2022 CPMTA Member List

	Area of Expertise	Email	Phone	Zip Code
Aller, Amy Lynn	Piano	amy@allerpianostudio.com www.allerpianostudio.com	(814)321-3073	16801
Aller, Bonnie	Piano	bonnie@allerpianostudio.com www.allerpianostudio.com	(814)206-6314	16801
Arbelaez, Abraham	Student	abraham_arbelaez_venegas@hotmail.com	(401)663-0645	16801
Baba, Dea	Piano	dea1baba@yahoo.com	(814)238-0865	16801
Bachman, Wendy	Piano, Theory, Music Dev. Program, Exams	wendybachman@hotmail.com	(814)466-4844 (814)574-9287	16827
Bassett, Paula NCTM	Piano	p_bassett@comcast.net		16801
Brown, Velvet	Tuba, Euphonium, Chamber Music	vmb10@psu.edu	(814)574-2985	16803
Chan, Bhakti	Piano	bhaktichan@gmail.com	(209)774-6052	16801
Chu, Emily J.	Piano	messyemy2002@yahoo.com	(814)231-4817	16803
Dennis, James	Piano, Theory, Student	jcdennis0411@gmail.com	(512)214-3193	16803
Dexter, Jonathan Gage	Cello, Chamber music	jondexter@gmail.com	(512)577-9759	16801
Duermeyer, Michael	Piano, Pedagogy, Music Therapy, Jazz	miked3416@gmail.com	(817)692-1228	16801
Duh, Ian	Violin and Piano	ixd5022@psu.edu		16801
Fennell, Haley	Student	hef5086@psu.edu		16803
Flicker, Rachel	Student	Rachel.flicker@gmail.com	(484)426-8352	16803
Gustafson, Amy Elisabeth NCTM	Piano	amyegustafson@yahoo.com	(512)965-5588	16801
Guzman, Christopher	Piano, Accompanying	cmg32@psu.edu		16803
Hildebrandt, Anne-Marie	Piano, Voice, Theory, Celtic Harp, Improvisation, Ear Training	amh@amhmusic.com	(814)870-9307	16827
Hooper, Kelly Ann	Piano, Student	hooperkelly099@gmail.com	(267)424-0983	18042
Lindsey, Diane C.	Piano	CDCL44@yahoo.com	(814)238-3264	16801
Liu, Qing	Piano, Composition	milaqing@hotmail.com	(814)852-8113	16803
Lloyd, Patricia NCTM	Piano, Organ, Music Ed	prlmusic@live.com	(814)238-2374	16803
Moore, Judy	Flute,Guitar, Piano	flautodolce@comcast.net	(814)441-2440	16803
Konkle, Parker Warren	Piano, Church Music, Accompanying, Student	parkerkonkle@gmail.com	(570)971-7296	17754
Myers, Margaret	Piano	peggy@myersfarm.com	(814)571-8483	16875
Ohmoto, Koya NCTM	Piano	pianokoya@gmail.com	(814)237-0101	16803
Partridge, Doris	Piano	djpartridge@verizon.net	(814)355-9081	16823
Petrosky, Victoria	Piano, Theory, Accompanying	victoriakravchuk@yahoo.com	(610)497-4475	16827
Quah, Melody	Piano, Theory, Chamber Music, Music History	melodyquah@gmail.com	(917)355-7658	16865
Shafer, Timothy Paul	Piano, Piano Pedagogy	tps1@psu.edu	(814)863-4413	16802
Shui, Rosalind	Student	roseshui3112@gmail.com		16801
Smith, Steven H. NCTM	Piano	shs1@psu.edu	(814)238-5964	16801
Smith, Theresa	Voice, Piano	ssmith2124@aol.com	(814)238-5964	16801
Stephenson, Kristin	Piano	kristinstephensonpiano@gmail.com	(603)724-0938	16801
Stuart, Megan Renee NCTM	Piano	meganstuart44@gmail.com	(814)937-9227	16648
Vogt, Sue	Piano, Choral, Music Ed	sue.a.vogt@gmail.com	(480)427-7963	16828
Willis, Nancy	Piano	njwillis@gmail.com	(814)234-0500	16801
Yang, Joanne Shihhua	Piano, Chamber Music, Accompanying	pianoy902@gmail.com	(860)970-5591	16803
Yoo, Seulki	Piano, Student	slkeeyoo@gmail.com	(443)371-1956	16801

Member Bios
(alphabetical order by last name)

Dr. Peggy Albertson: Piano, voice, & music theory.
Dr. Albertson specializes in the Orff-Schulwerk approach to teaching music. She comes to State College with 40 years of classroom experience in NH and SC teaching grades Pre-K through graduate level college courses. Her private teaching studio specializes in beginners-intermediate; children and adults. Peggy’s strengths are musicianship, technique, classical music, and music theatre. She aims to value the individual learning styles of each student and her goal is to bring all students into a life-long love of music!

