Music Faculty

Piano

Emily White, Piano Faculty Chair
Recital and concerto appearances, U.S.; Canada; United Kingdom; Italy; Switzerland; Belgium; Poland; Czech Republic; Romania. Master classes, SMU; UTSA; New World School of the Arts; Colchester Institute, U.K.; Gheorghe Dima Academy, Romania. Winner, London Symphony Orchestra Foundation Grant; Queen’s Commendation for Excellence; Broadwood Trust Scholarship. Top prizes, International Young Concert Artists Competition of Royal Tunbridge Wells, U.K.; International Mozart Competition, Salzburg; New York Chopin Foundation Competition; Bergen Philharmonic Competition; Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition; National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artists Awards. Broadcasts, WQXR; NPR; WBAI; WFLN-Philadelphia; RAI-Italy. Adjudicator, Hong Kong HKSMSA Festival; Special Music School Juries; LaGuardia High School Concerto Competition; Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competiton; New York Music Competition; Associated Music Teachers League Auditions. Hodgson and Meaker Fellowships, RAM, London; Teaching and Opera Coaching Fellowships, The Juilliard School. D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music; Dip.R.A.M., Royal Academy of Music, London; M.M., The Juilliard School; B.M., summa cum laude, University of Maryland. Piano studies with Sascha Gorodnitzki, Christopher Elton, Solomon Mikowsky, Donn-Alexandre Feder, Nelita True. Faculty, The Juilliard School Evening Division. Former faculty, Manhattan School of Music; Interlochen Arts Camp. Prep Center faculty since 1985.

Victoria Freyberg, Piano
Chamber music performances in Russia and New York. Chamber music recitals at Brooklyn College Preparatory Center. M.A., Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music; Graduate, Music College, Kishinev, Moldavia. Piano studies with Augustin Anievas. Former Conservatory faculty, Kishinev, Moldavia. Member, Brooklyn Music Teachers Guild; New York State Music Teachers Association. Prep Center faculty since 1978.

Yevgeniy Karafin, Piano
Solo performances, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Manhattan School of Music, Steinway Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Mirabel Schloss in Salzburg, Austria. Winner, Artists International Auditions; Best Collaborative Pianist, 2nd International Competition of Folk Instruments, Russia; First Prize, Prokofiev Festival Competition, Ukraine. D.M.A., Piano Pedagogy and Performance, Manhattan School of Music; M.M. and B.M., Manhattan School of Music; Major in Piano Performance, Donetsk State Conservatory, Ukraine. Piano studies with Nina Svelanova and Mikhail Legotsky. Master classes with Dmitry Bashkirov, International Summer Academy, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria; Byron Janis; Barry Snyder. Piano faculty, Hudson Valley Music Academy; Chamber music program faculty, Interschool Orchestras of New York; Coach and accompanist, Harlem Boys Choir; Piano instructor, Manhattan School of Music. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

Jun Kim, Piano
M.M., SUNY Purchase; B.M., Manhattan School of Music. Piano studies with June Choi, Donn-Alexandre Feder, Stephanie Brown, Paul Ostrovsky. Prep Center faculty since 2001.

Diane Kirkpatrick, Piano
Solo recitals at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and St. Peter's Church; Annual concert tours throughout Italy. Faculty, International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Mannes College of Music. Concerto soloist, Springfield Symphony; Dayton Symphony; Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Teaching assistant to Jerome Rose. M.M., B.M., Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Piano studies with Mary Lou Krosnick, Audley Wasson, Elizabeth Cobb. Master classes with Samuel Sanders. Former faculty, Brooklyn Music School; Roosa School of Music; College of New Rochelle; Bergen Community College. Prep Center faculty since 1997.

Voice

Thomas Andolora, Theater, Voice
Composer, writer, teacher, musical director. Director and originator of The Dickens Victorian Carollers (www.Carollers.com) – performances at the White House for the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton Administrations. Musical Director for the original production of “Hiroshima” (music by Yoko Ono), winner of the Kennedy Center Award for Best American Play, 1997. Founding Member and Member of Board of Directors, Oxford-Shakespeare Theatre (www.osctheatre.org). B.F.A., Musical Theater, SUNY Fredonia. Prep Center faculty since 2006.

