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| Adriana Sanchez, clarinet | |
| Training: | Principal Teachers: David Ross, Ken Boesse |
| Experience: | More than 6 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | No adults; youngest age accepted 12, oldest 18 |
| Employment | I am currently student teaching at Eastwood High School and will be graduating with a music education degree in May of 2006 |
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| Jesus Saenz, theory, beginning and intermediate piano | |
| Training: | Education: Principal Teachers: Fernando Hernandez |
| Experience: | More than 7 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; |
| Employment | Employment:Member of the music faculty of Centro Municipal de las Artes de Ciudad Juarez (Municipal Center of the Arts)since 2003. Teaches music history and appreciation, music theory and piano. Former pianist and accompanist of the Operatic Group of the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez. Has worked with dozens of music students as an accompanist of vocal and instrumental soloists,also choral and instrumental ensembles. Also has given seminars about musical acoustics for the Physics Department at Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez |
| Lily Sanchez, voice, beginner's piano | |
| Training: | Education: Principal Teachers: Kimberley Wolfenbarger-Nakomoto; Michael W. Wolfenbarger; Suzanne Bowles |
| Experience: | More than 3 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted 5 |
| Employment | Instructor and co-founder of Vivace Music Studios located on 1855 Trawood, Suite 101. Working on degree in Music Education at the University of Texas at El Paso. |
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| Victor Santana-Melgoza, violin, viola | |
| Training: | Principal Teachers: Guillermo Quezada, Dr. WIlliam Magers, Dr. Marianna Gabbi, Dr. Stephanie Scwhweigart |
| Experience: | More than 10 years of teaching. |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 5 |
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| Diane Sarrels, piano | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, Music Education Principal Teachers: Ralph Briggs, Jeanne Elliott |
| Experience: | El Paso ISD teacher for 37 years (retired): general music; choir; gifted/talented; reading intervention |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 5 |
| Employment | retired, EPISD |
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| Daniel Sass, voice/piano | |
| Training: | Education: Bachelors deg. St. Olaf
College, Northfield,
Minnesota, music education. Masters deg. Millikin
University, Decatur,
Illinois, performance. Graduate work at 11 other
Universities,
performance Principal Teachers: Burr McWilliams, St. Olaf, Voice; William Vennard, USC, Voice; Gerhard P. Schroth, Chicago, Education, Keyboard; Olaf C. Christiansen, St. Olaf, Conducting |
| Experience: | 45+ years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted varies |
| Employment and other details | Director of Choirs, Center Chapel One, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Department of Chaplaincy |
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| Akiko Sasaki, piano | |
| Training: | Education:
Bachelors - Tohoku
Gakuin. Masters - Arizona
State University Principal Teachers: Kei Nakamura, Shigeru Asano |
| Experience: | more than a year of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted - 4 years old |
| Employment and other details | I took piano lessons for over ten years in Japan. I learned music theory, variety of classical music pieces, and music dictation. I taught keyboard in Arizona |
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| Stephanie Meyers, violin, viola | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus. Univ. of Houston; Masters and Doctor's degrees, New England Conservatory, all in performance Principal Teachers: Fredell Lack; James Buswell |
| Experience: | Over 6 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | No adults; youngest age accepted 14 |
| Employment | Faculty member, UTEP, violin/viola |
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| Walter Semon, violin, viola | |
| Training: | Education: UTEP; Bachelors deg., performance. Masters Degree, performance Principal Teachers: Stephanie Meyers, Abraham Chavez, Robert Semon |
| Experience: | More than 7 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults. Youngest age: 4 years |
| Employment | orchestra director in EPISD; member El Paso Symphony |
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| Greg Siewert, clarinet | |
| Training: | Education: UTEP; Bachelors deg., Music Education. Principal Teachers: . Richard Shanley, Donald Sperrier |
| Experience: | More than 25 years in public schools, 30 years privately |
| Student Ages | Prefers high school students; will teach adults. Youngest age: 6th grade |
| Employment | Clint ISD (11 yrs), Socorro ISD (5 yrs), Canutillo ISD (1
yr), Ysleta ISD (9 yrs) |
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| Robert Soto, trombone, bass trombone, tuba | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, UTEP, Music Education; M. Mus. Yale University School of Music, Performance Principal Teachers: Scott Hartman- Yale University; Steve Norrell- NY MET Opera; Dr. Steve Wilson- UTEP; Robert Melendez- El Paso Wind Symphony |
| Experience: | More than 5 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted 8 years old |
| Employment |
Private Instructor, El Paso
Wind Symphony, Roswell Symphony, Dona Ana
Lyric Opera, Connecticut Master
Choral, Eastern Connecticut Symphony
Orchestra, Yale Early Music
Society, Sonido Unidad (Salsa), Fuego Latino
(Salsa), Eklectic Jazz Group,
Freelance Artist
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| Jeff Stevens, trumpet | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, UTEP, Music Education; Principal Teachers: Sam Trimble |
| Experience: | More than 10 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted 10 years old |
| Employment | Band Director-- Montwood Middle School Principal Trumpet--El Paso Wind Symphony |
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| Anita Steadman, Violin/Viola | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, University of Houston Performance; M. Mus.,Cleveland Institute of Music Performance Principal Teachers: Laurence Gibson, Abraham Chavez, Dorothy Delay, Fredell lack |
| Experience: | 22 years of teaching experience |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted - 5 years old |
