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I am a doctoral candidate in Voice Performance and Pedagogy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and have over 20 years of teaching experience in voice, piano, and music theory. I’ve worked with students of all ages and levels—from young beginners to college-level musicians and adult learners.

Hello, my name is Irina and I am living in Cyprus. I am a certified Opera Singer, Composer and Music Teacher with 1 year of teaching experience. I was singing as a soloist with Cyprus and Chech Symphony Orchestras. Also I took part as a choir singer in music projects such as Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Fantasy, Borodin's Polovitsian Dances and many others.

I'm a multi-award-winning composer with a PhD from Duke University, degrees from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins, and advanced training at the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) in Paris. My music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, by the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center, and on international stages.

Katerina Vassiliadou is a Greek Cypriot soprano, performing on stages across Europe and beyond. She has appeared as a soloist at venues such as the Brucknerhaus Linz, the Olympia Municipal Music Theatre “Maria Callas” in Athens, and Römerstadt Carnuntum in Vienna.