Music Spectrum School for the Arts 465 Herndon Pkwy., Herndon, VA 20170
(703) 582-7430 email: MusicSpectrumSchool@gmail.com
Regular Office Hours: 3:30-8:30pm Monday-Friday; 10am-2pm Sat. (Note: lesson hours are longer)
Note: The Music Spectrum School office is closed due to COVID-19. Please email rather than calling or stopping by. All lessons and classes are temporarily moving online. Most teachers have some openings for online lessons.
Located 1 mile west of Reston Towncenter, 2nd Floor of the H.K. Lee TaeKwonDo building
Private Lesson Faculty
$41 for 30-minutes; $59 for 45-minutes; $72 per hour
Senior Teaching Artist rates: (instructors with advanced degrees in music and/or extensive teaching experience)
$48 for 30-minutes; $70 for 45-minutes; $84 per hour (these teachers have a * next to their name)
KENNY BAIK * (saxophone, clarinet) is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in the studio of renowned saxophonist Gary Louie. His teachers have included Sgt. 1st Class Doug Earlenbaugh, Dr. Kenneth Fischer, Dr. Joseph Wytko, and Dr. Connie Frigo. Mr. Baik holds a Masters Degree in Performance from the Peabody Institute; he earned his Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Georgia. Mr. Baik is a founding member of the L'abri Trio, who has been gaining recognition for his beautiful tone and "sensibility with unfailing musicality" (Korea Daily). Through his musicianship and passion for music, he aims to bring saxophone music to as wide an audience as possible. He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States, Russia, and Asia. He has performed at such distinguished American venues as the Mansion at Strathmore, Johns Hopkins University's Shriver Hall, the Peabody Institute's Griswold Hall, Friedberg Hall, and Goodwin Hall, as well as appearances abroad in Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Yamaha Artists Concert, and Lotte Hall in South Korea. He frequently performs across the country with orchestras and ensembles including the Symphony Song Orchestra, the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and Seoul Peabody Alumni Orchestra. From 2004-2007, as a member of the Marine Corps Band in Quantico, Virginia, he performed more than 150 concerts per year. Major performances include the 2007 Super Bowl XLI, the Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington, DC, the Columbus Day Parade in New York City, and "Hail to the Chief" for President George W. Bush.
GINA CHOE * (violincello) has been a member of the Washington Chamber Orchestra since 2014 and has also performed locally with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra and the Apollo Orchestra. She is currently a cello instructor at the British International School of Washington, DC. Most recently, she served as a professor of the 2019 Panama CelloFest, in collaboration with the National University of Panama (Panama City, Panama). Ms. Choe obtained her Master of Music degree in cello performance from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) after receiving her bachelor's degree on full scholarship from James Madison University. She also finished a non-degree performance program at Southern Methodist University and pursued the Doctor of Musical Arts in cello performance as a full tuition-waiver scholarship recipient at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign under the supervision of Dmitry Kouzov. Her other mentors include Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Indiana University-Bloomington), Andres Diaz (Southern Methodist University), Carl Donakowski (James Madison University), Sharon Robinson, Emilio Colon, Eric Kim, and Glen Garlick. She has also participated in master classes of Janos Starker, Mischa Maisky, Tim Eddie, Gary Hoffman, Zuill Bailey, Aldo Parisot and Helga Winolds. Ms. Choe grew up in both South Korea and the US in Northern Virginia. As a young musician, she performed in the All Virginia State Orchestra and was a youth fellow associate of the National Symphony Orchestra, among many other special recognitions. She is particularly known in this area for her love of serving the community and has performed in many voluntary settings such as retirement communities and local churches.
KELLEY DAUBERMAN (Piano Express and Harmony Road keyboard classes) taught the Piano Express curriculum at the founding school of Piano Express for two years before bringing it to Music Spectrum in January 2018. She is also fully certified in the Harmony Road curriculum. She graduated with honors from Eastern Mennonite University with a bachelors degree in music education. Currently, Ms. Dauberman has returned to Shenandoah University as a student in the Masters of Science in Administration Education program. She has been a music teacher for Fairfax County Public schools for the past five years teaching general music and 5th and 6th grade chorus. Kelley’s experience includes directing an annual 6th grade musical that includes all 6th grade students at her school. She is also the 2018 and 2019 6th Grade All County Choral Festival Co-chair for Fairfax County. The festival includes nearly 950 6th grade students who spend a weekend singing with a clinician. In addition to teaching, Ms. Dauberman enjoys her Sundays playing keys on a contemporary worship team at her church as well as volunteering to serve as music director to the team at Metro Church’s Fairfax location. She has played contemporary worship music regularly on a team since 2005.
DR. LAURIE HUDICEK (piano) * has both Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music degrees from The University of Maryland, as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Her teachers include Frances Cheng-Koors, Brian Ganz, Eliza Garth, and Bradford Gowen. Dr. Hudicek has also been on the piano faculty at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Levine School of Music in Washington D.C. where she held the positions of Associate Piano Department Chair and Suzuki Piano Department Chair She has received grants from both the Levine School of Music and Jordan Kitts Music, and has written reviews of contemporary music concerts and recordings for The New Music Connoisseur and 21st Century Music. Dr Hudicek is recognized as the first recipient of theNew Music Connoisseur’s Young Music Critics Apprenticeship Program Award. As a performer, Dr. Hudicek focuses on the performance of 20th- and 21st-Century Music, especially the works of American composers. Her performances have been regarded as “engaging” and “remarkable for thoughtfulness and expression” (21st Century Music), and she has also been described as a “vivid” and “virtuoso” performer (The Washington Post). With her work in contemporary music, she has won several awards including a top prize in the Crane Festival of New Music National Solo Performers Competition (1995), and was a fellow at the Annual Institute for Contemporary Music Performance in Buffalo, NY (1995). Dr. Hudicek has premiered works by Dary John Mizelle, Sean Hickey, Francis McKay, and Steve Antosca. Dr. Hudicek has performed recitals of contemporary music at The S. Dillon Ripley Center and the Carmichael Auditorium at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.), the Loewe Theater (NYU), The Brooklyn Conservatory, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, The Lyceum, and various other venues. She has performed with VERGE ensemble at the 3rd Practice Festival in Richmond and at the LiveWire Festival in Baltimore, with the National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble, 21st Century Consort, and was a featured pianist on the Steinway Concert Series at the Smithsonian. Dr. Hudicek can be heard on the Furious Artisans label. Her debut recording of George Crumb’s Makroksomos volumes I and II, hailed by 21st Century Music as a “brilliant, commanding, and virtuosic new recording,” has been highly praised by the composer as “superb” and “effectively and sensitively interpreted.” Her recording was also featured on National Public Radio’s Composer’s Datebook.
MOSES KAMAI (ukulele), a native Hawaiian, runs the Northern Virginia Ukulele Society (NVUS) and is the Music Director of the Northern Virginia Ukulele Ensemble. Mr. Kamai is certified to teach the Ukulele in the Classroom (UITC) methods Levels 1, 2, & 3 as part of the James Hill Ukulele Initiative (JHUI) programs (https://www.ukuleleintheclassroom.com/). UITC certification is recognized internationally, since James Hill has established one of the most sound and respected certification processes. Students learn to play the ukulele in bite-sized chunks targeted to their ability level, gaining an understanding of melody, chords, and eventually harmony, enabling them to play a wide wide variety of music genres. Mr. Kamai is influenced by Master Ukulele players like Herb Ohta Jr., James Hill, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Daniel Ho, Ohta-San, and Peter Luongo. Continuously improving his own musicianship, Mr. Kamai is a member of the Luongo Ukulele Experience (LUE) Ensemble (https://luongoukulele.com/ensemble-project/). The LUE Ensemble is led by the renowned Peter Luongo. With the LUE Ensemble, Mr. Kamai has performed across the US, including California, Nevada and Hawaii. In addition to his teaching at Music Spectrum and the NVUS, he has also taught at NOVA Music Center, the Seattle Ukulele Players Association (SUPA), Tacoma Washington Ukulele Festival, and the Milwaukee Ukulele Festival, among other venues.
ANNA KONG (violin) obtained
her Master of Music degree in violin at the Peabody conservatory of The Johns
Hopkins University, under the tutelage of Herbert Greenberg. As a native of
Northern Virginia, she received a Bachelor of Music degree with honors in
violin performance at George Mason University where she served as
concertmaster of the Mason Symphony Orchestra. Previously she had earned the
position of associate concertmaster in both the regional and all state
orchestras. She was also a two-time recipient of the NSOA award and, in
her four years of high school, served as concertmaster of the chamber and
symphony orchestras. She has played with the American Festival Pops Orchestra,
McLean Orchestra, Arlington Philharmonic, and is a seasoned pit musician. As a
teacher, she has taught at Potomac Arts Academy and Vienna Summer Strings.
