Northern Westchester
Music Teachers Alliance
"Music is a magical gift we must nourish and cultivate in our children, epecially now as scientific evidence proves that an education in the arts makes better math and science students and enhances spatial intelligence...." 

- Michael Greene, Recording Academy President, 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, February 2000. -

Piano - Peter Tarsio

Studied with the renowned pianist Robert Goldsand at the Manhattan School of Music.  He has an M.A. from Manhattanville College, where he studied with Anthony LaMagra, Dr. Frank Sasloe, and Elliot Maganizer. 

He has performed as soloist and chamber musician throughout the metropolitan area and recorded numerous works, both contemporary and classical.  Peter studied voice at the Westminister Choir College in Princeton. 

He is a member of the Music Teachers National Association, founder of the Tappan Chamber Music Ensemble, and former professor at Dutchess Community College.

View Peter Tarsio's Resume
Piano - Maryna Rogozhyna

Holds a master's and doctoral degree from the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in the Ukraine, where she taught for several years.  She frequently performs solo and chamber music in the Ukraine, Russia, Czech Republic, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. 

In the U.S. she has performed at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, LeFrak Concert Hall, Donnel Library and in the Manhattan Concert series.


Guitar - Tamar Rosenfeld

Is a graduate of Raly School in Haifa, Israel, and former head of the guitar and vocal departments at Hassadna Music Conservatory in Jerusalem.  A teacher of guitar piano and composition for 25 years she has recorded many folk songs as well as her own compositions.


Guitar - Geoff Hartwell

Graduate from Hartwick College with a B.A. in music.  He has performed with Jazz and Rock groups throughout the tri-state area, teaches oll styles and levels of electric and acoustic guitar, and serves on the faculty of the National Guitar Workshop.


Violin - Alexander Abayev

Graduated from Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev, Ukraine, and holds both a masters and doctorate in music.  Presently he is a professor of violin at Adelphi University and serves also as the concert master of the Westchester Chamber Orchestra at Bachanalia.


Violin - Gabriel Tevan

Has a masters of music degree from Hartt School of Music in Connecticut and a Bachelor of Music from Mannes College of Music in New York City.  He is the conductor of the Northern Westchester Symphony Orchestra.


Percussion - Justin Wolf

Justin Wolf holds a Bachelor of Music from William Paterson University and is currently in pursuit of a Masters of Music from SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music. He has performed with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Mad Coyote Group, High Mountain Symphony Orchestra, South Orange Symphony and several ensembles at William Paterson University and SUNY Purchase. He is also a founding member of Absolute Percussion Quartet. Justin has expertise in all styles of drum set and classical percussion. Specializing in 20th and 21st century music, he has premiered works by several composers and has performed at festivals, concerts and conventions in Ohio, New York, Maryland, New Jersey and Florida.


Voice - Jennifer Eyges

Trained at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, earned her bachelor's at Manhattan School of Music, her master's at Columbia University, and pursued post graduate studies at Jeunesse Musicale in Montreal, and the American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz, Austria. 

Jennifer debuted professionally at Carnegie Recital Hall, and has sung in concerts and operas throughout Europe, Canada, and the West Indies.  She taught at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Rockland Country Day School, and the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, where she was music director for ten years. 

Her students have been accepted into major conservatories and universities, including the New England conservatory, Hartt School of Music, UNC Chapel Hill Opera Department, and the American Musical and Dramatic Arts Academy.


 
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