FAIRFAX-LOUDOUN MUSIC FELLOWSHIP
Quality Music Education for Teachers and Students
Jeri Bennett
43730 Partlow Road
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 703-858-4669
Instruments taught: Piano, Theory
Education: Master of Music, Shenandoah Univ. with emphasis on chamber music, B.S. Univ. of Tenn., numerous pedagogy seminars at GMU and the Levine School, numerous workshops and master classes through FLMF, NVMTA and associates.
Affiliations: Northern Virginia Music Teachers Assoc. (NVMTA), VA Music Teachers Assoc. (VMTA), Music Teachers National Assoc.(MTNA), National Federation of Music Clubs, National Guild of Piano Teachers, Fairfax-Loudoun Music Fellowship.
Activities/Services: 2 studio recitals/year, Fall Festival, Spring Festival, Bach-Baroque Festival, Sonata Festival; NVMTA Judged Recitals; Guild auditions, FLMF recitals, lessons include music theory, group classes
Additional Info/Specialties: Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) through MTNA; Accompanist; Pianist/Organist since 1998 at St. John the Apostle, Leesburg; played for numerous other churches in the area; performed with the Loudoun Symphony Chamber Concert Series; Past President of NVMTA; NVMTA Concerto Festival Chairman since 2003, FLMF webmaster; many years experience playing for musicals with various No. Va. community theaters.
Available as Performer: Yes
Available as Accompanist: Yes
Anastasia Feigles
43115 Weatherwood Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 571-258-7161
Instruments taught: Piano
Education: Bachelor of Music/Baylor University Piano Pedagogy
Master of Music /University of Michigan Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy
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Activities/Services: Worship and Music Director and Organist, Ashburn Presbyterian Church; Children's Choir Director, Ashburn Presbyterian Church; Preschool Music Teacher, Celebration Preschool, Ashburn Presbyterian Church; Accompanist, Loudoun County Public Schools
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Available as Performer: Yes
Available as Accompanist: Yes
Rachel Harmatuk
42837 Ridgeway Drive
Broadlands, VA 20148
Phone: 571-333-0107
Instruments taught: Piano
Education: 4 Years of study in music education with an emphasis on piano at Virginia Tech
Affiliations: MTNA, VMTA, NVMTA
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Additional Info/Specialties: Piano Pedagogy Seminar at George Mason.
Available as Performer: No
Available as Accompanist: No
Esther Lee
43409 Markham Place
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 703-380-7176
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Instruments taught: Piano
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Silvia McPherson
21105 Cardinal Pond Ter., #102
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 571-707-8778
Instruments taught: Piano, Theory
Education: Royal Conservatory of Music, G. Verdi - Turin, Italy
Affiliations: National Federation of Music Clubs, Music Teachers National Association, VA Music Teachers Association, NVMTA, Fairfax-Loudoun Music Fellowship, MyWorld School.org (homeschooling)
Activities/Services: Held many offices in NVMTA
Additional Info/Specialties: Silvia graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music Giuseppe Verdi of Turin, Italy, where she was a student of the distinguished pianist and composer Sandro Fuga, and where she studied chamber music with the cellist of the celebrated Virtuosi of Roma. She was immediately offered the dual position of pianist with the Symphony Orchestra of Recife Brazil, and the teacher of piano and theory of the Recife Conservatory. While in Recife, Silvia co-founded the Music School Jeunesse Musicale Brazilienne where she became principal professor of music, gave frequent performances and conducted the chorus. She toured Brazil with inter- nationally renowned soloists and with the Woodwind Ensemble of the Recife Symphony, and she was official accompanist for the Recife Department of Culture. Next, in Rio de Janeiro she was official accompanist under the Ministry of Culture of Brazil, worked with the Department of Radio, and taught music theory at the American School. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1961 and settled in Virginia where she continued to devote herself to teaching, accompanying, and performing in chamber ensembles. She has taught piano and theory at the McLean Arts Center and the Academy of Musical Arts, and taught piano at Georgetown University. Currently, she teaches in her private home in a retirement community. Many of her students have won local, national and international competitions including concerto competitions leading to performances with the Alexandria Symphony, Reston Symphony, Northern Virginia Symphony, McLean Orchestra, Michigan Symphony, and the National Symphony. Silvia is a Member of Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association where she has held many offices, and is a Nationally Certified Teacher in Professional Piano Performance.
