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I graduated with Honors from The City College of New York with a BfA in Classical Piano. I have enjoyed playing all types of music during my professional career, including with famous artists. I’ve been playing and performing for thirty years, and have been composing for over twenty years.

I am a woodwind performer, composer and educator who loves to make serious subjects fun and fun subjects serious. I graduated from Eastman School of Music in 2012 as the only Rogers Scholar in my class, and received a PhD in Music Performance and Composition from New York University in spring 2022.

Music Degree from Berklee College of Music 09’. Piano concentration with a bachelors in Electronic Production and Sound Design. Great with kids, but teaches students ranging from 6 to 96 years old. I specialize in teaching classical, jazz, rock, funk, R&B, reggae, ambient, and electronic music.

Composer, music theorist, and conductor from Rome, currently studying for a Master’s degree in Composition and Conducting at the Guildhall School of Music. I previously completed a BMus in Composition at Guildhall, where I was awarded the Lord Mayor’s Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement. As a conductor, I regularly work with professional, student, and amateur orchestras.

Glen Fabisevich is graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in Piano Performance (BM '11), has been playing for 35 years, and actively performs in New York, as well as all over the world, in countries such as Finland, Brazil, and Peru.

Hello there! I'm Ess! I'm a musician, composer, electronic music maker, and educator currently doing my PhD in Music at University of California-San Diego. My musical background is quite diverse, as I love ALL kinds of music: I have played guitar since for 20 years, piano for 26 years, trumpet for 10 years, and have been making electronic music as a producer since 2015.

Shinya Lin is a performer-composer-improviser and curator based in New York. Most recent he collaborated with legendary drummer Francisco Mela with the album “Motions” on 577 Records of improvised music and received a 4 stars review on DownBeat magazine.

Teacher of the Year for Songwriting - Lessonface 2025 (read my interview) New Students - Buy 5, Get 1 Lesson Free 🎁 Have you ever felt left out by conventional, intellectual approaches that focus on reading notation and copying other people’s music, rather than listening and feeling the heart of the music?

I’ve worked with artists like Kendrick Lamar, Daniel Caesar, 42 Dugg, Orion Sun and Robert Glasper, and composed music for Apple TV+, Hulu, and Riot Games. I tour internationally, with performances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

With a doctorate in music composition and decades of experience teaching students from preschool to university, Dr. Eric Pazdziora is excited to help YOU create your own music and understand how music works! A pianist since age 6 and a composer since age 8, Dr. Eric's extensive background in music helps him make music exciting for all ages. Dr.