Previous principle teachers include Julia Sun and NSO violinists Peter
Haase and Jennifer Kim. She has participated in master classes for Charles
Castleman, Ricardo Cyncynates, Elizabeth Pitcairn; she has also
taken lessons with Zino Bogachek, Oleg Rylatko, Jessica Fan, William
Preucil, and Paul Arnold. She has also attended the Castleman Quartet
Program 2013, Summit Music Festival 2015, and the National Orchestral Institute
in Summer 2016, where she had the privilege of playing under the baton of
Minnesota Orchestra director OsmoVänskä. In 2017 she had the opportunity to
play with the Prague Summer Nights Festival Orchestra in the Czech Republic and
Austria.
ANICA HEEYUN LEE (voice, piano) graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a double major, achieving Bachelors of Music in both Voice Performance and Music Education. While attending Eastman, she attained broad experience teaching in many Rochester area schools from Preschool through Elementary School, Middle School and High School. She was also a Secondary Vocal Teacher at Eastman, providing weekly voice lessons to vocal performance undergraduate students. At Eastman, Ms. Lee performed featured roles in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Montiverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea. She also sang in the Eastman Chorale, Repertoire Singers and Women’s Chorus. She has performed onstage at the Eastman Theatre and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Ms. Lee is a native of Northern Virginia. Before attending Eastman, she attended Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, where she served as the Student Music Director of the Concert Choir and Women’s Choir. She also attended and was a soloist at the Virginia Governor’s School at Radford University. Ms. Lee has been teaching private lessons in Ashburn and Rochester since 2011.
ALICIA MALONEY (oboe) is an accomplished oboist and oboe teacher who recently relocated from Massachusetts. She was a recipient of the Theodore Presser Scholarship at Boston University, where she earned a Masters degree in Music Education and Bachelors degree in Oboe Performance. Ms. Maloney has been teaching oboe since 2007, serving several years on faculty with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras and community music schools in the Boston metro area. With the Music Education Development Agency, she taught and performed at the Escuela Municipal de Bellas Artes in Veracruz, Mexico, and the Bi-National Youth Orchestra of Haiti and the Dominican Republic from 2012-2013. She formerly held positions with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra and the Boston-based chamber ensemble, Symphony Nova. Her other recent engagements include performances with the San Antonio Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony, and the Vermont Mozart Festival, among others. As a chamber musician, she has performed in recital series through New England and at the Fischoff, Plowman, and Astral Artists Competitions. Her playing is featured on the 2018 Navona Records album, Gentle Winds.
INESSA MIR-ALIYEVA * (piano) is a successful award-winning music professional with over 30 years of experience in performing live, accompanying various musical groups and teaching students of all ages. She obtained her Master Of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the State Conservatory, Baku, Soviet Union/Azerbaijan, and her Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the Baku Music College in the former Soviet Union, where she also took classes in Organ. For more than a decade, she was a leading piano teacher at a school in the former Soviet Union under the patronage of former director and conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich. After her arrival in the United States she taught at the Performing Arts Instutute of Virginia in Blacksburg for seven years before relocating to Northern Virginia in 2015.
DEBORAH MORRIS * (piano, flute) has a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from Catholic University and a Bachelor of Music Degree from Bowling Green State University as a Piano Major/Flute Minor. She studied with William Masselos (Juilliard), Nelita True (Maryland/Eastman), Bela Nagy (Catholic University/Boston Conservatory), Dr. Thomas Mastrioanni (Catholic University), and Virginia Marks (Bowling Green State). Faculty positions include Piano Instructor and Accompanist at The Madeira School in McLean, VA for 21 years (flute instructor for five of those years) and Piano Instructor at the Wolf Trap Foundation. Additionally, Mrs. Morris served as flute choir conductor at Bishop O'Connell High School, Piano Instructor at Bowling Green State University Creative Arts Program and the Arlington Class Piano Association. She has performed extensively throughout the Washington metropolitan area as soloist and accompanist in concert including Wolf Trap for the Performing Arts, the Corcoran Arts Gallery, The Lyceum, Kennedy Center Foyer Concerts, George Washington University and George Mason University. She was also accompanist for the Navy and Air Force Chamber Players for several years. Membership in professional music organizations include The Friday Morning Music Club of Washington, Music Teachers National Association, and Associated Board of the Royal School of Music. A native of Alexandria, VA, she currently resides in Reston, Virginia with her husband and daughter.
