Pianophoria! Faculty
Marcia Eckert (Director),
a native of Terre Haute, Indiana, is active as piano soloist and collaborative
artist and has appeared in the Mostly Mozart Festival, as well as at Merkin,
Alice Tully, and Weill concert halls, and London's Leighton House. She has
travelled throughout the United States presenting lecture-recitals on piano
music by women composers and on the music of Charles Ives. Recordings include
music by Debra Kaye on the CD
And So It Begins,
Songs by Women with soprano
Susan Gonzalez, and
20th Century Music for Recorder and Piano with Anita
Randolfi. The Ehrlich/Eckert Duo, a violin and piano duo, recorded music of
Germaine Tailleferre for Cambria Records. Ms. Eckert performs with the
Eckert/Gilwood Piano Duo and Trio la Bella. Previous groups have included
Aurelia Piano Quartet, Blue Door, Albany Chamber Players, Polyhymnia, Sarasa,
and Dulcinea Piano Trio. She has given numerous premieres, including works by
Eleanor Cory, Ursula Mamlok, and Roger Zahab. Ms. Eckert has served on the
keyboard, chamber music and theory faculty of Hunter College, where she was a
1998 recipient of the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has
been teaching piano and chamber music in the Mannes College of Music
Preparatory Division since 1983 and is the director of the summer piano
intensive
Pianophoria!, which began in 2004. Ms. Eckert holds degrees in Piano
Performance from Indiana University School of Music and State University of New
York at Stony Brook. Teachers have included Jorge Bolet, Gilbert Kalish,
Claude Frank, William Masselos, Seymour Bernstein, Luis Batlle, and Lucy
Greene. She has participated as a fellow at the Berkshire Music Center at
Tanglewood and Yale School of Music Summer Chamber Music Festivals and also at
the Aspen and Interlochen Music Festivals.
Deborah Gilwood has appeared as a soloist as well as a collaborator with
numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the Long Island Philharmonic,
Brooklyn Philharmonia, and Solisti New York. As an active chamber musician, Ms.
Gilwood has performed with many groups such as Musical Elements, Infusion, the
Alliance for American Song, the Eckert/Gilwood Piano Duo, and Blue Door with
cellist Arthur Cook, in performances at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, as
well as at many colleges and universities. She has participated in summer
festivals at Tanglewood, Sarasota, Aspen, Siena, and Rutgers, and was a co-
founder of the Blue Door Chamber Music series on Cape Cod. Her recording with
Mr. Cook,
Censored by Hitler, the Rediscovered Masterpieces, can be heard on
the Centaur label. Ms. Gilwood attended Mannes College of Music, and received
her performance degrees in Piano from SUNY Purchase and SUNY Stony Brook. Her
principal teachers included Richard Goode, Gilbert Kalish and Lucy Greene. She
has taught at Smith College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Seton
Hall University, and is currently on the faculties of Mt. Holyoke College and
Westfield State University.

Pianist
Raj Bhimani's
concerts are "virtuosic, heartfelt and eloquent," writes
New York Times
critic Michael Kimmelman.
Time Out NY noted him as being a "gifted and
highly expressive pianist." Performing regularly across North America and
Europe, he also makes frequent appearances in India, where the nationally
distributed newspaper
The Hindu wrote, "Raj Bhimani is a very sensitive
piano player, with a predilection for lyrical melody accompanied with rhythmic
gracefulness." In New York, where he resides, he appears often at Lincoln
Center and other venues. Mr. Bhimani is a champion of new music and has
developed a particular expertise in French piano literature. During his time
studying in Paris composer Henri Dutilleux declared him "a great artist who
plays with sensitivity and intelligence." Another prominent French composer,
Thérèse Brenet, has written six works especially for Mr. Bhimani, two of which
can be heard on a CD entitled
To the West Wind, on the Delatour label. A
disc containing Schubert's B-flat Sonata and
Moments Musicaux has also
been issued on Delatour. Two more works Ms. Brenet wrote for Mr. Bhimani were
issued in 2014 on a disc entitled
Le Visionnaire, released by Musik
Fabrik, which has also released a recording of late solo works by Brahms. All
these recordings are available on iTunes, Amazon, and numerous other sites. Mr.
