A native of Southwestern Pennsylvania, young baryton-martin Amitabha Chakrabarti is a professional emerging artist holding a Master’s of Music degree from the University of Southern California. He has performed in venues throughout the Tri-State area, with D’Angelo Opera Theater, After Dinner Opera Company, and Undercroft Opera in Pittsburgh. In Los Angeles 2008, he was a principal role in USC Opera Theater’s The Rape of Lucretia as Junius, and as the Vicar in the 2009 production of Albert Herring. Other roles throughout his years of study are Papageno from Die Zauberfl%F6te, Belcore from L’Elisir D’Amore, Marcello from La Boheme, and Guglielmo from Cosi fan tutte. Amitabha has been teaching for about 5 years, and has several promising students in various genres of music. His method is through classical voice training, which enables a singer to perform freely and without tension in sound%97this in the end proves to be as beneficial for pop, rock, country, jazz, and musical theater singers as well. He also has 7 years of piano training, 6 years in music theory and composition, speaks several European/Asian languages and can work theoretical and performance piano with students depending on their skill level. Amitabha instills freedom of artistry with his students, be it for competitive edge or for fun with music.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
Cara Rozgonyi
Focus Areas:
Piano
Instruments:
Piano ($21/30 minutes)
Locations:
Golden Mile
Description:
Cara holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Grove City College, where she studied both piano and flute. During college, she was involved in her college Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, and Flute Choir. Since graduating in 2011, she has begun teaching students from her home studio. She loves teaching new students and wishes to pass along to them her passion for music. Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
Gloria Caceres
Focus Areas:
Piano, Strings
Instruments:
Piano, Cello ($25/30 minutes)
Locations:
Gibsonia
Description:
Gloria Caceres is a native of Tunja, Colombia. She holds degrees in cello performance and pedagogy from Colombia National University, and Duquesne University. In her two decades of education experience, Gloria has taught private instruction for cello and piano, General Music Classes at Tunja School of music, and toured Colombia conducting workshops with the Batuta Teaching Program. In addition to teaching Gloria still performs in several orchestras including the Westmoreland Symphony, Butler Symphony , and Altoona Symphony Orchestra.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
Jamie Tommarello
Focus Areas:
Piano, Woodwind
Instruments:
Clarinet, Piano ($20/30 minutes)
Locations:
Golden Mile
Description:
Jamie Tommarello attended Seton Hill University, where she received a bachelors Degree in music; majoring in clarinet with a minor in piano. In her seventeen years of experience Jamie has played in the Westmoreland Symphonic Winds, St. Joseph Parish in Ohara Township and has been giving private instruction for the past two years. In addition to private lessons Jamie teaches K-8 music at St. John the Baptist School in Plum.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
Jessica Baier
Focus Areas:
Piano
Instruments:
Piano ($20/30 minutes)
Locations:
Bridgeville
Description:
Jessica Baier has been the Director of Music Ministries at the Bower Hill Community Church since 2007, where she directs the Chancel and Handbell Choirs, and in addition has a private piano studio of 30 students at Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers. She and has studied the organ and Sacred Music at Duquesne University under Ann Labounsky, John Walker, David Craighead, and Andrew Scanlon, and piano with Ken Burky. Jessica has sung in the Pittsburgh Compline Choir since 2007, and is an active member with theAmerican Guild of Organists and the Handbell Musicians of America, and also serves on the Executive Board of the Pittsburgh Organ Academy.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
John Kulik
Focus Areas:
Piano
Instruments:
Piano ($23/30 minutes)
Locations:
Bridgeville, Golden Mile
Description:
John V. Kulik, NCTM holds a B.S. degree in Music Education St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, and a M.M. degree in Piano Pedagogy from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. He is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music with over 30 years of teaching experience with students age 4 and up. Mr. Kulik has taught private as well as class piano at Chatham College’s Laboratory School of Music, Pittsburgh, PA and at Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA. He has had many successful students place in performance and composition competitions at the local and state levels of PMTA. Mr. Kulik currently maintains an independent studio of children and adults in Murrysville, PA and is a frequent solo and collaborative pianist in the area as well as being a performing member of the Friday Evening Music Club, Greensburg, PA.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
Instructor:
Lisa Rae Vaughan
Focus Areas:
Piano
Instruments:
Piano ($22/30 minutes)
Locations:
Bridgeville, Gibsonia
Description:
A professional pianist and flautist with extensive classical training and performance experience, Lisa Rae Vaughan is Executive Director for the Lisa Rae Music Studios, LLC. In 1994, Ms. Vaughan implemented a network of community-centric teaching studios and has supervised the music education of more than 1000 students ages birth to 85.
LRMS offers private and group music lessons to youth, adult, and students with special needs (incl. autism, ADHD, physical and mental challenges) through its multiple Western PA sites and licensed Music Together Centers. At Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers, Ms. Vaughan offers private piano, flute, clarinet, saxophone, and violin lessons. Students are prepared and afforded opportunities to participate in studio-wide recitals, piano competitions, professional evaluations, and Music Clubs Festivals.
Ms. Vaughan was graduated from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University where she earned a Bachelor of Science double degree in Electrical / Computer Engineering and Engineering Public Policy. It was at the prestigious CMU that she studied classical piano with Nelson Whitaker. First trained in classical and sacred music by her mother, Natheleen Murphy Vaughan, she broadened her musical horizons through private studies with flautist James Walker, formerly of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and co-founder of the jazz ensemble "Free Flight". She has also attended the Jamie Aebersold Jazz Camp in Louisville, KY, and most recently, studied jazz piano with the national touring pianist, Frank Cunimondo.
Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher
*Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher* This means that the teacher has received Act 33/34 Clearances from the State of Pennsylvania. Act 33/34 Clearances are designed to ensure that people who work with children have a record clear of child abuse and crime. All schools in Pennsylvania require that teachers and school staff have Act 33/34 Clearances. In June of 2005, Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers implemented a policy that all new teachers are required to have Act 33/34 Clearances.
