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Gene Nastri School Faculty
Introducing Tim Pizzichemi, cellist 
Tim completed his Bachelor's of Music Performance at the University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music and his Master’s of Music Performance at Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts. Tim has performed in several orchestras in the states of Texas and Washington since 2012. Some of these orchestras include Plano Symphony, Round Rock Symphony, Federal Way Symphony, Bellevue Ballet Orchestra, Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, and Saratoga Chamber Orchestra. Tim has also performed as a soloist playing concertos by Dvorák and Haydn with orchestras in the Pacific Northwest. He has recently moved back to the Seattle area and has enjoyed coaching chamber music with organizations such as Emerald City Chamber Music Organization and Seattle Chamber Music Society. Tim also spends a great deal of time teaching young cellists and also serving as a coach and mentor for music students with the Northshore School District. His passion for music was nurtured from a very young age and has shaped his life since childhood.  We welcome Tim as our newest faculty member at Gene Nastri School.  Contact Tim at: pizzichemicello@gmail.com
Voice
Anne Rose Bergsma, voice, received her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Voice from the University of Washington. She has sung opera, oratorio, Gilbert and Sullivan and concert repertoire in the northwest, the southwest, and Germany. Anne is an adjunct instructor at Northwest University in Kirkland and  also teaches voice at the Bellevue School of Music. She is the Director of Traditional Music at Redmond Presbyterian Church. Contact Anne at:
arbergsma@yahoo.com

Strings

Brian Crisafulli, traditional and Suzuki violin, Scottish fiddling, has received training in the Suzuki violin method from the Chicago Suzuki Institute, and in Scottish fiddling from the Ohio Scottish Arts School in Oberlin, Ohio, and the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle School in Boulder Creek, California. He has degrees in counseling (M.Ed.), teaching (M.A.T.), and zoology (B.S.). Brian has served as leader and violinist with Scottish dance bands, as solo violinist for dance classes and Scottish dance workshops, and as a teacher of Scottish fiddling and classical violin playing.  Contact Brian at: macfulli@gmail.com
​Seth May-Patterson, viola, violin, is a sought-after performer, private teacher and coach who is as comfortable performing for sold-out arenas as he is teaching in the classroom. As a member of the Passenger String Quartet, Seth has collaborated and performed with artists such as Mark Lanegan(Queens of the Stone Age), ODESZA, Mary Lambert, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, David Bazan, Duff McKagan(Guns and Roses), Kris Orlowski, Judy Collins, and many others. Notably, The Passengers appeared with Mary Lambert on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, performed with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the American Music Awards, and completed a national tour promoting their first album with David Bazan.
Seth is in demand as a session musician and has completed recording projects that range from individual sessions to full-length albums and major motion pictures. Seth currently sits Principal Viola in the Seattle Rock Orchestra and Assistant Principal in the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, is a member of Symphony Tacoma, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, and Federal Way Symphony, as well as subbing for the Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Auburn Symphony Orchestra. 
Seth is also a passionate music educator. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Cornish College of the Arts where he studied with Mara Gearman, and in 2011 completed an intensive fellowship with grandmaster violist Emanuel Vardi. He has been teaching viola and violin in the Seattle area since 2009, when he founded an after-school beginning strings program in the Snoqualmie Valley Elementary Schools. He currently teaches privately in Snoqualmie and at the Gene Nastri School of the Arts, coaches for the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra, and is a conductor for the Snoqualmie Strings Youth Symphony.  Contact Seth at: s.maypatterson@gmail.com
​Loreen Petty, violin, viola, began studying violin at the age of nine with Gene Nastri in Everett.  After graduating high school she attended Northwest Nazarene University and, while a student, played second violin with the Boise Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, and studied with Karen Krout, the orchestra concertmaster.  She studied piano privately and played percussion in the college concert band.  In her junior year, she was accepted into the Northwesterners Choir where she sang alto, played chimes and violin obbligatos that she wrote.  After earning a Bachelors degree in violin performance, Loreen returned to Seattle in 1983 and continued her music studies on viola with Eric Shumsky at the University of Washington and Irwin Eisenberg of the Philadelphia String Quartet.
​studied piano privately and played percussion in the college concert band.  In her junior year, she was accepted into the Northwesterners Choir where she sang alto, played chimes and violin obbligatos that she wrote.  After earning a Bachelors degree in violin performance, Loreen returned to Seattle in 1983 and continued her music studies on viola with Eric Shumsky at the University of Washington and Irwin Eisenberg of the Philadelphia String Quartet.