Bhimani performs with Syrinx : XXII, a group he formed with musicians from
Portugal. Frequently sought after as a teacher and pedagogue, Mr. Bhimani's
students have earned numerous prizes and have been heard in performance at
Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and other venues in New York
and across the United States. He is a frequent judge and lecturer on piano
pedagogy and serves on the board of The Leschetizky Association. His teachers
include John Steele Ritter, Peter Hewitt, Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, Claude
Frank, and Seymour Bernstein.
Guest Faculty past and present
Edmund Arkus has performed for many years in the United States, Japan and England to high
critical acclaim. He has been presented in solo recitals, as soloist with orchestras, and he has
collaborated in many chamber music concerts and sonata recitals. Mr. Arkus performed on radio in
New York on WNYC, WFUV, WQXR, as well as live performances over National Public Radio from
Washington DC, the BBC radio in England, and NHK-TV in Japan. He has collaborated regularly with
Keisuke Wakao, Assistant Principal Oboist of the Boston Symphony, and with other members of the
Boston Symphony, and with members of the NHK Orchestra (Tokyo), Berlin Philharmonic and Orchestre
de Paris. Edmund Arkus first studied the piano with his mother, Helena Arkus. He then worked with
pianist Leopold Mittman. Later, Mr. Arkus entered The Juilliard School in New York, where he
studied with the distinguished teacher Rosina Lhévinne, and received both a bachelor's and master's
degree in music. Mr. Arkus then completed his piano studies with Wolfgang Rosé, nephew of Gustav
Mahler. Edmund Arkus teaches privately and at the Third Street Music School Settlement in
Manhattan. He has presented numerous master classes in New York, and in Ogaki, Tokyo and Nagoya,
Japan.
John Bloomfield is a Kentucky native and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Furman University. He
earned a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music, since which he has been a long-term
student of Dorothy Taubman and Edna Golandsky. He has taught at Adelphi University and in the
pre-college division of the Manhattan School of Music. In demand as a clinician around the country,
he has been a featured presenter at many festivals and workshops. He maintains a private studio in
New York City. In 2003 he co-founded The Golandsky Institute with colleagues to bring high-level
training in the Taubman Approach to the music community. This Approach has proven to be highly
effective in the resolution of technical limitations and playing-related injuries. The aim of the
Institute is to provide musicians with a foundation that allows for full artistic expression and
the development of technical ease and freedom. He serves as one of the Institute's senior directors
and as its faculty chair.
Joe Bubenas is an Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science at Hofstra
University and a faculty member at the CUNY. He is Board Certified in Biofeedback
and Stress Management and instructs CPR to healthcare professionals. Joe holds a
black belt in Karate and has taught Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Kung for over 30
years. He is also a member of the New England Masters Swim Club.
Pianist Rosemary Caviglia is committed to the performance of American Music and has
premiered several new works. As a doctoral student at NYU, she became particularly fascinated with
piano music by Leo Kraft. Her dissertation, The Solo Piano Music of Leo Kraft (1996),
involved performances of his works which resulted in a new set of Piano Preludes written for her.
Ms. Caviglia received her doctorate from New York University and completed her Master of Music
degree at the Manhattan School of Music. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she earned her
Bachelor of Music degree at San Jose State University where she was a student of Aiko Onishi. She
has appeared as soloist with the Palo Alto Symphony and the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra. In 2000
she made her solo recital debut at Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Caviglia teaches piano and chamber music
at the Third Street Music School Settlement in New York City where she serves as Piano Department
Chairperson. She has recorded with clarinetist Esther Lamneck works by Leo Kraft on Capstone
Records (CPS-8641 and CPS 8649).
