Faculty: Strings
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Ariel Kennedy holds a BM in Violin Performance from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she studied with Stephen Shipps, and simultaneously earned a BA in English. A registered Suzuki Violin/Viola teacher through Book 5, she accomplished her Suzuki training with Ann Montzka-Smelser and Julia Hardie at the Colorado Suzuki Institute at Beaver Creek and the Chicago Suzuki Institute. For the past two years, Ariel taught and performed in New Hampshire's Upper Valley, where she enjoyed building a studio of children as young as three, worked with adults of all ages, and also had the lovely opportunity to teach third grade violin at the Upper Valley Waldorf School. She joined the faculty at Pakachoag Music School in January 2012 and is excited to continue her teaching and playing in the greater Worcester area. |
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Maxim Korn (Violin/Viola; facilitor and organizer of faculty recitals/concerts) received his Bachelor, Master and
Doctoral Degrees of Music from the Glinka State
Conservatory in Novosibirsk, Russia. He completed
additional studies at the Tchaikovsky State
Conservatory in Moscow specializing in chamber and
string quartet music. Maxim remains connected with the School following his retirement in September 2010 as our programmer and faciliator of the annual faculty recital, usually held in January or February each year.
Maxim began his distinguished teaching career in 1965 in
Novosibirsk where he was a Professor of Music in the
Glinka State Conservatory and Novosibirsk Music
College. For 25 years he served as first violinist in
the Glinka State Conservatory String Quartet.
In 1990, Dr. Korn immigrated to Israel where he
continued teaching and performing as a soloist,
member of chamber ensembles, symphony and chamber
orchestras. In 1999, he moved to the US and continued
his performing and teaching career. Dr. Korn has served in the past
as Assistant Concertmaster with the Bridgeport
Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of numerous
orchestras throughout New England including Thayer
Symphony, Nashua Symphony, New Bedford Symphony,
Waterbury Symphony and others. His extensive
performing experience includes tours in Russia, the
countries of the former Soviet Union, Eastern and
Western Europe, Israel, and the US. Dr. Korn
has also taught at the Community Music School of
Springfield and Indian Hill Arts. He now devotes his time to Pakachoag Music School where
he has also founded The Unison of Strings violin ensemble which performs Mr. Korn's arrangements
of some of the traditional favorites from the orchestral and violin repertoires. Maxim joined Pakachoag in 2000. As of September, 2010, Maxim moves to retirement status, although he remains involved with the School as mentor and organizer of faculty recitals. |
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Amy Matherly (Suzuki violin, fiddle) began her career as a violin teacher in the public schools on Long Island in 1982. She first had the opportunity to learn about Talent Education after moving to Massachusetts in 1989 and has been teaching children using Dr. Suzuki¹s ideas ever since. She taught at the Performing Arts School of Worcester from 1989 to 1998 and then at The Hartt School until 2006. She currently teaches at the Bancroft School in Worcester and at Pakachoag.
Amy has completed all levels of Suzuki training from Pre-Twinkle through Book 8 with additional training in advanced levels. In 2011, Amy achieved formal status as a 'Registered Violin Teacher Trainer' with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Amy joins just a handful of registered teacher trainers in the Northeast; and is now one of 201 professionals having achieved this status as of 2011 in N. and S. America.
Amy has studied with Linda Fiore, Teri Einfeldt, Carol Sykes, Linda Case and Michele Higa George. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from Long Island University and has done graduate work in Suzuki pedagogy at The Hartt School and in elementary education at Worcester State College.
Amy is a freelance musician in the Worcester area and enjoys playing fiddle music and blues in a band with her husband Chris.
She serves on the board of The Suzuki Association of Massachusetts and is the author of two widely used method books: Progressive Scales for Violin and Step by Step: A Music Reading Curriculum. Check out Amy's website dedicated to string education at: amy.matherly.org |
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Jeremy Milligan (Guitar - Suzuki & Traditional; Classical, Jazz, Folk, Pop; Acoustic, Electric) joins Pakachoag Music School in 2010.
Jeremy completed a degree in Classical Guitar Performance at Keene State College in 2001 where he graduated with honors and was awarded the 2001 Instrumentalist of the Year Award. In the Spring of 2001, Jeremy became the guitarist for the ‘Enchantment of the Seas Orchestra’ with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. During his stay with the orchestra he performed nightly in a wide variety of genres including Jazz, Broadway, Motown, Country, Rock and Big Band while performing with such legendary acts as Herb Reed and the Platters, and the Miracles.
