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Founder and Director:
Carolyn
Inabinet
Carolyn Inabinet is the
owner/director and primary instructor at
Music Works Academy, Ltd., a private music school in
Phoenix, Arizona offering piano, guitar, voice and violin. Ms. Inabinet was a 1968 Phi Beta Kappa graduate
from the University of Tennessee with a major in piano and
French. In
addition, she has done extensive graduate work at both the
University of Tennessee and Arizona State University in early
childhood music, instructional design and technology, and music
history as well as graduate study in piano and classical organ. She
is co-author of
Practice and Progress (1992) and
The FJH
Studio
Organizer (2002).
Ms. Inabinet is a member of
Phoenix Music Teachers Association
(PMTA), Arizona State Music Teachers
Association (ASMTA),
Music
Teacher’s National Association
(MTNA), and the
National Guild of Piano Teachers
(NGPT). She began teaching
Kindermusik in 1980 and holds
Kindermusik and
MusikGarten teaching
certification in all curricula as well as Levels I and II
certification in
Orff/Schulwerke.
Ms. Inabinet has received permanent professional certification
with the
Music Teachers’ National Association and
has been a speaker at four national conventions. In 1988 and 89, she was a
presenter at the first music technology symposiums held by MTNA.
In 1996, her article
“Beyond Piano Instruction: A Decade of
Evolution and Revolution” appeared in The American Music Teacher,
the national MTNA journal. This article addressed a nationwide
problem with independent music teachers...zoning. In her
1996 MTNA National presentation, she shared her experiences and
knowledge gained during a five-year zoning battle and subsequent
resolution with the City of Phoenix. In 2003, Ms. Inabinet was a
presenter in the MTNA National Conference Poster Session with
PianoFonics®,
resource materials for group and private instruction.
In addition, Ms. Inabinet is the author of
The Cranial Connection, an introductory handbook to cranial
osteopathy. She has received recognition from the American Academy
of Osteopathy as well as the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association
for her contribution to manipulative osteopathic literature.
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Julie Ann Neuberger
earned a Certificate of Graduate Studies in
Piano Performance and a Master of Music in Piano
Pedagogy from University of South Carolina. She
also graduated magna cum laude from Gordon
College with a Bachelor of Music in Piano
Performance. During her graduate studies in
South Carolina, Ms. Neuberger served as a piano
faculty member of the University of South
Carolina Community Music Program and taught for
her private piano studio.
Ms. Neuberger has performed as the pianist in
several chamber groups as well as in solo piano
recitals in South Carolina, Massachusetts, and
Maryland. She has served as a piano adjudicator
for several piano festivals associated with the
Music Teacher's National Association and a
masterclass clinician for several events. Ms.
Neuberger has over six years experience in piano
instruction to all different ages and levels.
Ms. Neuberger's teaching skills are not limited
to piano instruction, as she has experience in
vocal and choral coaching as well as
accompanying.
For the past two years, Ms. Neuberger has served
as a music faculty member of Mitchellville
Community School of the Arts in Bowie, MD, where
she instructed piano, directed general music and
choral classes, and taught music theory. Ms.
Neuberger recently relocated to Scottsdale, AZ,
where she will continue offering music
instruction. She is currently a music faculty
member at both Bender Performing Arts Center and
Music Works Academy. Ms. Neuberger’s instruction
at Music Works Academy will include Harmony Road
Classes as well as private and partner piano
lessons.
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Carolyn Cates graduated from Bethel
College in St. Paul, Minnesota with a degree in
music education in 1981. She has been teaching
music in the Phoenix area since 1982 and joined
Music Works Academy's staff in 1999.
Ms. Cates has been
teaching piano for fifteen years; in addition,
she has sixteen years teaching experience in
general music. Ms. Cates taught general music
for grades K- 6 at Valley Cathedral Christian
School for ten years where she directed handbell
classes, an elementary choir, Orff-Schulwerke
classes and recorder. During that time she
coordinated the regional ASCI Vocal and
Instrumental Music Festivals. In addition, she
taught general music at Grace community
Christian School in Tempe for four years as well
as three years in the Phoenix Elementary
District.
Ms. Cates is a
member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA),
Arizona State Music Teachers Association (ASMTA),
Phoenix Music Teachers Association (PMTA) and
the National Guild of Piano Teachers (NGPT). She
has certification in Harmony Road Music as well
as Levels I and II certification in
Orff-Schulwerke.
In
addition to teaching piano and young children's
classes at Music Works Academy, Ms. Cates leads
worship at Christ's Community Church and is the
director of the senior handchime choir at
Classic Residence by Hyatt in Scottsdale.
Carolyn is a songwriter and a vocal entertainer,
specializing in Broadway and 1920s-1940s
standards. She is married and has one daughter.
"Music has always been a big part of my life and
it's such a great blessing to me to see how it
brings joy to people of ALL ages, from little
babies to hospice patients. It truly is a
language of the heart and I love sharing it with
others."