Caroline Copeland, Associate Director of
The New York Baroque Dance Company (NYBDC
Northeast Region) has been described as a "dance-provocateur" by the
Courier-Journal and "sublime" by the
Wall Street Journal. In
1996, she joined the NYBDC and has performed throughout the US and Europe,
including the Drottningholm Theater, the International Händelfestspiele
Göttingen, Danspace at St. Mark’s Theater, the Guggenheim Museum, and at
Potsdam Sanssouci. Caroline is also a featured performer and choreographer
with the Grammy-award winning Boston Early Music festival. As a solo performer,
Caroline has collaborated with numerous early music groups including Cantata
Profana, Juilliard415, Quicksilver, The Four Nations Ensemble, Brooklyn
Baroque, The New Dutch Academy, Bourbon Baroque, and the New York Consort of
Viols and her choreography has been presented at Alice Tully Hall, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Public Theatre, and the Phillipzaal in The
Hague. Caroline teaches master classes in historical dance across the country.
Some of her presentations include appearances at ACJW-Carnegie Hall, NYU
Gallatin, Rutgers, Cornell, Yale, and Vassar. She earned a MFA in Dance from
Sarah Lawrence College and is an Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University where
she enjoys teaching dance history and classical ballet from a historically
informed perspective.
Stanley Dorn is an adjunct associate professor of music at Mannes College the
New School for Music, and Stern College of Yeshiva University. He received his
BA in Music from New York University, where he studied with David Chaitkin,
Edward Murray, and Brian Feneley. His post graduate studies were at Mannes
College, where he studied with Carl Schachter, Robert Cuckson, L. Poundie
Burstein, and David Loeb. His early professional training was in classical
guitar, and he is currently studying the viola da gamba. Stanley is the Chair
of the Techniques of Music department in the Extension Division at Mannes
College, where he has taught for over 40 years. His expertise in music theory
and ear training is much sought after.
David Dubal is internationally
known as a pianist, teacher, writer, and broadcaster. An acknowledged authority on the piano
literature, Mr. Dubal’s books.
The Art of the Piano,
Evenings with Horowitz,
Reflections from the Keyboard, and
Conversations with Menuhin are highly acclaimed.
Recipient of the first ASCAP Deems Taylor award for broadcast journalism, David Dubal has won
numerous awards including the coveted George Foster Peabody award. He has been on the faculty of
the Juilliard School since 1983 and the Manhattan School of Music since 1995. At Juilliard, his
series
The World of the Piano is one of the most popular classes in the Evening Division.
David Dubal has conducted master classes worldwide and has judged many international competitions.
Currently Mr. Dubal is heard every Wednesday night at 10:00PM on WQXR in his program:
Reflections From The Keyboard, The Piano in Comparative Performance. His new book,
The
Essential Canon of Classical Music, was recently published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In
May, 2006, Mr. Dubal received an honorary Doctor of Music from The State University of New York.
A music archaeologist,
Allan Evans began his studies with Rev. Gary
Davis. He created
Arbiter of Cultural Traditions,
published many CDs and teaches music history and interpretation at Mannes/The
New School University. Evans is co-founder of the
Scuola Italiana del
Greenwich Village and has written on cuisine.
Anne Farber is Director of the Dalcroze School of Music at the Lucy Moses School in New York
City, offering classes for adults and children, as well as Dalcroze teacher training. She teaches
at the Special Music School of America, a public school in New York City for musically gifted
children. In addition, Anne maintains a private piano studio and serves on the summer faculty of
the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. She has a B.A. in Comparative Literature, University of
Wisconsin, Dalcroze Certificate and License from the Dalcroze School in New York City under Hilda
Schuster, and the Diplome Superieur from the Dalcroze Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. As an
active clinician Anne presents workshops throughout the United States, Europe and Japan in Dalcroze
studies: Eurhythmics, Solfege, Improvisation and Pedagogy. She has performed two-piano
improvisation recitals with colleagues Lisa Parker and Joy Kane. Her articles have appeared in
The American Dalcroze Journal, Music Educators Journal, Keyboard Companion,
National Music Council Newsletter, The Bennington Review, and Dissent.
