Aminda Asher is an active performer of orchestral and chamber music in New York City. She has appeared in concerts at many of New York’s greatest performance venues including Carnegie Hall, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Rose Studio, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, Bargemusic and (Le) Poisson Rouge. She performs with several regional orchestras in the New York metropolitan area including the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Arcos Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts International New York Orchestra. She has also performed and recorded with the Albany Symphony. Outside of New York, Ms. Asher has performed with the New World Symphony in Miami, Fl, the Santo Domingo Music Festival Orchestra in the Dominican Republic, the Arcos Orchestra on two European tours and has participated in the intensive summer study programs at the Music Academy of the West and the Banff Centre of the Arts Chamber Music Residency Program. As an avid performer of contemporary chamber music, Ms. Asher is a member of Cadillac Moon Ensemble and Periapsis Music and Dance and has performed with Talea Ensemble. Also a dedicated traditional and Suzuki teacher, Ms. Asher is currently on the faculties of 92nd Street Y, Turtle Bay Music School and Lucy Moses School. Ms. Asher holds a B.M in cello performance from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, and a M.M. in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.

Aminda Asher is currently teaching the following classes:

Cello (Beginner)

Pianist Nora Bartosik has performed internationally as a soloist and in chamber ensembles in the United States, Europe and Asia in venues including the Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Gesellschaft für Musiktheater in Vienna, the Théâtre de la Ville in Valence, France, and the Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal. She is the first prize winner of international competitions in France and Germany and was a Piano Fellow at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Festival. She has also performed in international festivals including the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Saoû Chante Mozart Festival and the Festival des Nuits d’été in France, the HARMOS Chamber Music Festival in Portugal, and the Max Reger Forum in Bremen, Germany.

Nora is a devoted educator who has taught piano students of all ages for over a decade. She is on the faculty of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey, the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School in Manhattan for students with vision loss, Opus One Music in Manhattan, and the Point CounterPoint summer chamber music festival for students ages 11-18 in Vermont. She maintains a small private studio and teaches music theory and ear training to students of all levels. She has served on the jury of the Suffolk Piano Teachers Foundation Piano Competition on Long Island and given recitals in Harvard University’s Sanders Theater to benefit afterschool arts programs for children in the Boston area. From 2010-2012, she was on the artist roster of Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Germany, an organization with the mission to bring live music to audiences who otherwise would not have the opportunity to experience it.

Nora holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and German Literature from Harvard University, a Master of Arts in piano performance from the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, and a Konzertexamen (Artist Diploma) degree in solo piano from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig. She also attended the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover upon the invitation of noted piano pedagogue Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. Her primary teachers have included Jacques Rouvier, Gerald Fauth, Patricia Zander, Robert Levin, and Jan Jiracek von Arnim. Nora is currently completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance at The Graduate Center, City University of New York as a student of Ursula Oppens.

Dr. Joanne Chang, originally from Ipoh, Malaysia, is a distinguished pianist, educator, coach, and entrepreneur, renowned for her captivating and poetic musical interpretations. She has performed at prestigious events such as the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase, and with ensembles including the AXIOM ensemble, Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra of China. Joanne has collaborated with musicians from The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, and other major orchestras.

A dedicated educator, Joanne is on the teaching staff at The Juilliard School and serves as piano faculty at 92NY and Nightingale-Bamford School. She has previously taught at Western Illinois University, University College Sedaya International, Florida State University, and Indiana University. Her accolades include the 2018 recording album Díalogos and serving as Chair for the 2022 MTNA National Conference Pedagogy Saturday track for Young Professionals.

Joanne founded the Indiana University Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Chapter and frequently presents at MTNA National Conferences. Her research interests include new music, works by female composers, creative entrepreneurship, and career development mentorship.

Joanne holds a doctorate in Piano Performance and Literature from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, with minors in Music Theory and Arts Administration. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, Florida State University, and Kent State University, having studied under notable teachers such as Karen Shaw, Menahem Pressler, and Jonathan Feldman. Based in New York City, Joanne continues to be an influential figure in music education and performance.

