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SUMMER CAMP FACULTYPIANO
Dr. Robert Thomas (D.M., Indiana University in Bloomington, 1979), is Professor of Piano and head of the keyboard area at Miami University, teaching studio piano and piano literature. Following a debut solo recital in New York and two recitals broadcast on national radio from Chicago, he has toured Europe extensively including solo recitals in London, Manchester, York, Luxembourg, Baden-Baden, Stuttgart, and Salzburg. Dr. Thomas has premiered several works by living American composers, has been a judge at many piano competitions, and is listed in the 2006 and 2007 editions of Who's Who In America.
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Melinda’s teaching experience includes Kennedy Heights Art Center, after school art at Pleasant Ridge Montessori, student teaching at Walnut Hills high school, Sherwood Elementary, North Avondale Montessori, and Anderson high school. She has completed internships at the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Taft Museum of Art, Manifest Gallery and Prairie Gallery. This past year, she was part of a youth community photography program in conjunction with Happen Inc, Prairie Gallery and the Mill Creek Restoration Project. Melinda is an active artist who works in ceramics and photography. She shares a clay studio in Over the Rhine with her creative partners and currently resides in East Walnut Hills with her husband, dog and three cats. DANCE / THEATER
Amy Garcia,dance instructor for The Center for the Arts, teaches classes year-round in the Center's Ballet/Tap and Jazz/Hip-Hop program. Her classes see a very high rate of return as her students enjoy the encouragement and training she provides. The intensive week planned for this summer will help continuing students maintain and refine their talents, as new students are able to experience for the first time the excitement and energy of Mrs. Garcia's dance classes.
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Michael Chertock is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he earned his Masters of Music degree. He is also the pianist for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has garnered numerous awards at major competitions, among them the top prize in the 1989 Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition (Brahms Division) and the grand prize in the 1993 St. Charles International Piano Competition. 
Michelle Conda, Professor of Piano at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, earned her B. M. degree in piano performance from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. She went on to earn her M. M. degree in piano performance from Bowling Green State University, and her Ph.D. in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma.
Inna Terekhov (Piano Camp Director) has been a piano faculty member at The Center For The Arts, Wyoming since its inception. Educated in Russia, she received her Bachelor & Master degrees in Piano Pedagogy and a Master of Accompanying and Chamber Music Ensemble. She is an accomplished Piano teacher with a large and loyal studio of award winning students at The Center For The Arts, Wyoming, Northern Kentucky University and at home.
Sandra Rivers has concertized throughout the world and across the United States appearing at many prestigious venues such as Mostly Mozart Festival, Tanglewood and on the Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center. She has worked with such noted conductors as Arthur Fiedler, Jean Morel and Keith Lockhart and partners with many of the world's leading soloists including Itzhak Perlman, Kathleen Battle, and Joshua Bell. Ms. Rivers has been a member of the collaborative piano faculty of the College-Conservatory of Music since 1982.
Dr. Siok Lian Tan is Associate Professor of Piano at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. She teaches applied piano and piano pedagogy, and coordinates the class piano program at the Department of Music. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). A native of Penang, Malaysia, Tan went to Cincinnati in 1988 as a scholarship student of Frank Weinstock at CCM. She has been heard in live broadcasts on Cincinnati Public Radio Station WGUC and has appeared as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Miami University Symphony Orchestra. As an active pianist, Tan has performed in Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, and the United States. Her recent performances include solo and chamber music concerts in New York, Chicago, Luxembourg, Cologne, Cape Town, Hong Kong, and London. An active clinician and adjudicator, Tan has presented lectures at College-Music Society-Great Lakes Conference, Ohio Music Teachers State Conference, and the National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum. She has also presented master classes at University Sains Malaysia, Sedaya International University in Malaysia, Hong Kong Baptist University, and the University of Cape Town. She has articles published in Piano Pedagogy Forum and Clavier.
Atarah Jablonsky is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Ms. Jablonsky taught at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, College of Mt. St. Joseph and Edgecliffe College. She is currently retired but teaching privately. She is also a regular instructor for the annual Piano Summer Camps at The Center for the Arts, Wyoming.