Soprano Helen Gabrielsen is a performer of art songs, chamber works and new music. This
past season she premiered song cycles set to texts by e.e. cummings by New York composers Daniel
Temkin and Steve Aprahamian and a pocket opera for two sopranos entitled All Three Acts of a Sad
Play Performed Entirely in Bed, composed by her husband Dag Gabrielsen and set to text by poet
Julie Larios. Helen most recently sang the role of The Serpent at Theatre 80 St. Marks in a
production of Orfeo, Eurydice and The Serpent, a new satirical chamber opera based on the
Orpheus myth that combines scores by multiple composers including Monteverdi, Rossi, Sartorio,
Telemann, Gluck, Milhaud and Offenbach. In 2008 she premiered a pierrot chamber version of
Second Childhood with Helix New Music Ensemble and gave a recital of American Songs at the
Renee Weiler Concert Hall. She made her Weill Auditorium Carnegie Hall debut performing Tosti songs
arranged for guitar and clarinet and her Messiah debut with New York State Baroque Orchestra at St.
Paul’s Cathedral in Buffalo. Helen has performed with New England Light Opera, St. Luke’s Chamber
Orchestra Outreach Program, Amalfi Coast Music Festival, New York Opera Forum, One World Symphony,
Broadmoor Chamber Singers, Harbor Choral Arts, Chamber Chorale of Fredericksburg and The Chromatic
Club of Boston. She studied acting with Ann Baltz and Gloria Parker and voice with Mary O'Connell,
Penelope Bitzas, Norma Newton and Richard Slade. Helen is on faculty as the music specialist at the
Hamilton Park Montessori School.
A certified teacher of Brain Gym since 1991, Connie Green teaches Brain Gym 101,
lectures, presents in-services for schools, cruise ships, hospitals and community organizations as
well as one-on-one consultations. A soprano with the famed Metropolitan Opera Chorus, her career
has also included many supporting roles with the company. She has toured Japan, Spain and Germany
with the Met, performing in productions aired over international television and radio. She is on
the faculty of her Alma Mater, Mannes College of Music, where she has taught Brain Gym for
Musicians. For over a decade she has been collaborating with the Performing Arts Library
producer to create and perform programs for their series. The amazing technology of Brain Gym has
been the foundation for Ms. Green's ability to ground her creativity and direct her own energy.
Musicologist L. Michael Griffel is chairperson of the music history department at The
Juilliard School, where he has taught since 1997. He is also professor emeritus of music at Hunter
College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. At Hunter, he taught music
history from 1970 until 2005, and he served at various times as chair of the music department,
co-chair of the Thomas Hunter Honors Program, associate dean of the School of Arts and Sciences,
and acting associate provost. He taught for many years in the doctoral program in music at the CUNY
Graduate School and at The Mannes College of Music. Dr. Griffel earned his B.A. in music theory at
Yale, his M.S. in piano under Rosina Lhevinne and Martin Canin at Juilliard, and his M.A. in the
theory of music and Ph.D. in historical musicology at Columbia. Dr. Griffel specializes in the
music of the Romantic period, with emphasis on Franz Schubert. He has published chapters in The
Cambridge Companion to Schubert, The Schirmer History of Music, and Scholars Who
Teach, and articles and reviews in such journals as The Musical Quarterly, Music
Library Association Notes, The Beethoven Journal, Current Musicology, Journal
of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and The New Leader. He has been an invited guest
speaker for such groups as the Music Theory Society of New York State, the Music Division of the
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the New York Chapter of the American
Musicological Society. He is currently working on a book on Schubert’s late symphonies. Dr. Griffel
is a board member of the Schubert Society of the USA and served as vice-president of the New York
Chapter of the American Beethoven Society.
Mimi Y. Hsu is a Certified Dalcroze Eurhythmics Instructor on the Faculties of
Hoff-Barthelson, CPSM Queens College, and Greenwich House Music School. A native of Tainan, Taiwan,
she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in voice performance with a minor in piano at the Chinese
Cultural University in Taipei, followed by studies to Dalcroze certification at The New York
Dalcroze School, and the License Program at The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. Mimi taught
Dalcroze Eurhythmics at The Central Conservatory of Beijing, China, summer 2004. In summer 2005 she
introduced the Mind-Body Studies in Performing Arts Festival at Greenwich House Music
School—a multi-disciplinary program combining Dalcroze, Feldenkrais, European Mask/Clown/Movement
and Multi-Arts Performance. She is president of Tri-State Chapter, Dalcroze Society of America.
