Last Name Ghajar
First Name Shohreh
Address you as Mrs.
Street Address 46890 Antioch Place
City Sterling
State VA
Zip Code 20164
Phone 703-638-2088
Fax 703-444-2684
Website
Instruments taught Piano
Education Master's degree
Affiliations
Activities/Services Piano instructor, orchestra coaching, pedagogy
Additional Info/Specialties An acclaimed artist and musician, Ms. Ghajar has performed and instructed for over 40 years. She has taught music on three continents and has put great efforts into educating and inspiring young Iranian and American children for over a decade. Ms. Ghajar has also arranged and produced multiple concerts and performances, and received numerous honors. Her intimate knowledge of classical music gives her audiences and students a rich perspective on the creation and impact of music, inspiring hundreds of composers and performers from all over the world.
In 1999, Ms. Ghajar founded Music of Time (MOT) in Tehran, Iran. MOT provided young children in Iran, especially young women with an opportunity to learn English and music. Leveraging natural aspects of human development, Ms. Ghajar developed a unique combination of cognitive and social development, incorporating language development with music. The core courses developed through this blend of teaching has introduced professional performance, solfege, and composing courses.
Ms. Ghajar’s skills in creative pedagogy focused on young children for the past decade keeps her in high demand. Her understanding and abilities of creative pedagogy in societies that are repressed and censored has found to be balanced and tolerant. Her work with young children, especially in women, have introduced new universal language to express social and economic realities through the arts.
Available as Performer Yes
Available as Accompanist Yes
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Last Name Love
First Name Shandra
Address you as Ms.
Street Address 45780 Smoketree Terrace
City Sterling
State VA
Zip Code 20166
Phone 571-405-9670
Fax
Instruments taught flute and piano
Education BA in Flute Performance from UCLA, MM in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from GMU
Affiliations NVMTA, FLMF, NFA
Activities/Services I travel to students homes. Accompany flute, strings and brass instruments on occassion
Additional Info/Specialties I also teach ear training, music history, and music theory
Available as Performer Yes
Available as Accompanist Yes
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Last Name Manger
First Name Arlene
Address you as Dr.
Street Address 617 West Church Road
City Sterling
State VA
Zip Code 20164
Phone 703-430-7140
Fax 703-430-7140
E mail HowdyFromArlene@msn.com
Website
Instruments taught piano and music theory
Education Bachelor of Music Degree, piano performance, Univ. of Maryland; Master of Music Degree; Doctorate of Musical Arts, piano pedagogy, Catholic Univ.
Affiliations MTNA, NFMC, NGPT
Activities/Services recitals, festivals, guild auditions and computer lab
Additional Info/Specialties teaches all levels and ages; 30 years teaching experience
Available as Performer Yes
Available as Accompanist Yes
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Last Name Marcinko
First Name Judith
Address you as Mrs.
Street Address 20822 Butterwood Falls Terrace
City Sterling
State VA
Zip Code 20165
Phone 703-659-0938
Education Bachelor's Degree in Music Education
Affiliations Music Teachers' National Assoc., Northern Virginia Music Teachers' Assoc., Sigma Alpha Iota National Music Fraternity,
Activities/Services Recitals, National Guild Auditions
Additional Info/Specialties 20+ years teaching group and private lessons. Professional performer and accompanist on piano and organ. Organist/ Pianist for St. Philip the Apostle Church.
Available as Performer Yes
Available as Accompanist Yes
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Last Name Reck
First Name Sharon
Address you as Mrs.
Street Address 57 Whittingham Circle
City Sterling
State VA
Zip Code 20165
Phone 703-430-3486
Fax
E mail sharonreck@hotmail.com
Website
Instruments taught Piano
Education BM in Piano Performance, James Madison University
Affiliations National Guild of Piano Teachers, Chairman of Sterling/Herndon Center
Activities/Services Two Recitals, Nordstrom Holiday Performances, Ensemble Festival
Additional Info/Specialties
Available as Performer No
Available as Accompanist Yes
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Last Name Sarratt
First Name Lisa Emenheiser
Address you as Ms.
