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Adriana Sanchez, clarinet
Training:    Principal Teachers: David Ross, Ken Boesse
Experience: More than 6 years of teaching
Student Ages No adults; youngest age accepted 12, oldest 18
Employment I am currently student teaching at Eastwood High School and will be graduating with a music education degree in May of 2006

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Lily Sanchez, voice, beginner's piano
Training: Education:   Principal Teachers: Kimberley Wolfenbarger-Nakomoto; Michael W. Wolfenbarger; Suzanne Bowles
Experience: More than 3 years of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted 5
Employment Instructor and co-founder of Vivace Music Studios located on 1855 Trawood, Suite 101. Working on degree in Music Education at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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Victor Santana-Melgoza, violin, viola
Training:  Principal Teachers: Guillermo Quezada, Dr. WIlliam Magers, Dr. Marianna Gabbi, Dr. Stephanie Scwhweigart
Experience: More than 10 years of teaching.
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 5

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Diane Sarrels, piano
Training: Education:   B. Mus, Music Education  Principal Teachers: Ralph Briggs, Jeanne Elliott
Experience: El Paso ISD teacher for 37 years (retired):  general music; choir; gifted/talented; reading intervention
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 5
Employment retired, EPISD

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Daniel Sass, voice/piano
Training: Education:  Bachelors deg. St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, music education. Masters deg. Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, performance. Graduate work at 11 other Universities, performance  
Principal Teachers:
Burr McWilliams, St. Olaf, Voice; William Vennard, USC, Voice; Gerhard P. Schroth, Chicago, Education, Keyboard; Olaf C. Christiansen, St. Olaf, Conducting
Experience: 45+ years of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted varies
Employment and other details Director of Choirs, Center Chapel One, Ft. Bliss, Texas, Department of Chaplaincy

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Akiko Sasaki, piano
Training: Education:  Bachelors - Tohoku Gakuin. Masters -  Arizona State University
Principal Teachers:
Kei Nakamura, Shigeru Asano
Experience: more than a year of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted - 4 years old
Employment and other details I took piano lessons for over ten years in Japan.  I learned music theory, variety of classical music pieces, and music dictation.  I taught keyboard in Arizona

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Stephanie Schweigart, violin, viola
Training: Education: B. Mus. Univ. of Houston; Masters and Doctor's degrees, New England Conservatory, all in performance  Principal Teachers: Fredell Lack; James Buswell
Experience: Over 6 years of teaching
Student Ages No adults; youngest age accepted 14
Employment Faculty member, UTEP, violin/viola

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Walter Semon, violin, viola
Training: Education: UTEP; Bachelors deg., performance.  Principal Teachers: Stephanie Schweigart, Abraham Chavez, Robert Semon
Experience: More than 7 years of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults. Youngest age: 4 years
Employment orchestra director in EPISD; member El Paso Symphony

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Greg Siewert, clarinet
Training: Education: UTEP; Bachelors deg., Music Education.  Principal Teachers: . Richard Shanley, Donald Sperrier
Experience: More than 25 years in public schools, 30 years privately
Student Ages Prefers high school students; will teach adults. Youngest age: 6th grade
Employment Clint ISD (11 yrs), Socorro ISD (5 yrs), Canutillo ISD (1 yr),
Ysleta ISD (9 yrs)

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Robert Soto, trombone, bass trombone, tuba
Training: Education: B. Mus, UTEP, Music Education; M. Mus. Yale University School of Music, Performance Principal Teachers: Scott Hartman- Yale University; Steve Norrell- NY MET Opera; Dr. Steve Wilson- UTEP; Robert Melendez- El Paso Wind Symphony
Experience: More than 5 years of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted 8 years old
Employment
Private Instructor, El Paso Wind Symphony, Roswell Symphony, Dona Ana Lyric Opera, Connecticut Master Choral, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Yale Early Music Society, Sonido Unidad (Salsa), Fuego Latino (Salsa), Eklectic Jazz Group, Freelance Artist

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Jeff Stevens, trumpet
Training: Education: B. Mus, UTEP, Music Education; Principal Teachers: Sam Trimble 
Experience: More than 10 years of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted 10 years old
Employment Band Director-- Montwood Middle School
Principal Trumpet--El Paso Wind Symphony

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Ida Steadman, Cello
Training:   Education: B. Mus, Texas Western College - Music Education; M. Mus., U. of  Georgia Performance Principal Teachers: Dr. George Webber; Abraham Chavez, Jr; Eugene Eicher; Eduard Melkus
Experience: 40 years of teaching experience
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted - 10 years old
Employment Orchestra director-Coronado High School
Principal cellist-El Paso Symphony Orchestra