Available as Performer: No
Available as Accompanist: No
Connie Olivera
42960 Deer Chase Place
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 703-858-7951
Fax: 703-858-7950
Website: oliveramusic.com/classical-soloists/connie-olivera-pianist
Instruments taught: Piano, including classical and jazz styles
Education: BM Instrumental Music Education, Major instrument: piano, from the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, Appleton, WI
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Additional Info/Specialties: In addition to teaching classical repertoire, technic, and theory, I teach jazz, including understanding and using chord symbols, improvisation, and swing, be-bop, Latin, and ballad styles, along with other contemporary songs. I perform regularly as a soloist, and in small and large ensembles, for social and corporate events.
Available as Performer: Yes
Available as Accompanist: Yes
Karen Pino
44116 Bristow Circle
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 703-728-9403 (leave message or text)
Website: pinopiano.mymusicstaff.com
Instruments taught: Piano, Voice Coaching
Education: Bachelor of Music, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ
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Activities/Services: Choirs, Children's Choirs, Handbells
Additional Info/Specialties: I feel that I am very patient, able to relate with all types of children/students ranging from special needs to gifted.
Available as Performer: No
Available as Accompanist: No
Mark Pino
Street Address 44116 Bristow Circle
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 571-424-2404 (leave message or text)
Website: pinopiano.mymusicstaff.com
Instruments taught: Piano, Theory, History
Education: B. Music from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ; MBA from LaSalle University
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Activities/Services: Church Praise Band, Choir, Miniature Wargaming
Additional Info/Specialties: In addition to teaching the fundamentals of piano, I feel I can bring to life the concepts of music theory and history.
Available as Performer: No
Available as Accompanist: No
Debbie Vogan
43310 Butterfield Ct.
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 407-443-0742
Website: debbievogan.wordpress.com
Instruments taught: Piano
Education: 4 years of music study, emphasis on piano, at UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County); 3 years of study in music education (emphasis on piano) at Houghton College, Houghton, NY; Bachelor of Science in Christian Education with a minor in Bible and a minor in Music from Houghton College; Standard Teacher Diploma from Evangelical Teacher Training Association, Houghton College
Affiliations: FLMF
Activities/Services: Studio Recitals, Retirement Home Recitals, Church Recitals; Adjudicator for Florida State National Guild of Piano Teachers; Accompanist since 1976 for: church choirs (most recently for McLean Presbyterian in McLean, Va), Houghton College Women's Choir, Worship Teams, School Choruses (most recently Ashburn Elementary and Broad Run Cluster Concert); Pianist/Organist/Vocalist for weddings
Additional Info/Specialties: 24 years of teaching experience with beginners to intermediate levels. I am extremely patient with children, but love working with all ages.
Available as Performer: No
Available as Accompanist: Yes
Jane Webb
21144 Cardinal Pond Ter., #128
Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 703- 729-1544
Instruments taught: Piano, Flute, Recorder, Hand bells
Education: B.A. piano, Orff Schulwerk certification, Va. State Teacher's Certification
continuing Ed. courses at Shenandoah, George Mason, U. of Md. and Kennedy Center
Affiliations: Chorister's Guild, American Guild Of English Hand Bell Ringers,
Fairfax-Loudoun Music Fellowship
Activities/Services: studio recitals, duet and two piano ensembles, Fairfax-Loudoun Ensemble festival, Nursing Home and Retirement Home recitals, Music Theory and History at lessons
Additional Info/Specialties: 61 years teaching experience, former Music Specialist with public and private schools N-12 grades. Early Childhood Music consultant
Available as Performer: No
Available as Accompanist: No