Faculty

Please contact mya@mya.org for general information

“We are so blessed to have such a wonderful, talented faculty teaching our children.”
  – Dr. Allan Dennis

Meet MYA’s 2011–2012 Master Class and Guest Faculty

Orchestra

Allan Dennis, Founder and Executive Director; Concert and Symphony Orchestras
Patrick Pearson, Concertino, Philharmonia, and Cadet Orchestras
Rhona Reagen, Reading Orchestra

Wind Symphony

James Ripley, Director of Wind Symphony Programs

Chamber Music

Robert Bassill, Chamber Music Director & String Music Coach
Rose Armbrust-Griffin, String Chamber Music Coach
Sarah Barnes, Percussion Ensemble Coach
Naomi Bensdorf Frisch, Woodwind Chamber Music Coach
Bruce Daugherty, Brass Chamber Music Coach
Mandy Dennis, String Chamber Music Coach
Julie Fischer, String Chamber Music Coach
Paula Fischer, String Chamber Music Coach
Dileep Gangolli, Woodwind Chamber Music Coach
Joy Yu Hoffman, Harp Chamber Music Coach
Charles Pikler, String Chamber Music Coach
Rhona Reagen, String Chamber Music Coach
Gerardo Ribeiro, String Chamber Music Coach
John Shaffer, String Chamber Music Coach
Rami Solomonow, String Chamber Music Coach
Tatyana Stepanova, Sonata Class & Piano Chamber Music Coach

Jazz

Chris Madsen, Director of Big Band and Jazz Orchestra
Jarrard Harris, Director of Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos
Victor Goines, Jazz Program Artistic Advisor

Choral

Gary Fry, VX Studio Vocal Ensemble
Ben Gray, Co-Director of Voices Rising
Fred Koch, Director of Mighty Maestro Singers and Little Maestro Singers

Early Childhood

Jessica Jordan, Early Childhood Education Classes Instructor
Teddi Koch, Music and Movement Instructor

Theory and Composition

Patrick Pearson, Composition Instructor
Steven Stenzel, Music Theory Instructor
Jarrard Harris, Jazz Theory I and II
Chris Madsen, Jazz Listening, Composition and Arranging for Big Band
Ben Gray, Vocal Music Theory