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Course Offerings - Repertoire Classes
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FOUNDER/DIRECTOR  -  Dr. Ray Landers
Assistant to the Director - Malathi Narayan
Board of Directors: Dr. Robert and Mrs. Rita Hauck, Dr. Ray Landers, Mrs. Malathi Narayan
Advisory Board: Suhua and Vijay Ayyangar, Leo and Anumur Balaraman, Dr. Stanley Chepaitis, Dennis and Mary Chan, Elaine Edwards, Jim and Elizabeth Huang, Dr. Charles Skinner, Madeline and Maurice Webster
                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

We are committed to hiring outstanding, experienced faculty who are great performers and teachers, well trained in Suzuki and traditional approaches, with degrees from prestigious colleges.  Many have taught at numerous institutes.  All love teaching children and their families. See faculty bios for details.

SEE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FACULTY UNDER THE BIOGRAPHY SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE

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Dr. Landers, IMF Director and Festival Student Arjun Ayyangar


SPRING FESTIVAL FACULTY

VIOLIN 

Geri Arnold (NC)

Wendy Azrak (MI)

Dr. Stanley Chepaitis (PA)

Joseph Kaminsky (MO)

plus local faculty assisitng in the violin play in concert

VIOLA

Dr. Stanley Chepatis

Wendy Azrak

CELLO

Grace Field (MI)

PIANO

Sue Bakshi (PA)

Gail Berenson (OH)

Nightingale Chen (OH)

Katie Cross (OH)

Clipper Erickson (MI)

Miri Farkash (Israel) 

Dr. Ray Landers (OH)

Dr. Gary Pedersen (MI)

Nechama Talpaz (Israel)

FLUTE 

Laurel Ann Maurer (VT)

GUITAR

Miri Farkash (Israel)

HARP

Jo Anne Kulick (NJ)

ENSEMBLES - FAMILY CHORUS

Dr. Robert Hauck(TX)

REPERTOIRE MASTER CLASSES

CELLO- Grace Field

FLUTE - Laurel Ann Maurer  

PIANO -  Beginnin Levels- Nightgingale Chen,   Early Intermediate  Levels - Nightingale Chen,   Late Intermediate Levels - Gail Berenson,   Advanced Levels - Clipper Erickson 

VIOLIN - Suzuki (bks. 1-2) - Wendy Azrak,   Suzuki  (bks. 3-4) - Geri Arnold,    Suzuki (bks. 5 and up) - Joseph Kaminsky,    Traditional all levels  Dr. Stanley Chepaitis

ENRICHMENT/ELECTIVES for students

ART

Katie Cross

DANCE

Folk Dance /Dalcroze Eurythmics
Katie Cross

FIDDLING/FOLK IMPROVISATION

Dr. Stanley Chepaitis  

GORDON LISTENING/RYTHMIC  TECHNIQUES

Dr. Garek Pederson

HANDBELLS 

Dr. Robert Hauck

HARP INTRO

Jo Ann Kulick

IMPROV/JAZZ/NEW AGE/POP FOR PIANO

Chuck Speicher (NJ)

KARATE

Chuck Speicher

MUSIC HISTORY THROUGH FILM

Dr. Ray Landers 
 

MUSIC THEATER (SCENES FROM LION KING)

Dr. Robert Hauck

MUSIC MIND GAME intro to note reading

Sue Bakshi

PERCUSSION INTRO

Katie Cross assisted by Mira Farkash

THEORY (Music Mind Games

Katie Cross and Sue Bakshi

ENRICHMENT COURSES FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS

Bach to Bartok and Beyond: The Collaboration of Physical Gestures and Sound Concepts in the Teaching of Style  Gail Berenson

Strategies fo Coping with Performanc Anxiety   Gail Berenson

Gordon Learning Theory Music Moves Introduction   Dr. Gary Pedersen

Music History through Film   Dr. Ray Landers

Overview of Suzuki, Daclroze, Kodaly, Orff, and Gordon Methods   Miri Farkash