About the Course
Want to connect with music in a more meaningful way, learn how to play piano and sing in an ensemble? Then this course is for you! From the very first meeting of this class we will start working towards our end of semester concert in March 2025. Each student will get a part! During winter trimester we will play tunes on the piano, play piano duos 4 hands and organize a small chorus. We will listen to various musical genres, talk about our tastes in music, and why music is important to each and everyone of us. We will learn how to read the notes, as well as some music theory, but most of all - we'll have fun making music together!
Your Instructor
Olesya Kotsyumbas
Lesia (or Ms. K.) is a Kerhonkson-based classical pianist and music educator from Ukraine. She graduated from the National Music Academy in Lviv, Ukraine, and years later, received her Master's of Education from Rutgers, the State Univeristy of New Jersey, where she majored in educational administration.
Miss K. has extensive experience as a collaborative pianist with string instrumentalists and singers, and as a piano teacher for all ages. She also sang in a professional chamber choir for more than 10 years. In 2023, she organized the Holiday Season Performance (a play and a concert) with young parishioners of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson.