Ms. Balepina is a graduate Moscow State Conservatory School of Music (Russia). She has taught piano lessons during 20 years in Russia, Europe, Japan and the U.S.
Ms. Balepina is a member of American College of Musician (Piano Guild), NYSSMA, the Music Teacher National Association, Suffolk Piano Teacher Foundation (NY) and the Montana State Music Teacher Association. While living in Montana Ms. Balepina was president of the Butte-Anaconda Accredited Music Teacher Association. She has performed throughout Japan, Europe and the U.S.
Students of Ms. Balepina participated in competitions and auditions with outstanding results getting awards, first places and honorable mentions in MTNA Northwest Division, MTNA Montana Fest, Musicfest in Gonzaga University, WA, MSMTA Fall Festival, Guild Audition, NYSSMA and local festivals and competitions.
Ms. Balepina provides high level professional piano instructions from very beginning to college level based on American and Russian methods. To enhance musical learning, opportunities for workshop, festivals and recitals (up to 6-7/year) always offered to those students who achieved appropriate level. Piano Playing Audition (Guild) and/or NYSSMA Festival preparation are available. Outstanding results. Consultations and master classes for any competitions and/or examinations are also available.
With a B.A. in Music Education, Deanna Beyer has been teaching music since she graduated from Fredonia in 2010. Majoring in Piano, and instrumental music, Deanna has been teaching private lessons on woodwind instruments, piano, and also voice. Now Deanna teaches K-12 General Music and Choir on the North Fork. She has experience with children of many different cultural backgrounds. She lives on the East End and has been accompanying for many choir and theater groups for many years. Teaching privately is something she has always loved and aspired to do. This is her second year teaching at the EEAC.
Ms. Bixby has been performing professionally and teaching piano and organ throughout Long Island for over 40 years. She graduated from Northfield Mt. Herman School in 1964, earned a BA from Colby College in 1968, and a Masters in Education from Long Island University in 1970. Ms. Bixby, a NYS certified teacher, serves as parish organist, pianist and choir director at St. Gertrude's Church in Bayville.
Mr. Boucher has been teaching guitar for over twenty years. In addition to teaching, he has performed extensively throughout Long Island and in Alaska. He has recorded several CDs with his band “A. R. T. – Work.”
received a BFA from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and is currently working on a Masters Degree at Queens College, where he is studying privately with Paul Bollenback. Bryan has been teaching music since 2001, and finds teaching at all skill levels enjoyable and interesting. He has had the privilege to study privately with Ben Street, Jonathan Kreisberg, Vic Juris, Chris Cheek, Steve Cardenas, Mike Moreno and Lage Lund. He also has had the honor and pleasure of playing with legendary musicians Teddy Charles, Randy Brecker, Morris Goldberg and Gil Goldstein.
studied at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam and graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a Music Performance Degree. He has been teaching since 2002 and instructs Viola, Cello, and Bass for beginners, and Violin to all skill levels. In addition to his performances in local ensembles and orchestras, Michael also coaches our Chamber Music Ensemble.
He holds an AA in Music from Phoenix College, a BFA in Piano Performance from City College CCNY, and an MM in Music Technology from Five Towns College. He has been teaching music both privately and in group lessons since 1979. Musical Director of Off-Broadway productions, and composer of music for chamber ensembles, he has appeared in performances throughout the United States throughout his life.
Mr. Gatz holds an MM degree in Jazz 
performance from the Manhattan School of Music and a BFA from Long Island University. Mark has performed with Billy Joel, Van Morrison, and Tito Puente. Mark has appeared on NBC’s “Law and Order” and records music for Bill Cosby’s “Little Bill” TV show on Nickelodeon. Mr. Gatz recently performed under the direction of Julie Andrews and is currently recording a CD of his own original compositions.
