Profile Type: Community Music School Faculty
Haeun Joo
From: Busan, South Korea Education: Berklee College of Music; SUNY Purchase – M.M. I play and teach: Piano Biography: Haeun Joo is a jazz pianist from South Korea. She started playing the piano when she was five years old. While she was studying classical piano, she also played classical and gospel as an accompanist in…
Maya Keren
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania My inspiration: Some inspirations include Thelonious Monk, Olivier Messiaen, Erykah Badu, Adrienne Lenker, Geri Allen, Nicole Mitchell, Mary Lou Williams, Kris Davis, Angelica Sanchez, Pinegrove, Raavi, Scriabin, Bach, John Coltrane. Gwendolyn Brooks, adrienne maree brown, Octavia Butler, Grace Lee Boggs have to make the list as well. Few people know that I……
Yoko Kimura-Yates
I’m from… Sapporo City, Japan I started teaching music… more than 25 years ago I started teaching at the Conservatory… more than 20 years ago My inspiration: I love nature and visual arts, which inspire my writing music. Few people know that I… Like to make art (painting, sculpting, craft, etc.) I also like to…
Lafayette Harris
From: Baltimore, Maryland My inspiration: Scott Joplin and Bud Powell Education: BM Piano, Oberlin Conservatory (1985); MM, Rutger’s University (1990) I play and teach: Piano My other artistic/musical endeavors: Regularly performs with Houston Person and Archie Shepp Personal Teaching Statement: I believe that everyone can make progress as a musician. It all depends on how…
Rene Dennis
From: all over the US (Air Force brat) I started teaching music in… 2002 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2003 My inspiration: Beethoven Few people know that I… worked on an organic vegetable farm for two weeks in Normandy, France Education: University of the NC School of the Arts – Bachelor of Music…
Lucy Galliher
I’m from… Washington, D.C. I started teaching music in…1989 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 1989 My inspiration: Thelonious Monk Few people know that I… play J=hazz in Harlem every week at Chéri Harlem and the Shrine Education: Oberlin College – BA I play and teach: Piano My other artistic/musical endeavors: I teach a…
Michael Brofman
I’m from… New York City I started teaching music in… 2007 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2009 My inspiration: Musical: Franz Schubert Other: Barack Obama Few people know that I… am an avid philosophy reader (Camus is my favorite) Education: Northwestern University, BM I play and teach: Piano, Chamber Music My or other…
Michele Temple
From: Celina, Ohio I started teaching music in… the 1970s I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2000 My inspiration: boundary pushers, musical and otherwise Few people know that I… was listed in a top 25 survey of female bassists https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-female-bassists/ Education: Ashland University in Ohio – BA in Music TheoryCleveland State University – MA…
Maryam Hajialigol
From: Washington, D.C. Few people know that I… love to travel and regularly take solo international trips. Education: Cleveland Institute of Music (Bachelor of Music); Yale School of Music (Master of Music) I play and teach: Guitar, ukulele Biography: Maryam is an award-winning classical guitarist, using her passion for performance and her experience in education…