The Music Studio
As founder and director of The Music Studio, Noel Liberty created, established, and developed the educational programs of The Music Studio, as well as wrote the books used in the Music Fundamentals curriculum.
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Talented working musicians as well as highly educated and experienced teachers, our faculty are incredibly important in the musical education of your children.
Michael Barren is a pianist and vocalist from Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. Barren received his bachelor’s degree in music from Birmingham-Southern University, with honors in piano performance and minors in Greek and Roman studies and mathematics. At Youngstown State University, while pursuing his master’s degree in music performance (piano), he became an integral part of the…
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Pianist and teacher Madelaine Clayton is a Capital Region native. She attended Regina Caeli Academy in Scotia before matriculating at the University at Albany, where she received her bachelor’s degree in music and fine arts. Ms. Clayton is an accompanist at Notre Dame Visitation Church in Schuylerville as well as the choir music director at…
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Joseph Fennimore made his orchestral concerto debut at 13, and New York City debut 13 years later on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Young Artist Series. Earning an undergrad degree from Eastman, an MS from Juilliard and winning a national competition enabled Mr. Fennimore to tour the USA and Japan for the State Department. After winning…
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Patricia Keyes holds a bachelor’s degree in piano performance and music theory from Boston University, where she studied with Tong-il Han. She received a master’s degree in piano performance at Indiana University, Bloomington (studying with Michel Block) and a DMA in piano performance from Boston University (Maria Clodes-Jaguaribe). Her performing career includes a stint as…
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Gulnora Martin is a classically trained pianist from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She came to New York City at the age of fifteen and became a student at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division under Professor Oxana Yablonskaya. She has spent three rigorous years studying with Prof. Yablonskaya and won numerous competitions under her supervision. Mrs. Martin received…
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A teacher at The Music Studio for more than twenty-five years, Shirley Myers also serves as Organist at Christ our Light Church in Loudonville and Our Lady of the Assumption in Latham.
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Beth McLaughlin is a music therapist who developed and directed the music therapy program at Wildwood, a school for students with neurological impairments. There she provided music therapy and adapted piano instruction to students age 5–21 for 35 years. Ms. McLaughlin received her Master’s Degree in Music Education from the College of Saint Rose. She…
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Delana Thomsen is a highly accomplished solo and collaborative pianist who has given recitals throughout Europe and the United States, as well as Master Classes in Iceland, Bulgaria, and the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso and Acqui Terme, Italy. She has appeared in numerous venues in New York City, including Alice Tully Hall and…
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A member of The Music Studio faculty for five years, Nina Vepritskaya studied at the Municipal Music School in St. Petersburg, Russia. She then continued on to the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where she studied piano with Professor N.P. Korihalova. Deciding against a career as a professional pianist, Ms. Vepritskaya was awarded a Master’s Degree…
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