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 David Buck
After taking a guitar class in high school and
later playing rock guitar in local bands for a
few years, David Buck began to formally study
the classical guitar in 1992. In his first two
years of study he won prizes in both solo and
ensemble categories in the MCCCD Outstanding
Performers Competition (1993-1994). He then
went on to study under the direction of Frank
Koonce at Arizona State University where he
received his Bachelor of Music degree and most
recently, to the University of Arizona for a
Masters Degree in Guitar Performance with Thomas
Patterson.
He has performed extensively both as a soloist
and in chamber music settings since then and has
received many honors including:
·
1st Prize; 3rd Annual
Texas Guitar Competition,
Dallas, Texas, 2004
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Prizewinner; Beeston Guitar Competition,
Tucson, Arizona, 2003
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2nd Prize; 2nd Annual
Texas Guitar Competition,
Dallas, Texas, 2003
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Prizewinner; Sholin Guitar Competition,
Tucson, Arizona, 2003
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Prizewinner; Stevens Guitar Competition,
Tucson, Arizona, 2002
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Semi-Finalist; Guitar Foundation of America
International Guitar Competition,
La Jolla, California, 2001
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Prizewinner; Contemporary Music Society
Competition,
Tempe, Arizona, 1999
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Semi-Finalist; Portland Guitar Competition,
Portland, Oregon, 1997
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Semi-Finalist; American String Teachers
Association Competition,
Phoenix, Arizona, 1996
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1st
Prize; Arizona Guitar Society Competition,
Phoenix, Arizona, 1997
Mr. Buck was recently invited to give a
performance at Arizona State University of the
music for Guitar Solo by the Russian composer
Nikita Koshkin. An all-Koshkin concert was also
given at the 4th Annual Texas Guitar
Festival. He was also invited to be part of the
ASU Alumni Concert Series in 2004 and has
performed for the Scottsdale, Arizona-based
group Spirit of the Senses numerous
times.
He has been active as a performer of chamber
music as well, founding the Monsoon duo with
guitarist Federico Reggiardo and the Romanza Duo
with violinist Robert Dunger. He has been
invited to perform with the Paradise Valley
Chamber Ensemble, the ASU New Music Ensemble,
and the ASU Guitar Orchestra and has been
invited to play at ASU as part of the Showcase
Chamber Music Series and at the Long Beach
Guitar and Lute Institute Final Concert with
guitarist Chuck Hulihan, and most notably, at
the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. with
guitarist Sean Beattie.
He has studied both in private and in master
class with many world-class performers including
Manuel Barrueco, Ricardo Cobo, Elliot Fisk,
William Kanengiser, Nikita Koshkin, David
Leisner, David Russell, David Tanenbaum, Scott
Tennant, Benjamin Verdery, and many others.
Mr. Buck is currently an adjunct faculty member
for the Maricopa County Community College
District in Arizona.
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Alexander Zawilak comes from an eclectic
musical background. His first loves were jazz,
fusion and blues. While in high school, Alex
played in the St Johns University Jazz Band, and
undertook jazz studies at the Brooklyn
Conservatory of Music.
Also, in high school Alex began to explore
classical music. He played cello and up-right
bass in the St. Francis Prep String Orchestra.
With a lot of encouragement, Alex began to sing
with various vocal groups. He discovered
classical guitar as a way to intimately study
the music of the great composers.
Alex entered the Manness college of music were
he completed his Bachelors and Masters of music.
He studied guitar with Fredrick Hand, Benjamin
Verdery, Terry Champlain and Michael Newman.
Alex did work in composition and orchestration
with David Loeb. A fundamental basis for his
musical development was ear training and
dictation taught by Frank Nuemhauser and William
Needleman.
While studying at Manness, Alex took advantage
of New York City by performing with various jazz
combos in local music venues. He also spent his
summers playing guitar, banjo and mandolin with
the Light Opera Company of Falmouth
Massachusetts.
After completing his MA, Alex entered the ASU
doctoral program in solo performance. While in
residence he has turned his attention to new
music. Alex has premiered Fantasy en Hussan by
Nahla Matar for fretless guitar and Chamber
works by Hector Martinez. He has participated in
the George Crumb residency at ASU with the
performance of “Night of the Four Moons” and was
the only guitar participant in the Society of
Composers conference held at ASU in April of
2001 with a performance of Rhapsodic Ignition
for solo guitar by Karen P. Thomas. He has
also,collaborated with ASU Dance, Drama and
performed on the Baroque guitar in the ASU
production of Telemann’s Dido and Aeneas.
Since graduating with his BM Alex has been
teaching first in New York, then in Phoenix.
When asked about a primary teaching philosophy,
Alex states, “the goal of the instructor is to
share an enthusiasm for the whole spectrum of
musical expression. Music has given me many
hours of enjoyment at home and has brought me to
many fun places in the US and Europe where I was
able to share it with others.” Alex stresses the
need to be emotionally motivated by the beauty
of the music and encourages the fun of making
and sharing it.
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