Violinist and Violist Lani King Chang has performed as soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician throughout the US, Europe, and Taiwan. Formerly a tenured member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, she was a prizewinner of the Coleman Chamber Music Competition and has participated in festivals including Apollo Chamber Players of London, International Musicians Seminar, Composers Inc., Dartington International Baroque Festival in the U.K., Chamber Music West, and Camerata Chamber Players in Westchester. She currently serves on the faculty of Hoff-Barthelson Music School, the 92nd Street Y School of Music, and formerly a faculty member at the Usdan Camp for the Arts for 12 seasons. Ms. Chang received her B.M. and M.M. degrees from San Francisco Conservatory, and attended graduate school at New England Conservatory.

Lani King Chang is currently teaching the following classes:

Partner Lessons for Kids: Beginner Violin / Ages 6-8

Tony DiTaranto is a music educator, choral conductor, tenor, and IT support professional based in Queens, NY. He has performed in numerous operas, musicals, choirs, and barbershop quartets. He taught music at public schools in NYC and Westchester and led a community choir at Theater for the New City. He now co-owns a small business named “Pixel Noise” that provides enterprise IT support services locally and produces livestreams and podcasts. He serves on the faculty of the 92NY School of Music where he leads a contemporary classical choir. He also sings with the eVoco Voice Collective (evoco.vc)

Tony earned an M.A. in Music & Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University (TC) and a B.S.Ed. in Music Education from Hofstra University. At Hofstra, he accepted the Dorothy Hoag Memorial Award for excellence in musical performance and became a licensed music teacher in New York and Connecticut. At TC, he led a graduate student vocal ensemble and taught applied voice lessons. He has sung with the Trinity Wall St. Downtown Voices (trinitywallstreet.org/downtownvoices). He has also studied and performed at the Manhattan School of Music, and Westminster Choir College.

Tony has studied vocal and applied music pedagogy with Dr. Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, conducting with Dr. David Fryling, and vocal technique with Gregory Mercer and Peter Van Derrick.

Mary Feinsinger, director, is an award-winning composer, arranger, lyricist, music director and vocal coach. As a performer, she had a principal role in the 2023 off-Broadway production of the new musical The Imported Bridegroom. A graduate of The Juilliard School in voice, she was a Teaching Artist at OperaAmerica. As vocalist and keyboardist of the West End Klezmorim, she performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the White House. She was on the piano-accompanying staff at Juilliard. She is a composer/lyricist alumna in the BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, and has created music for a number of musicals and videos including Understood Betsy, The Tooth Fairy Vs. El Ratón Pérez, The Sisters Plotz, Oh My Dog! and the animated song My Head.

Mary Feinsinger is currently teaching the following classes:

Holiday Sing-In with Mary Feinsinger

Broadway and American Standards Sing-In: A Virtual Community for Music Lovers

Jhoely Garay is a Mexican New York-based guitarist, composer, arranger and a passionate educator committed to share her love for music.

She holds a BM in jazz guitar performance from The City College of New York and a MM in composition from the Manhattan School of Music.

She is part of the music faculty at 92NY music program, Jazz House Kids New York, and Stanford University Jazz Workshop. Garay has also taught several masterclasses in jazz guitar and composition at higher education institutions in Mexico and the U.S., such as Portland State University, Jazz Education Network Conference, Universidad Veracruzana JazzUV, Universidad de Queretaro, Universidad Autónoma de Colima.

In addition, she is a Latin Grammy Foundation Ambassador, an ASCAP Fran Morgenstern awardee, a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grantee, an awardee of the “Young Creators” program by the National Fund for Culture and the Arts in Mexico, and the New York City Artist Corps grantee.

Allie Glassman is a Singer/Songwriter, Jazz Vocalist and Music Educator. Allie received her MA in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University in 2018. Allie has assisted several of her students with auditioning and being accepted into many of New York’s premiere performing arts schools.

Allie is a graduate of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, where she received her BFA in Vocal Jazz Performance.

Allie has appeared at many music festivals in New York City, including New York Coffee Festival (2023). Allie has performed as a Sofar Sounds Artist in New York and Baltimore. Allie performs regularly at venues around New York City, and in the greater New York area.

Olga Gurevich is enjoying her career as a concert pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, and a piano teacher. Her concert appearances include Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, 92nd Street Y, the Symphony Space in NYC, Smirna Opera Theatre in Delaware, Westport Concert Series in Connecticut, Scuola Civica in Cagliari, Italy, and many others. Her performances were broadcasted by National Television in Azerbaijan, First TV Channel in Russia and RAI Tre in Italy.