Christine Free, Voice, Music and Movement, Theory
Performances as Dido in Henry Purcell's “Dido and Aeneas;” Daniele in “La Susanna” with Brandywine Baroque; Romeo in “I Capuletti ed i Montecchi;” Cherubino in “Le Nozze di Figaro;” Grisostomo in “Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho;” Miriam in Lee Hoiby's “The Scarf;” “Lamento D'Arianna” at the Boston Early Music Festival. D.M.A., Voice, SUNY Stony Brook (in progress); M.M., SUNY Stony Brook; B.F.A., Voice, Carnegie Mellon University. Voice studies with Elaine Bonazzi, Susanne Marsee, Andrea Hanson. Studies in Alexander Technique with Maria Caruso. Studies in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Dalcroze Training Institute, CMU; International Dalcroze Summer Institute. Theory Instructor, SUNY Stony Brook. Voice faculty, SUNY Stonybrook. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

Kristin Wyatt Juhrs, Voice, Musical Theater, Tap Dance
Choral performances with National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center; Cathedral Choral Society, National Cathedral; Wolf Trap Opera Chorus; Lincoln Memorial.  Performances on BBC Radio. Radio performances and CD ("Through the Centuries," Vol. II), Cathedral Choral Society. Performed in Burn Brae and Montgomery Playhouse musicals. Winner, Best Tap Choreographer and Performer, Maryland High School Theater Festivals, 2003 and 2004. Choral studies, Royal School of Church Music. Tap dance studies with tap masters in New York City since 1987. B.A., Adolescent Education, Brooklyn College. M.A., Performance Studies NYU (in progress). Prep Center faculty since 2006.

Guitar

Eleazer Rodriguez, Guitar
Classical guitar performances in Toronto, New York, New Jersey, Madrid, Puerto Rico. M.M., Brooklyn College; B.M., Nyack College. Studies at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico; Manhattan School of Music; Toronto Guitar Institute. Guitar studies with Nicholas Goluses, Richard Summers, Lars Frandsen. Master classes with Ivan Rijos, Juan Mercadal, Roland Dyens. Faculty, Nyack College; Passaic Community College. Prep Center faculty since 2008.

Sean Satin, Guitar
Performances, Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center); Manhattan School of Music; Columbia University; New York University; Kingsborough Community College; Harrison Public Library; Knitting Factory. E.D.M., Teachers College, Columbia University (in progress); M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.M., Manhattan School of Music. Guitar studies with Jorge Morel, Oren Fader, Mark Delpriora. Master classes with Eliot Fisk, Eduardo Fernandez, David Starobin, Patrick O’Brien. Faculty, Creative Arts Lab, Teachers College, Columbia University. Guitar faculty, Turtle Bay Music School. Head of Music Program, Maine Teen Camp. Teaching Artist for Midori and Friends. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

Strings

Matthew Reichert, Violin, Director of String and Suzuki Programs
Performances and master classes in the U.S., former Soviet Union, Central America, China. Prize, Best Student Paper 2007 (“Carl Bergmann the Pioneer”), Greater New York Chapter, American Musicological Society. M.A., Brooklyn College; B.M., The Juilliard School. Violin studies with Dorothy DeLay, Masao Kawasaki, Itzhak Perlman, Felix Galimir, and members of the Tokyo String Quartet. Pedagogical studies with Louise Behrend. Faculty, Special Music School; Lucy Moses School; Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College. Former faculty, School of Music, University of Iowa; Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University; Starling Fellow Violin Instructor and Director of Technique Classes for Studio of Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School and the Aspen Music School; Bloomingdale House of Music. Prep Center faculty since 1996 and Director of String Programs since 2006.