Mr. Johnson is the son of legendary 
Milwaukee jazz musician, William "Scat" Johnson. As soon as he was old enough, Bill accompanied his father to gigs at historic Bronzeville and Milwaukee clubs. He attended Wisconsin Conservatory College of Music and then migrated to New York City where he climbed the competitive ranks of the New York City Jazz scene while studying with such jazz greats as Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Buster Williams, Cecil McBee and Rufus Reid. He then did graduate studies at Long Island University, where he was later named as Bass and Jazz Combo Instructor. He played for singer, Abbey Lincoln before touring with Lionel Hampton and Illinois Jaquet, with whom he played at the 1993 Presidential Inaugural Ball. He toured worldwide with Arthur Taylor (Taylor's Wailers) as well as with other greats such as Abraham Burton, Marc Carey, Charles Davis, Wallace Roney and the Geri Allen Trio. He has been teaching for over 30 years.
Ms. Kafrissen received a BA in Music Education from 
Wilkes University in Pennsylvania and is a certified Suzuki instructor and member of Suzuki International, the Suzuki Association of America and the American String Teachers Association. She has taught at the School of Fine Arts and Music in Goshen and Warwick, the Suffern Montessori School, and the Brookhaven Youth Orchestra Suzuki Program.
Mr. Maul is an East End composer, pianist and performance-art specialist. He studied 12-tone composition with Isaac Nemiroff at SUNY Stony Brook where he earned a BA and went on to do graduate work in electronic music. Mr. Maul has written several compositions, including modern songs, suites and dance pieces, several contemporary operas, three musical theatre works and music for software. His works have been performed throughout the United States, Canada and Ireland.
Ms. Modugno’s life has revolved around music since the age of five when she began taking piano lessons. At the age of sixteen she began teaching privately and playing in local churches and then continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music and the Mannes Conservatory of Music in New York City. Ms. Modugno is currently director and organist/pianist for the St. Patrick’s Choir in Smithtown and director /pianist for the Medford Chorale Society. She enjoys performing concerts with other musicians and singers in cultural centers and libraries throughout the East End.
as well as General Music and Music Theory. He studied at Julliard and Mannes and has been teaching since 2004. Nicholas enjoys working with all ages and skill levels. He has performed professionally with symphonic orchestras such as the Lancaster Symphony, New York Pops and Doctors Orchestra, and has recorded strings for various professional projects including Little Maestros, The Dig, and an assortment of various musical projects. He owns a songwriting business, Neon Songwriting, as well as recording studio, Neon Studios.
studied at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin and has been teaching music since 2000. Due to her background in early education, Jennifer prefers working with beginners, although she has worked with many skill levels on a regular basis throughout her over 10 years of private music instruction. Over the course of her musical education, Jennifer studied under three Julliard-trained musicians and worked with many accomplished artists. She has had the opportunity to perform at venues in both London and Chicago.
Mr. Reeve has been teaching and performing on Long Island for over 50 years and has been the director of the North Fork Jazz Ensemble for a decade. His performances have spanned the Eastern seaboard and many of his former students have gone on to be professional musicians. Mr. Reeve holds a BA and an MA in Music Education from Columbia University. Click Here to Viewfour of his compositions available on youtube. A charter member of the Kings Park Music Hall of Fame, in his honor, the Kings Park Jazz Festival has been renamed "The Ranny Reeve Jazz Festival."
brings more than 30 years of teaching experience to our music program for Home-Schooled children. A professional woodwind player on Broadway shows and at Radio City Music Hall in New York, his fluency with Clarinet, Saxophone, Flute, Oboe and Bassoon, as well as his years as High School Band Director and NYSSMA judge, make an ideal combination for students of all ages and abilities.
Mr. Torres studied Audio Recording Technology and Engineering, and Business at Five Towns College with an additional concentration in Early Childhood Education. Mr. Torres founded Constituent Recordz in 2000, a music based outreach initiative focusing on creating/recording and publishing contemporary music with an emphasis on reaching youth with a positive healthy message. Mr. Torres personally has sponsored, performed and participated in music events at MYK Café in Montauk, Vail Leavitt Music Hall, The Stephen Talkhouse in East Hampton and Club Pyramid in Manhattan among others.
