Suzuki Program
BARBARA BERG - Suzuki String Department Coordinator, Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber MusicB.M., M.M., Eastman; postgraduate study, Juilliard; Suzuki Teacher Certification/former faculty member, School for Strings. Performs with Brooklyn Philharmonic, Opera Orchestra of N.Y., American Ballet Theatre, Chautauqua Symphony, Concert Society of Northern Westchester. Faculty: Queens College; Edgemont Public Schools.
CLAIRE BRIGHT - Violin, Suzuki Violin
B.M., M.M., Juilliard. Studied with Fujiwara, Fuchs, Kaplan. Suzuki Teacher Certification, School for Strings. Performs with Concordia, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Long Island Philharmonic.
ROCHEL DEOLIVEIRA - Piano
B.M., Vassar College; M.S., Columbia University. Studied: Rosoff, Bilson, Uribe. Certifications: Abby Whiteside Foundation, Suzuki piano. Winner: Frances Walker Piano Prize. Active as soloist and chamber musician. Member, Riviera Chamber Players.
DONNA ELAINE - Flute, Piccolo, Suzuki Flute, Recorder, Chamber Music, Chamber Music/Winds Coordinator
B.M., M.M., Chapman College of Music - Chapman University. Professional Studies, Mannes College of Music. Studied: Rampal, Baker, Stallman, DiTullio and Hoberman. Sole Proprietor, classical chamber music agency - Classical Consorts. Freelance performer/recitalist in the tri-state area.
MING-FUNG FUNG - Suzuki Piano, Piano
B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Studied: Raymond Lewenthal, Zenon Fishbein, Donn-Alexandre Feder. Private study with German Diez. Master Class: Yoheved Kaplinsky. Prize Winner: Hong Kong Schools Music Festival; Distinction from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music, London. Performed: Hong Kong television and radio; Hong Kong City Hall, Cliburn Piano Institute, Fort Worth, Texas. Solo Recitals: New York. Adjudicated: New Jersey Music Teachers Association Young Artists Competition; New Jersey Music Teachers Festival Auditions; Cecilian Music Club of Freehold Young Artists Competition; New Jersey Young Artist Competition Music Educator's Association; New Jersey Jewish Center Audition for Master Class; Piano Teachers Congress of New York; Associated Music Teachers League; New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition in NYC; Staten Island Young Artists Competition. Faculty: Turtle Bay Music School. Active Member: Piano Teachers Congress of New York, Associated Music Teachers League, the Music Teachers National Association, Westchester Musicians Guild.
APRIL JOHNSON - Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber Music
B.M. Oberlin; Advanced studies at Brooklyn College Conservatory. Studied with Kaplan, Kawasaki, Gabora, Clapp. Performed for Perlman, Rosenberg, Buswell. Concertmaster: Canton Ohio Symphony, Galatea Ensemble, Queens Oratorio. Associate Concertmaster: Norwalk Symphony. Member: Jupiter Symphony, Bridgeport Symphony, Oracle Trio. Active soloist and chamber player, NYC area. HBMS faculty since 1993.
NICOLE JOHNSON - Cello, Suzuki Cello
B.M. Cleveland Institute of Music; M.M. Juilliard. Studied: Alan Harris, Andres Diaz, Christoph Henkel, Joel Krosnick. Suzuki training: Nancy Hair, Alice Vierra, Barbara Wampner, Carol Tarr. Former member: Avanti Ensemble, Cleveland Chamber Orchestra. Former faculty: Renaissance Music Academy—cello and chamber music. Cellist: Cassatt String Quartet. Faculty: Diller- Quaile, Greater Washington Suzuki Institute, Hartwick Summer Music.
ELEKTRA KURTIS-STEWART - Violin, Suzuki Violin
B.M., Sibelius Academy of Music (Helsinki). School for Strings Suzuki Program. Studied with Arai-Kimanen, Ignatius, Piorkowski, Behrend. Performance: Kapyla Chamber Orchestra, Sibelius Academy String Ensemble, Kirkkonummi Chamber Orchestra, Opera Orchestra of the Great Theatre (Warsaw). Leader, world jazz quintet Ensemble Elektra. Faculty: Harlem School of the Arts, Diller-Quaile School of Music.
MARK KUSHNIR - Violin, Suzuki Violin, Viola, Chamber Music
B.M., Cleveland Inst. of Music; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence; Suzuki Pedagogy, School for Strings. Studied with Delay, Gingold, Dubinsky, Kawasaki, Behrend. Member: Hudson Highlands String Quartet. Former member: Laurentian String Quartet. Former Adjunct Faculty: Marymount College.
MAXINE NEUMAN - Cello, Chamber Music, Suzuki Cello
B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Solo recitals, North America, South America, Europe, Japan. Three-time Grammy winner. "Who's Who in the World." Grant recipient, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundations, National Endowment for the Arts. Performs: Belmont Trio, Claremont Duo, Crescent String Quartet, Duo Cellissimo, Porel Tango, Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Composers Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic, NY Virtuosi. Montreux Jazz Festival, Metallica. Solo and chamber recordings: Deutsche Grammophon, Columbia, Angel, EMI, Austrophon, Nonesuch, Biddulph, CRI, Orion, Leonarda, Argo, Opus One, SONY/Virgin, AMC, Thorofon, Vanguard, Musical Heritage, Albany, Northeastern CBS World Records. American premiere, G. B. Viotti Cello Concerto (Town Hall). Judge: international competitions. Faculty: School for Strings, Chamber Music Conference of the East. Former faculty: Bennington College, Williams College, C.W. Post University.
ANCA NICOLAU - Violin, Suzuki Violin, Chamber Music
B.M., Juilliard; M.M., Manhattan; M.A., M.Phil., Columbia; Suzuki Teacher Cert., School for Strings. Studied with Galamian, Bronstein, Ricci, Behrend. Finalist: George Enesco Competition. Winner: Roumanian National Competition, Silverstein Award. Participant: Tanglewood, Spoleto, Caramoor, Drottningholm, The Proms, Edinburgh Festivals. Member: Orchestra of St. Luke's; The Bach Ensemble, Drottningholm. Recordings: Musical Heritage Society, Decca, Sony Classical, Deutsche Grammophon. Former Faculty: Brixen Academy for Early Music, Italy. Faculty: Westchester Conservatory.
NAOMI GRAF ROOKS - Viola, Viola Club, Coordinator, Chamber Music/Strings & Piano, Chamber Music
B.M., Juilliard School of Music, M.M.,Yale School of Music. Studied with Lillian Fuchs, Paul Kantor, Donald McInnes. Former faculty, New Haven Suzuki School, All- Newton Music School, Ma., Waldorf School, Ithaca. Active performer, area orchestras, chamber ensembles.
PETER SEIDENBERG - Cello
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory; Artist Diploma, Cleveland Institute of Music. Studied: Nell Novak, Marc Johnson, Paul Katz, Bernard Greenhouse, Larry Lesser, Alan Harris, Ron Leonard, Burton Kaplan. Solo work: Chicago Symphony (age 18), Eastman Philharmonia, DePaul Chamber Orchestra, Century Orchestra Osaka. Festivals: Marlboro, Norfolk, Aspen, Meadowmount. Current member: Elements Quartet, Queens Chamber Band.
