New York City USA:

• Barry Harris- www.Barry Harris.com / Jazz piano teacher and performer; studied with Joseph Prostakoff (student of Abby Whiteside), and Sophia Rosoff.



• Fred Hersch- New York, New York / e-mail: heardfresh@earthlink.net / Jazz pinist-composer; studied with Joseph Prostakoff (student of Abby Whiteside), and Sophia Rosoff; former faculty, The New England Conservatory and The Manhattan School of Music; two time Grammy nominee for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance; performs internationally as jazz and classical pianist; numerous recordings; 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition; music published by CF Peters; website: www.fredhersch.com



• John Kamitsuka- New York, New York (212) 866-3826 / e-mail: aarcris@aol.com / Studied with Sophia Rosoff since 1979; BM, MM Indiana University; teaches and performs in recitals, concertos and chamber music in major venues in the United States, Europe, South America, Japan, and China. Recent recording of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" on the Bel Canto Society label (BCS-5016, reviews at www.artistsinternational.com), management: Artists International Management.



• Jeong-Hwa Park- New York, New York (718) 352-6484 / e-mail: pianojhp@yahoo.com / DMA candidate at Arizona State University, MM from Arizona State University; student of Sophia Rosoff; teacher and performer in New York City; faculty member of the Center for Preparatory Studies in Music at Queens College.



• John Wallowitch- 411 E.51st ST./ New York, New York 10022 / Studied with Abby Whiteside and Joseph Prostakoff (who also studied with Abby Whietside); teaches and performs.

Other East Coast USA:

• Neely Bruce- Middletown, Connecticut (860) 685-2578 / e-mail: nbruce@mail.wesleyan.edu / Composer and pianist; studies with Sophia Rosoff; undergraduate degree in piano from University of Alabama; MA in piano from University of Illinois; DMA in theory and composition from University of Illinois; premiers works by American composers; has recorded for Vanguard, Polydor, Vox, Mode and Lovely Music; currently Professor of Music and American studies at Wesleyan University.



• Rochel deOliveira- New York area, NY (212) 678-1081 / Studied with Sophia Rosoff; Francis Walker Piano Prize winner from Vassar College; teaches on the faculty of Hoff-Barthelson Music School and Crestwood Education Center; active piano soloist and accompanist.



• Mark Evans- Alplaus, New York (518) 399-4706 and (518) 381-123 / e-mail: MEvans1543@aol.com / Studied with Sophia Rosoff; BM Mannes College of Music; member of the music faculty at Schenectady County College; teaches piano privately in Alplaus, New York; solo and chamber performances throughout Albany-Schenectady-Troy area in New York state.



• Robert Helps- Tampa, Florida (813) 232-5030 / Pianist-composer; studied with Abby Whiteside; Professor of piano at University of South Florida in Tampa (spring semesters); Professor of piano at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (fall semesters).



• David Iskowitz- New Jersey (732) 257-1381 / Has studied with Sophia Rosoff since 1987; Masters from Peabody Conservatory; Music Director of the Westerhoff School of music and art in Metuchen New Jersey: teaches and performs.



• Nadine Kim- Oakton, Virginia (703) 855-4427 / nadineskim@aol.com / Dual MMs in Piano and Musicology from Northwestern U; Doctoral Studies in Musicology from NYU; Postgraduate studies in Arts Admin from Columbia U; student of Sophia Rosoff, appeared in Mozarteum in Salzburg, La Salle Cortot in Paris, and Weill Recital Hall in New York; on the faculty of Harmonia School of Music and Art.

Central and West Coast USA:

• Francisco Aybar- Denver, Colorado (303) 765-2464 and New York, New York (303) 601-0656 and Chandler, Arizona (303) 601-0656 / e-mail: Fraybar@aol.com / Studied with Sophia Rosoff; teaches and performs.



• Rob Hallquist- Colorado / e-mail: rhallquist@arts.unco.edu / BM Centenary College of Louisiana; MM Indiana University; DMA University of North Texas; post-doctoral work with Sophia Rosoff; Professor of Music, Director School of Music University of Northern Colorado; solo, chamber music and concerto performances throughout the United States and also in P.R. China.