Ms. Webb holds an MM in Music Education from SUNY Stony Brook and a BA from Broaddus College, Phillippi, WV. Additional post graduate work and professional development includes vocal studies, the International Symposium on Multi-Cultural Music, Teaching Techniques for Multicultural & Western Music, Instructional Technology/Theory/Practices and Technology in Education Process, Procedures, and Theories. In addition to teaching privately, Ms. Webb directed orchestral and choral programs in Prince William County Schools in Manassas, VA and Hamilton County Schools in Chattanooga, TN, where she successfully planned, directed, and supported student participation in county/regional music festivals. Most recently Ms. Webb taught general music for William Floyd School District. Though her main areas of expertise include teaching voice, clarinet and trumpet, she also taught group guitar, keyboard and African drum classes.
Jeannie Woelker attended Boston Conservatory of Music 
and CW Post. Ms. Woelker is a certified Suzuki cello teacher and owner and cellist of Heartsong Music, and a member of the Bay Chamber Players, Basically Baroque and the Southampton Chamber of Musical Festival. She has twenty years experience as a private cello instructor.
Mr. Wright is an accomplished bassist and guitarist. He is 
well known throughout Long Island and New York City as a professional musician and teacher. His performances include work with Bo Diddley, Little Buster, Jim Chapin, Walter Perkins, Ranny Reeve, Mark Gatz and numerous others.
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Liz Casey has been working in the field 
of education and drama for over ten years. Liz holds a Masters of Arts from the Gallatin School at NYU in New York City where she studied how drama and education can work to promote social change and empower young people. Most recently, Liz ran the drama portion of the summer program at East End Arts Council's Renaissance Kid Camp and the "Act it Out" program for campers at East End Hospice's Camp Good Grief. Liz worked for NYU's Creative Arts Team in New York as a teaching artist for two years where she transformed animals into allegorical characters to connect to themes in young people's lives and to the curricula needs of teachers. As a teaching artist for another non-profit arts-in-education organization called LEAP (Learning Through Expanded Arts Programs), she used drama and storytelling to teach literacy skills to elementary school students. Currently, Liz is offering classes in Improvisation, Acting and Creative Play for non-profits and towns across the East End, including The East End Arts Council and Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. She is also busy developing a program utilizing drama as a tool for education for local elementary schools.
Ms. Furey has over 20 years experience in front of and behind the camera, including as director, producer, casting director, film & video editor, acting, public speaking and voice coach, actor and model. Many of her students work professionally in the film/television industry, nationally aired commercials, and include winners of the prestigious Emmy, Telly, and Teeny Awards.
Ms. Morgo has 6 years experience as a teacher of acting and movement to children across the ASD spectrum. Her classes include the use of the latest therapies in practice, including DIR/Floor Time and ABA behavioral intervention techniques. She also teaches children with ASD yoga, filmmaking and poetry writing.
Ms. Morgo has 15 years teaching experience in nearly every theatrical discipline. As an Improv Artist with Walt Disney Inc, she taught over 100 kids, ages 5-16, improvisational techniques, and her students performed shows at The Pleasure Island Comedy Club in Orlando FL. She has taught improv for 10 years with Inside Broadway (NYC), Periwinkle Productions (NYC), The New York City DOE Shoestring Players (NJ), Theatre West, and UCLA (LA) where she taught character development techniques to undergraduates in the Acting BA program. Her teaching artist experience includes playwriting at the Bronx Young Actors Guild, and creative movement at Actor Equity's STARRS' program and NYCDOE. She also teaches playmaking for youngsters at The Lyric Dance School (LA, CA), The Garden School, and the Shoestring players, as well as acting for film/auditioning at the Bronx Young Actors Guild. She is the private acting coach of Evelyn Thatcher (International Opera singer), Debra DeLiso (Film Actress), and professional child actors, and dialect coach for Leon Le (Broadway actor). Ms. Morgo is the recipient of the Jordan Fundamentals Innovation Award, The National Actor's Theatre award, and Shubert Theatre Fellow years 2007-2010.
studied at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and has been teaching music since 2006. Jennifer most enjoys working with pre-teens and teens. She has previously taught at William Floyd High School, Smithtown Center for Performing Arts, CM Performing Arts Center, The Airport Playhouse, The Long Island School of the Arts. This fall, Jennifer led the Musical Theatre Workshop, as well as the Glee Team for Teens Ensemble.
