A native Colombian, Ana Diaz Herrera focuses but not limited herself as an orchestra musician. Her musical education started at the Conservatorio del Tolima, in Ibague, Colombia. She established herself in Bogotá in 2010 and balanced her time playing in the two main orchestras in Bogotá, Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia and Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá; […]

Christina has a Master’s degree in Cello Performance from UNC-Greensboro in North Carolina where she held the graduate assistantship in the graduate string quartet. She has a 2-year background in NYS Music Education from SUNY Fredonia. She has experience in the Classical, Baroque, 21st Century, Pop, Jazz, Old Time/Fiddling, Theatre and Opera settings of string […]

Shiori Chazono, bassist, pianist, composer, arranger, and piano tuner, is currently teaching at Grace Music School and Kellenberg Memorial High School. Originally from Japan, she studied at the Tokyo College of Music, where she received a Bachelor of Music degree in composition. She received her B.M. from LIU Post in Music Performance and was a […]

New to Grace Music School, music teacher Patricia has enjoyed a varied musical career incorporating teaching and performing, having begun both before entering college. A scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music and studying violin and piano with professors at that school, Patricia went on to earn Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Music […]

Caitlin Francis has been teaching voice, piano, and violin lessons at Grace Music School since 2017. She graduated from LIU Post in 2015 with a degree in music education with a focus in vocal studies. While there she was very involved in the jazz groups such as the Long Island Sound Vocal Jazz directed by […]

TJ Moran teaches orchestral strings, piano, and ukulele at Grace Music School, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2018. He served as principal cellist at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York, where he was a founding member of the Potsdam Trout Quintet and studied cello performance under Dr. […]

Steven Madonia is a music educator who completed his undergraduate studies at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music and his graduate studies at SUNY University at Buffalo. He has conducted and organized several concerts, held seating auditions for competitive youth groups, and worked with grade levels K-12 in both general music and orchestral conducting. Steven […]

Vincent Basileo is a music educator specializing in cello performance, as well as lessons in beginner-intermediate violin, viola, piano, guitar and music theory. A student of such acclaimed cellists as Maureen Hynes, Julian Langford, Arnold Choi and Lauren Posey, Vincent spends his time educating at various music schools across Long Island, as well as his […]

Arielle Chin has been passionate about everything violin related since she was 5 years old. She holds her degree in Music Business from the Crane School of Music with a focus on classical violin studies. She has been teaching students of all ages for over twelve years and loves watching her students thrive! For both […]