Meet the Teachers
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Lindsay Bochenek, Art Instructor
Miss Lindsay’s art room is a place where people of all ages can express themselves creatively. Students create their own unique art work, receive inspiration, and share ideas. Miss Lindsay teaches students to draw, paint, and sculpt various subjects of their choice.
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Dianne Cragg, Piano Instructor
A metro Detroit native, Dianne Cragg is a classically trained pianist and began her piano studies at the age of seven. She credits her musical foundation to her first piano teacher, the late Lorraine Stenborg.
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Peter Cartwright, Piano & Voice Instructor
Peter Cartwright is a private instructor and performer of piano and voice at The Arts Academy at Steinway Piano Gallery. He also offers bilingual vocal coaching in English and Spanish for beginning vocalists.
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Martin Khemmoro, Piano, Guitar & Voice Instructor
Martin Khemmoro is a private music teacher at The Arts Academy at Steinway Piano Gallery. Martin provides a range of learning options for students ages 5 and up, including private piano, voice, guitar, sound and vibration theory and more.
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Manuela Krenz Mansour, Piano Instructor
Manuela Krenz Mansour has been playing piano since she was 3 years old and began her teaching career in 2000. She teaches ages 4 through adult, specializing in beginning piano through the advanced level.
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Rick Moore, Piano & Organ Instructor
Rick Moore has been a teacher of piano, organ, and keyboard for the past forty-two years. He utilizes a customized approach to his teaching, based on the student’s goals and aspirations while providing variety and enjoyment in the learning process.
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Patricia Noble, Piano Instructor
Patricia Noble is a private piano teacher at The Arts Academy with over thirty-five years of teaching experience. She provides a student-centered teaching environment while helping students meet goals and reach a higher level ofmusical technique.
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Jim Nuckolls, Piano Instructor
Jim Nuckolls has taught extensively within metro Detroit and has performed throughout the United States and Canada. He has done numerous concerts in the Montreux Jazz Festivals as well as in Farmington Hills and the surrounding communities.
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Lori Payton, Piano Instructor
Lori Payton teaches private piano lessons at Steinway Piano Gallery with the goal of enriching the lives of those in the community through music. In addition to teaching, Lori also performs and accompanies at various venues around Michigan.
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Suzanne Sommerville, Piano Instructor, Composer & Arranger
After graduating from college with a degree in elementary education and after teaching elementary school for 5 years, Suzanne Sommerville realized that her true calling was to mentor and to teach young children and adults, not only to play the piano, but also to develop a deep appreciation for music.
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Irene Steyman, Private & Group Piano Instructor
Irene Steyman teaches private and group lessons for all ages at The Arts Academy. She instructs the most inexperienced musicians to the most advanced concert pianists with studies in music theory and history, performance skills, ear training, and composition.
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Yuta Sugano, Piano Instructor
Yuta Sugano’s teaching experience ranges from young beginners to college piano majors and adult piano enthusiasts. He believes the piano is one of life’s joys that enrich all of us, and loves sharing it with others. He incorporates healthy technique, music history and theory into each lesson.
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Dino Valle, Voice Instructor & Operatic Baritone
Dino Valle, a baritone from Italy, is an experienced voice teacher and performer who provides advanced voice instruction for the beginner, intermediate and college level.
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"Taking lessons at the age of 56 can be done.. at times it seems so hard but the teacher reassured me to keep up with it and takes pieces piece by piece...Beautiful place to go to have this dream coming true." - Greta Gatzke-Evo