Staff
Rachel Black
Director of Greenwich House Music School
Margaret Cramer
Registrar at Greenwich House Music School
Andrew Jordan
Production Manager at Greenwich House Music School
Nicole Kontolefa
Theater Coordinator
Perry Longo
Administrative Assistant
Zarek Deosaran
Sound Engineer
Greenwich House Music School provides conservatory-level training in a non-competitive atmosphere for students of all ages. Our faculty has trained in many of the world’s finest institutions, and mentored generations of musicians with a level of artistic excellence unparalleled in the world of community music school education.
Many of our piano faculty studied under the leadership of Maestro German Diez (June 18, 1924-July 9, 2014), former Piano Department Chairman and 65 year faculty member. Maestro Diez formed much of what we, at GHMS, consider our teaching method. Our teachers advocate for a rigorous approach to the instrument with an open heart, designed to teach respect for music and a life-long love of the arts.
Faculty
Alexandra Saraceno
Piano Teacher
Alon Bisk
Strings Teacher
Brandee Younger
Harp Teacher
Brenna Fisher
Early Childhood Art Educator
Carrie Frey
Strings Teacher
Chelsea Hanawalt
Teaching Artist
Chelsea Rose
Teaching Artist
Christopher Petz
Guitar Teacher
Cindy Latin
Voice Teacher
Colleen Itzen
Early Childhood Music Educator
Dan Vonnegut
Early Childhood Music Educator
Danyal Lawson
Piano Teacher
Deanna Bau
Piano Teacher
Ellen Winter
Theater Teaching Artist
Erin Monteleone
Ballet Teacher
Hsuan-Fong Chen
Oboe Teacher
Ismael Baiz
Drum Teacher
JD Parran
Woodwind Teacher
John Tafone
Voice and Choral Teacher
Joseph Ries
Piano Teacher
Juan Felipe Mayorga
Drums Teacher
Kate Whitney
Piano Teacher
Khristal Curtis
Teaching Artist
Louise Dubin
Strings Teacher
Lucy Galliher
Voice Teacher
Ludovica Burtone
Violin Teacher
Lynn Bechtold
Strings Teacher
Lyubov Mirzoyev
Piano Teacher
Margaret Cramer
Registrar at Greenwich House Music School
Markus Kaitila
Piano Teacher
Mary Hurlbut
Voice Teacher
Melody Fader
Piano Teacher
Mescal Wilson
Music Teacher
Michiyo Morikawa
Piano Teacher
Mioi Takeda
Strings Teacher
Neil Rynston
Chamber Music Teacher
Scott Taylor
Music Theory Teacher
Shabnam Abedi
Voice Teacher
Sean Satin
Strings Teacher
Skyla Budd
Harp Teacher
Stephen Palitz
Guitar Teacher
Taka Kigawa
Piano Teacher
Theresa Rosas
Piano Teacher
Yoko Kimura-Yates
Piano and Voice Teacher