Loreen earned an A.A.S. degree in biotechnology and currently works for 
​a biopharmaceutical company in Bothell.  She enjoys occasional work on violin and viola as a freelance player in the Seattle area.  She was a member of the Sylvan String Quartet for twelve years, and a member of the Bellevue Philharmonic for six years, performing as section violist and substituting as principal violist for one concert.  Loreen has served as principal violist with Civic Light Opera, Village Theatre, Olympic Ballet, Northwest Symphony, and Emerald City Philharmonic, and as a section player with the Federal Way Philharmonic and Juneau Symphony.  Loreen was the conductor of the Mukilteo Community Orchestra for 2 years and directed a church choir for several years.
 
As part of the GNS faculty, Loreen teaches private violin, viola, and beginning piano lessons to students ranging in age from 7 years to 85 years.  She enjoys ensemble work and often organizes large ensembles to perform on student recitals, where she also accompanies her students on piano.  ​Contact Loreen at:  loreenpetty@comcast.net
Eli Weinberger, cello, holds a B.Mus, M.Mus, and  GDPP in Cello Performance from McGill University. While in Montreal, Eli founded the non-profit, professional training orchestra, Pronto Musica, which was the first of it’s kind in Canada. Now living in Seattle, Eli enjoys an active orchestral performance schedule and teaching studio. Eli has recorded national commercials as well as video game and film scores, and subs with the Seattle Symphony. He can be heard on several Macklemore tracks and has performed with the group live on the Tonight Show. Eli is one of the  While in Montreal, Eli founded the non-profit, professional training orchestra, Pronto Musica, which was the first of it’s kind in Canada. Now living in Seattle, Eli enjoys an active orchestral performance schedule and teaching studio. Eli has recorded national commercials as well as video game and film scores, and subs with the Seattle Symphony. He can be heard on several Macklemore tracks and has performed with the group live on the Tonight Show. Eli is one of the ​founding members of NOCCO. Contact Eli at:  eli.alexander.weinberger@gmail.com
Sarah Wenger, violin, viola, grew up in a musical household, and began her musical studies at the age of three and went on to earn her Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has performed extensively throughout the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Europe, and has distinguished herself as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player, as well as having a keen interest in teaching.
​During her time at UNL, Sarah served as concertmaster of the UNL Symphony Orchestra as well as section violinist of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and Lincoln Playhouse Theater. Since relocating to Seattle, Sarah continues to perform with symphonies in and around the Seattle areas, as well as touring with artists such as Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Jordan Smith, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Player,and the LA based Hollywood Concert Orchestra.

Sarah has a love for string pedagogy and has been an active instructor in the Kansas City, Lincoln, and Seattle areas. She currently is an active violin teacher, orchestral director, and chamber music coach with Snoqualmie Strings, Seattle Chamber Music Society, Northshore School District, Mukilteo School District, and Gene Nastri Community School of the Arts. She enjoys working with people from all different backgrounds and ages, and helps them achieve their musical goals; whether it be learning violin for fun, or actively pursuing a career in music. When not performing or teaching, Sarah enjoys hiking, photography, traveling, National Geographic, and coffee. ​
Contact Sarah at:  sarahwenger.violin@gmail.com
Rowan Skye, guitar, ukulele, is our student teacher. He is a recent graduate of Kamiak High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society. He will be attending the University of Washington in the Fall.  He has been playing music since the age of three, and began composing music on his cello when he was eleven.  A former seven-year member of the Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra, he has  traveled to Europe with the orchestra twice, playing at various venues in multiple countries.  Besides the cello, Rowan plays a variety of instruments, including guitar, drums, and keyboard. He is also a vocalist, and completed his first album of original songs in January 2017.  His second album, Into the Dream, will be released in mid-August 2018, through online stores and streaming services. Rowan enjoys sharing his love of music with others, and has taught private cello lessons for elementary school students since late 2015. He has also taught guitar, ukulele, and cello to children ages 8-15 in group format.  In his free time, when not creating music, he enjoys drawing, photography, video production and editing. Contact Rowan at:  rowan.skye@comcast.net

