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Westminster Conservatory offers superior faculty at all locations and tailors lessons, workshops and classes to the needs of the individual student.

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Melissa Bohl, Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion
Jennifer Garr, Early Childhood
Urska Haule Fegus, Strings
Craig Levesque, Theory & Composition
Danielle Sinclair, Voice
Hendry Wijaya, Piano

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Natasha Agilina, Erik Allesee, Ena Bronstein Barton, Elena Benedict, Ben Cahill, Jenny Chiou, Carol Comune, Tara Cooke-Ventresca, Clipper Erickson, Inessa Gleyzerova, Michael Green, Theodore Hendricks-Verdejo, Ikumi Hiraiwa, Eric Houghton, Michael Jacobsen (Suzuki), Choah Kim, Eunju Joung Kim, Larissa Korkina, Julia Kovalev, Patricia Landy, Mary Elizabeth Latorre, Phyllis Lehrer, Teresa Lim, Fang-Ting Liu, Alison Neely, Jamie Olszak, Elena Panova, Galina Prilutskaya, Megan Register, Cecelia Reilly, Jessica Rey-de-Castro, Marvin Rosen, Angelina Shapoval, Rita Shklar, Yana Vasilyeva, Debra Wiggins, Hendry Wijaya, Maria Zolotareff

Violin/Viola

Urska Haule Fegus (Suzuki violin/violin), Dennis Krasnokutsky (violin/viola), Hyun Soo Lim (violin), Chika Mimura (Suzuki violin/violin), Judith Morse (violin/viola)

Cello

Laurie Cascante, Christine Mello, Chase Morrison

Guitar

Mark Johnstone, Peter Plomchok

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Mark Johnstone

Flute

Kimberly Bryan, Jill Crawford, Ellen Fisher Deerberg, John Lane, Katherine McClure, Sandra Olson, Kevin Willois, Amy Wolfe

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Timothy Urban

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Melissa Bohl

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Kenneth Ellison, Sung-Won Hwang

Horn

Craig Levesque

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Michael Green, Susan Moxley

Trombone/Tuba

Susan Moxley

Percussion

Nicholas Wanagosit

Voice

Katherine Chen, Jennifer Garr, Susan Gaylord, Nancy Froysland Hoerl, Linda Mindlin, Sarah Sensenig, Dauri Shippey, Danielle Sinclair, Timothy Urban

Performing Ensemble

Ruth Ochs (Community Orchestra)

Early Childhood

Jennifer Garr, Susan Gaylord, Carissa Titus

Chamber Music

Galina Prilutskaya

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Tara Cooke-Ventreca

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