Olga has been affiliated with Manhattan Symphonie, Richmond County orchestra, New York Session Symphony orchestra, Riverside Opera Company, New Opera Company, and performed as a member of numerous chamber music ensembles. She has been a pianist in residence for Silver Bay String Quartet since 2015, performing at Silver Bay Festival and at Marcella Sembrich Museum concert series every summer. Olga’s solo piano recordings of Chopin’s music as a part of Musopen project can be found at musopen.org. Ms Gurevich has been the principal accompanist for the Riverside Opera Company since 2010, and collaborated with many singers, including Met Opera bass singer Mikhail Svetlov. In September 2019, Olga started working as an accompanist for Shireinu Choir in Great Neck, Long Island, specializing in Jewish secular vocal compositions.

Olga Gurevich earned her Master's degree in Piano Performance, Piano Accompanying and Piano Pedagogy at Gnesin Academy of Music, and then finished her post graduate studies at Maimonides State Academy in Moscow, Russia with DMA in Piano Performance. Olga is a winner of international piano competitions both in solo and piano four-hands divisions (XIII Piano International competition in Salerno, Italy, and Ragusa Ibla Foundation International Piano competition in Ragusa, Italy).

Besides being an active solo and chamber music performer, Olga has been a devoted educator for over two decades. In addition to teaching at 92Y School of Music, Ms. Gurevich is on the piano faculty of Bloomingdale School of Music in NYC and Suzuki Virtuoso Academy in Mineola, NY, as well as a Steinway Hall teacher.

Olga Gurevich is currently teaching the following classes:

Piano (Continuing Beginner)

Guitarist Andrew Hartman is active as a performer, composer and educator in the New York City area. Performing as a bandleader and sideman, Hartman regularly works in a variety of genres, including jazz, rock and pop, and music theatre. His albums Compass and Andrew Hartman and Still Motion feature his original music arranged and performed in trio, quartet and quintet settings.

Andrew Hartman is currently teaching the following classes:

Partner Lessons for Kids: Group Guitar for Beginners / Ages 6-8

Partner Lessons for Kids: Group Guitar for Beginners / Ages 9-11

Lindsey Jones is a professional violinist, conductor and educator living in New York City. She is currently a PhD candidate in Musicology at Rutgers University. Lindsey graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Florida with a M.M. in Violin Performance with a concentration in Instrumental Conducting, and summa cum laude from Western Connecticut State University with a B.M in Violin Performance. Lindsey has extensive teaching experience in public and private schools as well as over 15 years of private lesson instruction. She holds certifications in Orff, Music Together and Suzuki pedagogies. When she is not performing, teaching, studying or practicing, Lindsey can be found doing yoga, running or watching dogs play at the park.

Lindsey Jones is currently teaching the following classes:

Play, Move, Groove!

Little Voices

Junior Chorus

Moscow native Anna Khanina started her musical education at the age of five, and in 1996 she graduated with honors from the famous Gnessin School of Music in Moscow. She holds Masters Degrees from both the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow and the University of Music, Drama, and Media in Hannover, Germany, as well as a Performance Diploma from Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. In 2014 Ms. Khanina became a Doctor of Musical Arts after completing the Doctoral Program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she was a full-scholarship student of Gilbert Kalish.

Ms. Khanina’s performing career spans the continents of Asia, Europe, and North and South America, where she regularly appears as a soloist and with chamber music ensembles. Her concerts were broadcast on WFMT Chicago (2007, 2011, 2014), The Voice of Music radio from Jerusalem Music Centre (2008), McGrow Young Artists Showcase WQXR New York (2011), and wiox.org (2011). Anna Khanina’s long list of awards include the prizes at Val Tidone International Piano Competition, the Second International Piano Competition in Panama, the Seventh International Competition Ciutat de Carlet in Valencia, the Grieg Competition in Oslo, and the Classica Nova Competition in Hannover, just to name a few.

Along with her performing career, Ms. Khanina remains a dedicated teacher. She is currently on the faculty at 92Y and Bloomingdale School of Music. Her students have appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and successfully participated at numerous national competitions.

Michael Kirk Lane is an award-winning cabaret artist, most recently winning Manhattan Association of Cabaret Awards in both 2022 and 2020. He also was the recipient of the 2018 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award for Best Cabaret Show. Stephen Mosher of BroadwayWorld Cabaret has called Lane “one of the most popular performers and people working in cabaret today.” Cabaret Scenes Magazine has deemed Lane’s work “musical comedy heaven.”

