneck Award Winner.
Aaron White–Double Bass
Studies at Southern Methodist and Duquesne University. Studies with Thomas Lederer and Jeffrey Turner. Member of Louisville and Florida Orchestras. Currently member of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Andrew Wickesberg – Viola
BMus in Viola and Violin Indiana
University and a MMus in Viola
Performance from New England
Conservatory. Former member
of the New World Symphony.
Worked with such distinguished
condutors as James Levine, Kurt
Masur, Michael Tilson-Thomas and
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos; studied
under the direction of Marcus
Thompson, Atar Arad and Alan
deVertch. Member of the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra.
Sally Worsing
BFA, Organ Performance, Dalcroze
Elementary Certificate, Dalcroze
License, Carnegie Mellon University;
PhD, Education/Music Theory,
University of Pittsburgh; piano
studies with Ferguson Webster;
organ studies with John Lively; visiting
lecturer, Dalcroze Eurhythmics
and Music in Elementary Education,
Carlow College; visiting lecturer,
Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Carnegie
Mellon University; presenter,
Dalcroze workshops in Great
Britain, Taiwan and Switzerland;
founding Executive Director, City
Music Center.
Rufina Yefimova–Violin
MArts and Mus Ed, Moscow
Conservatory, student of Belenky;
member, Russian National
Orchestra under Pletnyov and
Spiakov.
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