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REBECCA CARROLL, pianist. We are pleased to welcome back Ms. Carroll to the Indian Hill faculty! Rebecca teaches piano students of all ages with the objective of bringing out the joy of music, strengthening their creative abilities and promoting wellness. She has taught group piano classes, Kindermusik early childhood classes, directed choirs, coached voice and played bass viol in early music ensembles.
Rebecca is also a songwriter who is composing and arranging a musical score for a dramatic musical play. She is the owner of a sound healing business which uses vibrations and healing music to promote wellness (more information at www.JammingWithTheAngels.com). Rebecca has a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Eastern Nazarene College. Her principal teacher was Brady Millican. |
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FLYNN COHEN, Irish guitar. Mr. Cohen is the first addition to the expansion of our Irish Music Department. He has played all over the world with Irish accordion legend John Whelan, as well as numerous other acts in traditional music. He also performs with his own group Annalivia, and with fellow traditional guitarist Matt Heaton.
Flynn is presently on the music faculty at Keene State College, having also founded the Irish traditional music ensemble at Bridgewater State College. He received his B.A. from Dartington College of Arts, and an M.A. at Mills College. His guitar teachers include Steven Gordon, John Renbourn, Davey Graham, Paul Binkley and Scott Nygaard. Flynn is teaching on Thursdays at IHM. He is available for guitar, tenor banjo and mandolin instruction. |
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ANDREW ENG, violinist and violist, has garnered a versatile reputation playing such varied genres as Classical, Contemporary, Jazz, and Tango styles. Mr. Eng performs recitals and chamber music concerts across Canada and the United States. He is a frequent guest on the Lyrica Chamber Music series and Longy School of Music's Modern American Music Series. A.R.C.T. Violin Performance Honors with Distinction,
Royal Conservatory of Music; U.D., Performance & M.M. with Distinction, Modern American Music, Longy School of Music; Principal Teachers; Laura Bossert, Peter Cassino, & Terry King. Andrew is teaching on Tuesdays at IHM. |
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MONA RASHAD, violinist, has been a member of the Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra for 4 years. One of the founding violin teachers at the Conservatory Lab Charter School, Mona has had extensive teaching experience, including teaching posts at the Holyoke Public Schools, the Norwood Public Schools, and the Dana Hall Music School. She currently teaches violin in the Intensive Community program of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, and in the Prodigy Program in the Westwood Public Schools where she is also the Elementary Orchestra Director. Mona grew up in Houston as a Suzuki student and at the age of 13 was invited to Japan to participate in a Suzuki Festival and meet and play for Dr. Suzuki. She studied Violin Performance and Music Education at Rice University and the New England Conservatory where she was a student of Kenneth Goldsmith and James Buswell. A recipient of the John Cage Award for Outstanding Contribution to Contemporary Music Performance, Mona is an advocate for New Music and has performed works by John Zorn, Gyorgy Ligeti, Witold Lutoslawski, Giacinto Scelsi, David Shea, and Joe Maneri. Mona is teaching on Fridays and Saturdays at IHM. |
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ALEXANDER VAVILOV, violist, has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Boston Conservatory, and a Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory. His principal teachers are Patricia McCarty and Kim Kashkashian. He is principal viola of the Atlantic Symphony, and performs regularly with Boston Modern Orchestra Project and other area orchestras. As a chamber musician he collaborated with Borromeo String Quartet, as a winner of their NEC guest artist award, and with prominent musicians like Lynn Chang, Barbara Westphal, Ronald Leonard, James Buswell and Rhonda Rider. Summer festivals include Tanglewood, Sarasota and Meadowmount. Mr. Vavilov is also teaching at Winchester Community Music School and during the summer at Point Counterpoint Music Camp. Alexander is teaching on Wednesdays at IHM.
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MARK WHEELER, percussionist, holds a B.M. from the Eastman School of Music, and an M.M. from Boston University, College of Fine Arts. He is an active performer and educator in the Boston area. Principal teachers include Tim Genis, John Beck, and Jeff Fischer.
Wheeler has attended the Music Academy of the West summer festival in Santa Barbara, Tanglewood, and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. With the Verbier Festival Orchestra, he toured Europe, Asia, and Australia under Herbert Blomstedt. Wheeler has had the privilege of working with several great conductors, including James Levine, Daniele Gatti, and Paavo Järvi. Mark is teaching Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at IHM.
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ROB WOODIN, vocalist, has recently performed with Opera Providence, Opera Boston Underground, and with Boston Opera Collaborative in many fully staged operas, concerts and recitals. Rob has his Masters in Voice Performance from Boston University and his Bachelors from Drake University in Des Moines, IA.
In addition to teaching at Indian Hill Music, Rob is a private voice teacher at BB&N High School in Cambridge, Powers Music School in Belmont, and at the Music Academy of Chelmsford. Rob is teaching on Saturdays at IHM.
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