Beyond his own experience performing in cabaret, Lane’s experience managing two of the city’s most renowned cabaret venues (The Laurie Beechman Theatre, Don’t Tell Mama) offers him a unique vantage point and perspective on the art form.

As a teaching artist for over 20 years, Lane has taught all ages from pre-school to retirement homes. In each class he brings the same philosophy to his teaching, no matter the age of the students. “Art, Theatre, and Music are ways for us to connect with our most authentic self, and to explore the world around us.”

Michael Kirk Lane is currently teaching the following classes:

Cabaret Conversations

Cabaret Conversations

Cabaret Conversations

Cabaret Conversations

Cabaret Conversations

Performance Workshop for Cabaret and Concert Stage

Joe Iconis: A Cabaret Performance Workshop

Ed MacEachen is a jazz guitarist who got his professional start in 1977 in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio where he studied with Bill D'Arrango (sideman with Ben Webster and Dizzy Gillespie). Ed moved to New York in 1984 where he has worked in the bands of Jack McDuff, Chico Hamilton and Erestine Anderson among many others. He currently lives and performs in the New York City area and can be heard on Eliot Zigmund's Starlight on Jazz Today Records and Bill Mobley's Singularity on Space Time Records along with others. Ed teaches at both 92nd Street Y (since 1996) and in the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music program (since 1989).

Ed MacEachen is currently teaching the following classes:

Partner Lessons for Adults: Guitar for Beginners

Luke Marantz is a New York City based pianist and composer from Texas. Born to a musical family, his studies began at an early age with piano, voice, saxophone and visual art. A graduate of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Marantz was awarded multiple national jazz awards during his time there including seventeen Downbeat SMA awards which led to him being featured in the publication three times.

His studies were continued at the New England Conservatory of Music from which he graduated in 2013. During his time there Marantz had the opportunity to work with, among others, Fred Hersch, Jason Moran and Veronica Jochum.

During his young career, Luke has performed with the likes of Jeff “Tain” Watts, Dave Liebman, George Garzone, Tierney Sutton, Ingrid Jensen, Antonio Hart and many others. He has been featured as a sideman on the recordings of trumpeters Jason Palmer and Billy Buss as well as saxophonists Matt Marantz and Gianni Gagliardi alongside musicians such as Dayna Stephens, Gilad Hekselman and Walter Smith III. He has also co-led multiple recordings including joint projects with his brother, Matt Marantz, and their band “The Primary Colors”. His debut solo piano record is scheduled for release in the summer of 2017.

Marantz has performed across the country and internationally at such venues as the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, New England’s Jordan hall, the Panama Jazz Festival, the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival, the Vail Jazz Festival, the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference and the Boston Jazz Week Festival.

For more info visit www.lukemarantz.com.

Christopher North (b 1969) is a composer (Film, Theater and Dance), singer/songwriter (eclectic albums, songs for children’s TV and Indy Films), multi-instrumentalist (Carnegie Hall, Newport Folk Festival, CBGBs, Grammy award-winning recordings) and conductor (Hollywood Chamber Orchestra debut, NYLSO). A Texan in NYC since 1997, he’s thriving in Brooklyn with 20 genre crossing albums, scores to over 60 films (inc. distributed, award-winning and Grammy Nominated) and a growing opus of arts songs, chamber music and symphonic works. An enthusiastic educator and Assistant Professor in the Berklee College of Music Songwriting Department since January 2019, he has taught at the 92nd St Y since Fall 1997. As a freelance sideman, he has played bass for Quincy Jones, with The Dixie Chicks and Rosanne Cash, in orchestras and on Broadway. He’s been heard as a singer (in choirs with NY Phil), whistler (for Disney) and multi-instrumentalist on countless scores, albums, video games and commercials. A 2015 Sundance Institute Lab Fellow, collaborating brings out his best, for which VARIETY says he’s a "notable asset” to work “well served by a fine soundtrack.” His favorite creation is his son Xavier and his hobbies include painting, photography and hiking.

www.christophernorth.com
www.imdb.me/christophernorth
Albums on iTunes
Soundhive Session Christopher North
Vimeo.com/crnorth

Christopher North is currently teaching the following classes:

The Mystery of Songwriting

Jamie Reynolds is a freelance jazz pianist in New York City. He has taught group and private jazz piano and composition lessons at the 92nd Street Y since 2005.

