Available Instructors for Private Lessons
Elizabeth Erenberg - Flute
Elizabeth Erenberg, originally from the Los Angeles area, has been an active
teacher and performer throughout the United States. In 2008 she received her Bachelor
of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Oregon, where she graduated with
honors, and was the Outstanding Undergraduate Performer in Woodwinds. Since 2008 she
has been an intern for Radius Ensemble (www.radiusensemble.org), a New England chamber
group consisting of winds, strings and piano. Currently she is an intern for the
Boston Musical Intelligencer, and online music journal and the editor of The Penguin
of the New England Conservatory. Elizabeth is will graduate from the New England
Conservatory of Music in 2011 with a Master of Music in Flute Performance.
Norman Jarvis - Flute, Clarinet, and Saxophone
Professional musician and woodwind specialist; private teacher for over 30
years; instrument repair technician; member of National Assoc. of Professional
Band Instrument Repair Technicians.
Staci R. Miller - Clarinet and Saxophone
stacr92@yahoo.com
Ms. Miller has earned a Bachelor of Music from Wichita State University and
Master of Music from Michigan State University. She has also completed hours
towards a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of North Texas. Her
teachers include Jim Jones, Frank Ell, James Gillespie, Ted Lane, and Steven
Cohen. She served as a member of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West Concert
Band, Chamber Players, and NightHawk Jazz Ensemble. She is a member of the
Charles River Wind Ensemble. Ms. Miller has 15 years of experience as a private
clarinet and saxophone instructor.
Rodrigo Tarraza - Flute and Saxophone
Rodrigo Tarraza is an internationally renowned flautist and saxophonist. He
studied with Barthold Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague and has performed
throughout North America, South America, and Europe as both a soloist and chamber musician.
In 1995 he co-founded the Ensemble Les Inégales, dedicated to European and
specifically French chamber music. Les Inégales has performed and recorded
extensively in Europe, USA and Chile. Their most renowned album is Ordinaire de la Chambre
du Roi recorded on the German label Carpe Diem. He has taught baroque transverse,
modern flute and saxophone at schools and universities in Norway, Holland, Germany, Chile,
and the US, including the New England and San Francisco Conservatories. In 2001, his
passion for music took him in a different direction in a foray into the jazz world, and he
co-founded Unfulfilled Desires, an international jazz-funk band based in Lenox, MA and
Paris. Unfulfilled Desires has performed at jazz clubs and festivals in the northeastern
US and throughout Europe and released three CDs to date.
www.rodrigotarraza.com
Michael Westberry - Bassoon
Raised in Georgia, Michael began musical studies with piano in elementary
school, and was later encouraged by his father to play bassoon, a music
educator himself for over 40 years. At Indiana University, Michael studied with
Arthur Weisberg and Bill Ludwig. After receiving a Bachelor of Music in Performance,
he studied with Rick Ranti at the New England Conservatory, graduating in May of
2010 with a Master of Music degree. Mike still plays the piano, and is the Music
Director and organist at Trinity Church in Northborough, MA.
Yacov Aviv - violin, viola and cello
Boston_cello@yahoo.com
Yacov Aviv graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music with a degree
in performance. At Berklee he studied with Eugene Friesen and Rob Thomas. He has
studied privately with Judith Glyde in Colorado and Marcel Berger and Doron Toyster in
Israel. He plays both classical music and jazz and free-lances throughout New England
in both genres with various ensembles and performs regularly at Temple Emanuel in Andover
with the Shabbat Unplugged Ensemble. He is also a teacher of the Alexander Technique
(certified by the American Society of the Alexander Technique- AmSAT) and teaches privately
in Boston, Newton and Framingham.
Peter Hughes
phughez@yahoo.com
Worcester native Peter Hughes studied violin as a scholarship student with
chairpersons Eric Rosenblith of the New England Conservatory and Janet Packer
of the Longy School of Music. Additionally Peter completed with honors music
theory programs with Judy Ross and Eric Sawyer at the Longy School. A free
lance violinist in greater Boston since 1994, Mr. Hughes has performed with the
Lyric Stage, Reagle Players, Speakeasy Stage Company, Life Story Theater,
Boston Children's Theater, and Musique Makers, a trio performing classical and
jazz styles. In 1973 Peter auditioned for the Worcester Orchestra and at age
fifteen he became the symphony's youngest professional, and credits his early
entry into professional music to the encouragement of his high school music
teacher, Fred Orkiseski. Recently Mr.Hughes participated in the annual
Shakespeare Concerts with performances this year at Smith College and Clark
University. Since 2003 Peter has served as violin and music theory teacher at
the Pakachoag Community Music School.www.centralmassviolinstudio.com
Linda Scenna - violin
violinda.k@verizon.net
BM in violin performance from the University of Lowell. Linda has free-lanced
extensively in the New England area in a variety of venues including
symphonies, choruses, opera, musical theatre and various name acts. She is
currently a member of Thayer Symphony, New Bedford Symphony and the Hillyer
Festival Orchestra. Her teachers have included BSO players Joseph McGauley and
Ronan Lefkowitz.