Donald Isler is a classical pianist, piano teacher, and recording artist
who is active in Westchester County and New York City. His CD's have appeared
numerous times on the David Dubal’s WQXR radio program
Reflections From the
Keyboard as well as his WWFM radio program
The Piano Matters. He has
given a presentation on the music of Artur Schnabel at the International
Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College, written the Preface for the
new edition of the Dance Suite of Schnabel, and been interviewed on the blog,
New York Pianist. Also, he is the founder of
KASP Records, which has produced CD's
which include his performances of music by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and
Brahms, plus little known but important works of Ludwig Spohr (1784-1859) and
Artur Schnabel (1882-1951). Donald Isler has served on the juries of various
competitions, such as the Pre-College Concerto Competition at the Juilliard
School, and on the Bruce Hungerford Memorial Award panel at the Young Concert
Artists auditions. He received the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from
the Manhattan School of Music, and attended pedagogy courses at the
Diller-Quaile School in New York, as well as the summer seminar in piano
technique at the Taubman Institute in Massachusetts. His teachers were three
wonderful ensemble artists, Sina Berlinski, Artur Balsam and Eleanor Hancock,
and five pianists with major solo and recording careers: Bruce Hungerford,
Constance Keene, Robert Goldsand, Lilian Kallir, and Zenon Fishbein. He
teaches privately and at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY, and also writes
concert reviews.
Birgit Matzerath holds a degree in piano and a teaching degree in High School for Music and
English, from Hochschule für Musik, Köln, and the University of Cologne in Germany. Her
teachers have included Oxana Yablonskaya and Seymour Bernstein. For more than 20 years she taught
piano and chamber music and performed solo and collaborative recitals in Germany. In 2002, she
joined the faculty of the Concord Community Music School in New Hampshire. Since that time she has
performed Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I in the United States and Germany. In addition to
teaching and performing, Ms. Matzerath has done extensive research in music education. Her articles
have appeared in the music education magazine Üben und Musizieren in Germany, and in
Keyboard Companion and Clavier Magazine in the United States. She initiated and
organized chamber music camps for music school students in Köln, Germany and St. Petersburg,
Russia. She frequently serves as adjudicator for competitions in this country and abroad.
Described by
The New York Times as an "astonishingly good pianist",
Tatjana Rankovich is committed to continuously
expanding the boundaries of the traditional repertoire. She is the first pianist ever to play the
First, Second and Third Piano Concertos of Nicolas Flagello, recording them with the National
Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Slovak Philharmonic, which were released to unanimous praise
and chosen for one of the five "best of the year" recordings in 1996 and again in 1999, by
Fanfare magazine. Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Ms. Rankovich has performed throughout the USA,
Canada, Europe, Central and South America and as a guest soloist with many orchestras worldwide.
Ms. Rankovich holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Juilliard School. As a recipient of the
Fulbright Grant, Ms. Rankovich appeared as a Cultural Ambassador in recitals throughout Serbia and
Montenegro. She has recorded several highly acclaimed discs for Phoenix USA, Naxos, Albany, Artek,
Dezil, Citadel, and most recently, a highly praised 3-disk set of live recordings for IBox Records.
In 2008, Tatjana Rankovich was one of the recipients of the prestigious State Award, "Golden
Badge", which is awarded annually by the Serbian Ministry of Diaspora in Belgrade, Serbia. In
addition to her career as a pianist, she is a music therapist and an affiliate with Performance
Wellness, Inc., specializing in working with professional musicians and performers, using a
clinically proven approach to diagnosing and treating performance related disorders, such as acute
performance anxiety, mind-body injuries/illnesses and addictions. Ms. Rankovich is presently on the
piano faculty in the Preparatory Division at the Mannes College of Music.
