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Adin Hinojosa

Adin Hinojosa

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 Adin Hinojosa - Piano ages 7 & up beginner through early advanced;  Trumpet and Euphonium ages 9 & up all levels

 Adin Hinojosa, a music education major at Lycoming College, is an active musician in community, scholastic, and professional service around the Williamsport Area. Having studied under Dale Orris, Jeffery Smith, and Dr. Amanda Gunderson in Williamsport, Adin has had the privilege of performing many functions including lead trumpet performances in jazz ensembles, musicals, trio and quintet gigs, solo piano and piano accompaniment, harpsichord in baroque orchestras, and much more. Over his music career, Adin has studied classical and contemporary musical literature, European baroque, jazz, and blues. Adin serves fulltime as music minister for his church and regularly accompanies his congregation with piano. Outside of work, he enjoys composing, arranging, and recording projects with his colleagues. Adin’s enthusiasm is in finding joy in music and achieving personal goals, no matter one’s ability, instrument, or style.

 

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Alfred Premier Piano Course At-Home Book 1B

Alfred Premier Piano Course At-Home Book 1B

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The unique At-Home Book contributes greatly to a student's success. When used by parents during practice time, it can make a dramatic difference in the student's musical learning. All parents-with or without musical knowledge-will be able to participate. It's like having a second teacher at home. Each At-Home Book includes Assignment Pages, Parent Pages, and an engaging story for students and parents.For more detailed information, please visit www.premierpianocourse.com.

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Asa Carns

Asa Carns

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Asa Carns was born and raised in Clearfield, PA. He earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Wittenberg
University with a double major in piano performance and sacred organ music, with emphasis on choral
conducting and vocal studies. Mr. Carns also studied for two years at The Berliner Kirchenmusikschule in
Spandau, West Berlin, Germany. Asa has been an organist/choir director/children’s choir director/hand
bell director at various churches for 34 years. Mr. Carns has taught music privately in piano, organ, and voice for 30 years. Mr. Carns is also the accompanist for the State College Choral Society. He accompanies
professionally and provides entertainment for private parties, weddings, funerals, and memorial services. He
is the founder and producer of the Lenten “Bach “ Box- Lunch Concert Series performed in Altoona. Mr. Carns
has also organized numerous Christmas cantatas. He has recorded a Christmas CD, “Christmas As I Hear It
“and a two-CD piano and organ duet project entitled, “Reflections of Our Faith.” Mr Carns is a member of The
American Guild of Organist, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and a Suzuki registered piano instructor with SSA.

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Becky Burdett

Becky Burdett

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Becky currently teaches grades K-4 at the Abington Heights School District. Throughout her career, her goal has been is for each student to be joyful in the act of making, expressing, and creating music. Her classroom pedagogy blends together the elemental patterns and movement basis of Orff-Schulwerk with the vocabulary of patterns
presented in the Kodaly method. She believes that students can be capable musicians when allowed the guided freedom to explore all areas of musicianship. She has maintained a piano studio since 1997 in Northeast Pennsylvania. In addition to piano, Becky also enjoys playing different voices of recorder.

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Emily Chu

Emily Chu

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Emily Chu has played piano and violin since childhood. In 6th grade, her family moved to State College from Ames, Iowa. During her high school years she studied with Penn State faculty members, winning prizes in 24 performance competitions, while also tutoring younger students on both piano and violin. After earning a BM from the City University of New York and an MM from Cleveland State University, Emily returned to State College to teach. She is currently pursuing a Master of Education degree in Learning, Design and Technology at Penn State. Her students have won prizes in the Steinway piano competition and Phyllis Triolo Music competition.

Emily considers her strength as a teacher her ability to tailor her teaching to each student's individual needs—whether that is in classical music, pop music, competition, or as a hobby. By applying the knowledge gained from learning theories on how human brains function best with learning, Emily has been able to nurture her students to be self-motivated and learn efficiently. She teaches piano students of all ages and all levels, and violin students from beginner to intermediate level.