Jamie is very active on the jazz scene and performs regularly with some of New York's finest musicians. He has toured across Canada and the United States and Europe and can be heard regularly in clubs around the city.

Jamie received a Bachelor of Music with honors in jazz performance from the University of Toronto.

Jamie Reynolds is currently teaching the following classes:

Playing by Ear: Functional Piano and Music Theory

Tokyo-native Arei Sekiguchi took up the drums after early studies in classical piano and marimba. His first exposure to international performance came through tours of the U.S. and Europe with Up With People at the age of 18. Later he moved to NYC to further study music. He received a BFA from the New School University under the guidance of jazz Legends such as Bobby Sanabria, Chico Hamilton, and Reggie Workman. He has also studied privately with some of the most sought after drummers in the world: Michael Carvin, Takeshi Inomata, and Antonio Sanchez. He has performed at various festivals and venues all over the United States including Tiny Desk Concert, Jazz Mobile, MASS MoCA, River to River Festival, Carnegie Hall, and Kennedy Center. Arei has recorded for labels such as Sony Japan, and Clean Feed (Portugal). His musical theater credits include Curvy Widow (Off Broadway), Man of La Mancha, and In the Heights (regional). He has also been a regular accompanist for the Afro-Brazilian Dance Class at Alvin Ailey Extension for the last ten years.

Arei Sekiguchi is currently teaching the following classes:

Drums

Known for her exceptional technique, musicality and her programme versatility, Taiwanese-British musician Shu-Wei Tseng has won numerous prizes on both piano and cello. Concert performances have taken her across the UK, Europe, Russia, USA, and the Far East in major concert halls such as London‘s South Bank Purcell Room, Barbican Hall, St. John’s Smith’s Square, St.Martin-In-the-Fields, St James’s Piccadilly, the Wigmore Hall, and the Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA. Recent performances include visits to Australia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Thailand and Russia.

Alongside her performance career, Shu-Wei is also an avid educator, holding over 25 years of teaching experience across three continents, working with students of all ages from beginner to professionals. Previous teaching positions include working at the Royal institutions of the United Kingdom, The Yehudi Menuhin School, City of London School for Girls, Chamber Music course leadership at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Head of Keyboard and Strings, and Director of Music positions.

Shu-Wei holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder (She is also a Global Ambassador for the University sine 2022), previous degrees and LRAM on both piano and cello from London’s Royal Academy of Music, a permanent teacher qualification from the United Kingdom (PGCE + QTS), NPQSL, as well as a MSc. in Psychology. She arrived in the UK as a young student after winning first and second prizes at the National Taiwan competitions on the cello and piano where she received double scholarships to study at the Wells Cathedral School, one of the four specialist music schools in the United Kingdom.

Besides performing as a soloist, Shu-Wei specialises in Strings and Keyboard-related chamber music on both her instruments, as well as conducting string orchestras. With the ability to teach in English, Mandarin and German, Shu-Wei held residencies and fellowships, gave masterclasses and workshops, as well as serving as a juror member for competitions, working with beginners up to taught Masters degree in the UK, Central Europe, Russia, America, and the Far East.

Her playing has been described as radiating a “passionate, energetic, researched, and committed personality with a powerful, fluid and beyond reproach technique” and producing “characters, colours, dynamics …. seldom heard in concerts.”

She held a Research Assistantship and lectureships on the piano and cello at the University of Colorado at Boulder, during which she received various performance and research prizes for her research in the ensemble issues between strings and keyboard instruments in sonata partnerships. Upon her DMA completion in 2010, Shu-Wei started teaching in Germany and has joined the faculty of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland since September 2010.

Since 2016, Shu-Wei has represented the Taipei Consulate and Taiwan Ministry of Culture in the UK on various occasions, such as being the first featured musician at the Taiwan Cultural Salon music series, as well as the first artist to represent Taiwan for the Embassy and Cultural Institute Series at the St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. In 2019, Shu-Wei gave an Australian solo debut on her two instruments and opened the 75th D-Day Commemoration Concert at the Notre Dame de Coutances Cathedral.

