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* Mill Street Neighborhood Artist
** Shelburne Arts Cooperative Member
Jeri Bannister - Brass, Woodwinds, and Drums. B.S., Mus. Ed., M.S., Mus. Ed., Ithaca College; C.A.G.S. Interdisciplinary Studies, Fitchburg State College; additional graduate studies at Hartt School of Music and Central Connecticut State University. Member of Pioneer Valley Symphony, Pioneer Valley Brass. Extensive teaching experience in public schools and at Northfield Mt. Hermon and Bement.
Amy Bateman - Violin. M.M. Violin Performance, University of Massachusetts. Performing experience includes orchestral and chamber music and jazz and pop. Teaching experience includes Greenfield Community College, UMass, Stubbs Music Center and Gadsden County Public Schools.
Cecilia Berger - Violin. B.M., Violin Performance, Lawrence University, WI; M.M. Violin Performance, Bowling Green State University, OH. Member of Pioneer Valley Symphony and Commonwealth Opera Orchestra.
Christine Conniff** – Baskets. Basket maker and teacher for over 20 yrs. Sells work through local galleries and craft shops; participates in many area craft shows. Member of the Shelburne Arts Cooperative.
Amy Crawford - Kindermusik. Sociology major and music minor degrees, Keene State College. Experience as church organist, youth and adult choir director and chorus accompanist. Music director for various community theaters.
Peter Dudley - Visual Arts. MFA, UMass, Painting and Printmaking; BFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design; extensive teaching experience on all levels, including GCC; work exhibited throughout the Northeast.
Laura Garrison - Visual Arts. B.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; 25 years experience. Subjects include figurative, still - life, floral, and landscape; work represented at Green Trees Gallery in Northfield and Cornerstone Artworks in Hatfield; ongoing representation in NYC, St. Thomas, and North Carolina. www.artgarrison.com
Margery Heins - Voice, Voice Class. B.A., Music, Mount Holyoke College; M.M. Choral Conducting, Temple University. Conductor of church choirs, the Recital Chorus, and Greenfield Community College Chorus.
Phyllis Kirkpatrick - Piano. B.A., Music, Smith College; earlier studies at Mannes School of Music and the High School for the Performing Arts in New York City; more than 20 years teaching experience at home studio and currently teaches piano at the Academy at Charlemont.
Kate Marion Lapierre - Visual Arts. Post Graduate Certificate in Art Therapy; extensive teaching experience at elementary and middle school levels, including Greenfield Public Schools, Mariamante Academy and Clarke School for the Deaf; freelance artist and illustrator.
Lynn Lovell - Double and Electric Bass. B.A., Westfield State Teacher College; Founder of Western New England Double Bass Society; performer and teacher of jazz, and classical styles; member of the Holyoke and Pioneer Valley Symphonies.
Sue McFarland** - Fiber Art. Degrees in visual arts, arts administration and an MEd from Lesley University where her focus was on the creative arts and curriculum development; fiber artist for over 20 years. Her work is exhibited regionally and she conducts fiber arts workshops for both schoolchildren and educators.
Sally Chaffee Maron** - Beading. Teaching experience includes Snow Farm, Fiber Art Center in Amherst and the Amherst Community Arts Center and 92nd St. Y, New York City. Member of the Fiber Art Center and the Shelburne Arts Cooperative.
Maggie Nowinski - Collage, M.F.A. in Visual Arts, Vermont College Graduate School; B.A. in Painting, State University of New York, New Paltz; Has taught at Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA, and Greenfield Community College. Her work has been exhibited in the Pioneer Valley, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Illinois and Florence, Italy.
Rachel Roberts - Visual Arts. B.A. Elementary Education, University of Massachusetts. Self-taught hobbyist who has made and sold a variety of jewelry items over the past 15 years. Teaching experience includes Pine Peace School, Virgin Islands and Hawlemont Regional Elementary School, Charlemont.
Jeanie Schermesser - Visual Arts. B.F.A., Printmaking and Painting, Massachusetts College of Art; graduate studies in lithography, UMass. Teaching experience includes camps, after school programs, artist residencies, art faculty member at Northfield Mt. Hermon and Eaglebrook Schools.
Astrid Sheckels* - Visual Arts. A.S. in Fine Art from Greenfield Community College. High school art teacher experience. Portrait and still life painter in watercolor and oil; children's book illustrator.
Elizabeth Smith** – Jewelry. Member of Shelburne Arts Cooperative; has been designing and selling original jewelry for 17 years.
David Tasgal - Violin, Cello. B.A. and M.M. Ed., University of Massachusetts. Composer, arranger, performer and author of string method books. Also on the faculty of the Brattleboro Music Center.
Rhonda Wainshilbaum - Visual Arts. B.F.A. and graduate studies, University of Massachusetts. Practicing artist proficient in all areas with specialty in clay. Eighteen years of teaching experience in various settings
Anna Wetherby - Violin, Viola, Cello. B.M. in Music Education, Boston University; Violist, Pioneer Valley Symphony; Teaching experience includes Leverett Elementary School, Saturday morning Music School in Belmont MA, the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School, Orchestral Society of Trinidad & Tobago.
Brooks Williams - Guitar & Mandolin. B.A. English, Salem State College; M.ED. (in process) UMASS Amherst. His professional work has included international concert appearances, CD recordings, plus music for PBS, NPR, the BCC and independent documentaries. Teaching experience includes the Community Music School of Springfield, Club Passim School of Music, and Swannanoa Gathering.
* Mill Street Neighborhood Artist
** Shelburne Arts Cooperative Member
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