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Ms. Archer holds an MA 
in Art Education from Adelphi University and did post MA work with CW Post / LIU, Nassau Community College, School of Visual Arts, NY University, Suffolk County Office of Education and BOCES. She taught art full-time on the elementary and secondary level for 25 years, has been involved in teaching part-time for various community organizations and presents workshops at the local, state and national levels. Ms. Archer is an active member of the National Art Educators Association, Long Island Art Teachers Association and the NYS Art Teachers Association.
Starting with an early interest in biology and geometry, sculpture John Cino has throughout his career explored the interface between organic and geometric. He has drawn inspiration from diverse fields some of which include music, literature, calculus astrophysics and information theory in creating works that have ranged from the architectonic to the surreal. His current body of work, begun in ceramic and more recently in carved wood, explores the response of biological forms to fluid dynamics. During a nearly 30 year career his works have been shown throughout the metropolitan area. Large scale works are on exhibition on the campus of Adelphi University and Unison Sculpture Park in New Paltz, New York.
In the 1990’s he was president of the sculptors collective, 14 Sculptors with galleries in Soho. Recently he has been active with the Patchogue Arts Council, chairing The Patchogue Biennial. He is currently teaching sculpture and art history in a number of area colleges
Legendary Rankin / Bass Animation Artist Don Duga has been 
at the forefront of American Animation for more than 40 years, having worked with some of the most prestigious Animation Studios in the world. He is a versatile animator, director and producer. His work includes but, is not limited to, UPA and RANKIN/BASS STUDIOS to commercials, SESAME STREET and feature films. Don has storyboarded such classic characters as Mr. Magoo and Underdog, and has worked on animated features such as “ THE LAST UNICORN,” “MAD MONSTER PARTY,” and “DAY DREAMER.” The journey for Don began in 1958, when he studied with mentor, Don Graham, at California’s Chouinard Art Institute. After finishing school, Don took his talents to UPA Studios, but it was his time with Rankin/Bass Studios where Don took part in projects like “Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer,” “The Year without a Santa Claus,” “Mad Monster Party,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” and of course “Frosty the Snowman.” As a Storyboard artist at Rankin/Bass Studios, Don specialized in laying out the essential frame work for the various film projects. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Don worked animating Commercials for various national companies. A relationship with Hostess Foods proved to be a large success for Don where he designed and brought to life such memorable characters as Twinkie the Kid, Captain Cupcake, King Ding Dong, and Fruit Pie the Magician. POLESTAR FILMS and ASSOCIATED ARTS, a company DUGA cofounded along with animator, IRRA VERBITSKY, has won numerous awards, including the prestigious CARNEGIE MEDAL for Best Children’s film of the year and the ASIFA EAST AWARD for their work on “OWEN,” which was narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker
Ms. Gartelmann, a native of the North Fork, has studied with several famous watercolorists, including Edgar Whitney, Frank Webb, Ray Loos, Claude Croney and Edythe Kane. Her works have been shown in many Long Island galleries and have won numerous awards. Ms. Gartelmann is a “loose style painter,” referring to the painting technique whereby rigid boundaries between objects are softened and less defined.
Jennifer Gioe Peper is a native Long Islander and clay artist. She resides in Huntington with her family and maintains a ceramic studio. Jennifer holds a MFA in ceramics from Green Mountain College and a MA from Hofstra University. She participated in the New York Foundation of the Arts MARK09 program and her work has been shown in many venues locally and nationally, including Otis College of Art and Design, the Emily Harvey Foundation, Woman Made Gallery, Art Sites, the Farmington Museum and the Mesa Art Center. Most recently her work has shown at the Patchogue Arts Biennial. She is also an Instructor at the Nassau County Museum of Art.
