Faculty, Alphabetical Listing

Isabel Aybar
Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Group Keyboard
Isabel Aybar holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the Instituto Technologico de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and a Dalcroze Eurhythmic Certificate from the Longy School of Music. She studied solfege and improvisation with Lisa Parker in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and piano with Jacqueline Huguet in Santo Domingo. Isabel has taught group music classes to children between 12 months and eight years of age, group piano lessons, and special needs children while living in the Dominican Republic.

Christopher Bakriges
Jazz Piano, Theory and Musicianship
A Detroit native, Bakriges has lead his own groups since the early 80s. He has performed internationally since 1990, including tours in India, Pakistan, Turkey, England, France, Canada, and the Czech Republic. In the early 90’s he was music director of “Jazzfest” on Northeast Public Radio, the only live jazz radio program being aired at that time in the United States. Besides his solo and piano trio engagements, Bakriges performs around the country with the Oikos Ensemble. A published scholar, Bakriges earned his doctorate in musicology and ethnomusicology from York University in Toronto and teaches at Elms College in Massachusetts. He is deeply influenced from study with artists who embrace literally the entire scope of jazz history, including Oscar Peterson, Jaki Bayard, Nadi Qamar, Harold Danko, Billy Taylor, Frederick Simmons, and Anthony Braxton. Bakriges has also worked with the late Indian classical master Pandit Sushil Mukherjee and Planet Drum percussionist Sivamani.

Chaim Burstein
Guitar, Bass
As a dedicated performer and educator, Chaim Burstein is a multi-talented musician who has taught guitar, theory, ear-training, jazz improvisation and composition for the past six years. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Chaim went on to earn his Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia PA where he studied with jazz guitar greats Pat Martino and Jimmy Bruno. A recipient of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, he has performed throughout the east coast as both a bandleader and sideman, playing alongside jazz giants such as Tim Hagans, Chris Farr and John Riley. He is currently a contributing writer to JazzEd magazine, where he writes instructional articles for educators and students alike. Chaim believes that students learn best when studying their favorite music and has successfully taught students to play guitar styles as varying as jazz, rock, country, blues, folk and funk.

Raluca Dumitrache
Violin
A native from Romania, Ms Dumitrache is an accomplished and active solo, chamber and orchestral violinist. She has been featured as a soloist with the Jennesse Musicales Orchestra at the Parliament Hall in Bucharest, the National Operetta Orchestra, and the Lyceum String Orchestra. Raluca received her Bachelors of Music Performance from the Louisiana State University and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Boston Conservatory. Her principal teachers include Irina Muresanu, James Alexander and Daniel Podlovsky. She has attended master classes with Jorja Fleezanis, Yfrah Neamann, Jaques Israelievich, Casile Beluska, Petru Munteanue, Stephan Shipps, the Lions Gate Trio and the New Arts Trio. Raluca currently performs with the Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra, New Hampshire Symphony, Portland Symphony, Listos Chamber Orchestra, Plymouth Symphony and Cape Cod Symphony.

Tal Gamlieli
Double Bass, Musicianship and Theory
A music educator and performer, Tal has taught Bass, theory, ear training and coached performing ensembles at the Jerusalem Academy, the Israeli Conservatory, the Kiriat Ono Conservatory and founded the music program at the Keshet High School in Jerusalem. After graduating from the Jerusalem Academy (Israel) in classical performance he went on and completed a Masters in Jazz performance at the New England Conservatory. During his first year at NEC he won the Downbeat Award for Jazz instrumentalist in the category "College Outstanding Performance."  Since his arrival to the U.S. Tal has performed, recorded and or toured with such musicians as Danilo Perez, Jerry Bergonzi, Lee Konitz and Adam Cruz. Gamlieli’s current projects include: A new trio that puts an emphasis on music education by sharing the creative process of improvisation with the audience, The Tal Gamlieli Quartet, which performs and records his original compositions. Tal is also a pivot member of the Massimo Sammi Quintet, the Michel Reis Trio and the Jason Yeager trio and Performs regularly in the Boston area.