Stanislav Antonévich - violin and viola
Stanislav Antonévich is a native of Latvia, and has been playing violin since the age of
three. He is an internationally acclaimed solo, chamber, and orchestral performer whose
career combines performing and teaching. Mr. Antonévich has served as concertmaster
with several symphony orchestras in Massachusetts and nationwide, including the
Worcester-based Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as soloist with
the Latvian National Orchestra, and other orchestras in the United States and Europe.
He has also performed with multiple chamber ensembles, including the Israel Chamber
Orchestra.
A graduate of the Vitola Latvian National Conservatory, Mr. Antonévich also holds
Masters Degrees both in classical and jazz violin performances, and an Artist Diploma
in solo performance, all from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. He was
the winner of both Longy's Concerto and Chamber Music Competitions, and their only
violinist selected to participate in the Isaac Stern Chamber Music workshop at Carnegie
Hall. Stanislav's honors also include first prize at the International Balys Dvarionas
Violin Competition in Lithuania, and a Diploma at the International Kiejstut Bacewicz
Chamber Music Competition in Poland.
Mr. Antonévich’s 18-year teaching career includes serving as faculty at Western
Kentucky University, and ranges from individual violin and viola instruction, to
performance workshops and ensemble coaching, to classes in music theory and
appreciation. He is the Founder and Music Director of the Stanislav Antonévich Violin
Studio in Newton, and the Music Director and Conductor of the Worcester Youth
Preparatory Orchestra. He also serves as violin faculty at the Pakachoag Community
Music School and at the Needham Music Center.
www.StanislavAntonevich.com
Ed Clough - Trombone
quintetdward@aol.com
Ed studied music performance at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY and
then at Boston University. His trombone instructors were William Harris and
Ronald Barron. His chamber music coaches were from Empire Brass. In 1986, Ed
co-founded the Boston Brass quintet. As a member of Boston Brass, Ed averaged
120+ memorized performances per year in 49 states, Canada, France, England,
Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. Ed is a performing artist with the Conn-Selmer
Company. Ed has taught master classes in trombone and chamber music to students
of all levels around the world. For Ed, appropriate application of theory and
history are essential elements in music performance. Along with instrumental
technique, his students use singing and memorization to help understand solo
and ensemble performance.
Stan Johnson - Trumpet
stanjohnson@verizon.net
Scholarship Performance Studies, Henry Ford College, Scholarship Performance
Studies, Wayne State University, Performance Diploma, Berklee College of Music,
B.A., Berklee College of Music, Graduate theory courses, UMass Lowell. Mr.
Johnson has been teaching in the Boston area for ten years. He has performed
with local leading acts including Rick Russell, Ron Levy, Sweet Willie ‘D’ and
toured with Mighty Sam Mclain as well as performances in jazz festivals in
Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans and Montreaux Switzerland. Production and
release of two solo CD’s plus credits on three additional releases.
Emma Allen
allenemma@yahoo.com
MM Baku and Moscow Conservatories; piano performance, theory and history of
music. Former piano department head at School of Performing Arts, Baku.
Numerous concertos and music articles in USSR and NY.
Karen Amlaw
kids@karenamlaw.com
Earned her bachelors degree from the University of Rochester / Eastman School of
Music. She has much experience teaching young children. Previously she has
taught general music as part of the after-school programs for Belmont Street
Community School in Worcester, MA and Edgerton Daycare in Rochester, New York.
Currently Karen shares her musical talents with children as the general music
teacher for the YWCA in both Westborough and Worcester. In addition to her
teaching, Karen is also an active singer whose teachers/coaches have included
Karen Lykes, Maria Ferrante, Brian Moll, Bradley Pennington, Olga Rogach and
world renowned soprano Maria Spacagna. Karen will be using the Kids on Keyes
program for young beginning piano students.
www.karenamlaw.com/Childrens_Music.html
Dennis Carmignani
reversed101@hotmail.com
AA Quinsigamond Community College, attended Umass Dartmouth, studied piano with
Randell Bell. Bass guitar and guitar studies with John Kowalczyk. Currently
performs with "The Soap Box Preachers" throughout the area. Private piano
instructor specializing in adult beginners.
LeeAnna Hazel
BM Berklee Coll. of Music; concentration in composition; music courses at U.
Lowell and U. of NH; professional concert pianist, performed with Apple Hill
Center for Chamber Music, master classes at Longy Sch. of Music and U. Mass. at
Dartmouth; private piano instructor.
