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#meetourstudents Arayana Carr-Mal is an eighteen year old from Sunderland, Massachusetts. In the fall, she will be attending the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she will study with Jessica Lee and Philip Setzer. Arayana has attended the Bowdoin...

#discoverourcourses #happeningtoday! July 28, 2020 at 8PM Join us as faculty artists discuss their special experiences with their teachers – including Paul Biss with Joseph Gingold, Ida Kavafian with Oscar Shumsky and Steven Tenenbom with Michael Tree....

#discoverourevents #happeningtoday! Our Violin/Viola Festival starts today with: Signs, Games and Messages with Kim Kashkashian Sponsored by @americanviolasociety July 27 and August 3, 2020 at 6PM Kim Kashkashian leads this presentation (in two parts) that...

Our first virtual piano festival culminated on July 24, and we already can't wait for next year. More announcements coming soon! #vivacematera2021 #matera #vivacemusicfestival #seeyounextyear #news #comingsoon   Source

#happeningtonight We are thrilled to announce our Honors Recital will be streamed on The Violin Channel Facebook page! Join us to support our talented students! @theviolinchannel #vivacemusicfestival #onlinefestival #piano #honorsrecital Source

#discovering our courses and #happeningtoday! Playing with Others: Chamber Music and the Piano Maria Lambros (former violist of the Mendelssohn, Meliora and Ridge string quartets) and Micheal Kannen (founding cellist of the Brentano String Quartet and director...

#meetourstudents Alena Lu, 17, has been studying piano with Elena Arseniev for 12 years. She has been a finalist and prizewinner of numerous competitions, including the 2020 David Dubois Piano Competition, Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition (2016...

#meetourstudents Fjoralba (Alba) Zguro is an Albanian pianist currently based in Waco, Texas. Fjoralba grew up in Albania and started studying the piano at age 5, under the tutelage of Entela Kotelli. She attended the Tefta Tashko Koco School of Music for 12...

#meetourstudents Junhao Wang is currently studying piano with Dr. Jack Winerock. He has competed extensively and won first prize in the Steinway Piano Competition at Schmitt Music in Kansas City (2018), Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition...

#meetourstudents SooJung Kim is praised by Eumyoun music magazine as a pianist with "richly varied sound, a lively interpretation and a compelling performance." She has completed her Bachelors, Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma at the Peabody...