| Employment | El Paso Symphony(assistant concrtmaster),Las Cruces
Symphony,El Paso Opera,Juarez Symphony.Extensive Private Teaching
Experience! Formerly: Canton Symphony(associate concertmaster), Akron
Symphony, Columbus Symphony.Teaching at Cleveland Music Settlement |
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| Ida Steadman, Cello | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, Texas Western College - Music Education; M. Mus., U. of Georgia Performance Principal Teachers: Dr. George Webber; Abraham Chavez, Jr; Eugene Eicher; Eduard Melkus |
| Experience: | 40 years of teaching experience |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted - 10 years old |
| Employment | Orchestra director-Coronado High School Principal cellist-El Paso Symphony Orchestra |
| Sean Sweetnam, Double Bass, Electric Bass | |
| Training: | Principal Teachers: Darrell Downey, Neil Stannard |
| Experience: | More than 4 years private teaching |
| Student Ages | No adults. Youngest age accepted 10; oldest 18 |
| Employment | El Paso Symphony; clinician for El Paso Philharmonic Strings |
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| Jorge Tarin, piano | |
| Training: | Principal Teacher: Oscar Macchioni |
| Experience | |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted - 4 |
| Employment | |
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| Amy Tatum, flute, piccolo | |
| Training: | Principal Teachers: Barbara Lambrecht; Melissa Colgin; Dr. Trygve Peterson |
| Experience | Over 2 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted10. |
| Employment | currently finishing B. Mus. in performance at Arizona
State
University. Has taught at
Monty's Music, Scottsdale,
AZ; Capshaw Olivas Music, El Paso |
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| Rob Taylor, double bass | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus. in Performance, Eastern New Mexico University Principal Teachers: Mark Tatum, David Willoughby |
| Experience | Over 20 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults. |
| Employment |
Principal Bass: Las Cruces
and El Paso Symphonies
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| Cheryl Terry, Suzuki violin, viola, cello | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, Music Education; M. Ed. Music Education Principal Teachers: Shinichi Suzuki, Abraham Chavez, Laurence Gibson |
| Experience: | more than 34 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | accepts adults; youngest accepted - 3 years old |
| Employment |
Retired from public schools.
EPISD and YISD
Currently teaching Private Studio only. |
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| Mark Tombosky, cello, string bass | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, Music Education Principal Teachers: Marcia Fountain, Abraham Chavez, Harvey Shapiro, Ida Steadman |
| Experience: | more than 25 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | accepts adults; youngest accepted - 9 years old |
| Employment | Jefferson/Silva High School Orchestra Director |
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| Javier Valenzuela, Piano, Voice, Theory Basics, Guitar Basics, Sight-singing | |
| Training: | Principal Teachers: Wanda Richardson, Albert Hibbert, Jesus Espino |
| Experience: | more than 5 years of teaching |
| Student Ages | accepts adults; youngest accepted - 9 years old |
| Employment | El Paso Convention & Performing Arts Center |
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| Mary Lou Wade, piano | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus, piano performance, Northwestern Univ.; M. Mus., piano performance Northwestern Univ. Principal Teachers: Lois Black Hunt, Pauline Manchester Lindsey, Earl Bigelow, Claude Herndon |
| Experience: | |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 5 years old |
| Employment | Currently, independent piano teacher. Formerly, teacher with Morgan-Herndon Studio. Head of music department at Radford School, El Paso, Texas |
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| Chris Waide, oboe | |
| Training: | Education: UTEP student Principal Teachers: Patrick Calderon, John Walker, Roert J. Krause, Don Wilkinson |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults |
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| James Watters, cello | |
| Training: | Education: UTEP student Principal Teachers: Zuill Bailey, Gloria Mendoza |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults |
| General Information | More than 5 years of teaching; UTEP Symphony Orchestra, El Paso String Quartet |
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| Robert Waterbury, French horn | |
| Training: | Education: U, of Illinois Principal Teachers: Max Pottag, Robert C Marsh, Wendell Exline, Richard Oldberg |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted: 10 |
| Experience | More than 10 years of teaching |
| Employment, etc. |
member, El Paso Wind
Symphony, former principal horn, Ft. Worth Civic
Orchestra
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| Rachel Williams, piano | |
| Training: | Lydia Boureslan |
| Experience | more than 7 years of teaching experience |
| Student Ages | no adults. Oldest age accepted 14; Youngest 3 |
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| Ellen Wilson, voice | |
| Training: | Bachelors, Music Performance - University of Illinois at Urbana; Masters, Music Performance - Meredith College, Raleigh NC. Principal teachers: Ellen Williams, Meredith; Carole Haber, NEC; Roy Delp, FSU; Sylvia Stone, U of I |
| Experience | more than 10 years of teaching experience |
| Student Ages | accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 10 |
| Employment |
Voice Lecturer at UTEP;
Adjunct Voice Instructor at EPCC; been performing
professionally since '88; in
Germany '94-'97
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| Elisa Wilson, voice | |
| Training: | |
| Experience | |
| Student Ages | |
| Employment | Faculty, UTEP |
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| Joy Zalkind, flute, piccolo | |
| Training: | Education: B. Mus., Performance, The Hartt School/Univ. of Hartford. M. Mus, Performance, Univ. of New Mexico. Principal Teachers: Jeanne Baxtresser, Janet Arms, Valerie Potter, John Wion |
| Experience | El Paso Symphony El Paso Opera New Mexico Symphony Orchestra New World Symphony Connecticut State Opera |
| Student Ages | Accepts adults; youngest age accepted, 11 years old |
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