Esme Allen-Creighton, Violin, Viola
Solo, chamber, and orchestral performances throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Principal violist with Juilliard Orchestra in concerts at New York's Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall. Appearances at Banff Chamber Music Festival, Yale at Norfolk Chamber Festival, Orford Arts Centre, International Viola Congress, International Sommerakademie Bad Leonfelden, Oberstdorfer Musiksommer, and Domaine Forget. M.M., The Juilliard School (in progress); B.M., The Juilliard School. Suzuki certification, School for Strings. Teachers include Katharine Rapoport, Toby Appel, Heidi Castleman, Steven Tenenbom. Faculty, Toronto Music Camp, Huckleberry Music Camp, Dixon Hall Music Camp, Juilliard's Music Advancement Program, Young at Arts (Bronxville), Instrumental Music Program at PS 11(NYC), and George Jackson Academy. Prep Center faculty since 2008.

Julia Biber, Cello, Suzuki Cello 
Solo performances, Cleveland Cello Society, New York Cello Society. Principal cellist, Mannes College of Music Orchestra; Orchestral performances at Avery Fisher Hall and Symphony Space. Master class, Ralph Kirschbaum, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Participant, Taos, Kneisel Hall, and Musicorda chamber music festivals. P.S.D., Manhattan School of Music; A.D., SUNY Purchase; M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M., Mannes College of Music. Cello studies, Suzuki School for Strings. Former faculty, Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, Music Institute of Long Island, Cleveland Institute Preparatory Division. Prep Center faculty since 2008.

Yavet Boyadjiev, Violin
Solo and chamber music performances through the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. Former principal violinist of the Carabobo State Symphony Orchestra (Venezuela). Appearances at the Look and Listen Festival, Niagara Falls International Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Steinway Hall. D.M.A. (in progress), City University of New York; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; B.M., summa cum laude, Superior Institute of the Arts (Cuba). Violin studies with Radosvet Boyadjiev, Grigory Kalinovsky, Daniel Phillips. Faculty, New York Summer Music Festival; The Juilliard School Music Advancement Program. Former faculty, Carabobo State Symphony Orchestra Conservatory; Midori and Friends Foundation; Manhattan School of Music Summer Camp; Hartwick College Summer Music Festival and Institute. Prep Center faculty since 2005.

Julianne Carney, Violin, Suzuki Violin
Performances, One World Symphony. Concertmaster, Lawrence Symphony Orchestra. Performances with Jay Z at Royal Albert Hall and Radio City Music Hall. Improvisational performances in New York. Recording with Sufjan Stevens and My Brightest Diamond. Winner, Lawrence Conservatory Performance Award; University Trustee Scholarship. Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: Independent study of contemporary music practices in Europe. B.M., Lawrence University. Suzuki Certification, School for Strings; Suzuki Institute of Chicago. Violin studies with Georgios Demertzis, Paul Kantor, Alan Bodman, Sally Thomas, Ann Setzer, Don Haines. Participant, Meadowmount School of Music Summer Festival; Interlochen Arts Camp. Faculty, Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy I; CAMBA After-School Program, IS 62; Holy Trinity School (Haiti); Lawrence Arts Academy. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

June Hyun, Violin, Suzuki Violin
Violinist with the Aspen Music Festival, 92nd Street Y Orchestra, New England Symphonic Ensemble. M.M., Manhattan School of Music; M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., New York University. Suzuki Certification, School for Strings. Violin studies with Isaac Malkin, Ariana Bronne, Dorothy Delay. Master classes with Henryk Szeryng, Sandor Vegh, American String Quartet. Faculty, Music Conservatory of Westchester; Packer Collegiate Institute. Prep Center faculty since 2006.

Kalin Ivanov, Cello, Chamber Music
Soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and recording artist in Bulgaria, Russia, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, France, England, U.S. Solo performances with Sofia Philharmonic; Varna Philharmonic; Plovdiv Philharmonic; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Cantus Firmus; Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra; Manhattan Virtuosi Orchestra. Winner, C. W. Post Chamber Music Festival Concerto Competition. Member, The Forte String Quartet; New York Empire Trio. Recipient, Chancellor’s Award, Cultural Achievement Award, grant, Artist Fund of the New York Foundation for the Arts. Master classes, U.S. and Europe; Radio and television broadcasts. Recordings on Gega New and MSR Classics. Website: http://www.kalinivanov.com/.  M.M., Brooklyn College; M.M., State Music Academy, Bulgaria; B.M., Academy of Music and Dance Arts, Bulgaria. Faculty, Adelphi University; SUNY, Long Island Conservatory; Brooklyn College Conservatory. Prep Center faculty since 1997.