Street Address 46223 Riverland Pl
City Sterling
State VA
Zip Code 20165
Phone 703-404-2380
Fax
E mail lisaemensarratt@me.com
Website www.lisapiano.com
Instruments taught piano
Education Bachelor's and Master's of Music Degrees from Juilliard
Affiliations MTNA, NVMTA, WMTA
Activities/Services Private lessons
Additional Info/Specialties Lisa Emenheiser, pianist, is one of Washington DC’s most recognized performing artists. She has been performing with the National Symphony Orchestra for the past 20 years, and appears as both their Pops pianist and as acting principal keyboardist when necessary. A graduate of the Juilliard School, where she earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music degrees, Ms. Emenheiser is a past winner of the “Young Artist in Recital” and “National Arts Club” competitions.
Ms. Emenheiser has performed in recital at Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, and has appeared in concerts at the National Gallery, Phillips Collection, Smithsonian Institution, Kennedy Center and at the embassies of France, Austria, Germany, Britain, Slovenia, and Spain. As described by the New York Times, Lisa “played the piano dazzlingly”, and by The Washington Post, she “shimmered and beguiled, shifting easily between virtuosity and transparency.” Ms. Emenheiser has appeared as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the Virginia Chamber Orchestra, the McLean Orchestra, the Fairfax Symphony, and was one of the featured soloists at the Kennedy Center’s Piano 2000 Festival. Ms. Emenheiser was also a soloist for the Kennedy Center’s “Journey to America” Festival held in 2002, and in 2006 was both a soloist in the NSO’s Composer Portrait: Mozart, and a participant in the “AfterWords” led by Music Director Leonard Slatkin.
An established chamber musician, Ms. Emenheiser has performed with Julius Baker, Eugenia Zukerman, Ransom Wilson, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, as well as with principal members of the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared in solo and chamber performances across the United States, as well as internationally, including performances in London, Manchester, Berne, Haifa, Nice, Mexico City, Zagreb and Ljubljana. Ms. Emenheiser has performed in numerous summer music festivals, including Aspen, Hidden Valley, Strings in the Mountains, Olympic, Snake River Chamber Players, Penn-Alps, and Masterworks. Her vast orchestral performances are equally as extensive, including tours of Europe, and American residencies in Alaska, Maine, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Texas, Alabama, Vermont, Oklahoma, and North Dakota.
Lisa also is an avid performer of contemporary music. She is the pianist for the 21st Century Consort and Opus 3 Trio. She was featured on national television as an expert artist commentator and performer in the PBS documentary entitled “Exploring Your Brain”, in which she performed Ginastera’s Piano Sonata No. 1 and discussed the topic of memory. A committed teacher, Lisa holds a private studio in her home, and has represented the NSO on various occasions by teaching masterclasses and serving as their piano instructor for the Kazakhstan liaison held last year.
Ms. Emenheiser has recorded for the Pro Arte, VAI Audio, Centaur, Arabesque, Delos, AUR, and Cascades labels. For more information, please visit Lisa’s website at www.lisapiano.com.
Available as Performer Yes
Available as Accompanist No
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Last Name Seldomridge
First Name Teresa
Address you as Ms.
Street Address 31 Aldridge Court
City Sterling
State VA
Zip Code 20165
Phone 703-421-2713
Fax
Website
Instruments taught Piano
Education BM in Piano Performance, Shenandoah Univ.; studied Music Education at Concord University.
Affiliations MTNA, NVMTA, NFMC, NGPT, FLMF
Activities/Services Private piano lessons, group theory/repertoire classes twice a month, recitals, festivals, field trips to concerts. 25 years teaching experience.
Additional Info/Specialties Lectures on The Music of Spain for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (GMU) 2009.
Available as Performer Yes
Available as Accompanist Yes
