Profile Type: Music Partners Faculty
Soohyun Choi
Name: Soo Choi I’m from… Seoul, Korea I started teaching music in… 1997 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2016 My inspiration: My father Few people know that I… like Christmas music all year round. Education: The Juilliard School – BMThe Juilliard School – MM I play and teach: Violin My other artistic/musical endeavors:…
Colin Babcock
Colin Babcock is a trombonist, composer, improvisor, and teacher from Pickerington, Ohio based in New York City. He specializes in Contemporary Classical/New Music, Chamber Music, and Improvisation, but can often be found exploring other genres including Pop, Jazz, and Orchestral. Colin’s compositions include original works and arrangements for brass ensembles, improvisation based pieces, solo repertoire,…
David Bertrand
Name: David Bertrand I’m from… Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago I started teaching music in… 2011 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2014 My inspiration: John Coltrane, John Ellis, Mark Turner, Tim Garland, The Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Shadow, Brother Resistance, Kelvin Mapp, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, MF Doom,…
Dorothy Savitch
Dorothy Savitch has led the Music Partners program since 1996, developing fully enriched, sequential programs that build upon students’ skills from year to year. Under Dorothy’s guidance, Music Partners has grown from six sites with 700 students to 34 sites with 4,500 participants. Dorothy has expanded the course offerings to meet the needs and interests…
Lyuba Dubov
From: Minsk, BelarusI started teaching music in…2002I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2006My inspiration: My familyFew people know that I… like cross country skiingEducation: Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College – BMTeachers College at Columbia University – MA, Music EducationI play and teach: PianoMy other artistic/musical endeavors: I’m a freelance accompanist.
Sean Moran
From: Brooklyn I started teaching music in…1992 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 1999 My inspiration: Duke Ellington Few people know that I… play in a metal band! Education: Virginia Commonwealth University – Bachelor of Music I play and teach: guitar, bass, composition, theory My other artistic/musical endeavors: The Four Bags and my own…
Christine Cornell
Christine Cornell is a musician, actor, and music educator based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently the chair of the Vocal Department here at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, as well as, the co-director of Brooklyn Harmonics Vocal Program (Tweens, Teens and Twenty+) with her long-time collaborator, Broadway music director and arranger, Jeffrey Klitz. She…
Agustin Grasso
From: Buenos Aires, Argentina I started teaching music in… 2008 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2018 My inspiration: Max Roach, Billy Higgins, Philly Joe Jones, Billy James, Grady Tate, Ed Thigpen, Clifford Jarvis, Pat Martino, Don Patterson, Cannonball Adderley, Sam Jones, Trudy Pitts, Kenny Washington, Djavan, Joao Bosco and many, many more. Education:…
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……
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:…