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Sean Sweetnam, Double Bass, Electric Bass
Training:   Principal Teachers: Darrell Downey, Neil Stannard
Experience: More than 4 years private teaching
Student Ages No adults. Youngest age accepted 10; oldest 18
Employment El Paso Symphony; clinician for El Paso Philharmonic Strings

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Jorge Tarin, piano
Training: Principal Teacher: Oscar Macchioni
Experience  
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted - 4
Employment  

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Amy Tatum, flute, piccolo
Training:  Principal Teachers: Barbara Lambrecht; Melissa Colgin; Dr. Trygve Peterson
Experience Over 2 years of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted10.
Employment currently finishing B. Mus. in performance at Arizona State University. Has taught at Monty's Music, Scottsdale, AZ;
Capshaw Olivas Music, El Paso

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Rob Taylor, double bass
Training: Education: B. Mus. in Performance, Eastern New Mexico University Principal Teachers: Mark Tatum, David Willoughby
Experience Over 20 years of teaching
Student Ages Accepts adults.
Employment
Principal Bass: Las Cruces and El Paso Symphonies

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Cheryl Terry, Suzuki violin, viola, cello
Training: Education: B. Mus, Music Education; M. Ed. Music Education Principal Teachers: Shinichi Suzuki, Abraham Chavez, Laurence Gibson
Experience: more than 34 years of teaching
Student Ages accepts adults; youngest accepted - 3 years old
Employment
Retired from public schools. EPISD and YISD
Currently teaching Private Studio only.

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Mark Tombosky, cello, string bass
Training: Education: B. Mus, Music Education Principal Teachers: Marcia Fountain, Abraham Chavez, Harvey Shapiro, Ida Steadman 
Experience: more than 25 years of teaching
Student Ages accepts adults; youngest accepted - 9 years old
Employment Jefferson/Silva High School Orchestra Director

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Javier Valenzuela, Piano, Voice, Theory Basics, Guitar Basics, Sight-singing
Training:  Principal Teachers: Wanda Richardson, Albert Hibbert, Jesus Espino
Experience: more than 5 years of teaching
Student Ages accepts adults; youngest accepted - 9 years old
Employment El Paso Convention & Performing Arts Center

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Mary Lou Wade, piano
Training: Education: B. Mus, piano performance, Northwestern Univ.; M. Mus., piano performance Northwestern Univ. Principal Teachers: Lois Black Hunt, Pauline Manchester Lindsey, Earl Bigelow, Claude Herndon 
Experience:  
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 5 years old
Employment Currently, independent piano teacher.  Formerly, teacher with Morgan-Herndon Studio.  Head of music department at Radford School, El Paso, Texas

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Chris Waide, oboe
Training: Education: UTEP student Principal Teachers: Patrick Calderon, John Walker, Roert J. Krause, Don Wilkinson
Student Ages Accepts adults

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Robert Waterbury, French horn
Training: Education: U, of  Illinois  Principal Teachers: Max Pottag, Robert C Marsh, Wendell Exline, Richard Oldberg
Student Ages Accepts adults. Youngest age accepted: 10
Experience More than 10 years of teaching
Employment, etc.
member, El Paso Wind Symphony, former principal horn, Ft. Worth Civic Orchestra

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Rachel Williams, piano
Training: Lydia Boureslan
Experience more than 7 years of teaching experience
Student Ages no adults. Oldest age accepted 14; Youngest 3

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Ellen Wilson, voice
Training: Bachelors, Music Performance - University of Illinois at Urbana; Masters, Music Performance - Meredith College, Raleigh NC. Principal teachers: Ellen Williams, Meredith; Carole Haber, NEC; Roy Delp, FSU; Sylvia Stone, U of I
Experience more than 10 years of teaching experience
Student Ages accepts adults; youngest age accepted: 10
 
Employment
Voice Lecturer at UTEP; Adjunct Voice Instructor at EPCC; been performing professionally since '88; in Germany '94-'97

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Elisa Wilson, voice
Training:  
Experience  
Student Ages  
Employment Faculty, UTEP

 

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Joy Zalkind, flute, piccolo
Training: Education:  B. Mus., Performance, The Hartt School/Univ. of Hartford. M. Mus, Performance, Univ. of New Mexico. Principal Teachers: Jeanne Baxtresser, Janet Arms, Valerie Potter, John Wion
Experience El Paso Symphony
El Paso Opera
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
New World Symphony
Connecticut State Opera
Student Ages Accepts adults; youngest age accepted, 11 years old

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