Alexandra Saraceno
Alexandra Saraceno began her piano studies at a young age in Watertown, Connecticut with organist and pianist Denita Landquist. An active soloist and collaborator, she has performed at various venues […]
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Shabnam Abedi
A highly sought after soprano and recent addition to The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Shabnam Abedi received her Master’s Degree from Juilliard in Jazz Studies making her Juilliard’s first […]
Laura Ahumada
Born in Córdoba, Argentina, Laura started ballet lessons at the age of 4, and decided, soon after, that the piano was the most interesting object in the room. She then […]
Ismael Baiz
Ismael Baiz is a touring and recording artist who resides in New York since 2009. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Ismael began his music studies at age 5. After a bitter-sweet […]
Deanna Bau
Deanna on her teaching style: “In my twenty some years on the Greenwich House Piano Faculty, teaching all ages and levels, some general thoughts: (1) pianists need to have a […]
Lynn Bechtold
Violinist Lynn Bechtold has concertized throughout North and South America, Asia, and Europe. An advocate of contemporary music, she has collaborated with composers such as Gloria Coates, George Crumb, John […]
Julia Birnbaum
Violinist Julia Birnbaum is a dedicated teacher and performer in New York City. Ms. Birnbaum, who started playing violin at age 5 in her home state of Maryland, received a […]
Alon Bisk
Alon Bisk is a freelance musician working in and around the New York metropolitan area. Alon was an orchestra member for the first national tour of Spring Awakening, Les Miserables […]
Rachel Black
Rachel Black is a native of Mississippi, and joined the Music School in June 2013. She has begun several new initiatives such as new public school outreach programs with PS […]
Skyla Budd
Skyla Budd is a versatile harpist who has received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Performance at Adelphi University and her Master’s Degree in Music at The Mannes School […]
Ludovica Burtone
Italian violinist, improviser, composer, and educator Ludovica Burtone has performed worldwide as both a soloist and chamber musician. Based in New York City, she finds herself in a multitude of […]
Megan Campbell
Megan Campbell grew up performing, living, and rigorously training all over the country. Turning her love for the arts into a life-long career, she attended and graduated with honors from […]
Hsuan-Fong Chen
Oboist Hsuan-Fong Chen (pronounced “SHUan-fong”) has garnered a reputation as one of New York City’s most versatile musicians, with a career in orchestra, Broadway, new music, and occasional administrative roles. Having […]
Andrea Christie
Andrea Christie is a versatile performing artist with a flair for late-romantic works and a passion for contemporary music. Equally at home as a soloist and chamber musician, she is […]
Margaret Cramer
Margaret began her career at Greenwich House Music School as a faculty member in 1972. She became the Registrar in 1983 and has spent the rest of her career behind […]
Khristal Curtis
Khristal Curtis is a Brooklyn-based theatre artist and facilitator specializing in Devised Theatre. She has an MA in Educational Theatre from New York University and a BFA in Theatre from […]
Suzanne Dirks
Suzanne Dirks grew up and still resides in Greenwich Village. She attended Greenwich House Music School for many years as a child and went on to get a Bachelor of […]
Louise Dubin
Cellist Louise Dubin has been a featured artist at festivals worldwide, including the 2017 Festival de Violoncelle de Beauvais (France), VioloncellenSeine Paris 2016 (the biennial convention of the French Cello […]
Stephen Dydo
Stephen Dydo became affiliated with Greenwich House Music School through his work with former director, B.C. Vermeersch, as well as through his organization, The New York Qin Society. Stephen lives […]
Kristin Eliasberg
Kristin Eliasberg is a former dancer, journalist, and editor who became passionate about RIE and the Educaring™ Approach after she attended RIE classes with her daughter in 2006. She has […]
Melody Fader
Pianist Melody Fader enjoys a busy career as a soloist, chamber musician, vocal accompanist, and freelance artist in New York City. Miss Fader has performed in such New York venues […]
Brenna Fisher
Brenna Fisher is a social practice artist interested in how artistic expression can be used to foster empathy, connection, and community. Brenna works in drawing, painting, and writing. During the […]
Max Fletcher
“I have been playing and teaching music for over 10 years. My interest began with the electric guitar, playing jazz, blues, and metal before becoming enamored with the classical guitar […]
Carrie Frey
Violist Carrie Frey has performed throughout the United States and in Europe, pushing the limits of her instrument and the viola repertoire. An enthusiastic proponent of new music, she has […]
