Dr.Eugene Skovorodnikov |Piano|
Educational/Artistic Director of White Rock & Langley

FOCUSED AREA
Music Institute Audition, International/National Competition, Orchestra Concert, Solo Recital
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Former piano professor at UBC, Steinway Artist, Honourary Doctorate in Musical Arts by Kharkov State University of Arts (Ukraine), Post graduate at the St. Petersburg conservatory (Russia).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
40 Years

Dr. Henri-Paul Sicsic |Piano|White Rock & Langley

FOCUSED AREA
Music Institute Audition, International/National Competition, Orchestra Concert, Solo Recital
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Former Associate Piano Professor at Rice University, Former Piano Professor at UBC, Former Piano Professor at University of Toronto (UT)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
45 Years

Dr. Carl Petersson | |White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Music Institute Audition, International/National, Competition, Orchestra Concert, Solo Recital
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Ph. D Performing Arts, Piano, at Academy of Music in Krakow (Poland) Master's Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy at The Royal Danish Academy of Music (Denmark) Bachelor Degree in Piano Performance at Academy of Music and Drama University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
15 Years

Robert Rozek |Violin|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Music Institute Audition, International/National Competition, Orchestra Concert, Solo Recital
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. Former Violin Professor at the University of Miami School of Music. Former head professor of Violin at the Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
40 Years

Dr. Robert Michael Best | Piano/ Composition/ Keyboard Harmony/ Theory | White Rock & Langley

FOCUSED AREA
International/National Competition, Orchestra Concert, Solo Recital, Local Competition
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Doctoral Degree in Music Composition at University of Toronto Master of Music in Piano Performance at UBC Bachelor of Music in Music Composition at UBC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
25 Years

Norma Thomas-Dudley|Flute/ Clarinet/ Piano|
White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
RCM, Local/Provincial Competitions, Music Institute Audition, Orchestra Concert
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education from Western Washington University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
30 Years

Devin Roth|Jazz Piano /Composition/ Keyboard Harmony/ Theory|
White Rock / Langley

FOCUSED AREA
RCM, Local/Provincial Competition, Music Institute Audition, Portfolio Preparation
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Masters in Jazz Composition from the prestigious New England Conservatory in Boston, MA, Bachelors of Music in Jazz Piano Performance at McGill University.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
10 Years

Tara Quan|Piano|White Rock & Langley

FOCUSED AREA
Local Competition, RCM, Student Concert
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Master Degree in Piano Education at Northeast Normal University (NENU), China
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
5 Years

Dr. Denice Raymundo Grant|Voice/ Piano|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Local Competition, RCM, Student Concert
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Washington, Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Northern Illinois University, Bachelor of Music in Voice and Piano performance at Walla Walla College.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
30 Years

Dr. Anna Pietrzek|Guitar|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Guitar
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Doctor Degree of Guitar Performance at Academy of Music in Wroclaw (Poiland), Master Degree of Guitar Performance at Academy of Music in Wroclaw (Poland), Master Degree of Guitar Performance at Conservatory of Music in Piraeus (Greece)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
15 Years

Monika Niedzielko|Violin|White Rock & Langley

FOCUSED AREA
RCM, Local Competition, Student Concert
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Master degree of Music in Violin Performance from the Music Academy of Krakow, Poland. Gold Medal Teacher with RCM.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
15 Years

Carlene Wiebe |Voice|White Rock & Langley

FOCUSED AREA
Student Concert, Local Competition, RCM, Music Institute Audition
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at University of Victoria
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
25 Years

Jannie Sing-Yue Burdeti | Piano/ Theory | White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
International/National Competition, Orchestra Concert, Solo Recital, Local Competition, RCM
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Doctoral Candidate in Piano Performance at John Hopkins University - Peabody Conservatory, MD Professional Studies Diploma in Piano Performance at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA Master of Music in Chamber Music Performance at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at John Hopkins University - Peabody Conservatory, MD
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
10 Years

Risa Tonita|Piano|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Orchestra Concert, Local Competition, Student Concert, RCM
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Doctoral Candidate in Piano Performance at UBC (present), Master of Music in Piano Performance at University of Ottawa, Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at University of Ottawa
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
10 Years

David Szigeti|Cello|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Student Concert, Local Competition, RCM, Music Institute Audition
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Master of Music in Cello Performance, Music Education & Choral Directing at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest, (Hungary) Bachelor Of Arts in Cello Performance & Music Education at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest, (Hungary)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
10 Years

Aquizamin Garcia|Guitar|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
RCM, Local Competition, Student Concert, Chamber Music
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Master of Music at UBC,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
15 Years

Dr. I-fen Peng|Piano|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Local Competition, Student Concert
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Former assistant professor at University of Art and Technology in Taiwan, Doctor degree in piano performance from Conservatory-College of Music, Cincinnati University, OH, Master degree in piano performance from The Ohio State University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
20 Years

Elaina Moreau|Voice/ Piano|White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Orchestra Concert, Local Competition, RCM, Student Concert
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance with Honours of University of Toronto, and Master of Music in Voice and Opera of San Francisco Conservatory of Music
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
5 Years

Cindy Chan | Piano | White Rock & Langley

FOCUSED AREA
Local Competition, RCM, Student Concert
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Master Degree in Piano Performance at UBC (in progress), Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Hong Kong Baptist University, HK
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
5 Years

Brendan Blanchard | Guitar/ Theory | White Rock

FOCUSED AREA
Student Concert, Local Competition, RCM
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Music at UBC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
10 Years