Krasi Ivanov, Violin, Viola
Performances in Spain, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Bulgaria, U.S. Violinist, Plovdiv State Philharmonic and Opera Theater; Stara Zagora State Opera; AMDA Chamber Orchestra; Brooklyn College Orchestra; Manhattan Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble du Monde; Forte String Quartet; Bulgarian Piano Quartet; Trio “BG.”  Broadcasts, Bulgarian National Television and Radio; “Voice of America;” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; WNYC-New York. M.M., Brooklyn College; M.M., B.M., Academy of Music and Dance Art, Bulgaria. Violin studies with Masao Kawasaki. Faculty, Rondo Music Festival, VT. Former Faculty, Brooklyn College String Project; P.S. 58 String Program. Prep Center faculty since 2006.

Julia Lutzke, Violin, Suzuki Violin
Orchestral experience, Assisi Music Festival; Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Classical Orchestra; “Hairspray” on Broadway. Winner, New York Youth Symphony Best Achievement Award. M.A., New York University; B.M., Mannes College of Music. Violin studies with Anca Nicolau, Erico Sato, Saoko Tanaka, Hiroko Yajima, Ann Setzer. Suzuki Certification, School for Strings; Suzuki studies with Louise Behrend. Former faculty, Manhattan School of Music Pre-College; Lycee Francais, New York; Hoff Barthelson Music School; Orchestra of St. Luke’s outreach program; School for Strings outreach program. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

Adele Mori, Cello
Performances with The Bennington College String Quartet, American Embassy, Kingston, Jamaica; Performances throughout New England. String quartet performance with violinist James Buswell, Czech Republic. Assistant principal cellist with conductor James Buswell, Gordon College Symphony Orchestra.  Scholarships, Interlochen; Eastern Music Festival; Indiana University Strings Academy; Virginia Governor's School; Golden Mountain Summer Music Festival; NYU Steinhardt String Quartet Intensive. B.A., Bennington College. Cello studies with Marion Feldman, Carol Ou, Andrew Emelianoff, Roman Placek. Master classes, Borromeo String Quartet, American String Quartet, James Wilson, Konstantin Lifschitz, and Henri Sigfridsson. Interned for Dr. Carol Ou and established first music library for Gordon College Department of Music. Cello and music theory teacher; Jazz ensemble coach, Tandem Friends School, Charlottesville, Virginia. Cello teacher and sectional coach, Immaculate Conception High School for Girls. Private cello instructor. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

Aleksandr Nazaryan, Viola, Violin, Suzuki Violin
NY debut solo recital, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Solo performances, Chautauqua Music Festival; Chihuahua Symphony of Mexico. Orchestral performances; Chihuahua Symphony of Mexico; Spoleto Music Festival; Chautauqua Festival; Las Vegas Music Festival Orchestra (principal violist); Juilliard Orchestra. Chamber music performances, Chautauqua Music Festival; United Nations. Suzuki Certification, School for Strings. B.M., The Juilliard School. Viola studies with Samuel Rhodes. Prep Center faculty since 2008. 

Jenny Pham, Violin, Suzuki Violin
Violinist, Tupelo Symphony; Cape Girardeau Symphony; Wildwood Opera Festival; Arkansas State University Opera; Hunter College Symphony. Vocal performances with the National Women's 2003 Honor Choir; St. Cecilia Chorus; New Amsterdam Singers; New York City Master Chorale; Canopus Singers, United Nations Singers, Works & Process at the Miller Theatre. Suzuki Certification, Jonesboro Suzuki Institute. Suzuki studies with Rebecca Markowski, Nicholas Ross. B.M., Voice, concentration in Violin performance and Conducting, Hunter College. Studies at Arkansas State University. Violin instructor and orchestral conductor at the Jonesboro Suzuki Institute. Conductor of New York Cosmopolitan Club. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