Following his stint on the seas, Jeremy spent time in Spain, where he studied Flamenco guitar at the ‘La Janda’ school in Vejer de la Frontera. Currently, Jeremy is completing a master's degree in classical guitar with an emphasis in pedagogy and the Suzuki method of teaching. He has recently operated a large studio of guitar students - aged four to adults - in the Northampton area, and looks forward to working with more students at Pakachoag. |
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Sheila Reid (Violin - Suzuki & Traditional) joined Pakachoag Music School in the Fall of 2006.
Sheila has over 30 years of teaching experience which included many years
at the former Performing Arts School of Worcester. Sheila holds a BA degree from
Brandeis University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Harvard University.
Sheila has attended numerous Suzuki Violin workshops. She is also the
Violinist and Artistic Director of the Classic String Trio, Romantic Harp and Violin,
Duo Divertimento, and Swingin' Strings 'n Keys.
Sheila has appeared as Concertmaster of the Worcester Symphony Orchestra,
the Thayer Symphony and the Milford Symphony Orchestra. She has toured
Europe and Russia, performing in orchestras and chamber ensembles. |
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Caroline Reiner-Williams (Cello) received her masters degree in cello performance from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, where she attended on full scholarship. Ms. Williams also holds a bachelors degree in music performance from Atlantic Union College. Hand in hand with her performance career, Ms. Williams chose to minor in string pedagogy in graduate school and maintains an active teaching studio in both greater Boston and Worcester areas. Ms. Williams performs regularly with the Chamber Orchestra of Worcester, the Central Massachusetts Symphony, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and the recently formed Nashaway Trio, of which she is a founding member. |
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Audrey L White (Violin - Suzuki & Traditional), an international performer and educator, completed her dual graduate degrees in Conducting and Viola Performance at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
While completing her undergraduate studies at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston, Ms. White began teaching in Boston's Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods and later went on to found the Intensive Community Program of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras where she also conducted the Preparatory String Orchestra (PSO). During this time, Ms. White also joined the string faculty of the Preparatory and Continuing Education Divisions of NEC in 1992 where she remained for the decade.
Audrey began her study of the violin at the age of four and went on to be accepted as one of the first participants of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Project S.T.E.P. She is also a graduate of the GBYSO program as well as the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied viola with Marcus Thompson and received her Bachelor's in Viola Performance.
Ms. White holds a silver medal from the NAACP's NEC-ACTSO competition and was awarded the position of Graduate Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Lowell for three years in a row. She has studied conducting with Kay George Roberts and has studied and performed in Japan with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki.
More recently, Ms. White has been appointed conductor of the Boston Citywide String Orchestra, a multi-generational ensemble of string musicians drawing from the Boston community. Ms. White is a regular performer with the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra and freelances throughout the New England region. Audrey is also the conductor of the Worcester Youth Orchestras. |
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Leah Zelnick (Violin) is a dedicated teacher of the Suzuki method for violin. In 2011, Leah graduated with her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University, where she studied with Philip Setzer, Soovin Kim and Pamela Frank. She received her Master of Music degree in 2007 from Stony Brook, under Ani Kavafian, Pamela Frank, and Philip Setzer. Her Bachelor of Music degree is from Cleveland Institute of Music with William Preucil.
Leah is currently working toward Suzuki certification in all ten books of the Suzuki violin school. She has taught with String Sound Studios, Inc., the Music Academy of Long Island, and the Huntington Center of Performing Arts in Huntington, NY. She recently relocated to the Greater Boston area during the summer of 2011.
Additional teaching and performing experience includes stints with the Quartet-in-Residence at Allegheny College for the summers of 2002 and 2003, and the Quartet-in-Residence at the Upper Valley Music Festival in the summer of 2007 with teaching and performing tours of Vermont and New Hampshire.
Leah has performed with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the world, including Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany and Austria, England, and Denmark. One of her greatest honors was being chosen to perform for the Crown Prince and Princess and an audience of thousands at the Opening Ceremony for the 13th World Suzuki Convention in Matsumoto, Japan in 1999. Orchestral participation also includes the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Salzau, Germany, the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Viva-Vivaldi Orchestra in Washington D.C., and the National Youth Orchestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania under Leonard Slatkin. She attended Interlochen Arts Academy for several summers and was awarded the Governor’s Scholarship for the state of Iowa in 1999.
An active performer of contemporary music, Leah has participated in the premiere of several works, one dedicated and written for her by colleague Tyler Capp entitled “Rag-theka”.
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