An avid chess player, Emily led high school chess club members to teach at elementary schools when she was club president for three years and founded the State College Chess Tournament for the school district. She is pleased to have inspired many children in the community to enjoy playing chess and has also taught online chess lessons to students in China. She is currently taking students for chess lessons.



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Famous & Fun Christmas Duets Book 2

Famous & Fun Christmas Duets Book 2

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Famous & Fun Christmas Duets, Book 2, contains 7 timeless carefully graded early elementary to elementary Christmas-season favorites. These works have been artfully arranged and balanced for two evenly skilled players. Titles: Coventry Carol * Hallelujah Chorus * I Saw Three Ships * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * O Come, All Ye Faithful * O Little Town of Bethlehem * What Child Is This?

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Grace Kovacic

Grace Kovacic

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Ms. Grace " or "Ms. K" has been teaching piano privately in the Happy Valley area for over 25 years. She is a Bellefonte native and first started piano lessons  under her mother's tutelage when she was 5 years old. Grace graduated from Penn State University  with a degree in piano performance  and has studied with the late Phyllis Triolo of State College. She has spent time in teaching both public and private school music. Her students have participated in the auditions of the National Guild of Piano Teachers for many years. When mot teaching, Grace can be found playing piano at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in State College and keeping up with the latest piano pedagogy through teaching webinars online. Grace has performed in various musical events in the Bellefonte area over the years. In Ms. K's own words: "My piano students are very special to me. I love being able to share my love of music with them and to watch them grow and progress as musicians. Music has brought so much joy to my life and I hope it brings joy to my students' lives, making us all richer.

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Mark R. Reinhart

Mark R. Reinhart

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Mark R. Reinhart has been actively involved in music and the arts for over fifty-five years. Mark’s performance career, spanning over four decades has covered as many musical styles as it has geography. For the past thirty years, Reinhart has been playing both guitar and keyboards with the 1960’s band Jay Black and the Americans - This Magic Moment, Cara Mia. Reinhart is a published author whose book, Tune Up… You’re on in Ten Minutes (2004), discusses the various aspects of art education from both the teacher and student perspectives, and the benefits and importance of artistic cultivation. Mark has also been a practitioner of the Chinese health and martial
arts for over forty years. He is the owner and operator of Three Pure Rivers Studio For the Arts located in Drums, PA.

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Mary Alice Koch, NCTM

Mary Alice Koch, NCTM

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Mary Alice has many years experience as a piano teacher and is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (piano) through Music Teachers National Association. She has an Associate in Arts degree from Harrisburg Area Community College. She studied piano pedagogy at Valley City State University, ND, music theory and music history at College of St. Scholastica, MN, and applied music (organ) at Lycoming College. Mary Alice is chairperson of the Williamsport Chapter of National Guild of Piano Teachers and a member of MTNA and PMTA. She serves as church organist and chime choir director for her church.

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Molly Finkbiner, MT-BC

Molly Finkbiner, MT-BC

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Molly Finkbiner is new to the Kingston Area and excited to become a part of Robert M. Sides Music Studio. She is a graduate of Seton Hill University and holds a bachelor of Music in Music Therapy, as well as a Certification in Sacred Music. Her primary instrument of study is piano, which she has played for twenty years. She has experience teaching piano lessons, and accompanying a variety of organizations including both choirs and soloists, and even
musicals. Her secondary instruments of study in school were guitar and organ. She has played the guitar for fifteen years and the organ for ten. Additionally, she has held several jobs as a church organist and director of music. As a music therapist, she has worked with adults and children with developmental disabilities and psychiatric diagnoses, helping them to reach their full potential through musical interventions. In addition to this work, she has also provided private group piano, guitar, and ukulele lessons to both children and adults.

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Shirley Smith

Shirley Smith

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Shirley has been teaching both piano and organ since her youth. She has been a Director of Music Ministries, organist, and pianist for churches for over 40 years. Shirley has a B.M. degree from Oberlin Conservatory,
M.M. from George Washington University, and a M.S. from Norwich University. Shirley has usually included teaching along with her duties as a Director of Music Ministries. She enjoys teaching all ages and feels privileged to be a member of the Robert M. Sides team.

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