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Private Teachers
As private teachers the musicians of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra bring a wealth of experience to the musical community in Central Ohio. The following CSO musicians offer private instruction and have submitted their contact information for this page.
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Joyce Fishman
Instruments: Violin and elementary Viola
Genre: Classical
Age: Any
Teaching location: East
Education: BME and MM degrees from Indiana University School of Music.
Two years of post graduate study in London, England .
Position: Full-time section violin since 1980
Orchestral Experience: Louisville Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony, Minnesota
Chamber Symphony
Contact info: Phone #(614) 236-0472, jfprod * mac.com
Mary Jean Hilfinger
Insrument: Violin
Genre: Classical
Age range: 5 yrs. and up
Teaching location: Upper Arlington
Education: BM and MM, Hartt College of Music
Present position: Full-time CSO violinist since 1990
Orchestral Experience: CSO; San Francisco Symphony; Teatro Comunale in
Florence, Italy; Hartford Symphony and Waterbury Symphony.
Contact info: (614) 486-4196 or mjneuman * hotmail.com
David Niwa
Instrument: Violin
Genre: Classical
Age range: 6 yrs. and up (some piano experience preferred and no beginners over 12 yrs.)
Teaching location: Clintonville
Education: BM, Curtis Institute, MM, Juilliard
Present position: Full-time CSO Assistant Concertmaster since 1995
Contact info: dniwaz * earthink.net or 614-262-5755
Anna Svirsky
Instrument: Violin
Genre: Classical
Age range: 5 yrs. and up
Teaching location: Powell
Education: Master of Music, Leningrad State Conservatory (Russia); Master of Music from the State University of New York at Stony Brook
Present position: Full-time CSO section violin since 1985, Nationally Certified Music Teacher
Orchestral Experience: Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony (MI)
Contact info: 740-548-4294
David Tanner
Instrument: Violin
Genre: Classical
Age range: 8 yrs. and up, Adults, beginners fine
Teaching location: Dublin
Education: Bachelor of Music, Eastman School of Music, 1983
Present position: Full-time CSO section violin since 1984
Teaching privately since 1983
Orchestral Experience: Principal 2nd violinist, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, 1983-84
Contact info: davetanner * aol.com, 614-761-2126
Web site: http://www.davidtanner.com
Tatiana Hanna
Instrument: Violin
Genre: Classical
Age range: All ages
Teaching location: New Albany. Will travel to homes in New Albany.
Present position: Full-time CSO section violin
Contact info: tatianav * marykay.com
Olev L. Viro
Instrument: Violin, Chamber Music Coach
Genre: Classical
Age range: 10 yrs. and up, Adults, beginners fine
Teaching location: Hilliard (travel to other location possible)
Education: Bachelor of Arts, SUNY Binghamton, Master of Music Violin, New England Conservatory, Graduate Studies, Syracuse University
Present position: Full-time CSO section violin since 1984, Music Director Upper Arlington Community Orchestra, Director Sonus Artis
Teaching privately since 1983, former Adjunct Capital University, Denison University, Otterbein College
Orchestral Experience: Principal 2nd violinist, Knoxville Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony
Contact info: olvln * aol.com, 614.264.7914
Charles Wetherbee
Instrument: Violin
Genre: Classical
Age range: 7- adult
Teaching method: traditional
Teaching location: Clintonville
Education: Bachelor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, teachers Aaron Rosand, Felix Galamir and Karen Tuttle
Present position: Full-time CSO Concertmaster
Orchestral Experience: 5 years as principal second violin of the National Symphony
Orchestra under Mstislav Rostropovitch, 8 years as concertmaster of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Contact info: 614-261-0510
Brett Allen
Instrument: Viola, Violin
Genre: classical
Age range: 6 – adult
Teaching location: Your home, your school, my home.
Education: Bachelor of Music in Violin, Boston University; 1981; Artist's Diploma in Viola, Cleveland Institute of Music, 1989.
Orchestral experience: Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Viola, 1991-present; Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Ontario, Principal Viola, 1988-1990; Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Viola, 1987-1988; USAF Strings, Washington, D.C., Section Violin, 1982-1986; Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Principal Second Violin, 1981-1982.