Early 2023 highlight included solo piano and chamber music appearance at the award-winning New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck’s sold-out European debut week, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, at London’s Sadlers Wells Theatre in March, followed by performances on her two instruments in the following week in New York. In September 2023, she appeared as a guest artist at the special event, celebrating Vietnam-UK 50th year diplomatic relationship before relocating to New York, where Dr Tseng has since performed as a solo cellist at the Consulate General of Poland as part of the XXV International Chopin and Friends Festival’s Final Promenade, and the National Opera Center on the piano.

Andres Vahos (B.M., Music Education) is a percussionist, drummer, and educator based in the Greater NYC area. He has over ten years of experience teaching one-on-one, in small-group, and in large-group settings within both public schools and private sector. Andres takes great pride in teaching all levels and abilities, but is especially fond of working with students with special needs. Additionally, he has been a clinician at high schools, colleges, and educator conferences, while his regular students have gone onto acclaimed institutions such as the Juilliard Pre-College and other top university programs. Past performance highlights include 54 Below, Carnegie Hall, and various Off-Broadway productions.

Andres Vahos is currently teaching the following classes:

Drums

Elissa Weiss is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and singing teacher based in NYC. In 1998, Elissa created the Everybody Can Sing® voice studio and workshops to help people who are afraid to sing. She has run workshops for The 92nd Street Y, New York, Makor, the Rio Caliente Spa in Mexico, groups of Episcopal seminarians, and in various private settings. She has given hundreds of solo recitals and performances with the Salomone Trio (3 sopranos singing early music and Jewish music), and she has sung in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, as well as many churches, synagogues, and concert halls. During the pandemic, she taught over Zoom and on windy terraces.

Elissa Weiss is currently teaching the following classes:

Everybody Can Sing®

Paul Williams first started teaching music to children while working for the Shaftsbury Society in England. Since then he has taught guitar and piano to many private students of all ages and has taught music in pre-schools and kindergarten as well as for the National Guitar Workshop.

He has a parallel career as a musician and singer/songwriter which began in the Folk clubs of England when he was 13 years old. He has written for Musical Theatre, Off Broadway and Nickelodeon. He recently wrote "Reaching Out To say Hello" for the 92nd Street Y's Educational Outreach Program and continues to write, record and perform in the New York area under the name Paul Clements. He has one of the longest running music engagements in New York City having played regularly on Wednesday nights at the legendary The Bitter End since 1985.

He is married to actress Carey Cromelin and has two children, Virginia and George Williams.

Paul Williams is currently teaching the following classes:

The Music Room

American-born Korean-Chinese musician Liza Wu is a classical pianist, organist, music director, chamber musician, and educator based in Manhattan. She has performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and internationally in Canada, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland. Liza is affiliated with esteemed institutions including Barnard College/Columbia University, New York University, and the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.

An experienced educator, Liza is on the piano faculty at 92NY and Bloomingdale School of Music, partnering with The School at Columbia and The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine. Pedagogically, she has trained and taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Preparatory Piano Program, Oberlin College Conservatory’s Piano Lab, School for Strings (Suzuki), and Diller-Quaile School of Music in NYC. Liza’s teaching specialties include concert and competition preparation, collaborative and chamber music coaching, sight-reading, vocal diction, and technique for students ranging from young beginners to professional musicians.

Liza holds performance degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music (MM), Oberlin College Conservatory of Music (BM), and has studied privately at The Juilliard School. Her notable teachers include Olga Radosaljevich, Anne Epperson, Russell Miller, Joela Jones, Joseph Schwartz, Lydia Frumkin, and Victoria Mushkatkol. Liza continues to nurture a successful piano studio and remains a prominent figure in music education and performance.

Flutist Reva Youngstein is an active performer throughout the New York area. She can be heard in Broadway pits of Wicked, and the most recent Les Misérables. She performs regularly at Carnegie Hall with Musica Sacra and with the Orchestra of the Oratorio Society of New York and is a flute substitute in the New Jersey Symphony. She has been on the music faculty of the Brearley School in Manhattan for twenty years, and co-heads the “River Edge Flute Experience” a summer flute camp. She was Woodwind Coach for eight years in New Jersey Symphony’s Youth Orchestra program, and has served as a substitute flute instructor at Manhattan School of Music’s pre-college division, and in the Juilliard School’s MAP program. Reva has students from age 8-68.