Takako Hayase completed her doctorate in piano performance at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and her master's degree from the Eastman School of Music. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 after receiving intensive training at the preparatory division of Toho Gakuen of Music in Japan. She has performed internationally and throughout the US, including a 1998 appearance at Weill Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York City. Dr. Hayase is currently on the piano faculty at CMA, is coordinator of the Suzuki program at CCM Prep and co-founder of Cincinnati Piano Institute at CCM.
John Toedtman received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He has taught piano at the Toedtman School of Music since 1974 and adjudicated for many national and regional competitions and events. He recently performed a solo recital for the Lutheran Church of the Ascension Concert Series in Montgomery, performed twice with the Dayton Philharmonic and has presented recitals in the Midwest and Germany. 
Sheila Vail received her undergraduate/graduate degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. She is active in the OMTA serving on the Executive Board as the State Student Certificate Program Chair for the NMCP merit certificate program. She travels throughout Canada/US hearing exam candidates for both the RACE and RCME certificate programs. Mrs. Vail is the owner and managing director of the Indian Springs Academy of Music in West Chester.
Carolyn Miller (Composition) holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the College Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati where she studied with Mme. Olga Conus. She was chosen to perform the Grieg Piano Concerto and was inducted into Pi Kappa Lambda. She holds a Master of Education degree from Xavier University. Carolyn has taught piano to students of all ages for many years, both privately and in classroom situations. She has taught composition privately and at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center. She has given workshops and showcases throughout the United States and is often asked to adjudicate. Carolyn has conducted at ensemble concerts, piano camps, and festivals and has been commissioned to write music for these special events. She has composed music for over 35 books and about 100 solos and duets and is one of the leading pedagogical composers. Her music teaches technical skills, is fun to play, and has enormous appeal to both children and adults. Many of Carolyn’s compositions appear on contest lists. Regis Philbin has performed her “Rolling River” and “Fireflies” on national television. The Sportacular Warm Up series has been widely used by students both here and abroad. Carolyn loves being part of her church music program where she directs a large choir and plays piano for special services. She also loves to spend time with her family and especially her seven grandchildren for whom she has composed seven solos. Carolyn is listed in the Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Women.
Richard VanDyke received his Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where his principal teachers were Elizabeth Pridonoff, Richard Morris, Sandra Rivers (chamber music) and Cleveland Page (piano pedagogy). He maintains an active musical career as a teacher at the Cincinnati Music Academy, clinician and performer, and lecturer on music literature for advancing students.
Paul Frankenfeld (Chamber Music Camp Master Class), Associate Principal Violist, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, received B.A. in German Studies and Humanities, Stanford University, and finished Graduate Studies at the University of Southern California School of Music. Musician with the CSO since 1979. His HOBBY/PASTTIME is Swimming and bee-keeping.
Norman Johns (Chamber Music Camp Master Class) joined the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1975. In 2000, he was named assistant principal cellist. He has performed on more than 100 recordings with the CSO and Pops and has traveled the world touring with the orchestra. He is an adjunct faculty member of Xavier University's Music Department, a private music teacher, and is a faculty member of the School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) where he co-founded the Corbett Quartet in 1985. In 2005, Norman E. Johns was the recipient of the Post-Corbett Award Lifetime Achievement Award in Cincinnati. In addition, he has received numerous awards including the Donald Sowell Award from the Arts Consortium (1995), APPLAUSE Image Maker (1993) and recognition from the Black Male Coalition (1996). A native of Philadelphia, Johns played in its all-city orchestra and studied at the Settlement Music School. He earned his bachelor's degrees in music and music education from the Philadelphia Music Academy. After graduation, Johns taught as a strings specialist in the Philadelphia School System. At that time, he also won the prestigious string competition sponsored by the National Association of Negro Musicians in 1973, which led to his Carnegie Recital Hall debut. Johns also won a scholarship to study at the prestigious International Institute for Advanced Music Studies in Montreux, Switzerland.
Gabriel Pegis (Chamber Music Camp Master Class) joined the Cincinnati Symphony as a member of the second violin section in June of 1999, and in September of 2000 he was appointed to the Principal Second Violin Chair. Previously, Pegis was Assistant Principal Second Violin with the North Carolina Symphony. Other past positions include a violin faculty position at Western Illinois University and the Concertmaster position with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in Springfield, IL. In addition, Pegis has taught at numerous summer music festivals including the Sewanee Summer Music Center, The Music Festival of Arkansas and The Young Musical Artists Association in Lawrence, Kansas. Pegis has also appeared as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the North Carolina Symphony and the Illinois Symphony among others. As a violist, Pegis has appeared on both the Cincinnati Chamber Music series and the Linton Chamber Series, with members of the North Carolina Symphony and as a faculty member at Western Illinois University. In 1994 he was awarded a Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Illinois where he studied with Emmanuel Vardi. 
