Liliya Nijehovsky

BW Community Arts School

Liliya Nijehovsky is an accomplished classically trained pianist with a Masters Degree in Piano Teaching, Piano Performance and Accompanying from Prokofiev Conservatory, Donetsk, Ukraine. She is a certified Suzuki piano teacher from Ohio Capital University. She teaches piano to students of all ages and all …

Richard Pokrywka

BW Community Arts School

Richard Pokrywka, a native of North Olmsted, has earned a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance from Baldwin Wallace University (‘97) and Master of Music from the University of Georgia (‘99), and is currently a doctoral candidate in trumpet at The Ohio State University. He …

Casidy Reed

Yvonne LoPresto

Casidy Reed, (she/her/hers), is a musician, educator, and advocate for music education. Native to Buffalo, NY, she is currently a Band Director at the Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Previously, she was a Band Director in the Greece Central School …

Bryan Reichert

BW Community Arts School

Bryan Reichert has experience teaching students of varying ages and playing abilities. He is fluent in styles including classical, jazz and popular genres. Reichert’s teaching philosophy is: with dedication, all students have the ability to play the guitar. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree …

Corrie Anne Riberdy, Admissions Councilor Conservatory of Music

Corrie Anne Riberdy

BW Community Arts School

Corrie Anne Riberdy teaches violin to all ages from beginners to advanced players. She believes in the adage that students are rarely too young and never too old to start violin. A graduate of the Suzuki method herself, she incorporates that philosophy into all her …

Jason Riberdy

BW Community Arts School

Jason Riberdy has been teaching private French horn lessons for over 15 years. Open to students of all ages and skill, he specializes in teaching the fundamental mechanics needed to establish a solid foundation for playing the horn. Jason is currently a member of the …

Marge Ricksicker

Marge Ricksecker

Laura Davies

Marge Ricksecker (guitar private lesson teacher) has been teaching guitar at Baldwin Wallace since 1980.   Ms. Ricksecker teachers all styles of guitar, including: Classical, Acoustic, Electric and Bass.   She specializes in teaching adults and advanced students.  She is the director of the Contemporary Choir and Ensemble at St. Raphael …

Tanya Rogers

BW Community Arts School

Tanya Rogers is a native of Parma, Ohio. She attended Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music for her Bachelor of Music Education. Tanya Rogers is a violinist and has studied violin performance and chamber music with Julian Ross. In addition to teaching orchestra for the Strongsville …

Carol Ross

Adam Sheldon

Carol Ross’s career as artist teacher and performer of violin and viola has spanned three decades. Her leadership positions in professional orchestras and extensive performing experience as recitalist and chamber musician have richly informed her teaching. She is proud of her many students who have …

Barton Rotberg, instructor at BW Community Arts School

Dr. Sam Rotberg

BW Community Arts School

Dr. Barton Samuel Rotberg has performed as a violinist in the U.S., Canada, France, Spain, Costa Rica and Mexico and has been a prizewinner in the Boston International Chamber Music Competition and the Liberty Freemont Young Artists Competition in Illinois. Currently assistant concertmaster of the …