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Holds a degree in music performance
in flute from Boston University's School for the Arts. She has worked
as an adjuct professor of music at SUNY Cortland and has performed
flute with many local groups including the Elmira Symphony. Lisa
has maintained a private flute studio for over 25 years and has
taught Kindermusik and run Kindermusik of Ithaca for the past 10
years. Lisa also plays both celtic and pedal harp and performs with
the harp ensemble, Harps on the Susquehanna in the Binghamton area
as well a harp circle in Syracuse area. Lisa is also currently a
student in the national MHTP (Music, Healing and Transitioni Program)where
she is learning how to play music to help ease those in pain. |
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see listing under Recorder |
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B. M. in Jazz Studies, Ithaca
College. Plays professionally, locally and regionally. Principal
teachers include Steve Brown, Bob Sneider (Eastman School of Music)
and John Stowell. Five years teaching experience. |
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Professional performing acoustic
guitarist who plays at theatres, venues, and festivals across the
US. Has released four full-length recordings on Milagrito Records.
In 2004, his playing was featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered"
and in "Performing Songwrite Magazine." Studied classical
guitar at Kent State University and has 15 years teaching experience. |
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B.A. in Music, Hampshire
College, Amherst MA. 20 years performing experience in Boston, Washington,
D.C., San Francisco, and Seattle, playing rock, folk, reggae, blues
and country. Original CD to be released in fall, 2004. Five years
teaching experience. |
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Majored in music at Hunter
College, NYC. Over 25 years guitar teaching experience in folk,
blues and pop styles. Songwriter for and co-founder of VITAMIN L,
a nationally acclaimed local young people's chorus. He has also
written songs for Disney and National Geographic. In addition, he
is the founder of and musical director for Mostly Motown and currently
a composer in residence for Hangar Theater's Project 4. |
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DMA Candidate, Eastman School
of Music; MM, BM, Ithaca College. Classical Guitar studies with
Nicholas Goluses, Pablo Cohen, Joel Brown. Master class performances
with Manuel Barrueco, Sergio and Odair Assad, and Peter Segal. First
Prize, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Performing Artist
Competition. Director and adjudicator, D'Addario Classical Guitar
Competition, Ithaca College. |
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B.A. Piano, Ithaca College. Attended
High School of Music and Art, NYC. Studied with Kendall Taylor in
London, England. Over twenty years teaching experience. |
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B.M., Ithaca College 2006. Winner, 2006
Ithaca College Concerto Competition; First prize, 2006 Mary Hayes
North Piano Competition. Has appeared as soloist with the IC symphony
orchestra, and with the Ithaca College Contemporary Chamber Ensemble.
Extensive chamber music and vocal collaboration experience. Private
teacher since 2004. |
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B.S. in Piano Performance,
Magna Cum Laude, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY. Over 5
years private and group piano teaching experience. |
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D.M.A. in Music Composition, Cornell University.
M.M. in Music Composition, Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M. in
Piano Performance, Wayne State University. Active and extensive
performer; solo recital, chamber, composer/pianist series. 20 years
teaching experience. |
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Molly MacMillan is a well known musician living in
Ithaca, NY. She has been a featured pianist at the Sacramento Jubilee
Traditional Jazz festival, performing there also with the Lowdown
Alligator Jass Band, as well as other jazz festivals including Ottawa,
Montreal, Buffalo and the Thousand Islands, and Corning's Crystal
City jazz festival. Ms. MacMillan plays a beautiful piano, both
with her tasteful "comping" and her very melodic solos. She is also
a vocalist of uncanny agility with a light, mellow sound. Molly
has been involved in workshops with Marion McPartland and Dr. Billy
Taylor. She has traveled and recorded with such diverse groups as
The Hot Foot Club (swing band), the Molly MacMillan Trio, and cabaret
acts with Margaret Wakely, and with Richard Driscoll. She has recorded
CD's with various artists including the Trio and the HotFoot Club,
and is the producer of several CD's by the children's artist Mrs.
McPuppet. |
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B.M., Piano Performance, University of Southern California.
M.A. Liberal Studies, concentration in Philosophy and the Arts,
New School for Social Research. Provisional certification in elementary
education, SUNY Cortland. Over 20 years teaching experience including
piano, music and movement, and various music theory and appreciation
courses. |
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B.A., Music Education, Ithaca College. Is trained
in both classical and jazz piano and currently specializes in jazz,
rock, blues and ragtime styles. Active performer, currently accompanying
and directing the local multicultural choir, VOICES, as well as
touring nationwide with his band. Over five years prior teaching
experience. |
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B.M. in Piano Performance, Cleveland
Institute of Music. M.M. in composition, SUNY, Binghamton. Graduate
work in mathematics. Active local jazz and classical performer and
composer. |
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.M., Piano Performance, Ithaca College.
