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A dedicated teacher, Ms. Niu has nearly 10 years of teaching experience, including preparation for CM and ABRSM exams. She is also an active concert organist and church musician, served as Music Director of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, La Crescenta. Ms.

Pianist Sarah Shipp leads an active career as a performer, teacher, and collaborative pianist. She is a current masters student at Brigham Young University where she teaches group piano classes and private students. Sarah was born in Lusk, Ukraine and lived in an orphanage where music was banned.

ORGAN, PIANO AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE: I started with organ lessons in primary school and studied organ under the guidance of Prof. Wim Viljoen at the University of Pretoria. I also took part in UNISA’s first National Organ competition in 1996. I also acted as organist at many churches during the years in Pretoria and Louis Trichardt.

Translator Translator Music has been part of my life since I was seven years old, when I picked up my first accordion in Slovenia. That early spark grew into a career as a concert musician and, for the past 30 years, as a teacher. At the Music Academy in Ljubljana, I completed a Master's diploma in classical concert accordion and a Bachelor's diploma in harpsichord.

I started to play piano at the age of six. Since the beginning I had a strong interest to the creation and composition. Naturally as a teenager I started to study Jazz at the piano and at the arrangement. My trumpet player skills leads me to join Reggae and current music bands. Soon after I also started to play keyboards and Hammond organ in those bands.

20+ yrs teaching, Prof. of Organ and Skillship*, concert organist, graduate diplomas from Eastman and French conservatories, highest certification for teaching music in France, instructor in music pedagogy... I love sharing my passion in ways that are meaningful and tailored to my students. Helping them—helping You!—simply is my beloved job. Yes, music and teaching are my passion.

UGO SFORZA born in Bari on 1th April 1982. He graduated with summa cum laude in Organ (2003), Organ Composition (2003) and Piano (2010) from the Academy of Music “N. Piccinni” in Bari, under the guidance of the teachers G. Salvatori and F. Balducci. In 2011 he graduated in Science of Cultural Heritage from the University "Aldo Moro" in Bari.

I started playing clarinet in a very good public school band program. My high school band was good enough to perform at Yankee Stadium during the World Series in 1976. Upon graduating from high school in 1980 I attended Montclair State University where I studied clarinet, saxophone and flute, graduating in 1986 with a degree in music education.

Born and raised in New Orleans, I was immersed in one of the world's richest musical traditions, learning as a young teenager by playing gigs, jamming with friends, and making music alongside other musicians. Those experiences taught me that the fastest path to becoming a confident musician is to listen, adapt, and keep the music moving—a philosophy that remains at the heart of my…

Olga Shishkina is an internationally active gusli artist and educator, pianist, organist and composer with over 20 years of professional experience. She has performed in the USA, Japan and Europe and gave solo concerts in California, Paris on some of the world's best venues.