Our Coaches - Musically Motivating Workshops

Our Workshop Coaches

Our Coaching Staff - May 2025 Workshop

Stefanie Taylor is a graduate of Indiana University and SUNY Stony Brook. She studied violin with Miriam Fried, viola with Caroline Levine, and chamber music with Julius Levine and Tim Eddy. She is the assistant principal violist of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and violist for the orchestra’s Juke Box Quartet. Ms. Taylor has been the principal violist of both the Middlebury Opera and the Green Mountain Opera. She has led the Burlington Chamber Orchestra as concertmaster, and has performed with the Craftsbury Chamber Players, the Vermont Virtuosi, the Williams Chamber Players, the Manchester Music Festival, Capital City Concerts, and the Burlington Ensemble. For nearly twenty years, Stefanie performed frequently with the New York Philharmonic and as guest principal violist of the American Symphony, as well as in ensembles including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Stefanie premiered several chamber works at venues including Merkin Hall, Roulette, Miller Theater, and has performed live on WQXR radio. Stefanie teaches violin and viola at the Middlebury Community Music Center. She is the artistic director of the Manchester and the Mountains Chamber Music Workshop, and is on the faculty of Berkshire Summer Music. Additionally, she has been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Steans Institute at Ravinia, and Villa Musica (Germany.) Stefanie completed Suzuki teacher training at the School for Strings in New York.

Dale Stuckenbruck, received his DMA from the Manhattan School of Music in 1984. Dale is a Grammy nominated musician, is a concert violinist in the tradition of Leopold Auer through his mentor, Erick Friedman. As a violinist and multi-instrumentalist of world instruments, including the musical saw, he has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Taipei City Symphony Orchestra, New York Virtuosi, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Caramoor, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. He has been featured on the Tonight Show, Conan, and on the World Fusion Show. As one of the leading concertmasters in the New York area, Dale has had one of the most diverse careers in the recording field, including Broadway, new music ensembles, and historically informed ensembles. He is also the founder of the Long Island Vegetable Orchestra and Kammermusik, where his interest in world culture and sustainability found their home. His recent online guest appearances have included sessions at SVA and Yale. Dale has created music for films that have shown at the Israeli Museum, the Whitney Museum, Fundación CALOSA Irapuato (México), and the Highline in New York City.

Joana Genova, a Bulgarian-born violinist, is assistant professor and director of chamber music activities at the University of Indianapolis, and co-artistic director of Taconic Music in Manchester, Vermont. She became the second violinist of The Indianapolis Quartet in 2017, and holds positions as artist associate at Williams College, principal second violin of the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts, and associate concertmaster of the Carmel Symphony in Indiana. Joana has been featured soloist with the Metropolitan, Rockaway, Danbury, and Berkshire symphonies. She has also performed with the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, the Harlem Chamber Players, the Manchester Festival Orchestra, the Yonkers Philharmonic, and under the baton of Raymond Leppard with the University of Indianapolis Gala Orchestra. She has performed throughout the US and internationally in Bulgaria, Holland, Germany, Italy, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Joana performs on a Johannes Cuypers violin made in The Hague in 1786.

Ariel Rudiakov has a versatile career as a violist, conductor, and educator. He is the co-founder and artistic director of Taconic Music in Manchester, Vermont, music director of the Danbury Symphony Orchestra. As an adjunct faculty member at the University of Indianapolis, he coached chamber music and conducted the orchestra. Mr. Rudiakov was artistic director of the Manchester Music Festival from 2000 to 2016. He is a member of the New York Piano Quartet, the Equinox String Quartet, and is the co-founder and president of the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC.) He has performed to critical acclaim throughout the US and abroad. Mr. Rudiakov teaches at the Taconic Music Summer Chamber Music Intensive program and has served on the faculties of the Manhattan School preparatory division, at Green Mountain, Bennington and Middlebury Colleges, and at the Manchester Music Festival. He has given numerous masterclasses, radio and TV interviews, as well as outreach concerts and lectures. As a conductor, he has worked with noted musicians such as Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, Michael Rudiakov, Bernard Greenhouse, David Deveau, Christopher O’Reilly, Drew Petersen, Todd Palmer, and others.

Wanda Glowacka attended the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, Poland, where she received her MMA. She also has a professional studies diploma from Juilliard, an artist diploma from Boston University, and a doctoral studies in performance and education from the University of Southern California. She is an active cellist/performer/teacher in New York City. Wanda was the first prize winner at the Concertino Prague International Competition and at the Danczowski Cello Competition. She has been the recipient of several awards and honors including a Fulbright Scholarship, Juilliard School grants, Phyllis Curtin & Boston University faculty awards, the Hammer Rostropovich Award, the Halsey Stevens Award and the University of Southern California Award for Musical Achievement. Wanda has been a teacher since 1987 and was a former faculty member of the Chopin Academy of Music in Poland, and at the Szymanowski Special Music School in Warsaw. Wanda performed under the management of PAGART and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras throughout America, Europe, and South America. Ms. Glowacka also premiered in Los Angeles in 1987, a world premiere of a duo for cello and voice by Virko Baley in NY, 2008. From 1996-2007, Wanda performed in yearly concerts of Twentieth Century Music in New York City.

Heawon Kim is a pianist.