Adriana began playing the violin at the age of 5.  She graduated with honors from the Denver School of the Arts and went on to earn her Bachelors of Music from Queens College. She works on nurturing each individual student and building their poise and confidence. Adriana has played at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and has toured throughout Europe. She has played and recorded with Shakira, Jim James Santigold, Garrison Keillor, Motel Motel and Midnight Masses. Adriana is currently studying Baroque violin.

Worked at the Musika office since 2007. 

Teach beginner, intermediate, and early advanced strings, piano, and voice. Repertoire includes: Violin: Mendelssohn Concerto Em, Vitali Chaccone ed. Auer, JS Bach Sonatas and Partitas, Beethoven Romances/ Sonatas, Mozart Violin Concerto 5, Rode Caprices, Kreutzer,  etc., orchestral and chamber etc. Historical Violin and strings style and technique Viola: JS Bach Suites for Cello arr. Viola, Bach sonatas and partitas, GP Telemann Viola Concerto, Hoffmeister Viola Concerto, JC Bach Cello Concerto transcribed viola, Schubert Death and the Maiden quartet, beethoven quartets Cello: JS Bach Cello Suites, Chamber music and Orchestral music, E. Grieg Holberg Suite Piano: JS Bach inventions and well tempered clavier, S. Joplin, Chopin Military Polonaise, Beethoven sonata no. 15, Brahms Intermezzo, Ravel Infante Voice: 24 Italian Songs and Arias, Vaccai, Marchesi, Joseph 1 Alme Ingrate, Mozart Arias, Handel Arias, Catches and Glees S and A, various 18th century arias.

 Stephen is a graduate of Columbia University. A composer of more than fifty pieces, his music has been performed by both chamber groups and orchestras in the US and abroad. The most notable performers of his compositions include the Gregg Smith Singers, Stitching Combinatie van Utrechtse Muziekbelangen, New Calliope Singers, Group for Contemporary Music, and the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. Stephen continues to work as a freelance guitarist and conductor, performing in various national venues with the Gregg Smith Singers, the Group for Contemporary Music, the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, and the Composers Ensemble. He also co-founded the New York Qin Society, and has performed qin music and lectured on Chinese music internationally. 

I'm a dedicated and passionate music teacher, based in New York City and Long Island, NY. In 2012, I graduated from the Eastman School of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and Music Education. I've had the opportunity to perform both nationally and internationally both as a soloist, as well as with various orchestras.