M.M. Temple University, Boyer College of Music; B.A. Swarthmore College. Further studies at Mannes College of Music in New York City, and with Mlle. Nadia Boulanger at the Conservatoire Américain, Palais de Fontainebleau, France.  Mme. Martha Massena, and Vincent and Dorothea Persichetti were influential teachers in Philadelphia . In New York City she has worked with Franklin Latner, Seymour Bernstein, and Joseph Smith. Her teaching experience includes 18 years on the faculty of the Haddonfield School of Performing Arts. She is also an active accompanist and chamber music player in the Delaware Valley.

        With over twenty years of teaching expierence, Alla is qualified to teach all levels of piano to both children and adults. She holds a Bachelors in Piano Pedagogy and Theory of Music from the School of Music Molodechno, USSR. She also recieved her Masters Degree in Piano Pedagogy and Theory of Music from the Latvian State Conservatory, The University of Latvia. Alla has performed as a piano accompanist at The Ballet School of Latvia as well as Botsford School of Dance, Rochester, NY and Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY, and she has taught piano at School of Music Number One Riga, Latvia and Romlen School of Music Rochester, NY. Many of her students have won state (Young Artists' NJ State Competition and Steinway Competition), national, and international (Kabalevsky, Prokoviev, and Bartok International Piano Competition) piano competitions. Alla's teachers have included Nadezda Poreckaya, Eduard Ezerin, Zelma Tamarkina, and Isser Slonim. She has been teaching at CMA for almost 14 years.

      Matt is a pianist and arranger from the South Jersey/Philadelphia area. He earned a Bachelors in Jazz Piano Performance (2005) and a Master of Arts in Teaching (2006) from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. His teachers include Carol Ingram, Clarence Watson, jazz piano and organ legend Trudy Pitts and Jamar Jones.

As a piano player he has shared the stage with many great musicians including: Rick Kerber, Dennis Wasko, Chris Vadala, Bill Watrous, Jeff Jarvis, Rick Lawn, R&B Artist Vivian Green, Jamar Jones and Tower of Power's Dave Garibaldi.

As a free-lance writer/arranger he has contributed to the catalogs of Alfred Publishing, Lifeway Christian Resources, The Lorenz Company, Mercer University Press, Shawnee Press and Word Music.

He is a music teacher at Moorestown High School, Moorestown NJ, and is also the organist/choir accompanist at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Cinnaminson, NJ.

      For more information, please go to MattHyzer.com.

      Emily Jennings studies Piano Pedagogy at Temple University, where she has studied with Maria del Pico Taylor, Clipper Erickson, and Alexander Fiorillo. She has also studied the Suzuki piano method with Joan Krzywicki, the Taubman approach with Maria Taylor, and the Alexander Technique with Anne Johnson. Emily has performed in Italy at the Rome Festival and in master classes at Temple, including one given by Gabriel Kwok, head of Keyboard Studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Emily is on the faculty of Temple University Preparatory Division in Center City, Philadelphia, PA. She has taught all ages in traditional and Suzuki methods.

      Eve Miedel received a MM in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ and a BFA in Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. She has performed with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Caramoor Bel Canto Festival, and Pittsburgh Symphony. Miss Miedel has also done outside study in early childhood music education through Music Together and John Feierabend's First Steps program. She is a regular singer and training choir director for Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.

      Anna is a graduate of Yerevan State Conservatory with a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy, Performance, and Accompaniment. She also attended Yerevan Special Music School for Gifted Children. Anna taught piano for ten years in Yerevan in the USSR, and she is the founder of the Performing Arts Association of Armenia, a school for aspiring young musicians. She was accompanist for the annual music competitions at the Armenian Philharmonic. Arriving in the US in 1995, Anna has offered private piano lessons to students of varying ages. She is currently a member of The National Music Association, and her students perform in the Association's concert every spring.

      Yelena is a graduate of V.S. Kosenko Musical College in the Ukraine and the Cultural University of Kiev with an MM in Piano Pedagogy. Yelena arrived in the US in 1991 and offered private lessons to students of different ages and levels. She especially enables children to express themselves and use their lesson experiences in other areas of study. Students have a choice of music that they might wish to play. Classical, modern and contemporary pieces are always welcomed and encouraged.

      Maria is a graduate of The Musical College in the Ukraine. She also holds her Master's Degree in Piano Pedagogy from the University of Kiev. She has been the recipient of many awards for academic achievement, teaching and performance. She is qualified to teach all levels of piano to both children and adults. Maria offers instruction in classical, modern, and contemporary music.

      Dr. Xu received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and minor in Music Theory in May, 2007 from Temple University, where she is an Artist-in-Residence and a member of the Adjunct Faculty. Dr. Xu holds a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy from Temple University and a second Master of Music degree in Piano Performance with a Music Theory Concentration from University of Louisville. Dr. Xu has received numerous awards and grants, performing as an active soloist and a collaborative artist on piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, and organ in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Hawaii, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Alabama as well as Switzerland and China. She is a member of the National Music Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, the Music Teachers National Association and the College Music Society. Dr. Xu's students have performed and won recognition in music festivals, auditions, and master classes.