Ms. Greaf is most widely known for her watercolor landscapes but works in oil and other media. She particularly enjoys teaching drawing and watercolor. She has primarily shown her artwork in galleries and numerous other shows in California and New York. Her work is in collections across the country. She studied art at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC, the Academy of Art and the De Young Museum School in San Francisco, CA, Marin Community College, and the Mendocino Art School.
Killelea's paintings, headlined as "exquisite watercolors" in a feature article in American Artists Watercolor magazine, were done on location during his travels locally, nationally and internationally. He is an inveterate plein-air painter who carries his brushes with him almost everywhere he goes and loves to connect with his subjects off the beaten track, and often without speaking their native language. He has written stories to accompany watercolors he did while traveling through Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. In the summer of 2006 he drove from NY to California and then through northern Europe recording 33 visual impressions as he went. "I keep trying," says Killelea, "but there just doesn't seem to be enough time to paint all the paintings I see." He is on the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Regions Committee and an artist member of the
American Society of Marine Artists, a US Navy veteran, and an avid outdoorsman. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (NACC). Most of his working life has been in newspapers as an art director and photo editor at Newsday on Long Island, the NY Daily News and the Boston Herald American, and later as a liaison between printers and the design staff at Curran & Connors, the nation's largest producer of annual reports. Killelea's watercolors have been exhibited in a variety of museums and art galleries, as well as numerous community displays. His work and bio are included in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC and his paintings are currently on display at the Terra Cotta Gallery at Castello de Borghese in Cutchogue, NY. His paintings have been displayed in the Riverfront Art Center in Wilmington, DE, the Frye Art
Museum in Seattle, WA, the Cummer Art Museum in Jacksonville, FL, the Museum in the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, and in the Vero Beach (FL) Art Museum. Two of his paintings were part of an exhibit in the Capital Building in Washington, DC and became part of the US Navy Museum collection in Washington. In February 2007, he had a major solo exhibit at the NY Mercantile Exchange in NYC. He is a graduate of SUNY Farmingdale and has attended Pratt Institute and the School of Visual Arts. He currently teaches classes and presents on watercolor painting at the EEAC and the Art League of LI as well as at Peconic Landing in Greenport, and upstate NY. He taught a weeklong workshop last August at the Bucks County (PA) Art Workshops and will return there in June 2010. His award winning work is in many private collections and has been reproduced on book
covers and posters, in prints, magazines, newspapers, and on numerous greeting cards. His paintings and prose are the substance of two books he created to celebrate the North Fork, the first in 2004, "Wandering the North Fork", and the second in 2006, "Seasons on the North Fork". A copy of the American Artists' Watercolor magazine article on his China painting is on his web site:www.killeleart.com. Killelea and his wife currently reside in Elma, NY.
Lois Levy, a graduate of the High School of Art and Design, where she majored in fashion illustration, continued her education at the Fashion Institute of Technology, earning an AAS in fashion design and illustration. With over 30 years experience in the fashion industry as a professional designer and illustrator she has done work for numerous clients such as Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom’s, Lord & Taylor, The Limited, Victoria’s Secret and Macy’s.
As an active member of the East End Arts Council, Nassau County Museum of Art and The Art Guild of Port Washington, Ms. Levy has had her artwork shown in several galleries and juried shows throughout Long Island.
Ms. Levy currently teaches fashion art and creative art classes in various locations around Long Island and New York. She also freelances her apparel designing under her company name of Lois Levy Design Group.
I am a 2dimensional artist residing in Patchogue NY. I traveled extensively through Italy and Spain studying the works of masterful painters such as Tintoretto, Carravaggio, El Grece, and Goya and the way they manipulated space on their surface. During my travels I began drawing and studying the colors, space, lines and form of the surrounding landscapes and started thinking about the way these artists broke space down and began implementing the techniques they used in my work. When I returned to my studio each time I would develop new drawings and paintings based on these studies, with a breakdown of the forms, getting to the base elements of the rhythm of line and visual movement throughout the space. I translate this experience in drawings and painting, often oil on copper.
I received my BFA from Moore College of Art and Design in 2003. I am a founding member and past Corresponding Secretary of the Patchogue Arts Council as well as Co-Chair of the Walking Arts Tour in Patchogue.