Tom Guth (String Camp Cooridnator) has been playing cello for over 30 years. He studied privately with Lee Fiser and Yehuda Hanani as well as had chamber music coaching with Henry Meyer, James Tocco, and The Tokyo String Quartet at the College- Conservatory of Music. Mr. Guth has been a private instructor at The Center for the Arts since 1996. Recently he developed a chamber group program within The Center's Suzuki String Program and he is a returning chamber coach/administrator for the Summer Orchestra and Summer Chamber Camp programs. He plays regularly with the Columbus Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, and is principal cellist for the Cincinnati Ballet. Mr. Guth can also be heard playing around town in the Cincinnati String Quartet, Adagio Trio, and Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra.
Alexandra Hiew (Chamber Music Camp Coordinator) received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she is currently working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a cognate in String Pedagogy. Her principal teachers include Won-Bin Yim, Kurt Sassmannshaus, Emin Tagiev and Mark Lakirovich. She has studied chamber music with the Tokyo String Quartet, American String Quartet, Amernet String Quartet, Peter Oundjian, James Tocco, Bill Grubb, Lee Fiser and Sandra Rivers. Previously a violin faculty member of the Music Preparatory department at Northern Kentucky University, Ms Hiew currently is co-founder and musical director of Covington Youth Strings in Kentucky and is on faculty at the Cincinnati String Academy at The Center For The Arts, Wyoming since 2002 teaching traditional violin. Ms. Hiew performs regularly with orchestras throughout the tri-state area.
Ellen Stephens (Orchestra Camp Conductor) has been teaching and directing at the NKU since 2000. She currently conducts Northern Kentucky Concert Strings and the Northern Kentucky Youth Sinfonia. Mrs. Stephens' additional pedagogical conducting experience includes Saint Xavier High School String Ensemble and String Ensembles with the Center for the Arts, Wyoming. Mrs. Stephens received her BM in cello performance at Middle Tennessee State University and her MM in cello performance at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music. Cello performances include Opera Theatre of Lucca, Italy, Dayton Symphony, and Springfield Symphony, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and soloist with the Seven Hills Sinfonietta. She is also the founder and director of the James P. Stephens Scholarship Fund.
Tony Neumayr (Bands Instructor/Coordinator) is an accomplished bass educator, jazz and rock musician, and studio recording engineer. A jazz bassist since age 11 and rock musician from age 14, Tony received his Bachelors Degree in Commercial Music from Millikin University in Decatur, IL and a Masters Degree from CCM. Tony's performances have taken him all over the country as a bassist in high demand for both Jazz and Rock collaborations. He has been on the faculty of The Center since 2000 and bass instructor at Earlham College since 1998. Tony has been an instructor in the Midwest Modern Music School's band programs since their inception.
Matt Frechtling (Bands Instructor) is a graduate of CCM, where he received a degree in music with a focus on guitar performance. He has been teaching guitar for over ten years, and has been a faculty member at The Center since 2004. Matt also directs the classical guitar ensemble at The Center and gets a lot of pleasure out of seeing these students perform. His background has a strong foundation in rock n' roll, and he has performed and composed music for rock bands for several years. He currently performs in a band with his wife Jenny on lead vocals.
Melinda E. Welch earned her Master’s degree and teaching license in Art Education form UC’s school of Design Architecture, Art and Planning. Melinda’s masters thesis focused on developing a visual arts curriculum for a community art center.
Keith Minnery,theater music director, has a BA in Theatre and a Masters of Music Education Degree from the NKU. He has directed numerous theater workshops at both The Center for the Arts, Wyoming and Playhouse in the Park. Keith was guitarist/keyboardist for the band Going Commercial, which became semi-finalists in the 2004 Ohio Corporate Battle of the Bands in Columbus; a competition judged by band members from Lynyrd Sknyrd, 38 Special, and Billy Joel. He is currently working with others developing the band, Wicked Splendor, in which he will sing back up vocals and play guitar.