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Academy for Strings, Piano, and Woodwinds at Four Oaks |
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Faculty The violin, viola, cello, flute, bassoon, and piano/theory instructors at Four Oaks are highly qualified in their field. Please read on to learn more about our faculty's impressive educational and professional backgrounds.Violin,Viola, and Flute Susan Knapp Rust, violin and viola instructor, and founder of Four Oaks Music, earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Kent State University, and studied special education at the graduate level at Kent State and Edinboro Universities. Susan studied Suzuki Pedagogy at Capitol University in Columbus and the National Suzuki Institute at the University of Wisconsin. She was the founder of the Ashtabula Youth Orchestra, a twenty-four member string orchestra which was in residence at Kent State University, Ashtabula Campus. Ms. Knapp, who utilizes both Suzuki and Conventional methods with her students, also teaches violin at The Andrews-Osborne Academy in Willoughby, Ohio. She is a member of the Music and Drama Club of Lake County, and has been listed in the registry for "Women of Excellence" from the National Association of Professional and Executive Women. Ms. Knapp serves as Director of The Preludio and Intermezzo Ensembles and assists with The Four Oaks String Ensemble, which has performed at recitals, Art in the Park, a fund-raising event for Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, and nursing facilities in Northeast Ohio. Johanna Groh, cello Instructor, is currently pursuing a Master’s of music in cello performance at Cleveland State University, where she studies in the studio of Bryan Dumm, Cleveland Orchestra cellist. During her high school tenure in Lakewood, where she performed in numerous string ensembles, she studied under David Alan Harrell, also of the Cleveland Orchestra. Ms. Groh earned her Bachelor of Science in music from Eastern Michigan University, studying under Dr. Diane Winder. While in Michigan, she performed frequently with the Eastern Michigan University Symphony Orchestra, EMU Dance Studio, and the early music ensemble Collegium Musicum. Currently, Johanna is a member of the Rockport Quartet
Chien-Hui Haynes, pianist, bassoon performer, and music instructor, holds a diploma from Idyllwild Arts Academy, a Bachelor of Music degree from California State University, and a Masters of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Chien-Hui was recruited from Taiwan at the young age of twelve to further her music education in the United States. She has been teaching and performing since 1989, working with many well-known conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Mehli Mehta, John Williams, and Seiji Ozawa. From 2000-2006, she instructed piano, bassoon, recorder, and music theory at The Children's Creative Art Center in Granite Bay, California. Mrs. Haynes, who instructed music theory at The Cleveland Music Settlement, includes both solo material and theory in her private music lessons. She instructs recorder and theory in both private and group lessons for the Four Oaks Homeschoolers Program, as well as private piano lessons.
Visiting Conductor and Clinician
Ryan, who received his early training from Susan Knapp, was Director of Ensembles and taught piano at the Academy for Strings, Piano, and Woodwinds at Four Oaks from 2000 to 2005, where he continues to return as a guest conductor and clinician. A former Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Euclid Orchestra, Ryan has worked with such ensembles as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and the National Chorus of Wales. He is currently secretary of the international organization 'K12', an elite collection of some of the world's leading conductors who encourage international educational exchange and the promotion of young musicians throughout the Mr. Haskins resides in Baltimore where he is currently under the tutelage of master teacher Gustav Meier, Marin Alsop and Markand Thakar at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he holds an assistantship in orchestral conducting.
1042Mentor Avenue,Painesville,OH 44077~Tel: 440.352.2391 |
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