Our Faculty
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Alice Spatz
Teaches: Double Bass, Mandolin, Theory/Composition
MFA Composition, Bennington College; BA, New School for Social Research. Performer with Wintergreen ensemble; published composer.
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Allen Livermore
Teaches: Drums/Percussion, Saxophone, Trumpet, Ukulele
MA, Wesleyan University, BM, Jazz Studies. Music educator in BART schools, active performer and jazz collaborator.
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Amy Renak
Teaches: Piano
BA, Mary Washington College; graduate studies, Hartt School of Music. BCC faculty member; choir director, accompanist & organist.
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Andrew Smith
Teaches: Drums/Percussion
Studied rock, jazz, afro-cuban and funk. Former principle Percussionist of the Empire State Youth Orchestra, the Empire State Youth Percussion Ensemble, and the Massachusetts All-State Orchestra. Producer and songwriter. Has toured as an opening act for bands including The Lemon Twigs, Foxygen and Paul de Jong.
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Annabelle Hoffman
Teaches: Cello
NY Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, and Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. Broadway shows: Hamilton, Dear Evan Hanson, Aladdin. Chamber music and orchestral strings coach at The Calhoun School (NYC).
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Bing Liu
Teaches: Violin
A graduate of Boston Conservatory of Music, Bing began her musical career in China, wining prestigious violin competitions at age of 14. She went to Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing China and Boston University. She performed with the first China Youth Symphony Orchestra goodwill and friendship tour Europe over 15 European in 1987, It’s the first time in Chinese history, and second time 1988 She worked at Central Opera Theatre Symphony Orchestra for ten years. Bing teaches at Miss Halls, Suzuki music school of Troy and as a private Suzuki instructor at Bing's String Studio. She is co-founder of the Berkshire Trio and plays in the Berkshire Symphony.
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Carol Yahr
Teaches: Voice, Voice Theater
International opera career singing the dramatic soprano repertoire in opera houses such as Australian Opera, Scottish Opera, Copenhagen, Prague and Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center. Active voice studio in New York City for 20 years. Director of the New York Summer Opera Scenes Training Program for aspiring opera singers.
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Chelsea Beatty
Teaches: Voice, Voice Theater
Chelsea Beatty trained as a classical soprano, with degrees in vocal performance from The Boston Conservatory and University of Colorado Boulder. Over the past two decades, she has performed on opera and concert stages around Boston and beyond, and was a two-time district finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Chelsea joined the faculty of The Boston Conservatory as an Instructor of Voice from 2014 to 2018, and served as the General Director of Boston Opera Collaborative from 2013 to 2016. Chelsea brings a wide range of stylistic interests and experience to her teaching, with a particular affinity for the technique required for healthy musical theater and contemporary styles.
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David Bartley
Teaches: Piano, Jazz Piano
Piano, Jazz Improvisation BFA Piano Performance, SUNY Buffalo. Active soloist & performer in regional jazz ensembles.
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Emily Johnson
Teaches: Piano, Trombone, Ukulele, Voice, Music Therapist
BM, Music Therapy, Nazareth College in Rochester. Clinical experience in adaptive lessons, early intervention, PTSD. Pianist and organist.
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Geoff Cunningham
Teaches: Trumpet
MM, Jazz Composition and Arranging, UMass Amherst; BM, Jazz and African American Music Studies, UMass Amherst. Music educator at Amherst College and Holyoke Community College. Active performer and arranger.
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Heather Goodchild Wade
Teaches: Violin
MM in Orchestral Studies, Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, BM Violin Performance University of New Hampshire. Principal 2nd Violin with the Cape Symphony and Director of Giocosa Chamber Music. Writes and arranges music for unaccompanied violin and creates videos that include a performance along with other visual elements.
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Jim Wojtaszek
Teaches: Electric Bass Guitar, Guitar
Studied music at Musicians Institute/GIT and MCLA. Active instructor, songwriter, recording and performing artist.
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Jack DiNicola
Teaches: Drums/Percussion
Bachelors degree in Social Work, MCLA. Experience working with children and families for over 30 years. Active educator and performer in Berkshire County and Albany, NY.
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Julia Rousse Shippee
Teaches: Electric Bass Guitar, Guitar, Ukulele, Voice
MM in Music education, University of Florida; BA in Music Education, University of New Hampshire. Elementary general music teacher, bass player in college orchestras and local jazz ensembles, performer as a guitarist and singer.
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Nathan Cornelius
Teaches: Classical Guitar
Taught at Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland—Baltimore County, Washington College, and Towson University. Received an MM in music theory pedagogy and a DMA in guitar performance from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University and an MM in composition and guitar performance from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.
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Nicki Ta
Teaches: Piano
Teaching Credential and Bachelor’s Degree, University of Pennsylvania. Steinway Educational Partner. Loves working with students of all ages.
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Tari Wheeler Roosa
Teaches: Flute
Programs for young children. MME, University of Colorado; BM, University of Lowell. Assistant conductor of Eagles Band; performer with Jovia Trio.
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Terina Westmeyer
Actors Studio Drama School. 2017 Wagner Society of Washington D.C. American Wagner Project grant recipient, 2014 and 2015 grants from the Wagner Society of New York. Professional Credits at Bronx Opera, Chelsea Opera.
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Terry Keevil
Teaches: Oboe, English Horn, Oboe d’Amore, Duduk
DMA, SUNY Stony Brook; BA, Sarah Lawrence; Graduate of the Music for People Musicianship and Leadership Program. Director of Community Chamber Music Program at SUNY Stony Brook; member of North Shore Pro Musica.