Teaching Achievements

1999 to present

Teaching private lessons in Composition, Piano, Improvisation, Ear Training, Solfeggio and Theory in Fort Lee, NJ

Award-winning students in composition
Students successfully passed the AP Music Theory Exam (after 1,5 years of training)
Composition student completed a two act musical
Students always successfully passed the “Royal Conservatory” Piano, Theory and Aural exams
Teaching the preparation of the improvisations based on the visual component (to the photo exhibition)
Teaching Piano and different synthesizer’s ensemble improvisations
Teaching Improvisations based on particular style, genre, harmonic progressions

Northern Westchester Center for the Arts. Mount Kisco, NY -Piano and Composition Instructor

Piano students shown the best result playing recitals among the students of the complete Piano
Department of the Art Center
Teaching Composition for an adult composer who worked on releasing a CD with his music
Teaching a Vocal student the art of sight-reading

State Art College, Moscow – Professor of Composition, Piano and Theory

Gnessin State Music College, Moscow – Professor of Composition, Piano and Theory.

Margarita Zelenaia’s compositions have been an integral part of Gnessin State Music College’s Instrumental and Vocal Curriculum since 1986
Award-winning piano and composition students
Accepted students by audition