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Romantic
Shinichi Otsu
Release Date: May 19, 2007
Genre: Jazz
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Vague Place
Shinichi Otsu
Release Date: Aug 12, 2007
Genre: New Age
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Shinichi Otsu
otsushinichi@hotmail.com
B.M., Berklee College of Music. Extensive performances in the U.S. and Canada,
including Newport Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival in Canada, Boston Globe Jazz
& Blues Festival, Fleet Blues Festival in New York, and 2005 W.C. Handy Award
in Memphis, TN. Toured throughout the U.S. and Canada with Greg Piccolo (Roomful
of Blues) and Michelle Willson. Pianist for the Tony Prize winning musical,
RENT and Talent Show with Tommy Tune. Musical Director and Keyboardist for Greg
Piccolo and Larry Watson. Other Performance experiences with The Temptations,
Jean Carne, Jay Geils, Bill Pierce, Kenwood Dennard, Gabrielle Goodman, Duke
Robillard, Ronnie Earl, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Opening act experiences for Dr.
John, Robert Cray, Al Martino, Roberta Flack, and John Scofield. Recipient of
"2009 Young Distinguished Alumni Award", "Most Talented Male Award", "Most
Outstanding Student in Music" and "Superior Academic Performance Award" from
Lon Morris College and "2nd Place", "Special Prize" and "Most Popular Award"
from YAMAHA in Japan. Former Staff Accompanist for the Voice Department at
Berklee College of Music.
To learn more about Shinichi Otsu's CDs and performance schedule, visit:
infoshinichi.jugem.jp
Steve Warnick
stevewarnick@comcast.net
I have been a public school music teacher in the city of Lowell for
over twenty years. I have taught private music lessons for over twenty-five
years. In addition to having completed a Bachelor’s degree in Music and a
Master’s degree in education, I have undertaken many years of extensive study
in piano and composition in both the jazz and classical realms. Among my many
teachers, I was fortunate to have studied with a marvelous jazz pianist, Dave
Frank for about five years and then later with the great Charlie Banacos for
about three and a half years. Charlie not only took me to deeper levels of
understanding of the piano, jazz, ear training and composition, he also, by
example, helped me to become a better teacher.
A self taught guitarist, I have composed numerous pieces for guitar
designed to quickly acclimate students to the instrument and have also
organized numerous other means for a methodical, graded approach to the
fretboard.
During the school day I teach piano and guitar classes on a daily basis
which are comprised of twenty students or more on average. In the afternoons
I give private lessons in guitar and piano and also teach much smaller guitar
group lessons with only two or three students on average.
I have also played and continue to play piano professionally at weddings,
dance clubs, jazz clubs, outdoor concerts and various other venues.
Tim Gruntman - Guitar
tgruntman@gmail.com
A recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, Tim holds a dual degree in guitar
performance and music production and engineering. Tim has taught private guitar lessons
for over ten years and has performed extensively with jazz, rock, and blues bands
throughout Massachusetts and his home state of Indiana. In addition to teaching and
performing he is active as a recording engineer. Recently, Tim expanded his recording
studio business to include a record label, Altimeter Records.
www.myspace.com/timgruntman
www.altimeterrecords.com
Maldi Kellici - Guitar
maldikellici@hotmail.com
Recipient of the World Scholarship Tour at Berklee College of Music, where he’s
finishing up his studies in guitar performance and music business. For the past
four years he was the lead guitarist for Searching For Silence, a rock band
that performed regularly in the Boston and New England area. His studies focus
on guitar technique and soloing in the rock genre, resembling the style of
Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Jason Becker.
www.maldikellici.com
Guillermo Ortiz - Guitar
memelas75@yahoo.com
Guillermo earned a BM from Berklee College of Music in Jazz Compostion and
Performance. He is a composer and peformer. Recently released his newest
CD “Stories From the Present”. He has been a professional musician for over
15 years. His experience has included TV shows, the Aztec Stadium in Mexico
City, the Berklee Performance Center, Peabody Museum in Harvard, and many
clubs in the Boston area.
Steve Warnick
stevewarnick@verizon.net
Steve is a pianist who performs regularly with several groups including The
Twilight Jazz Trio, the Boardwalk Jazz Quartet and The Right Band, a local
cover band. Piano Teachers include Dave Frank and Charlie Banacos. Steve
holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music and a Master’s degree in Education from
UMass Boston. As a Public School Music teacher for nearly twenty years and a
private piano teacher for over twenty-five years, Steve has worked with
literally thousands of students and is familiar and comfortable with
teaching classical, jazz and popular styles to students of all ages. Also a
composer, Steve has composed numerous pieces for piano, as well as
compositions for guitar, strings, and various other instrumental
combinations.
