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Orchard Lake School of Music
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Judith Wade (Director)

Instruction	Piano
Degree (s)	Master of Music; U of Michigan; B.A. in Music Theory; Composition Knox College
Memberships	State & Nationally certified member of Music Teachers National Association & Michigan Music Teachers Association; Member of Metropolitan Detroit Musicians League; Oakland Piano Teachers Forum; National Guild of Piano Teachers; and National Federation of Music Clubs.
Other	Adjudicator for Michigan Federation Jr. Festivals; National Guild; Michigan Music Teachers Association Achievement Tests; and Metropolitan Detroit Musicians League. Studied with Murray Baylor and Charles Fisher

Doug Beddow

Instruction	Brass
Degree (s)	Master of Music Education: Madonna University; Bachelor's of Music Education, Northern Michigan University
Memberships	Certified State of Michigan Music Education teacher; former International Jazz Educators Association officer; International Trombone Association member; MSBOA; Motor City Music Foundation member;American Orff Schulwerk Association-Greater Detroit Chapter; American Federation of Musicians-Detroit Local #5; Southeast Michigan Flute Association; National Flute Association; International Trombone Association; Detroit Blues Society; Capital Area Blues Society; MidNorth Michigan Blues Society; former Music Department Head, Leland Public Schools; former assistant brass tutor at Interlochen Arts Academy; Blues Society Member; Capitol Area Blues Society member; Multi-Award Winner-Detroit Music Awards-2007 “Outstanding Classical Instrumentalist” and “Best Rhythm & Blues Band

Nenad Djordjevic

Instruction	Strings
Degree (s)	Bachelor of Music University of Sarajevo; Candidate Master of Music, Wayne State University.
Memberships	Past member of Vancouver Opera Orchestra; National Theater, Belgrade, Sarajevo; Member of Dearborn Symphony Orchestra.

Susan Gardner

Instruction	Piano
Degree (s)	Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Wm Tyndale College.
Memberships	National Guild of Piano Teachers and Oakland Piano Teachers Forum
Other	Adjudicator for Michigan Federation Music Club Jr. Festival; and Staff Pianist Calvary Baptist Church, Canton.

Larisa Kan

Instruction	Choir; Piano
Degree (s)	Bachelor of Arts in Music Education; Adv. BA in Musical Arts-Kishinev College of Music
Memberships	National Guild of Piano Teachers; National Federation of Music Clubs
Other	Taught at Kiev Music School; Won Grand Prize in Int'l Choir Competition; Krakow, Poland

Ruth Lapeyre

Instruction	Voice
Degree (s)	Master of Music Loyola University; New Orleans
Memberships	Grosse Pointe Musical; and Opera Lite
Other	1st place winner National Association Teachers of Singing; Regional Finalist Metropolitan Opera Auditions. 2nd Place Maccabees Voice Competition; Taught at Oakland University; Rochester Michigan and Loyola University; New Orleans Louisiana. Performed with numerous symphonies in Louisiana, Michigan and Canada.

Lucy Muller

Instruction	Piano
Degree (s)	BFA, Piano Performance Tulane University; MA Piano Pedagogy - Columbia Teachers College
Memberships	West Oakland Piano Forum; Michigan Music Teachers Association; Music Teachers National Association; National Guild of Piano Teachers; Livonia Piano Teachers Forum
Other	Adjudicator: Michigan Federation Junior Festival and National Guild Piano Teachers

Eileen Ozar

Instruction	Piano
Degree (s)	B. Music Ed. Indiana University of Penn.
Memberships	Music Teachers National Association; MENC; National Guild of Piano Teachers; Michigan Federation of Music Clubs; Camerata; Oakland Piano Teachers Forum
Other	Michigan Federation Festival Adjudicator

James Pescor

Instruction	Strings
Degree (s)	Master of Music Viola Performance / Music Education; University of Illinois
Memberships	American String Teachers Association; Suzuki Association of the Americas and International Association; MSBOA; "Real String Quartet"
Other	Member of the "ConSordino" String Quartet; Michigan Federation Festival Adjudicator.

Bella Polishchuk

Instruction	Piano
Degree (s)	Master of Arts Piano Pedagogy; State Pedagogical University Taganarog; Russia
Memberships	National Guild of Piano Teachers; Oakland Piano Teachers Forum; Michigan Music Teachers Association, National Music Teachers Association
Other	Taught at Kharkov School of Music, Ukraine

Kaye Rittinger

Instruction	Voice
Degree (s)	Master Music; Oakland University; Certified McClosky Voice Therapist
Memberships	Former member Michigan Opera Theater; Detroit Symphony Chorale; Cantata Academy of Metropolitan Detroit
Other	Soloist with Detroit, Warren, Allen Park, Pontiac/Oakland Symphonies; Cantata academy; Detroit Symphony Chorale; Verdi & Puccini Opera Co.; Marygrove College; Finalist in MacCabees Mutual Vocal Competition. Member of Michigan OPera Theater, Detroit Symphony Chorale, Cantata Academy of Metropolitan. Detroit. Solo on tour: Germany, Austria, and Japan. Performing member of Birmingham Musicale.

Jim Shelp

Instruction	Guitar
Degree (s)	Bachelor of Science and Teaching Certification, University of Michigan.
Memberships	Member of: Michigan Federation of Music Clubs, Guitar Foundation of America, Classical Guitar Society of Michigan, Michigan Fingerstyle Guitar Society
Other	Plays electric, acoustic and classical guitar. Covers all styles. Studied Hawaiian Slack Key guitar in Honolulu, HI. Performed in Europe as part of an Outreach Ministry. Former Music Appreciation teacher for Garden City Public Schools. Author of the Unbounded Guitar Series.

Anna Sorokhtei

Instruction	Piano
Degree (s)	Master of Music in Piano Performance & Pedagogy, Livi State University Conservatory; Post graduate study in Piano Performance, Wayne State University;
Other	Taught at Lviv Conservatory; Lviv Music School for Gifted Children; Performed with Livonia, Ukrainian State, Lviv Symphony Orchestras.

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