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NBS faculty are hand-selected from the world's finest conservatories
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Nelly Berman, age 19, teaches her first student in Odessa, Russia.
Administrative Team
Nelly Berman
Late Founder and Director Emeritus
Elena Berman
Executive Director & Special Arrangement Piano Faculty
Galen Blanzaco
Administrative Assistant
Keyboard Faculty
Marianna Prjevalskaya
Piano Faculty
Dr. Igor Resnianski
Piano Faculty
Marina Voznaya
Piano and Voice Faculty
Alla Boychenko
Piano Faculty
Dr. Katarzyna Marzec-Salwinski
Piano Faculty
James Anemone
Piano Faculty
Dr. Ariane Alexander
Piano Faculty
Maxim Mogilevsky
Special Arrangement Piano Faculty
Dima Borisovsky
Piano Faculty
Elena Berman
Executive Director & Special Arrangement Piano Faculty
Ronaldo Rolim
Piano Faculty
Dr. Anna Kislitsyna
Piano & Harpsichord Faculty
String Faculty
Paul Klinefelter
String Bass & Bass Guitar Faculty
Lorenzo Mazzamuto
Violin Faculty
Vladimir Dyo
Special Arrangement Violin Faculty
Elliot Mallard
Cello Faculty
Paul Arnold
Special Arrangement Violin Faculty
Tanya Ivanova
Violin Faculty
Rodolfo Leuenberger
Violin Faculty
Sylvia Ahramjian
Special Arrangement Violin Faculty
Irina Schuck
Violin Faculty
Dr. Joseph Kauffman
Violin & Viola Faculty
Lenny Ranallo
Guitar Faculty
Jeffrey Solow
Special Arrangement Cello Faculty
Wind & Brass Faculty
Joseph Dvorak
Clarinet Faculty
Gene Isayev
Flute Faculty
Frank Stroble
French Horn Faculty
Dr. Meghan Woodard
Oboe Faculty
Dr. Mathew D. Clayton
Saxophone & Jazz Improvisation Faculty
Dr. Kate Young
Clarinet Faculty
Andrew Urbina
Saxophone and Jazz Improvisation Faculty
Andres Gonzalez
Trumpet Faculty
Alex Siniavski
Trombone, Trumpet, & Jazz Improvistation Faculty
Voice Faculty
Marina Voznaya
Piano and Voice Faculty
Katie Erikson
Voice Faculty
Jazz Faculty
Alex Siniavski
Trombone, Trumpet, & Jazz Improvistation Faculty
Andrew Urbina
Saxophone and Jazz Improvisation Faculty
Dr. Mathew D. Clayton
Saxophone & Jazz Improvisation Faculty
Dr. Theresa Klinefelter
Jazz Piano Faculty
Paul Klinefelter
String Bass & Bass Guitar Faculty
“We have not been able to find the caliber of teaching which Nelly was able to assemble at NBS”
“We have not been able to find the caliber of teaching which Nelly was able to assemble at NBS — certainly part of her gift and her magic.”