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AMADI AZIKIWE
Violin Class

M.M., Indiana University  B.M., New England Conservatory of Music

Violinist, violist. Currently, Teaching Artist, ClassNotes, the Noel Pointer Foundation, member of Harlem Chamber Players, Pressenda Chamber Players; Music Director, Harlem Symphony Orchestra.  Formerly: Artist Faculty, Brevard Music Center, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, Bennington Chamber Music Conference, University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Summer), Aria International Academy, London, Ontario; conductor, Old Dominion University Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta University Center Orchestra. Visiting faculty, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music; faculty, James Madison University.  Performances in the US, Israel, Canada, South and Central America, Switzerland, India, Japan, Nigeria, Hong Kong, and the Caribbean.

WESLEY DIENER
Early Childhood Music

B.A. (music and drama), University of Virginia.

Soloist, Oratorio Society of Richmond. Performances with Opera Roanoke, Teatro Nouvo (Apprentice Artist), Victory Hall Opera, Bethesda Music Festival, Bel Canto Institute in Tuscany, Franco-American Vocal Academy in France, Bethesda Summer Music Festival, Charlottesville Opera, Imagination Stage. Former Theatre Director & Music Director for classes, productions and camps, ages 5–12, DMR Adventures. Private voice and piano instructor. Students have performed in professional theatre performances and won various competitions.

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JIM D’VILLE
Ukulele Class

Music educator and facilitator specializing in teaching ukulele by ear. Taught Play Ukulele By Ear workshops to thousands of players in the United States, Canada and Australia. Author of the Play Ukulele By Ear DVD series and host of the popular Play Ukulele By Ear website. His approach to teaching ukulele has been featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat. A regular contributor to James Hill’s e-magazine Ukulele, Yes!

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