The following is a list of our distinguished music instruction faculty:
- Director — Dr. Michael Lehtinen: Instructor of Piano, Organ, and Musikgarten. On the faculty since 1995. DMA, MM from the Eastman School of Music, BMus from Oberlin Conservatory. Musikgarten certification.
- Baker, James — Registered piano tuner and technician.
- Clark, Diann — Instructor of Piano. BMus from Emporia (Kansas) State University. Diann has almost 40 years of teaching experience. She is the organist at Providence Baptist Church, and the accompanist for Festival Singers
and Main Stage Singers of Carolina Voices.
- Contreras, Dennis — Instructor of Double Bass. MM from Northwestern University, BMus from Brigham Young University. Dennis teaches classical, jazz, and electric bass.
- Ellenburg, Erin Y. — Instructor of Brass. MM and BMusEd from Appalachian State University. Erin enjoys teaching private lessons, as well as coaching brass ensembles.
- Faryadi, Shannon — Instructor of Musikgarten and Piano. BA in piano from UNCC. Shannon has over 10 years of piano teaching experience and is the pianist at First Baptist Church, Concord.
- Gorkovoy, Vasily — Instructor of Violin and Viola. Artist Certificate from Southern Methodist University, MM from Texas Christian University, and BMus from Rostov on Don State Conservatory (Don, Russia). Vasily is a part-time member of the Charlotte Symphony, Asheville Symphony Orchestras and is a member of Quartet Del Mondo.
- Herrick, John — Instructor of Piano. BMusEd from West Chester State University, with additional studies at Westminster Choir College and Temple University. John is also the Director of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, and performs with the Piedmont Piano Trio.
- Hunter, James — Instructor of Guitar. MM from the University of Memphis, and BMus from Winthrop University. James also teaches at Wingate University.
- Lehtinen, Michael — Director, and Instructor of Piano and Organ. He has taught at Southern Park Music School
since 1995. DMA, MM from the Eastman School of Music, and BMus from
Oberlin Conservatory. Musikgarten certification.
- McLaughlin, Victoria — Instructor of Cello. BA from the University of Manizales (Colombia, South America). Suzuki certification.
- Pope, Patrick — Instructor of Piano and Organ. BMus from the University of South Carolina, MM from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, DM in progress at Indiana. Patrick has experience in teaching private piano and organ, and is the Director of Music and Organist at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Charlotte.
- Sapp, Brian —Instructor of Piano. MM and BMus from East Carolina University. Brian is a church organist and also enjoys working in musical theater productions.
- Stevens, Steven — Instructor of Clarinet and Saxophone. BME from Stetson University, Deland, Florida. Steven
has experience in teaching private clarinet and saxophone lessons and in conducting high school concert and symphonic bands.
- Talley, Laurel — Instructor of Musikgarten. MMT, BMus from Oberlin Conservatory. Musikgarten certification. Laurel has extensive teaching experience with babies and toddlers.
- Ungureanu-Biser, Mirela — Instructor of Voice. MM from Southern Illinois University, Bmus from West Virginia Wesleyan College. Mirela has performed in many opera and musical theater productions and has taught voice student for several years.
- Wallace, M. David — Instructor of Flute and Bassoon. BMus from UNCC. David has been principal bassoonist with the Charlotte Civic Orchestra since 2003, and has also enjoyed performing with the CPCC Opera Theater and the Old Courthouse Theater, of Concord, NC.
- Williams, Janice — Instructor of Voice and Piano. MM from St. Louis Conservatory of Music, BMus from Tulsa University. Janice is frequently in productions of Opera Carolina.
- Willis, Christopher — Instructor of Clarinet. MM and BMus from East Carolina University. Chris has over 10
years
of teaching experience. He plays clarinet and bass clarinet with the Charlotte Civic Orchestra.
- Wilson, Stephanie — Instructor of Drums and Percussion. BMus from Appalachian State University. Stephanie regularly teaches in schools in the Charlotte area and enjoys working with students of all ages!
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