Music School

A highly sought after soprano and recent addition to The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Shabnam Abedi received her Master’s Degree from Juilliard in Jazz Studies making her Juilliard’s first […]

Ismael Baiz is a touring and recording artist who resides in New York since 2009. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Ismael began his music studies at age 5. After a bitter-sweet […]

Violinist Lynn Bechtold has concertized throughout North and South America, Asia, and Europe. An advocate of contemporary music, she has collaborated with composers such as Gloria Coates, George Crumb, John […]

Alon Bisk is a freelance musician working in and around the New York metropolitan area. Alon was an orchestra member for the first national tour of Spring Awakening, Les Miserables […]

Nicole Bowden always knew what she wanted to do. That’s why she went to the High school of art and design as an adolescent. Then from there studied at the […]

Italian violinist, improviser, composer, and educator Ludovica Burtone has performed worldwide as both a soloist and chamber musician. Based in New York City, she finds herself in a multitude of […]

Oboist Hsuan-Fong Chen (pronounced “SHUan-fong”) has garnered a reputation as one of New York City’s most versatile musicians, with a career in orchestra, Broadway, new music, and occasional administrative roles. Having […]

Sara Davis Buechner is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist and trans activist and GHMS’s inaugural German Diez Memorial Piano Chair.

Cellist Louise Dubin has been a featured artist at festivals worldwide, including the 2017 Festival de Violoncelle de Beauvais (France), VioloncellenSeine Paris 2016 (the biennial convention of the French Cello […]

Kristin Eliasberg is a former dancer, journalist, and editor who became passionate about RIE and the Educaring™ Approach after she attended RIE classes with her daughter in 2006. She has […]

Brenna Fisher is a social practice artist interested in how artistic expression can be used to foster empathy, connection, and community. Brenna works in drawing, painting, and writing. During the […]

Violist Carrie Frey has performed throughout the United States and in Europe, pushing the limits of her instrument and the viola repertoire. An enthusiastic proponent of new music, she has […]

Lucy first joined the school in 1992, teaching beginning piano for both children and adults. She enjoys the small community at the school, particularly the camaraderie of the faculty and […]

A native of Kyrgyzstan, cellist Nurmira Salimbaeva Greenberg has performed as a chamber musician and recitalist across Europe, Central Asia, and the United States. At the age of 17, she […]

Michael on his teaching style: “I teach the rudiments of trumpet technique in the style of the great masters of the instrument. For younger students, we do everything from improv […]

With over 20 years of teaching music and movement classes for students from age 2 through Lower School, Colleen’s specialty is to reinforce teachers’ curriculums through singing, movement, playing instruments, […]

Critically acclaimed pianist Taka Kigawa has earned outstanding international recognition as a recitalist, soloist and chamber music artist since winning First Prize in the prestigious 1990 Japan Music Foundation Piano […]

Nicole was born and raised in the Lower East Side. She was the beneficiary of theater programming throughout her youth as a student at Henry Street through graduation from HS […]

Danyal Lawson has had a long career as a performer, teacher and enthusiast of the classical piano repertory. Lawson has taught privately in New York City for many years and […]

Andrea Lodge has been called a “Must See” (The Telegram, St. John’s, Canada).  A specialist in the performance of contemporary piano music, she has premiered new works by composers Herbert Deutsch, Salvatore […]

Hailing from the bustling metropolis of Bogotá, Colombia Juan Felipe Mayorga began his music career playing drums at the age of 17. Having gotten the music bug later in his […]

Erin grew up in New Orleans, LA where she began her dance training at the age of three. She first attended the Giacobbe Academy of Dance under the direction of […]

Adrianne Munden-Dixon is a NYC-based violinist praised for her “animated and driven” performances (Connect Savannah). She is a current member of the Savannah Philharmonic and Desdemona (“an excellent young quartet” […]

Luke Norris is a saxophonist, woodwind player and composer living in New York City. He maintains an active performance career in jazz and commercial music, as well as a busy […]

Reese Overstreet is a recent graduate of The University of Mississippi. She graduated with a BFA in Acting for Stage in Screen with an emphasis in Musical Theatre. This summer, […]

JD on his teaching style: “My focus is to be of service to my students, and in doing so, making them receptive to the knowledge I’ve gained through my more […]

Hungarian-American violinist Hajnal Kármán Pivnick was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She advocates the performance and promotion of music written in the 20th and 21st century, and works extensively […]

Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and musical theater composer MichelleJ. Rodriguez makes music that “span[s] laid-back southern soul and Latin pop flare” (NPR) and features “flourishes of bolero, bossa nova and […]

Theresa Rosas is a solo and collaborative pianist based in New York City.  She has performed most recently at South Oxford Space with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, the Argentine […]

Alexandra ‘Xan’ Russell has always been inspired by the capacity of music to fuse mind, spirit, body, and community, and similarly, of joyful education to instill curiosity, empathy, and love of […]

Rachel received her early ballet training from Robert Kelley and Diane Cypher of Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre. While a member of SCBT she performed a range of roles in classical […]

Hailed as “an extraordinary pianist” (Boston Globe) and “a true maverick” (The Chautauqua Daily), Ju-Ping Song is recognized as one of today’s champions of classical contemporary music.

JOHN TAFONE is an award-winning composer, pianist, and choral director, originally from southern Rhode Island. Having studied composition at the Catholic University of America and Oxford University in the UK, […]

Scott on his teaching style: “I take a fairly structured, well rounded approach to teaching. With students beginning violin, I use a note speller workbook to cover note reading, clef […]

Romulo Viana is an active performer and teacher throughout South America, the US, and Europe. A native of Brazil, Romulo is sought after for his diversity—performing programs that often feature […]

Kate Whitney has a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Texas, Austin and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from University of Southern California, Los […]

Ellen Winter is a song-singing teaching artist, music producer, and full-time goober who’s viral empowerment anthem “Mantras” has lit up Spotify, and was #1 on the In-Store Radio Charts in […]