GR City Strings Instructors & Guest Artists

🎻 Our Expert Instructors & Guest Artists

Each member of our faculty brings years of professional performance and teaching experience, guiding students with patience, creativity, and care. 

Each instructor is dedicated to helping students grow — not just as musicians, but as confident, expressive individuals. Faculty members work side-by-side with students in rehearsals, coachings, and even performances, modeling the collaboration and artistry that define chamber music.

When your child learns from GR City Strings instructors, they’re learning from some of the finest musicians and educators in the country, in an environment where passion and purpose meet.

Alicia Gregorian Sawyers

Founder & Director

Teresa Bellamy

Administrative Assistant/Violin

Kimia Ghaderi

Violin Instructor

Randall Burghart

Vivace Chamber Orchestra Conductor

Jill Collier Warne

Cello Instructor

Cameron Blake

Singer-songwriter

Megan Crawford

Violin Instructor

Eric Tanner

Violin Instructor

Erin DeYong

Violin & Viola Instructor

Elise Smith

Violin Instructor

Amanda Smith

Violin Instructor

Carrie Brannen

Cello Instructor

Ara Gregorian

Violin/Viola Instructor

Ani Resnick

Violin Instructor

Susan Crosser

Piano Instructor

Elizabeth “Beth” Wooster Colpean

Harp Instructor

Stephen Swedish

Piano Instructor

Dan Mervak

Guitar Instructor

Jeremy Verwys

Guitar Instructor

Andrea Gay

Voice Instructor

Hannah Schlett

Bass Instructor

Brendan Hollins

Piano Instructor

Dr. Lee Copenhaver

Cello Instructor/Composer

Linda Gregorian

Viola Instructor
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