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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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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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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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Received a Bachelor's degree with a double
major in Piano Performance and Composition from the University of
Miami. As a recipient of a Collaborative Piano Graduate Award, she
earned a Masters Degree in Piano Performance and Literature from
the Eastman School of Music and is currently pursuing a Doctor of
Music Arts degree, studying with Professor Rebecca Penneys. She
has been the recipient of many awards including second prize at
the Bradshaw Buono International Piano Competition, second prize
at the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park's Scholarship Competition
in Boca Raton, Florida, and winner at the Salzburg College's summer
program piano competition in Austria. |
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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.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. |
| 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. |
| 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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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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