Cathy Goode
Violin, Fiddling
Cathy Goode earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and a Master’s degree in Violin Pedagogy from Texas Tech University. She completed Suzuki training with Barbara Barber of Lubbock, Texas, and with Pat D’Ercole, Kathy Wood, and Alice Joy Lewis at the American Suzuki Institute. Cathy has taught locally at the South Shore Conservatory and the Brookline Music School. She also has extensive fiddling training and performance experience.

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Susan Gottschalk
Violin, Viola
Susan Gottschalk received a Bachelor of Music from Boston University and completed further studies at the Suzuki Institute of Ithaca as well as at the University of Colorado. Her principal instructors have included Roman Totenberg and Raphael Bronstein. An avid freelancer, Susan is a member of The Orchestra at Indian Hill and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. She is also a faculty member of the Greenwood Music Camp.

Lorna Henderson
Piano
Lorna Henderson performed the Khachaturian Piano Concerto as the youngest winner in the history of the University of Tulsa Symphony Concerto-Aria Competition. She went on to study with Portuguese pianist and jurist of the Tchaikovsky Competition, Sequeira Costa, at the University of Kansas where she received an M. M. She also studied composition with Charles Hoag, and was a performing member of the K. U. New Music Ensemble, promoting works by modern and living composers. She has made recordings for films, and concertizes actively in the States and Europe, performing both as a pianist and coloratura soprano. In her teaching, she strives to balance technical versatility with artistic expression.

Shoko Hino
Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Theory and Musicianship for Piano
Born in Japan, Shoko Hino has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. and Europe. She earned her Bachelor's degree summa cum laude from the Lynn University under Roberta Rust, Master's and Doctoral degrees (ABD status) from the University of Missouri at Kansas City under Robert Weirich, and the Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Longy School of Music. In 2006, she was invited to perform and present her paper at the Zemlinsky Lost and Found Conference at Middlesex University in London, UK. More recently, in 2007, she was awarded the UMKC School of Graduate Studies Dissertation Research Fellowship Grant. Titled "The Magic of Rhythm: Application of Dalcroze Eurhythmics in the Piano Lesson," her dissertation is about the incorporation of Dalcroze technique into the private piano lesson at the college level. In her teaching, she uses Dalcroze techniques and encourages whole body engagement in piano playing, ear-training, and music theory.

Sarah Jacques
Violin, Suzuki Violin Repertoire Class
Sarah Jacques received her B.M. in violin performance, with honors from DePaul University, and received her M.M. from the Longy School of Music. She is a founding member of the International Chamber Artists in Chicago, Illinois and performs with the Seven Hills Orchestra, Worcester. She has received her Suzuki training from Carrie Reuning-Hummel, Lorraine Fink, and Katherine Wood. Sarah also teaches at Making Music Matters!, and the Powers Music School.

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Elizabeth Johnson
Voice
Elizabeth Ann Johnson, originally from Seattle, Washington, has worked in the Boston area as a singer and voice teacher, since earning her Master's degree from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has been on the roster of the Boston Bel Canto Opera since 1997. November of 2003 marked her debut in a major role with orchestra as she appeared in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor, with the BBCO. When not singing opera, Ms. Johnson enjoys singing oratorio, music theatre and art songs, having appeared with the Polymnia Choral Society, Concord Chorus, Masterworks Chorale, North Shore Music Theatre and various recitals both solo and with colleagues. Ms. Johnson currently teaches voice at the Pingree School in South Hamilton, MA, Wakefield High School, and privately. She has formerly taught at Brimmer and May in CHestnut Hill and the Longy School of Music.

Chieko Loy
Piano
Chieko Tamura Loy, a native of Yokohama, Japan, received her Bachelor in Music degree from the Senzoku Academy of Music, in Japan and her Master in Music from the University of Tulsa. In addition to being qualified to teach piano, voice, and music theory to all ages, Ms. Loy is certified to teach with several children’s musical teaching methods. She has taught music in Japan, India, Hong Kong, Oklahoma, and Massachusetts for almost 4 0 years. She has performed as a soprano in opera companies, international festivals and community events. She has been selected to judge piano guild auditions in eight states since 1999. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association and the National Guild of Piano Teachers.