A native Romanian, she studied with Stela Dragulin and Cornelia
Orban, Transylvania University, and attended Walnut Hill High School
for the Arts, Natick, MA. Recipient of numerous awards including
a scholarship and Collaborative Artist Position at the Aspen Music
Festival. Has served as a vocal coach and staff accompanist at Ithaca
College. Several years of prior teaching experience. |
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M.M. Indiana University School of Music. Frequent
local performer. Over 15 years teaching experience.
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| Jennifer Lawrence
Birnbaum |
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B.A. in Music Education, concentration
in voice, Ithaca College. M.A. in Ethnomusicology and Music Education,
Teachers College, Columbia University. Tenured music teacher and
choral director, Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin H.S.,
New York, NY. |
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B.A. in Music Education,
University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. Current graduate studies,
Ithaca College. Experienced performer in jazz, rock and classical
styles. Over 7 years varied teaching experience. |
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B.A. Ithaca College. M.M. in Orchestral Performance,
Manhattan School of Music. Previous teaching experience in group
and private instruction through the Manhattan School of Music Outreach
Program. |
| Augusto Diemecke
- Violin |
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Student of Fredel Lack and graduate of
University of Houston School of Music and Ithaca Suzuki Institute.
M.M. in Violin Performance. Has performed with the Cayuga Chamber
Orchestra and Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra. Active performer:
solo, orchestra, chamber music; co-founder of Finger Lakes Strings.
Over 15 years teaching experience. |
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M.A. in Violin Performance, Ithaca College.
B.A. in Violin Performance, University of South Carolina. Member
of Augusta Symphony, Mercersburg Area Orchestra, Cumberland Valley
Chamber Players and other ensembles. Over 6 years prior teaching
experience. |
| Joseph Prusch - Violin
/ Viola / Fiddle |
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Fifth-year at Ithaca College, majoring
in Viola Performance and Education. Experienced performer in Rock,
Folk, Traditional, Historical and Classical music. Former Baroque
violist with Les Petits Violons du Cornell. Currently plays with
the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, the Cornell University
Middle Eastern Ensemble, the Blue Sky Mission Club, the Urban Horse
Thieves, and the 77th NY Regimental Balladeers. Seven years teaching
experience. |
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M.M. in vocal performance, Ithaca College. 20 years
teaching experience. Taught Musical Theater at the University of
Trier in Germany. |
| Active soloist in Ithaca, New York City
and nationwide. Long affiliations with several professional ensembles,
including Musica Sacra, Voices of Ascension, AmorArtis and the Grammy-nominated
a capella ensemble, Pomerium. Seven years prior teaching experience.
Also teaches in Cornell's Vocal Coaching Program. Available for
parties. |
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B.M. in Music, Vocal Performance emphasis
combined with sociology. Currently pursuing teacher and practitioner
certification in the Feldenkrais Method. Current member of the Cayuga
Vocal Ensemble. Four years prior teaching experience of both individuals
and groups. |
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A mezzo soprano, Ivy Gaibel has performed
with the Spoleto, USA festival in Charleston, SC, Des Moines Metro
Opera, Syracuse Opera, and is a graduate of the Tri-Cities Opera
Resident Artist Training Program. Awards include Artist of the Year-Syracuse
Opera, First Place- National Association of Teachers of Singing,
The George L. Hinman Award and Guild Scholarships-Tri-Cities Opera.
Ms. Gaibel is an alum of Ithaca College MM voice, where she is an
assistant professor of voice. |
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M.M. in Vocal Performance, B.A. in Music
Education, Ohio University. Adjunct vocal instructor and assistant
director of University Chorale, Pepperdine University. Associate
conductor and managing director of Angel City Chorale, Los Angeles.
Performances include frequent solo appearances, recitals and several
operatic roles. Currently a member of The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble.
Extensive teaching experience. |
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B.M., Vocal Performance and Music Education,
Ithaca College. Former member of IC's College Choir, Women's Chorale
and Vocal Jazz ensembles. Performances with the Ithaca Opera Company,
Syracuse Opera Company and Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Prior pre-K,
elementary and high school teaching experience. Currently singing
with local classic R&B band, The Destination. |
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