Conductor, Youth Sinfonia Susan Memoli is the Director of Fine Arts for the Wayland Public Schools and the Wayland High School Orchestra Director. From 2001-2008, she directed the third through eighth grade string instrument program and orchestras in Wayland, including the award winning WMS Honors Chamber Orchestra. Mrs. Memoli has also served the MMEA Eastern District in the capacities of …
Piano Mr. Sussman is frequently heard as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician and orchestral member throughout the Boston area. He earned a Master’s of Music in performance from Boston University studying with Anthony D’Bonaventura and a Bachelors degree from Indiana University where his principal teachers were Enrica Cavallo Gulli and Jorge Bolet. Mr Sussman is the director of Opera Presto, …
Piano Soomi Lee, piano, made her Carnegie Recital Hall debut at age 16 while attending the Juilliard Pre-College School. She earned a B.M. from Indiana University and M.M. from New England Conservatory. Ms. Lee has performed as soloist with the Seoul Philharmonic, Korean Broadcasting Symphony, the Boston Pops, Pro-Arte, New Philharmonia, Harvard Chamber Orchestra, as well as Wellesley, Brookline, Newton, …
Jazz Bass Sean Farias teaches jazz bass and jazz ensembles at RSC. He earned a Bachelor’s of Music from UMass-Dartmouth and a Master’s Degree from Longy School of Music. s.farias@rivers.org
Chair Percussion Department & Director, Marimba Magic Ensembles Sarah Tenney serves as Chair of the Percussion Department at Rivers. Sarah founded Marimba Magic, a program she has taught at the Rivers School Conservatory since 1986, introducing children as young as 5 years old to keyboard skills, singing, drumming, improvising, and playing together in an ensemble, giving them a solid foundation for …
Piano Pianist Sandra Hebert has performed throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe in recital as soloist, concerto soloist and collaborative pianist, and has recorded for Le Chant du Monde, CRI, ICMC, Juxtab and Arcadian Winds. She has been Visiting Artist in Residence at the Conservatory of Music in Wuhan, P.R. China and has also taught in Germany and Italy. Ms. …
Cello, ChamberMusicLab Ronald Lowry is an active performer in many of Boston’s leading musical organizations. Called a “superb cellist” by theBoston Globe’s Richard Dyer, he is the principal cellist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and the Boston Ballet Orchestra. Former principal cellist of the National Symphony of Costa Rica, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Harvard Chamber Orchestra, …
Violin, Chamber Music Piotr Buczek graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Poland and the Chamber Music Institute in Milwaukee, where he received his Master Degree and worked with Pinchas Zukerman, Yo Yo Ma, Ursula Oppens, Shlomo Mintz, and others. He has performed throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas with the Penderecki Quartet and as soloist and chamber …
Saxophone, Jazz Department Chair Director, Jazz Program, The Rivers School Philippe Crettien, saxophone, is the Jazz Department Director for both RSC and The Rivers Upper School. He earned his BA from Berklee College of Music and the French Lycée of London. In addition to touring in Europe and South America with the Philippe Crettien Quartet, he has performed with Andy …
Jazz Guitar Phil Sargent has worked with a number of prominent musicians including Jerry Bergonzi, John Lockwood, Fernando Huergo, Bruno Raberg, Bob Moses, Matt Wilson, Phil Grenadier, Yosuke Inoue, Thomson Kneeland and others. He studied at the University of New Hampshire and with critically acclaimed guitarists Ben Monder, and Brad Shepik. Phil leads his own group whose compositions draw from …