Shanda Wooley, Cello, Suzuki Cello
Orchestral experience, Hawthorne Symphony; Park Avenue Chamber Symphony; Bergen Philharmonic; Denver Young Artist Symphony (Principal); Lamont Symphony (Principal); New York Repertory Orchestra (Prinicipal). Chamber music performances, Merkin Hall; Radio City Music Hall; Riverside Church; western U.S. B.M., magna cum laude, University of Denver. Cello studies with Maxine Neuman, Richard Slavich, Christine Gummere, Thomas Heinrich, Thaddeus Suits. Coaching and master classes with Kermit Moore, Irene Sharpe, Cascade Quartet, Ying Quartet. Suzuki Certification, School for Strings. Pedagogical studies with Pamela Devenport. Faculty, Lucy Moses School. Prep Center faculty since 2007.

Winds

Valerie Holmes, Flute, Suzuki Flute, Recorder
Solo recitals and concerto appearances in France, Taiwan, Republic of China, New York, West Coast U.S. Winner, Artists International Competition; New York debut, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music; M.M., B.A., San Jose State University. Teaching Certification, Columbia University Teachers College. Flute studies with Louis Moyse, Carol Wincenc, Harold Bennett. Suzuki Certification, University of Eastern Tennessee. Faculty, Special Music School; Lucy Moses School; French Conservatory of Music; Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music; Nyack College. Prep Center faculty since 1989.

Daniel Kelley, Clarinet, Saxophone
Chamber music performances, Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts; Smithsonian Institution; Atlanta Arts Festival; Oklahoma Mozart Festival; Chautauqua Institution. Concerts in 46 states of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Virgin Islands. Concerto soloist with El Paso Symphony Orchestra. Former member, U.S. Air Force Band, Washington, D.C. Broadcasts, “Today Show;” “A Prairie Home Companion;” “Voice of America;” WQXR; WNYC; WETA. Three recordings on BMG with Richard Stolzman. B.M., Sam Houston State University. Clarinet studies with Kalmen Opperman, Leon Russianoff, Richard Picker. Prep Center faculty since 2000.

Michael Laderman, Flute
Flutist in solo recitals; Freelance orchestral and chamber player; Jazz musician; Recording artist. Performances in New York metropolitan area, France, Italy, Malaysia. Winner, Javits and CUNY Presidential Fellowships; Artists International Competition; New York Flute Club Competition. New recording on MMC of music by Matthew Fields (Kabala album, CD-2087). Website: fluteperformer.com. D.M.A., M.M., SUNY Stony Brook; B.F.A., summa cum laude, SUNY Purchase. Flute studies with Samuel Baron, Keith Underwood, Sandra Miller, Julius Baker, Thomas Nyfenger, Trude Kane. Faculty, Polytechnic University. Prep Center faculty since 1999.

Karisa Werdon, Oboe, English Horn, Music Theory, Music and Movement
Performances as soloist: in collaboration with trumpeter Jens Lindeman, Banff Festival Orchestra; Bach Festival Orchestra. Principal oboist, Quintet Tabor; Intrada Winds; Schneider Chamber Music Series; Washington College Concert Series; St. Paul's Chamber Music Series; Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra; Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra; Norfolk Chamber Orchestra; Yale Philharmonia; New Music New Haven; Bang on a Can Tactus Ensemble, Upper Valley Music Center.   As oboist for Intrada Winds, Grand Prize Winner, Chamber Music Yellow Springs; Finalist, Chamber Music Society II, Lincoln Center; Winner, Yale Chamber Msuic Competition; Silver Medal, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; Winner, Coleman Chamber Music Competition. D.M.A., SUNY Stony Brook (in progress); M.M., Yale University; B.M., Grand Valley State University. Oboe studies with Stephen Taylor, Richard Killmer. Chamber music studies with William Purvis, Frank Morelli, Claude Frank. Artist-in-Residence, Upper Valley Music Center, New Hampshire. Theory and history instructor, SUNY Stony Brook. Prep Center faculty since 2007. 

Music and Movement

Christine Free- See Biograhy under Voice

Karisa Werdon - See Biography under Winds

Musicianship

Marie Incontrera - See Biograhy under Administration

Christine Free- See Biograhy under Voice

Michael Laderman - See Biography under Winds

Karisa Werdon - See Biography under Winds

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