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Johnstonbaugh's Music Centers
North
4375 Gibsonia Road
PO Box 150
Gibsonia, PA 15044
724.444.5660
724.444.5670 Fax
East
5786 Saltsburg Road
Verona, PA 15147
412.793.6631
412.798.0487 Fax
South
Chartiers Valley
Shopping Center
1025 Washington Pike
Bridgeville, PA 15017
412.221.2990
412.838.0800 Fax
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| Instructor: |
Cathy Baranowski |
| Focus Areas: |
Strings |
| Instruments: |
Violin and Viola ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
| Description: |
Catherine Baranowski graduated from Slippery Rock University with a Bachelors Degree in Music. She started playing the violin when she was 11 years old and has played in many different orchestras. Cathy has also been a private music instructor for over thirteen years. Through her education and experience she has the ability to teach students of all ages to understand, perform, and appreciate music. She makes learning fun as well as productive.
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| Instructor: |
David Busch |
| Focus Areas: |
Guitar, Strings |
| Instruments: |
Upright Bass, Electric Bass, Cello ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Penn Hills, Bridgeville |
| Description: |
David Busch graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Music Education in May 2007 where he studied bass under Nathan Santos and cello under Dr. Linda Jennings.
David’s teaching style focuses on the students’ personal music goals, being open to teach any musical genre available while incorporating technique, theory, style, and musicality. He believes that music should have a purpose which is, of course, having fun; but, wishes to instill in his students the understanding of hard work and perseverance that is required in achieving substantial goals.
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| Instructor: |
Franklin Nino |
| Focus Areas: |
Strings |
| Instruments: |
Cello ($25/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
| Description: |
Mr. Nino is the Cello Mentor for the Greater Erie Youth Symphony Orchestra and teaches cello at Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers and Noteworthy Music in Gibsonia. He is the Music Director of the Touring Orchestra at Westmoreland Suzuki School of Music, where he also teaches cello. A member of the Johnstown and Butler Symphonies, he plays occasionally with the Westmoreland Symphony, and is a member of the Faure String Trio. He recently received his Artist Diploma degree from Duquesne University, where he studied with Anne M. Williams, the Pittsburgh Symphony’s principal cellist.
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| Instructor: |
Jason Libell |
| Focus Areas: |
Strings |
| Instruments: |
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
| Description: |
Jason Libell is currently the orchestral director and music teacher for the Riverview School District in Oakmont, PA and teaches string instruments at Johnstonbaugh’s Music Centers in Gibsonia. He graduated with a B.S. in Music Education from Slippery Rock University where he studied under Mr. Warren Davidson. This spring he completed his Masters of Music Education Degree from Duquesne University. Jason’s love of music has brought him to study and teach the violin, viola, cello and bass, and he has played in various ensembles, musical productions, and chamber groups.
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| Instructor: |
Judy Willman |
| Focus Areas: |
Strings |
| Instruments: |
Violin/Viola ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Penn Hills |
| Description: |
Judy grew up in the Penn Hills area and graduated from Penn Hills High School. She attended Carnegie Mellon where she studied viola with George Grossman and graduated with a degree in Music Education. She taught strings in the North Hills School District. Graduate work took her to Brigham Young University where she studied viola with Percy Kalt and played in the Utah Valley Symphony. She went to Arizona and taught strings in the Phoenix Public Schools and played with the Mesa Symphony.
Since returning to Pittsburgh, Judy has continued to play - both with the McKeesport Symphony and the Butler Symphony, among other places. Judy also works as an artist, painting storefront windows and participating in area craft shows. Act 33/34 Clearance Teacher |
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Lisa Joseph |
| Focus Areas: |
Strings |
| Instruments: |
Violin ($20/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Bridgeville |
| Description: |
Lisa Joseph received her Masters of Music degree in violin performance from Duquesne University in May 2008. During her time there, she was awarded a full scholarship and worked as the string department graduate assistant. Originally from Los Angeles, Lisa started playing the violin at eight years of age, participated in many youth orchestras, and graduated with her Bachelors of Music degree from California State University of Northridge before moving to Pittsburgh to continue her education. She is now in demand as a private violin teacher with over 20 students each week and has been a member of American String Teachers Association (ASTA) for the past five years. Lisa remains an active, full-time freelance musician, performing solo and with small ensembles for various events all over Pittsburgh and throughout the tri-state region. Additionally, she has played with Butler Symphony for three years and is a core member of Alia Musica of Pittsburgh, a contemporary music ensemble dedicated to performing works by local composers. Recently Lisa has also discovered a love of playing alternative styles of music, and now performs with the indie folk group “Gypsy Dave and the Stumpjumpers” and with local Pittsburgh rock band “Ben Hardt and his Symphony”. Lisa’s interests outside of teaching and performing include reading, working out, traveling and spending time with friends.
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| Instructor: |
Olga Taimanov |
| Focus Areas: |
Strings |
| Instruments: |
Violin, Viola ($25/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Verona |
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Olga received her Artist Diploma from Duquesne University. She has performed with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad “Maliy Operniy and Ballet Theatre”, and the Isreal Philharmonic Orchestra. She played principal viola in the Butler Symphony Orchestra, the State Symphony orchestra “Klassica”, and the St. Petersburg Chamber orchestra “Mozartuem”. Olga was the winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society Competition in 2000, and won the All-American Scholar Collegiate Award in 2002. Olga is currently a member of the Erie Philharmonic and has performed with the Pittsburgh Opera, the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and the New World Symphony Orchestra. Currently she teaches at the CMU Preparatory School of Music and the Westmoreland Suzuki School of Music.
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| Instructor: |
Sandro Leal Santiesteban |
| Focus Areas: |
Strings |
| Instruments: |
Violin ($25/30 minutes) |
| Locations: |
Gibsonia |
| Description: |
25 Sandro studied for a year at the preparatory school of New England Conservatory with former Boston Symphony principal Marylou Churchill. He then attended Musicorda, a Summer String program where Mrs. Churchill gave him full scholarship. In this program he performed and was coached by world-renowned musicians such as Carol Ou, Lynn Chang, Michael Adcock, Leopold Teraspulsky and Josef Silverstein. As part of the scholarship he went through the community to teach in the children’s workshop at Sullivan School in Holyoke, MA. While at Eastman School of Music, he participated in master classes with the Brentano String Quartet, violinist Ian Swensen and Eastman Chair Department Charles Castleman. In 2006, Sandro became the first Cuban to graduate with Bachelors degrees with professor Mikhail Kopelman from the Eastman School of Music. In 2007 he was accepted in the sub list for both, the New World Symphony in Miami, FL, and in the Pittsburgh Opera. In 2009 he graduated with Masters degrees at Carnegie Mellon in the studio of former David Oistrakh student Prof. Cyrus Forough. Recently he won the first price at the Carnegie Mellon concerto competition while studying the Performance Residency Program. He teaches occasionally the students of Mr. Forough at Carnegie Mellon University. |
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| *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. |
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