Ms. Nehls graduated from Carthage College with a degree in art education. Throughout her teaching career, she has taught on every level; elementary, middle and high school, as well as classes for teachers. She completed her Masters Degree in Studio Art at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. In June of 2000, she retired from teaching to follow her dream of studying figure painting and drawing at the Art Student League of New York. Ms. Nehls’ solo exhibit entitled “Children at Play” has been shown at the Grace Institute Gallery in New York City, NY and at the Garden City Public Library in Garden City, New York. One drawing from the exhibit was published in the American Artist Drawing Magazine Spring 2006 issue. Over the years her work has received numerous awards and has been published in newspapers and magazines. She is the 2009 recipient of the Margo L. H. Hammerschlag Scholarship award at the Art Student League of New York. For samples of Ms. Nehl’s work visit www.elizabethnehls.com.
Ms. Setton recieved her M.F.A. at Goddard College and B.A. from SUNY Stony Brook. She studied East Asian water-ink painting and calligraphy under Korean and Chinese Masters. Ms. Setton is and instructor at Manhattan China Institute and Westchester Community College. She exhibited her work widely both in the US and UK. She is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including the "Best of Show" award at the National Juried Exhibition of the Sumi-e Society of America, Inc. For more information please visit www.sungsooksetton.com
Meryl Spiegel is a Long Island photographer who reflects the landscape and people around her whether she is at home on the East End, roaming Manhattan
or traveling abroad. Her subjects range from seascapes to still life to street life. Working
primarily with a medium-format camera and color film, her images look more like paintings than
photographs. She has exhibited widely throughout the East End at a variety of venues including
Parrish Art Museum, St. Joseph's College, Ashawagh Hall, Levitas Center, Remsenburg Academy,
Quogue Library, and East End Arts Council where she was awarded "Best in Show." Her photo essays
have appeared in The Southampton Review published by Stony Brook University. Ms. Spiegel studied
photography at the International Center of Photography (ICP) and the Center for Media Studies
in Manhattan as well as the Image-Ouverte School of Photography in the South of France. She is
also a writer and adjunct professor with an MFA in Writing.
Ms. Stroh took her first oil painting lesson with Helen Rundel at the age of 14. Ms. Rundel was a very talented and acclaimed local artist whose instruction gave Laura the foundation to further her art vocation. Ms. Stroh received her BA in Fine Arts from SUNY Stony Brook. During her college years she was introduced to colored pencil drawing, and for many years she worked in the medium, exhibiting in many shows, including the Sayville Outdoor Art Show where she won second prize. Ms. Stroh then began to use oil paints as her chosen medium as she felt oil paint was more expressive, and now exhibits her paintings in galleries and shows on Long Island. She finds the beauty of the North Fork to be the inspiration for the landscapes she paints. Recently animals have been included in her paintings, adding an interesting focal point.
After earning degrees in Art Education, Mrs. Stype taught in the Greenport School system for over 20 years. Upon her retirement she developed a passion for botanical art and holds certification for the society of Botanical Artists in England and can add the initials DipSBA to her signature. She is also a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists.
Ms. Cavanagh holds a BS in 
Art Education from Southampton College LIU. She has been teaching art for many years throughout the Long Island community, including for the Town of Riverhead, Our Lady of the Hamptons, St. Joseph’s and St. Andrews schools, and has been an active member of the community through involvement in Girl Scouts and Community Awareness Programs.
Graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 1976 with a bachelors degree, a passion for drawing, painting & anything creative, Ms. Wegodsky began a career that would last more than 20 years as a textile designer. In 2001 she began teaching hands-on classes at Briarcliffe College, returning to school and earning a Masters degree in 2005 from CW Post College. From 2005-2009 her work has been featured at local art galleries.
Ms. Wozniak studied at Harpur College, SUNY Binghamton. In 1994, along with her husband, she opened her own photography studio, Photo Graphic Links Corp. She enjoys shooting architecture, portraits, and finds the digital darkroom filled with endless inspiration. To find out more Ms. Wozniak please visit her company web page, www.pglinks.com.
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