Lucy Galliher
Lucy first joined the school in 1992, teaching beginning piano for both children and adults. She enjoys the small community at the school, particularly the camaraderie of the faculty and […]
Michael Gurfield
Michael on his teaching style: “I teach the rudiments of trumpet technique in the style of the great masters of the instrument. For younger students, we do everything from improv […]
Chelsea Hanawalt
Chelsea is an applied theatre practitioner and early childhood educator in New York City. She is one of the founders of The Journey Theatre Project. She has over 10 years experience […]
Mary Hurlbut
Mary on her teaching style: “I think what enables me to succeed as a teacher is my ability to choose music that fits the student. I have a strong knowledge […]
Colleen Itzen
With over 20 years of teaching music and movement classes for students from age 2 through Lower School, Colleen’s specialty is to reinforce teachers’ curriculums through singing, movement, playing instruments, […]
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan was born and raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland. After completing a BA in Music and Audio Production at American University in Washington DC, he moved to New York City […]
Markus Kaitila
Finnish pianist Markus Kaitila has appeared as a soloist with the Joutseno Art Summer, Wratislavia, St. Peter’s Festival, Queens College, and Jackson Heights chamber orchestras as well as the One World and New Amsterdam […]
Francesca Khalifa
The Italian- Egyptian pianist Francesca Khalifa was recently the winner of the Ferrara International Piano Festival in 2014, awarded by Paul Badura-Skoda. Active soloist and chamber musician, her recent performances […]
Taka Kigawa
Critically acclaimed pianist Taka Kigawa has earned outstanding international recognition as a recitalist, soloist and chamber music artist since winning First Prize in the prestigious 1990 Japan Music Foundation Piano […]
Yoko Kimura-Yates
Yoko Kimura-Yates, pianist, composer, and vocalist was born in Sapporo City, Japan. She began her keyboard study at age four and was always exposed to a variety of music in […]
Nicole Kontolefa
Nicole was born and raised in the Lower East Side. She was the beneficiary of theater programming throughout her youth as a student at Henry Street through graduation from HS […]
Cindy Latin
New York native Cindy Latin is an educator, songwriter, artist, arranger, and producer, living in the space between R&B and Jazz. Her music is influenced by artists ranging from Stevie […]
Danyal Lawson
Danyal Lawson has had a long career as a performer, teacher and enthusiast of the classical piano repertory. Lawson has taught privately in New York City for many years and […]
Traci Lee
Traci Lee is a singer, dancer, choreographer, and actress. She danced in the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, played Eponine in Les Miserables at ZACH Theater in Austin, Texas, […]
Andrea Lodge
Andrea Lodge has been called a “Must See” (The Telegram, St. John’s, Canada). A specialist in the performance of contemporary piano music, she has premiered new works by composers Herbert Deutsch, Salvatore […]
Perry Longo
Perry is a music producer, audio engineer, and song-writer based out of New York, NY. Perry earned a Bachelor’s degree from Drexel University’s prestigious Music Industry Program in Philadelphia, PA […]
Juan Felipe Mayorga
Hailing from the bustling metropolis of Bogotá, Colombia Juan Felipe Mayorga began his music career playing drums at the age of 17. Having gotten the music bug later in his […]
Lyubov Mirzoyev
Lyubov Mirzoyev has been teaching piano and accompanying singers, instrumentalists and choirs throughout New York City since arriving in New York in 1993 from Moscow, Russia. Lyubov also successfully prepares […]
Erin Monteleone
Erin grew up in New Orleans, LA where she began her dance training at the age of three. She first attended the Giacobbe Academy of Dance under the direction of […]
Michiyo Morikawa
Michiyo on her teaching style: “I teach the traditional and the Suzuki method. I consider listening to be a very important component of studying piano, as well as reading notes, […]
Adrienne Munden Dixon
Adrianne Munden-Dixon is a NYC-based violinist praised for her “animated and driven” performances (Connect Savannah). She is a current member of the Savannah Philharmonic and Desdemona (“an excellent young quartet” […]
Hannah Murphy
Hannah Murphy is active soloist and chamber music performer. She holds a Master of Music degree in Classical Guitar Performance from Mannes School of Music in New York City, where […]
Kathleen O'Rourke
Kathleen O’Rourke, soprano, is an emerging vocal artist renown for her clarity of sound, commanding stage presence and love of languages. A formidable musician and vocal interpreter, Ms. O’Rourke is […]
Stephen Palitz
Steve began teaching at Greenwich House Music School while still a student at the Mannes College of Music, on the recommendation of his teacher, Albert Valdes Blain, who had taught […]