Contact Info: kcleffer * gmail.com (preferred), or 614-268-4865
Chris Saetti
Instrument: Viola, Violin
Genre: Classical, mixed styles, improvisation
Age range: 5 yrs. and up
Teaching location: Cranbrook, (just east of Upper Arlington)
Education: BM from Indiana University, Studied teaching methods with Mimi Zwieg
Present position: Full-time CSO violist since 1985
Orchestral Experience: CSO, San Diego Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony
Contact info: (614) 457-3606, csaetti * columbus.rr.com
Mary Farrington
Instruments: Viola, Violin
Genre: classical
Age range: all ages
Teaching location: Dublin
Education: Education: BM- Lawrence Uviv. and MM-Univ of Cincinnati
Present position: Full-time CSO violist since 1979
Contact info: mfarring * columbus.rr.com or 614-766-4510
Ken Matsuda
Instrument : Viola
Genre: Classical
Age: all ages
Location: Westerville
Education: Kunitachi Music College (Tokyo, Japan), Bachelor and Master of Music Degree from Northern Illinois University
Present position : Full-time CSO Violist since 1986, Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola at Ohio University, Viola instructor at Capital University, Conductor of the Ohio Wesleyan University ChamberOrchestra,
Faculty at Master Works Festival (Winona Lake, IN)
Orchestral experience: New Japan Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic,
Contact info: (614) 882-8149, kenmatsuda*aol.com
Ann Schnapp
Instruments: Viola, Violin
Genre: Classical
Age range: all ages
Teaching location: northeast Columbus area
Education: Bachelor Music in viola, Master of Arts in string pedagogy, both from OSU, Suzuki Method Teacher training
Present position: Per-service CSO viola section since 1975
Orchestral Experience: Lakeside Summer Symphony, Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra
Teaching experience: Teaching privately since 1975, coach students in area schools, adjudicate at competitions, faculty at Chamber Music Connection in Worthington
Contact info: 614-890-5896, email: acbs2 * hotmail.com
Luis Biava
Instrument: Cello, conducting
Genre: Classical
Teaching location: Clintonville
Age range:All ages
Education: Juilliard, University of Michigan
Present Position: Full-time CSO Principal cello, since 1986
Contact info: 614-263-9397
Pei-An Chao
Instrument: Cello
Genre: Classical
Age range: 7 and up
Teaching location: Grandview Heights
Education: BM, Manhattan School of Music; MM, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Present position: CSO full-time section cello since 2000
Orchestral Experience: New World Symphony 1998-2000
Contact info: (614)481-8867, vcp23 * yahoo.com
Marjorie Chan
Instrument: Cello
Genre: Classical
Age range: 9 yrs. old and up
Teaching location: Granville, OH
Education: Oberlin Conservatory, Indiana University, University of
So. California
Present Position: Per-Service CSO Musician, Nationally Certified Music Teacher (MTA)
Orchestral Experience: Salzburg Symphony, Austria; San Jose Symphony, CA
Contact info: chan * denison.edu or (740) 587-3292
John Pellegrino
Instrument: Bass and beginning cello
Genre of teaching: Classical
Age range of students accepted: All levels on Bass and beginning cello
Teaching location: Grandview, Columbus and Delaware
Education: MM from Juilliard, BM from Manhattan School of Music
Present position: Full-time Assistant Principal Bass, member since 1989; Faculty: Ohio Wesleyan University, Artistic Director of Music on the Hill.
Orchestral experience: Current member of Grand Teton Music Festival and Peninsula Music Festival. Past member of: New Orleans Symphony Orchestra, New York Virtuosi, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Lake Placid Symphonietta, Roycroft Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Chamber Orchestra and Waterloo Festival Orchestra. Performed with the Symphony Orchestras of Minnesota, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, North Carolina, Saint Paul, and New Jersey.
Contact info: pellegrinobass * yahoo.com
Jean-Etienne Lederer
Instrument: Bass
Genre: Classical
Age range: All
Teaching location: Grandview Heights
Education: Southern Methodist University
Present position: CSO: Associate Musician since 2001
Orchestral experience: Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, New World Symphony, Memphis Symphony and West Virginia Symphony
Contact info: (614) 481-8867, jelederer * yahoo.com
Katherine Borst Jones
Instrument: Flute, Piccolo, Ato Flute
Genre of teaching: classica
Age range of students accepted: high school, professional
Teaching location: Powell
Education: MM
Present position: Per-service 4th flute -Professor of flute at OSU
Co-principal ProMusica, principal flute New Sousa Band etc.
Contact info: jones.6 * osu.edu
614-292-4618
David Thomas
Instrument: Clarinet
Genre: classical, emphasis on orchestral
Age range: any age, adults welcome
Teaching location: Clintonville, near N. Broadway and 315
Education: BM in clarinet performance at Northwestern, has taught privately
for 25 years
Present position: Principal clarinet with the CSO
Orchestral Experience: New World Symphony 1998-2000
Contact info: dtclarinet * davidhthomas.net, 614-268-9337
Betsy Sturdevant
Instrument: Bassoon
Genre: classical
Age range: any
Education: Bachelor of Music and Performers' Certificate from the Eastman School of Music
Present position: Principal Bassoon, Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Contact info: 614-262-0878 ; betstur * aol.com
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Julia Rose
Instrument: Horn
Genre: all
Age range: all serious students, beginner-professional
Teaching location: Dublin
Education: BM, University of Wisconsin
Present position: Full-time CSO Associate Principal Horn since 1997
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David Urschel
Instrument: Horn
Genre: All
Age range: All
Teaching location: Gahanna
Education: University of North Texas
Present position: Full-time CSO Second Horn
Contact info: e-mail: d_urschel * yahoo.com
phone: 614-478-7895
Andrew Millat
Instrument: Trombone
Genre: Classical, Jazz
Age range: 8 yrs. and up, Adults, beginners fine
Teaching location: Hilliard
Education: Master of Music, University of Northern Colorado; Bachelor of Music, University of Cincinnati
Present position: Principal Trombone since 1990; Adjunct Instructor of Trombone, Cedarville University
Teaching privately since 1987
Performance Experience: Principal Trombone, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, 1987-1990; USAF Academy Band, 1981-1987
Contact info: amillat2445 * wowway.com; 614-777-9457
Jude Mollenhauer
Instrument: Harp
Genre: Classical
Age range: 6 - adult
Teaching method: traditional and "modified Suzuki"
Teaching location: Upper Arlington
Education: Bachelor of Music, The Curtis Institute of Music; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania
Major teacher: Carlos Salzedo
Present position: CSO Principal Harp since 1985
Orchestral Experience: Principal Harp: Icelandic National Symphony, Pennsylvania Ballet, Opera Companies of Philadelphia,
Cincinnati Symphony.
Contact info: 614-487-9321
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