Nationally and internationally known Ithaca College piano faculty members provide daily lessons, workshops, classes, and supervised practice for participants.
Meet Your Faculty
Charis Dimaras
Professor, Music Performance
Specialty: Piano & Collaborative Studies
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Deborah Martin
Professor, Music Performance
Specialty: Piano Pedagogy
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Diane Birr
Professor, Music Performance
Specialty: Collaborative Piano (MM degree Coordinator); Secondary Piano
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Dmitri Novgorodsky
Associate Professor, Music Performance
Specialty: Piano, Piano Literature, Piano Ensemble
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John White
Associate Professor, Music Theory, History Composition
Specialty: Music Theory
Susan Avery
Retired Associate Professor, Music Education
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Vadim Serebryany
Associate Professor, Music Performance
Specialty: piano