JD Parran
JD on his teaching style: “My focus is to be of service to my students, and in doing so, making them receptive to the knowledge I’ve gained through my more […]
Christopher Petz
Chris on his teaching style: “I tailor my teaching to the students’ musical needs and interests, focusing on the genre of music that they are interested in. I cover all […]
Hajnal Pivnick
Hungarian-American violinist Hajnal Kármán Pivnick was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She advocates the performance and promotion of music written in the 20th and 21st century, and works extensively […]
Joseph Ries
Joseph on his teaching style: “Over thirty-five years of professional experience has enabled me to contribute enthusiastically at every level of piano instruction. My goal is to provide an enjoyable […]
Michelle Rodriguez
Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and musical theater composer MichelleJ. Rodriguez makes music that “span[s] laid-back southern soul and Latin pop flare” (NPR) and features “flourishes of bolero, bossa nova and […]
Stephen Michael Rondel
Stephen Michael Rondel is an actor, teacher, director, producer and all around “theater fanatic” living in New York City for 24 years now. He has been teaching theater arts for […]
Theresa Rosas
Theresa Rosas is a solo and collaborative pianist based in New York City. She has performed most recently at South Oxford Space with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, the Argentine […]
Chelsea Rose
Chelsea Rose is a teaching artist, arts administrator, and theatre and dance maker currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance and Psychology from […]
Xan Russell
Alexandra ‘Xan’ Russell has always been inspired by the capacity of music to fuse mind, spirit, body, and community, and similarly, of joyful education to instill curiosity, empathy, and love of […]
Neil Rynston
Neil Rynston’s performances have been praised for their “intoxicating clarity” (The Desert Sun) and for being “musically alive and technically brilliant” (Dr. Morton Gold, Journal Tribune). He has been a […]
Rachel Schmidt
Rachel received her early ballet training from Robert Kelley and Diane Cypher of Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. While a member of SCBT she performed a range of roles in classical […]
Grace Slear
Grace Slear is a native Philadelphian who made their professional debut in Footloose (Urleen) at the Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage. Other professional performances include ensemble and lead cover (Mary […]
Ben Sutin
Benjamin Sutin began his career in Philadelphia where he studied with legendary jazz violinist, John Blake Jr for over six years at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz. Now a […]
John Tafone
JOHN TAFONE is an award-winning composer, pianist, and choral director, originally from southern Rhode Island. Having studied composition at the Catholic University of America and Oxford University in the UK, […]
Mioi Takeda
Japanese violinist Mioi Takeda has degrees from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music (Bachelor of Music), The Juilliard School (Master of Music), and The City University of New York […]
Scott Taylor
Scott on his teaching style: “I take a fairly structured, well rounded approach to teaching. With students beginning violin, I use a note speller workbook to cover note reading, clef […]
Sarah Treanor
Sarah Treanor is a singer, actor, director, and educator originally from Annapolis, Maryland. She grew up performing throughout the DC/Baltimore area. She became passionate about classical music and studied voice […]
Romulo Viana
Romulo Viana is an active performer and teacher throughout South America, the US, and Europe. A native of Brazil, Romulo is sought after for his diversity—performing programs that often feature […]
Dan Vonnegut
Dan Vonnegut began playing the drums and guitar when he was nine years old. He studied music at University of Miami and Indiana University (where he earned a BA in […]
Kate Whitney
Kate on her teaching style: “I focus on traditional/classical-using standard grade-level literature, which supports basic music fundamentals (often combining the Suzuki method for beginners) while concentrating on a relaxed physical […]
Mescal Wilson
Solo and chamber music tours and festivals: United States, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Scotland, Belgium, Janacek May Festival (Czech Republic), Indian River Festival (Canada). First performances of solo piano compositions by […]
Ellen Winter
Ellen Winter is a song-singing teaching artist, music producer, and full-time goober who’s viral empowerment anthem “Mantras” has lit up Spotify, and was #1 on the In-Store Radio Charts in […]
Brandee Younger
A versatile artist who has been proven to defy genres and labels, this young harpist has created a unique niche in both traditional and non-traditional harp arenas. In addition to […]