Jimmy Roberts composed the music for I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now
Change, second longest-running Off Broadway musical in New York theater
history after The Fantasticks. Written with playwright Joe DiPietro,
I Love You received both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle
nominations as Best Musical when it opened in 1996. It has since played in all
fifty states as well as over 25 countries around the world. Mr. Roberts also
composed The Thing About Men (2003, New York Outer Critics Circle award
for Best Musical). His latest show, All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go,
directed by Hannah Ryan, Resident Director of Hamilton, will be presented at an
exciting reading for the Broadway community this September. His children’s
musical, The Velveteen Rabbit, toured the United States for well over a
decade. Among his recent compositions is a commissioned work: The Heart of
the Matter, words by noted poet Dana Gioia (Guggenheim Museum). Another
fascinating new musical, Rex and Lilli and The Master, about the lives
and careers of Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, and Noel Coward, and written with
Rex Harrison's son, playwright Carey Harrison, is also in preparation. Jimmy
Roberts is a sought-after performer and vocalist, delighting audiences with his
wit and special way with a song. His entertaining programs feature unique
mixtures of classical and popular music (i.e. Sondheim and Bach, Vivaldi and
The Beatles), along with large helpings of Gershwin and Broadway. Recent
engagements include: Merkin Concert Hall, the Time Warner Center, Steinway
Hall, St. Peter’s Church, the National Arts Club, and the Off Centre Music
Salon (Toronto). He is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where he
studied with the legendary pianist, Constance Keene.
Cynthia
Shaw received her Master's of Music in Piano Performance from the
Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Dr. Solomon Mikowsky. Other
piano teachers include Dora Zaslovsky, Philip Evans and Francisco Aybar. In New
York she has worked as a musical director, choral conductor, choral singer,
piano accompanist and teacher. She has musical directed Off-Broadway, in
regional theatres and was musical director of the New York Christmas Revels at
Symphony Space, with whom she was also featured on
A Prairie Home Companion
with Garrison Keillor at Town Hall and on NPR Radio. As a choral singer, she
sang The New York Philharmonic's premiere of John Adams'
On The Transmigration
Of Soulsi, which won three Grammy Awards and she sang with Paul McCartney at
Carnegie Hall. She currently sings in the professional chorus of Dr. David
Hurd at St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square. She plays piano for Jewish
services and for several years has been the pianist for high holiday services
at both Temple Emanuel and Temple Israel on the upper east side. She is an
English Country Dance pianist with CD*NY and for the second summer will be
pianist and voice teacher at Early Music Week at CDSS' Pinewoods Camp. She
also works as a film and theatre actor and is currently writing a one-woman
show about her first year in New York as a young classical pianist. She lives
in Park Slope, Brooklyn with her husband, David Simonoff, where she teaches
adult piano lessons.
Monica Verona, pianist, taught at Northern Illinois University-DeKalb
where she assisted pianist Naomi Zaslav teaching piano and chamber music in
the undergraduate and graduate programs. She served as Adjunct Professor of
Piano at the Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts for
15 years and joined the piano faculty at the Bloomingdale School of Music in
1999 where she maintains a full roster of students. In 2005, she became one of
Bloomingdale’s Resident Teaching Artists and has since performed each year in
solo and ensemble concerts as well as participating in the yearly “Piano
Project Concerts” in one full day of four recitals that focus on a particular
theme. In addition to her full-time work as a piano teacher and performer, in
1998, Ms. Verona became president of the
New York City Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon
– America’s oldest co-ed music fraternity. Ms. Verona has appeared as soloist
and keyboard collaborator at the Salzburg International Music Festival,
Ravinia Festival, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Steinway Hall, Nicholas Roerich
Museum, Goethe Institute, Tenri Cultural Institute, the American Landmark
Festival Series, Brooklyn College, Villa Terrace Museum, Charles Allis Art
Museum, Donnell Library Series, the MacDowell Club Series, and with members of
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She holds a B.A. Degree in Art History
(focusing on Baroque Painting and Sculpture and African and Pre-Columbian art)
and Italian Language and Literature from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee; a Performer’s Certificate Degree from Northern Illinois
University; and a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the
Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Naomi Zaslav, Ada
Kopetz-Korf, and Karl Ulrich Schnabel.
Jessica Wolf is a certified
teacher of The Alexander Technique and a member of the American Society for the Alexander
Technique. Jessica trained at The American Center for the Alexander Technique and continued her
studies in London. She has maintained a private practice in New York City since 1977. For over 25
years, Jessica has been exploring and conducting research in respiratory function and breath. In
2002, Jessica became the founder and director of the first post graduate training program for
Alexander teachers in
The Art of Breathing.