Tony Sumbury - Electric and Upright bass
Berklee college of Music. Studied with Whit Browne, Greg Mooter, John Lockwood,
and Bevan Manson. Over twenty years of teaching and performance experience. Has
performed or recorded with Teirney Sutton, Ruth Brown, Dave Rasmussen Orchestra,
Turtle Lane and Emerson Majestic Theaters, and has performed at the Knitting Factory
with Matt Maneri and Mark Burden. Tony currently performs as a freelance musician in
a variety of musical environments that include Theater, Jazz, and rock gigs.
tonysumbury.com
Marc DeMille
marcdemille@hotmail.com
A Massachusetts native, Marc DeMille makes his living exclusively as a
performer and teacher throughout Greater Boston. He is known to churchgoers
all over New England, having sung as soloist and chorister for upwards of
500 services annually at over 100 houses of worship during the last 15 years,
including the internationally renowned music programs at Church of the Advent
and Trinity Church in Boston. In the concert world, he is well sought-after
for his lyric baritone voice, performing regularly with professional
ensembles Philovox and The Boston Secession. Recent solo work includes
engagements with Chorus Pro Musica, Paul Madore Chorale, Nashua Symphony
Orchestra, Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Marblehead Festival Chorus,
Medfield Community Chorus and the Newburyport Community Messiah Sing.
His performances have taken him to Symphony Hall, Tanglewood, Carnegie Hall
and the Kennedy Center; and he has recorded for the Sony, Arsis, Brave and
Wandering Records labels. Mr. DeMille pursued undergraduate work at MIT,
studying with John Oliver, William Cutter, Richard Morrisson and Margaret
O'Keefe; more recently, he has been under the tutelage of internationally
recognized vocalist and teacher Frank Kelley. In addition to his duties at
Robinson Music, he teaches voice with programs in Concord, Carlisle,
Westford and Wakefield. He now resides in Concord with his wife Kelly.
Maria Marini
Maria Marini graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music with a
Dual Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance and Music Production &
Engineering. She’s been singing competitively since age 5, and has been
singing in recording studios since age 16.
Maria has performed in Boston, New York City, and throughout her home
state of Ohio. Her credits range from competition placement at the national
level to leading roles in community musical theatre productions, an
Outstanding Vocal Solo Performance Award given by the International
Association of Jazz Educators, and the international release of her debut
pop single “Falling” (released under the artist name Maria Veronica) and
available now on iTunes.
Professionally trained in: classical, musical theatre, jazz, pop, rock,
country, r&b, and electronica styles, Maria teaches her students the
fundamentals of singing, as well as, how to incorporate those elements into
the contemporary styles of today.
Maria teaches students of all ages, levels, and styles of interest.
Christine Petkus - Voice
cpetkus@gmail.com
Classically trained soprano, Christine Petkus, holds a Masters in Music from
the New England Conservatory of Music and has more than ten years teaching
experience. Offering lessons that encompass Choral, Classical and/or Music
Theater, Ms. Petkus' goal is to create an atmosphere where students enjoy
singing and learn to use their instruments to the best of their ability.
Past and current students have been accepted into the University of
Massachusetts' Music Program, have earned District and All State honors and
have successfully competed for lead and supporting cast roles in their high
school productions. Students have ranged in age from three to adult - if
you can make sound, we'll find a way for you to use and enjoy it.
Regan Gibson
regangibson@gmail.com
Regan Gibson is a drumset performer and teacher living in the Boston area and is
currently attending Berklee College of Music. He has performed with many
excellent local musicians in styles including jazz, funk, pop, afrobeat, and
reggae. He has studied jazz with many great local teachers and is influenced by
the music of such artists as Brad Mehldau, Sting, James Brown, Radiohead,
Herbie Hancock, Avishai Cohen, and Miles Davis.
www.regangibson.com
www.myspace.com/regangibson
John Loud - Percussion
johnloud1@verizon.net
BFA from Salem State College, Summa Cum Laude. Also attended UMASS Lowell
as a Music Major. Private study with Alan Dawson, Fred Buda (BSO), Joe
Galeota and Jacquelyn Gourdin. Teaching experience includes private
instruction at Shrewsbury Public Schools, Belmont Music Workshop, Lexington
Music Center, and Robinson Music. Extensive performance experience with
such greats as Charles Neville, Bruce Torff (NEC faculty) James Carter, Mike
Metheny, Bruce Bartlett, Marty Rowan, Toni Lynn Washing, John Troy, David
Brown, Susan Tedeschi, Bobby Hebb, Michelle Wilson, Ron Levy, Ken Clark, Joe
Mulholland, and James Dower. Also is bandleader of Grapevine Road, one of
Boston’s top bands. He is the featured drummer on Toni Lynne Washington’s
CD Tone Cool which was nominated for the WC Handy award in 1995.
