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Robert Murray Diefendorf, Director
Instructor in Piano, Westminster Conservatory of Rider University
Author, Release the Butterfly, accepted at the Lincoln Center Library for Performing Arts
Publisher, releasethebutterfly.com website and monthly newsletters on education
Presenter, Music Teachers National Association
Educational Speaker, New York Public Libraries
Phillips Exeter Academy Alumnus

Graham Webb, Treasurer
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson in the State of New Jersey.
Westerly Road Church, Sunday School Instructor

Therese Ross, Board Chair
Forest City Ratner Construction/Property Management
Emmanuel Baptist Church of Brooklyn

Marie Kerlin, Major Gifts
Owner, CEO, State Farm, Nassau Street , Princeton

Lillian Livingston, Music Pedagogy
 Adjunct Professor of Piano at Westminster Choir College of Rider University 
Director,  Professional Development Certificate program
Co-directs (with Ingrid Clarfield) the Summer Piano Camp for Piano Teachers
Co-directs piano camp for middle school students
Adjudicator and clinician throughout the United States, Canada and Germany. 
A foremost authority on teaching the adult student
Presenter on adult pedagogy at the Music Teachers National Association’s national convention and the World Piano Pedagogy Conference. 
Contributor articles on piano pedagogy to the American Music Teacher and Keyboard Companion. 
Duo-piano team with Ingrid Clarfield

 


Collaborators/Friends

Joanne Adams, Collaborator
Director of Community Service, the Lawrenceville School

Ivelisse Alvarez, Collaborator
Principal, PS 145, Manhattan

Paget Berge, Consultant
President, First Step, Inc.
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Vice President Education/Programming, The Jewish Center, Conservative Synagogue of Princeton, New Jersey
Harvard University Alumnus

Christine Casati
National Council for U.S.-China Relations
U.S. China Business Council
St. Paul’s Church, Princeton
United States Tennis Association

Holly Chung, Co-Coordinator, NYC Chapter And Instructor
Columbia Student

James Day, Curriculum Advisor and Workshop Presenter
Internationally renowned concert guitarist
Instructor in Guitar, Westminster, The College of New Jersey

Ilene Dube, Friend
Princeton Packet Newspaper
New Jersey Press Association
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Princeton

Debrah Gerstenfeld, Friend
President of the Parent Association for the Juilliard School Pre-College Division

Kyle Hackinson, Collaborator
President, FJH Music Company

Scott Hoerl, Collaborator
Director, Westminster Conservatory of Music

Sarah Jablonski, Recruiter and Instructor
High School Volunteer

Betty Jackson, Collaborator

Assistant Headmaster, Emily Fisher Charter School, Trenton

Marie Kerlin, Major Gifts
Agent, State Farm of Princeton

Lillian Livingston, Program Advisor
Internationally renowned expert in adult piano pedagogy
Concert artist

Michael McKittish, Collaborator
Principal, Pace Charter School, Trenton

Hester Null, Collaborator
Registrar, Westminster Conservatory of Music

Bethany Rose, Consultant
Steinway and Sons

Sylvie Webb, Accompanist
Internationally renowned concert pianist
Pedagogue

Dr. Rebecca White-Johnson, Collaborator
Executive Director, Princeton Young Achievers
Retired principal


Barbara Williams, Curriculum Advisor and Workshop Presenter
Concert Artist
Woodwind Pedagogue

Chelsea Maeda, Lead Coordinator, NYC Chapter and Volunteer Instructor
Columbia Student

Elaine Yeung, Coordinator, NYC Chapter and Volunteer Instructor
Barnard Student

Holly Chung, Coordinator, NYC Chapter and Volunteer Instructor
Columbia Student

Eva Carpenter, Coordinator, NYC Chapter and Volunteer Instructor
Columbia Student