Profile Type: Community Music School Faculty
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…
Chris Jentsch
Name: Chris Jentsch From: Cherry Hill, NJ I started teaching music in…1992 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2002 My inspiration: My wife, Bernadette Jentsch Few people know that I… used to be a radio DJ Education: Gettysburg College – B.A. HistoryNew England Conservatory – B.M. Jazz StudiesEastman School of Music – M.M. Jazz…
Pablo Masis
Name: Pablo Masis I’m from… Cleveland, Ohio I started teaching music in… 2002 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2014 My inspiration: The music of Miles Davis inspired me to pursue a life of jazz study. Few people know that I… spent four years of my childhood living on a Native American Reservation Education:…