Violin/Viola John Emery is a violin and viola teacher at RSC and also teaches chamber music. He plays for many performing groups and is concertmaster of the Rivers Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate of Harvard University. j.emery@rivers.org
Jeanie Lee
Piano Jeanie Lee, piano, has won First Prizes at the Fine Arts Society Competition, the Piano Forte Magazine Competition, and the Juilliard Concerto Competition. She was invited to the “Virtuosi 2000” International Music Festival in St. Petersburg, where she received the “Best of Festival” award and to perform in Alice Tully Hall as part of the Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln …
Ian Lindsey
Piano, Music Box Ian Lindsey has been an active teacher and pianist in the Boston area for the past fifteen years. A graduate from the Walnut Hill School, Ian Lindsey continued his studies at the New England Conservatory with Randall Hodgkinson, receiving both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Mr. Lindsey has become known for presenting virtuoso repertoire such as the …
Eve Budnick
Vocal Coach & Voice Department Chair Eve Budnick serves as the Voice Department Chair as well as a pianist for RSC. She is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Opera del West, the resident opera company for the last 10 years at The Center for Arts in Natick. In this capacity, she music directs fully staged operas in March and …
Ethel Farny
Flute, Wind Department Chair Ethel Farny is Chair of the Wind Department, Chair of the Annual Seminar on Contemporary Music for the Young, and has an active flute studio. As a member of the Lincoln Duo, she and Jim Meadors have been recording contemporary music for flute and guitar. They have recorded seven discs. Ethel earned her B.A. in humanities from …
Eleanor Perrone
Piano Department Co-Chair Pianist Eleanor Perrone has concertized in Brazil and Europe, performing in Sao Paolo, Campinas, Brussels, German-American Institutes at Kiel, Saarbrucken and Heidelberg, Teatro alle Vigne di Lodi, and the American Academy in Rome, featuring the piano music of former Academy prize winners, Yehudi Wyner and Stephen Hartke. Eleanor received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from …
Dubravka Moshfegh
Violin/Viola Graduate from Zagreb University and Brussels Royal Conservatory; Diplome Superieur for violin and Premier Prix for Chamber Music; studies with K. Hauser, I. Pinkava, A. Gerller, Yankelewitch, and Chugajewa; masterclasses in Budapest, Weimar, Salzburg, Goslar; solo and chamber music performances in Europe and U.S.; TV and radio recordings; member, Duo Affetuoso; Director of Camp Cadenza. d.moshfegh@rivers.org
Deborah Yardley Beers
Piano Deborah Yardley Beers has developed a multifaceted musical career which has brought her awards and taken her across the United States and to Europe to perform, teach, and study. Her experiences as pianist, teacher, and composer have led her to develop a balanced and holistic perspective with regard to music and piano teaching that helps cultivate excellence, and is …
David Tobin
Piano, Music Theory David Tobin is on the piano and music theory faculty at RSC. David performs as solo recitalist, chamber musician, and accompanist and has been music director of the Charlestown Working Theater, organist and choir director, and music director forSouth Station, a 12 piece show band. David received a Bachelor of Arts in music from Westfield State University …
Dan Loschen
Classical & Jazz Piano, Theory Department Chair Dan Loschen is a graduate of Oberlin and New England Conservatories. He is assistant chair of the Jazz Department at the Rivers School Conservatory, where he teaches many piano students in both jazz and classical genres, as well as coaches jazz ensembles and teaching music theory. In addition, he is the music director …