Colleen McGary-Smith
Cello, Junior Orchestra
Colleen began her cello studies at the age of 5 in St. Catherine's Ontario and continued her pre-college studies in the Preparatory Department of the Eastman School of Music. She completed her B. M. in cello performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music and a M. M. in cello performance from Boston University. Colleen studied conducting with Carl Topilow at the Cleveland Institute of Music and with her father, Dr. Thomas McGary. Colleen currently performs with Boston Baroque, Orchestra of Indian Hill, Handel and Haydn Society. Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, and other freelance ensembles in the Boston area. In addition, she is a member of Trio 21, a piano trio which explores the music for the genre of the 20th century. Colleen's past performances include the Columbus Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Canton Symphony and the Washington Bach Consort. Colleen is an active instructor of both cello and chamber music. Previous teaching appointments include the New England Conservatory Preparatory Department, Powers Music School, Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra and The Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Department. Colleen can be heard on the Telarc label.

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Nikan Milani
Piano
Nikan Milani is a concert pianist/composer with 19 years of experience in teaching and performing. He studied piano with the legendry pianist Emanuel Melik Aslanian and his student Haynoosh Makarian. In addition, he received a degree from the Trinity College of Music in London and a piano degree from the Longy School of Music where he studied with Ann Perraul and Eda Shlym. He earned a Master's degree in composition at the Longy School of Music where he studies with Dr. Paul Brust. Nikon Milani is the founder of the Baha'i National Choir and has served in the National Art Committee of the Baha'i community of Iran for several years. He is also a professor at Baha’i Institute for Higher Education and is also an active board member of the Autism Higher Education Foundation.

Yumi Okada
Violin
A native of Japan, Yumi Okada won the 2nd prize in Aichi Arts Foundation Competition in 2006 in Japan. She won the 3rd prize from the International CHamber Ensemble Competition of New England in 2005, Concerto Competition and Honors Competition in 2003, and performed with the Longy Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Okada earned her Bachelor of Arts degree studying with Michael Vaiman at the Fine Arts University of Aichi. When she graduated, she won the esteemed Kuwabara award for the best in performance at her university. She earned her Performance Diploma at Indiana University after studying with Ilya Kaler and Nelli Shkolnikova. Ms. Okada earned her Artist Diploma and Masters Degree at Longy School of Music studying with Malcolm Lowe with the "Lia and William Poorvu" Scholarship. She is the concertmaster of the Washington Sinfonietta since 2006 and a member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Yumi also maintains her own private teaching studio in the Boston area.

Barbara Paschke
Cello
Barbara Paschke is a graduate of Ithaca College School of Music and the New England Conservatory. Her major instructors were Einar Holm, Jules Eskin, Laurence Lesser, Madeline Foley, and David Wells. She completed Suzuki training with Gilda Barston and Rick Mooney, and has served on the faculty of the Longy School of Music for the past 12 years. Barbara has also maintained a very active private studio in her home for the past 22 years. She has been a member of the Portland Symphony Orchestra for the past 20 years and performs with the Indian Hill Orchestra.

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Jonathan Pascual
Guitar
Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual is a multifaceted teacher, performer and composer, in styles ranging from flamenco to classical, blues, jazz and more. He holds a Bachelor's of Music degree from New England Conservatory where he graduated with honors. As a soloist he has performed in major events and venues such as the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Festival Flamenco Internacional, and has been seen and heard on television and radio stations around the country. He has traveled extensively as a flamenco dance accompanist as well, with renowned companies including those of Omayra Amaya, Jose Grco II, Romon de los Reyes and many more. A devoted and versatile teacher, he has been teaching students of all ages and levels in many styles of guitar since 1991, and currently directs and teaches an annual summer intensive flamenco workshop at NEC.

Yilin You
Piano
Winner of the 2004 Honor's Concert Competition, Yilin You (D.M.A. and M.M. Michigan State University; B.M., University of Texas at Austin) appeared with the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra. She also has appeared with the Mid-Texas Symphony Orchestra as the winner of the 1998 Young Artist Competition in Seguin Texas. Yilin has performed in solo recitals as well as numerous chamber recitals in the People's Republic of China and the United States. Her major professors include Panayis Lyras, Young Hi Moon, and the late William Race. Yilin took part in master classes of Richard Goode, John Perry, Earl Wild, Joan Tower, Alexander Slobodyanik, Willard Schultz, Igor Suhomlinov, and Alexander Bugaevski. She is currently an active performer and teacher in the New England area.

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