DR. ASLI GÜLTEKIN ÖZEK * (viola, violin) was born in Ankara, Turkey. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Bilkent University and her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in viola performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). At UIUC, she studied with Rudolf Haken and Masumi Per Rostad, the violist of the Grammy-winning Pacifica Quartet. She has been an active participant in master classes and music and orchestra festivals in Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and China. She also performed in master classes of the Kronos Quartet and Avalon Quartet as part of her graduate quartet assistantship, and in master classes of Jerzy Kosmala, Csaba Erdelyi, and Ivo-Jan van der Werff at UIUC. She has given solo recitals and chamber concerts in Turkey and the United States. She is the recipient of the Chip Davis Mannheim Steamroller Orchestra Award in 2007 and was the finalist of the Coeur D’Alene Young Artist Concert Competition in 2008. Dr. Özek has been living, teaching and performing in the VA-MD-DC area since 2010.
ERIC ULREICH * (guitar) has been teaching guitar for 40 years. His performing and teaching experience has made Eric one of the most sought-after contemporary guitar instructors in the Washington D.C. Metro area. With his attention to detail and depth of knowledge of all styles of playing Eric has prepared students for auditions, performances, competitions, and assessments. He has sent students to some of the major universities and colleges for music study as well as helped them achieve goals on stage. Even so, Eric also is at ease teaching beginning students, adults, and recreational players. Eric’s teaching philosophy is cultivating interest first. Then, adding aspects of fundamental musicianship skills. Eric teaches all levels and styles of guitar, including contemporary, jazz, rhythm and blues, and classical. He is also a registered Suzuki Guitar Instructor with the Suzuki Associations of the Americas. In addition to teaching guitar, he also teaches electric bass, song writing, theory, and rock band. He has been on the faculty at the Levine School of Music in DC for the past 20 years. In addition to teaching, Eric is an active performer. He has performed on stage with legendary artists including Glenn Leonard’s Temptations, Charlie Thomas and the Drifters, The Coasters and The Marvelettes among others. He currently performs with Baltimore-based Junkyard Saints as well as his own band The Eric Ulreich Trio.
KEVIN VAN HALL (guitar, bass, drumset), a Fairfax County Public Schools specialist in teaching fine arts, has a Bachelor of Arts from Florida Gulf Coast University, and is currently working towards a Masters in Education. He has over 15 years of experience teaching acoustic and electric guitar, and bass guitar, and is a protege of Robert Genito, author of Rapid Drum set improvement. For many years, Mr. VanHall was a professional studio/live drummer as well as a touring musician and band leader. He has opened for multiple well-known bands and was a featured artist at large concert events put on by major rock radio syndicates. His studio credits include an independent album release in 2008. Currently, Mr. Van Hall is most focused on teaching the next generation of musicians interested in guitar, bass, and drums.
DR. ANTOINETTE VELIKINA * (piano, Harmony Road music classes) has a Doctorate in Musical Arts in piano from the Catholic University of America, Master of Music in piano from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Music in piano from the State Academy of Music, Sofia Bulgaria, with additional studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum, Austria. A native of Bulgaria, Dr. Velikina has performed on concert stages around the US and Europe, including the Kennedy Center, Mozart Zaal (Salzburg, Austria), Tessaloniki Concert Hall (Greece), National Palace of Culture (Sofia, Bulgaria). She is a winner of the Catholic University Concerto Competition, and a recipient of numerous awards from Indiana University and Catholic University. Her professional affiliations include College Music Society, Music Teacher’s National Association and National Guild of Piano Teachers. As an educator and the mother of two young sons, Dr. Velikina loves to teach students of all ages and abilities. She has been teaching piano in the Washington, DC area since 2001 and has served as a faculty member at Catholic University.
AMANDA WYAND (VEST) * (voice, piano, Harmony Road music classes) holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Pepperdine University and a Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College. She is a two-time winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing—Los Angeles vocal competition and a semi-finalist in the Advanced Division of the 2015 NATS Eastern Region Conference Auditions. She graced stages in concert and opera performances in Europe and across the United States. Her opera roles include Zemfira (Aleko) and Gianetta (L’elisir d’amore.) In addition to being an accomplished singer, Ms. Wyand is an experienced violinist and pianist that has performed with festival orchestras, in guild auditions, and as an accompanist. Ms. Wyand believes the study of music is a holistic experience that combines physical awareness, theoretical knowledge, and guided intuition through performance and practice. Her teaching emphasizes mindful practice. She is an experienced and successful teacher of classical, crossover, and contemporary styles.
PRISCILLA YANG (piano, flute) has nearly thirty years of experience teaching piano and flute to students of all ages. She received her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Brooklyn College CUNY after receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in her native Taiwan. She also holds a Certificate of Graduate Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. Also, for the past thirty years, Ms. Yang has served as a professional pianist, music director and choir director at large churches in both Taiwan prior to 1993 and throughout the U.S. since 1993, specifically in New York City; Lafayette, Indiana and Cary, North Carolina.