Woodwinds
Julie Boulter Buetow, clarinet,  grew up in a musical family in the Seattle area.  She earned a degree in clarinet performance from Western Washington University. Julie played in the Seattle Youth Symphony for five years and since then, has played for numerous local performing ensembles, most recently including Philharmonia Northwest, Cascade Symphony, and Seattle Wind Symphony. She has also played for the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society and the Cascadian Wind Quintet. Her teachers have included Eugene Zoro (Western Washington University), Christopher Sereque (Seattle Symphony), Laura DeLuca (Seattle Symphony), and Jennifer Nelson (Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra). Julie especially enjoys playing chamber music, and has played for a number of small ensemble concerts for Philharmonia Northwest and Cascade Symphony. As a teacher, Julie has taught clarinet lessons to local students and  coached the Everett Youth Symphony clarinet section. She has also volunteered in local elementary schools as a recorder coach and assistant for general music teachers, and created and taught a multi-age recorder class for a private school in Woodinville. 
Julie worked for Boeing Commercial Airplanes for 11 years as a technical aide and database programmer, and now prioritizes spending time with her family, which includes her husband, their 13 year old son, and 10 year old daughters, who also play musical instruments.  Contact Julie at:  clintnjulie@gmail.com
Kristi Wiant, flute, piano, Kristi was interested in music at a young age. She enjoyed playing both the flute and piano. Her years of teaching private lessons lead her to continue her education later in life at Shoreline Community College and the University of Washington. At the UW, Kristi studied flute under Felix Skowronik and, after graduation, she continued private flute studies with Klaus Liebetanz until 2016.  At Shoreline Community College, Kristi studied private piano under Helena Azevedo and various faculty at the University of Washington. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2006 with a BA in Music and continued study in piano pedagogy with Judy Baker through Western Washington University.  Kristi has been teaching private lessons for the past 25 years and currently has flute and piano studios in Lynnwood and Mukilteo. She is choir accompanist for North Creek Presbyterian Church in Mill Creek and an occasional accompanist for voice classes at Shoreline Community College. She is a member of the Mukilteo Community Orchestra   And is a member of the Seattle Flute Society and the Snohomish County Music Teachers Association. Kristi is the President of the Board of Directors of Gene Nastri Community School of the Arts and serves on the faculty as a flute and piano teacher.  Contact Kristi at:  kristiwiant@yahoo.com

Brass

Willow Goodine, trombone, euphonium, piano, composition, has played music for over 30 years and is influenced heavily by jazz and improvisational music. Willow composes and arranges original music that has been played by professional orchestras including the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Rock Orchestra and also has movie credits on IMDb for scores he created, conducted, and produced professionally. He also orchestrates music for west coast theaters and various northwest orchestras.

Currently, Willow is keyboardist and songwriter in his original Seattle-based jazz/funk/groove fusion band, Swindler. Willow plays multiple keyboards in the group and has developed an arsenal of sonic weapons and keyboard wizardry and provides textural backdrops, menacing funky clav riffs, percussive organ, and punchy Rhodes. He also composes and arranges originals and mixes audio for the band. Swindler follows an extensive touring schedule across the West Coast, Canada, and Alaska and performs regularly in the Puget Sound area.

Starting with piano as his first instrument, Willow went on to study trombone in college and received his Bachelor of Music in Composition from the University of Maine in 2001 (Magna Cum Laude). He then continued to perform all over New England and Canada in pit bands, big bands, and also as a solo pianist. A Canadian native, Willow moved to Seattle in 2011 to pursue a music career and received his Master’s Degree in Film Scoring from the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program at the Seattle Film Institute. Willow also plays other brass instruments including euphonium (baritone), trumpet, and horn, and also plays organ, contemporary/jazz keyboards, mandolin, guitar, and has served as a vocal coach. Willow has taught private music lessons in his studio for the better part of 15 years. He is also the Director of the Portland Youth Rock Orchestra and Seattle-Tacoma's Pacific Youth Rock Orchestra, held at the Federal Way School of Music studio location.
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When he is not practicing, teaching, listening to, or performing music, Willow enjoys traveling to new destinations, crosswords, cooking, music psychology, and coffee.  Contact Willow at:  seattlewillow@hotmail.com
David Sloan, trumpet, was born in San Antonio and raised in Pasadena, a suburb of southeast Houston. Upon graduation from South Houston High School, David went on to the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Education degree with Instrumental Emphasis. He also has earned Texas' EC-12 Teaching Certification following his undergraduate study. David has also earned a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Tx. He has also pursued doctoral studies (DMA) at the University of Washington in Seattle, studying trumpet with David Gordon and conducting with Tim Salzman. His primary instructors have included Roman Jakubas, James Austin, and Tom Booth and David Gordon. He has also had additional studies with Jim Vassallo, Robert Walp, and Mark Hughes.
He has also earned the residency teaching certificate in Washington State, where he is endorsed in General Music and Instrumental Music and has been teaching elementary band and general music in the Lake Washington School District since 2016.  Contact David at:  dasloantpt@gmail.com
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