Wendy Bachman
Wendy Bachman, a native of Vancouver, Canada, holds both ARCT diplomas (teacher and performer) from The Royal Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia, and a Masters degree in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College (Princeton, N.J.). Wendy began teaching piano at age 16 and has been teaching for 35 years. Wendy studied with Edward Parker, and is a specialist in the method that her teachers, Frances Clark and Louise Goss co-authored. In 1990, Wendy was selected to teach and perform at the National Conference on Piano Pedagogy and continues her growth through attending State and National Conferences every year. Wendy has also been a senior member of the College of Examiners of the Royal Conservatory of Music for 22 years and enjoys travelling and adjudicating students all over North America. Mrs. Bachman is also the center representative for State College for the Royal Conservatory program. Wendy taught keyboard skills class at The Pennsylvania State University under the direction of Dr. Timothy Shafer. She loves to work with students of all ages, levels, and her goal is to bring out the potential of each student through a nurturing style of teaching and a love of music. Wendy maintains a private studio where she resides in Boalsburg with husband and three children.

Paula P. Bassett
Paula P. Bassett is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and a graduate of Hartt College of Music and Indiana University. She has taught piano to children through adults in the State College area for 20+ years and has been very active in CPMTA and the music community during that time.

Diane Lindsey
Basic Education: Brevard Music Center Summer Camp Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Graduate study in piano at Florida State University; Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from State University of New York, Potsdam at Crane School of Music; K-12 General Music Certification from Crane School of Music; Suzuki teacher training workshops Books 1-7.
Experience: Taught K-8 Music in Muncy,Illinois; Piano lab with Dallas Independent School District,SUNY Potsdam Campus School Piano Lab Private piano teacher for over 45 years; Suzuki piano teacher for 38 years; performed with trios, concerts with Governor's School of North Carolina, Baroque ensembles in New York State towns,Montreal,New York City, State College Suzuki Program tour accompanist in Switzerland/Italy. Performed with local State College musicians. Have taught a full piano studio in State College for 23 years, both traditional and Suzuki

Patricia Lloyd
My background includes studying at 3 different universities and getting a Masters in Music Ed. from Penn State. I teach all levels of piano having taught pre-school music at the Music Academy, piano instruction at Juniata College and piano classes at State College High School. I continue to teach privately and lessons include weekly computer activities, monthly group lessons with group activities, and several recitals through out the school year including CPMTA recitals, Dorothy Sutton Festival, and National Guild Auditions.

Peggy Myers
I take students from the beginning level through the intermediate level and have one spring recital for all the students. Family members who are musical are welcome to perform with the students in the recital. Serious students are also invited to participate in the February CPMTA recital.

Y. Koya Ohmoto
I have a B.A.F. in piano performance and music Ed (Hokkaido Gakugei University, Japan) and an M.F.A. in music (Penn State University). I have given recitals solo and ensemble work in Japan, Canada and in the State College area as well as seeking out professional development opportunities throughout the country (e.g. Teachers program at the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute since 1998). I have taught piano for over 35 years in State College to students of all ages and levels, from 6 yrs old to graduate students and to retirees. I teach my students how to read music, to master the techniques of playing, to play with heart, to enjoy music, and to be disciplined. My motto has been to grow together with each student.

Victoria Petrosky (piano, music theory, solfege, accompaniment)
Victoria Petrosky (piano, music theory, solfege, accompaniment) was trained as a child at The Moscow Children's Music School #36, with her beloved piano teacher who was a student of Vladimir Sofronitsky. Victoria is a graduate of the College of Music of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory , with a B.A. in music theory, and of Gnessin's Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, where she obtained a Master 's degree in music theory and piano pedagogy. At the Gnessin Academy Victoria studied piano performance with Galina Turkina (of the famed Turkiny piano duo). Victoria has been teaching for over twenty years, first at the Moscow Children's Music School and later at the Main Line Music Academy near Philadelphia and the Music Academy in State College. She has been active as an accompanist, including the Bolshoi Theater Choreography College in Moscow, and church and concert choirs in State College. Victoria teaches piano to students of all ages and levels.

Steven Smith
Steven Herbert Smith recently retired as professor emeritus from the Penn State piano faculty. He has performed in recitals, master classes, lecture recitals, concertos and chamber music throughout the world. Locally he has appeared frequently as soloist with the Nittany Valley Symphony (including a performance forthcoming in March 2017) as well as in recitals at PSU. He was president of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association (PMTA) for 2013-2015, and his PSU students were frequent prizewinners in MTNA/PMTA competitions and national competitions of the American Matthay Association, as well as Penn State events.

Nancy Willis
I have taught beginning and intermediate level piano students of all ages for over 25 years in State College. My goal for my music students is for them to build a foundation of skills, knowledge, habits, attitudes and artistry that they will use in music-making now and for the rest of their lives. All students are taught through a variety of activities such as private lessons, ensembles, written activities, informal performances, group lessons and recitals. I have experience and a special interest in teaching students with various developmental and learning issues. I am a pediatric nurse currently working in public schools and pediatric home care settings.