Music

• Agnieszka (Agnes) Peszko
  Violin

   

  Agnes received her BM in Violin Performance from Bard College Conservatory of Music (NY) and is working towards her Masters degree under Li Weigang, the first violinist of the Shanghai Quartet in John J. Cali School of Music (MSU, NJ.) Agnes has been successfully teaching students from 5 to 60+ years old. She focuses her teaching on helping students to develop a healthy technique and joyful discipline that enables them to achieve desired results and express themselves with confidence and pleasure. Her studies in Alexander technique is a valuable resource in helping students to achieve a physical freedom in playing violin that in turn helps them achieve results and express themselves.

   

• Alexandra Gorokhovsky
  Violin
  

  With B.A. from the Kiev State Conservatory, and B.A. and M.A. from Manhattan School of Music, Alexandra is a winner of multiple prizes in regional, national, solo and chamber competitions. She joined NJSO in 1995 and continues to enjoy a busy freelance career which includes Little Orchestra Society, The New Philharmonic of NJ, numerous Broadway shows, such as Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate, La Boheme, Titanic and many others. Alexandra has been on the faculty of the Do-Re-Mi since September 2009 and quickly earned love and respect of students, parents and colleagues for her professionalism, patience, encouraging attitude and cheerful personality.

• Glen Fabisevich
  Piano
  

  Glen Fabisevich is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music where he studied piano with Nina Svetlanova and Arkady Aronov. Born in the USA to the family of then recent Russian immigrants, he received his early piano trainging,  as well as college training from Russian pianists.
  In addition to teaching, he performs in the United States and Europe.  He has taught students of all ages and levels for 10 years.  He uses a variety of teaching methods, ranging from traditional methods of learning music, deep listening and contemplation exercises, and musical games for kids.   He is also the music director at the Federated Church of Livingston.

• Joshua Bartsch
  Guitar, Drums

  Joshua Bartsch is an inspiring musician and music teacher with BA from the Art Institute of Philadelphia, PA and years of additional studies of guitar, piano and drums (his last drums teacher was Mark Guiliana, featured in Modern Drummer Magazine.) Josh has taught acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar and drums to children and adults for 6 years,  privately and in school setting, such as Millburn Music Center and Metropolis Music in Jersey City. He performed with various bands in Los Angeles and New York. performance at WPU.

   

• Marianna Konovalova
  Piano
  

  A graduate of Gorky Music College and Gorky University, Marianna was a piano and music history teacher in Children's Music School system back in Russia for 20 years. In the United States, she has been working in different schools for 10 years, including Do-Re-Mi from 2008. Each year some of her students enter  ABRSM examinations. Every one of them passes the exams successfully, most of them with merit, and some with distinction (the highest degree.)

• Marina Genina
  Piano
  

  A graduate of Gnessin Music College, Moscow, Russia and Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory of St.-Petersburg, Russia, Marina is a piano teacher with 30 years of experience. She was a head of piano department of the oldest children’s music school in Moscow for over 15 years. In the US, she worked in various settings. Recently she became associated with the Golden Key in Vienna and Golden key in Paris Piano Festival. Many of her students participate in various student piano auditions and festivals, receiving awards with the following performance in Carnegie Hall. Mrs. Genina has been on the faculty of the Do-Re-Mi since 2005.

• Marina Goldin
  

  Marina Goldin is a graduate of Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (St.-Petersburg, Russia) with M.A. in Musicology. She is trained as an early childhood music teacher with MusikGarten and is a certified Simply Music teacher. She teaches Simply Music and early childhood music classes. Mrs. Goldin is a founder and director of the Do-Re-Mi School.

• Marina Korsakova-Kreyn
  Piano
  

  Mrs. Korsakova-Kreyn graduated from Glinka Conservatory (Gorky, Russia) with M.A. in Piano Performance and Pedagogy and was teaching piano in the State Music School for Choirboys. Additionally to her life-long teaching piano to students of various levels and ages, she is active in research and lecturing, including topics on Music Cognition, Time and Space in Music, Interdisciplinary courses on Music and Visual Arts. Marina recently completed her PhD. in Cognition and Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Dallas.She brings creativity and wide cultural aspect to everything she does, including her teaching.

• Nana Gray
  Piano, Singing
  

  Classically trained pianist (B.A.) and singer/chorus conductor (B.A.), Nana completed her education with M.A. in composition.
  Nana started her career as a pianist and chorus teacher. Later she was a director and singer at the Georgian Radio vocal group "Sun and Chocolate" as well as director and teacher of Children’s vocal studio at Georgian TV. For both vocal group and children’s studio she was a principal arranger of the songs. She has been working at the Do-Re-Mi since 2003.

• Nicholas Indalecio
  Guitar
  

  BM in Classical Guitar  from William Paterson University and previous studies of Jazz Performance at Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore, MD.)  Nicholas has performed extensively in various venues with groups and artists including Karla Chisholm, PJO and George Garzone and has four years of successful private teaching in North New Jersey. Mr. Indalecio is currently working at his Master's degree in Guitar performance at WPU.

• Taya Shumerina
  Piano
  

  A graduate of Kishinev Conservatory with a diversified experience as a pianist and piano teacher, Taya came to us from Amato Opera (NYC) where she had been working as an accompanist and vocal coach. Her previous experience includes teaching in a Kishinev School for Gifted Musical Students and various educational music programs in Ukraine. Currently, additionally to the Do-Re-Mi, she teaches at the Fort Hamilton Military Community Children's Enrichment Program and holds a position as an organist and choir director in St.-John Lutheran Church in Bloomfield.

• William Kratz
  Multi-instrumentalist/educator
  

  A graduate of The Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) and The New School for Jazz (New York, NY), has performed and recorded with numerous artists including Dennis Chambers, Paul Gilbert, Samir Chatterjee, Eric Wollman, Sanjay Mishra, and Gary Hoey among others. Bill has over 15 years teaching experience, including National Guitar Workshop children’s program (New MIllford, CT) and DayJams (New York, NY.) During different periods of his career, Bill has taught guitar, bass, drums, saxophone, clarinet, flute and oboe. At the Do-Re-Mi has been teaching guitar since 2007 and woodwinds since 2010.