Faculty

Our faculty are professional musicians and highly experienced music teachers.

WCM’s music teachers have earned degrees from top music schools, including The Juilliard School, the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, New England Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, the Eastman School of Music at University of Rochester, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and St. Petersburg Conservatory. They have performed at venues in Washington, D.C. and around the world, won international competitions, and collaborated with world-renowned artists.

All Faculty (alphabetical)

Amadi Azikiwe

Online Violin, Viola

Becky Johnson

Suzuki Violin & Viola, Suzuki Academy Coordinator

Bernardo de Leon

Guitar and Ukulele

Catie Brooks

Vocalist, Children's Choir

Cheryl Hill

Clarinet

Cleveland A. Chandler

Violin, Viola

Dave Manley

Jazz, Pop, Rock, Classical, Country & Fingerstyle Guitar

Denis Malloy

Clarinet, Saxophone

Ed Diaz

Acoustic and Electric Guitar

Eileen Estes

Irish Folk Singing

Elizabeth Waterbury

Recital Collaborative Pianist

Ernesto Lima-Paret

Early Childhood Music

George Ohlson

Viola, Violin

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