Education:
D.M.A. Florida State University
M.M. New England Conservatory
B.M. University of Texas at Austin

Teachers:
Eliot Fisk, Bruce Holzman, Adam Holzman, Tom Johnson, Oscar Ghiglia

Professional activities:
Dr. Yerby’s performances have taken him across the United States and Canada. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at New England Conservatory’s prestigious Jordan Hall, the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, and countless venues ranging from the Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall at Domain Forget in Quebec, Canada to the Brau-House in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dr. Yerby is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Seven Hills Guitar Series, a non-profit artist series based in Tallahassee, Florida. His teachers and mentors are celebrated as the world’s finest performers and pedagogues.

Violin Faculty, GMSPD
Orchestra Coach, Chamber Music Faculty, GMS

Education:
MM, San Francisco Conservatory

Professional Affiliations:
Member, Utah Symphony

Co-founder
Department Head, Piano
GMS and GMSPD

Education
DMA (Aspirantura) Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatory
MM Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatory
BM Gifted Music School, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Past Teachers
Natalia Pankova, Natalia Litvinova

Professional Affiliations and Activities

Adjunct Professor of Piano, University of Utah, founding member of Gifted Music School.
Dr. Watanabe’s students have been accepted into many prestigious music schools including the Juilliard School, the New England Conservatory of Music, Peabody Institute, Manhattan School of Music, Eastman, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her Students have been recognized at national and international competitions, and at every important statewide competition including performances with the Utah Symphony on their annual Salute to Youth program.

Dr. Watanabe is a Steinway Artist.

Choir Teacher, GMS
Choir Teacher and Vocal Teacher, GMSPD

Education:
BM, BYU

Teachers:
Patricia McCaffrey

Professional Affiliations and Experience:
Featured in lead roles including Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Nicklausse in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann, Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme, and Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata.

Managing Director of Preparatory Department
Cello Faculty, GMSPD
Orchestra Coach, and sectional staff leader, GMS

Education

MM University of Michigan
BA Case Western Reserve University, Music Performance, summa cum laude

Teachers

Richard Aaron, Anthony Elliott, Richard Weiss, John Kadz, Richard Hoyt, Chamber Music studies with Peter Salaff and the Cavani String Quartet. 
Suzuki Training with Carey Cheney
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Professional Affiliations and Activities
Associate Principal Cellist with the Orchestra at Temple Square, Substitute Member of the Utah Symphony Cello Section, 
Director of Junior Groups with the Salt Lake Youth Chamber Society, 
Orchestra Coordinator with Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, Alternate at the Michigan Music Teacher’s Association, Winner of the Joan Terr Ronis Music Competition,
Winner of the Case Western Reserve University Concerto Competition, Trained students who have won honors at the Utah State Fair Music Competition and American String Teachers Association Competition,Principal Cellist with University Philharmonic Orchestra and University Opera Orchestra at the University of Michigan.

Managing Director, GMS

Education
Ph.D. American Literature, Claremont Graduate University
MA Applied Women’s Studies, Claremont Graduate University
MA American Studies, Utah State University
BA English, University of Utah
BA Spanish, University of Utah

Professional Affiliations and Activities
Current: University of Utah, Adjunct Professor of Literature, Vice President, Rend3r Designs. Past: Program Coordinator for Applied Women’s Studies, Claremont Graudate University; Adjunct Professor of Women’s Studies, California State University, Fullerton; Vice President, Black Diamond Accounting; Emergency Coordinator, Center for Pacific Asian Famllies, Los Angeles, CA.

Piano Faculty, Chamber Music Faculty, Piano Literature, GMS and GMSPD

Past Teachers
Leonard Richter, Robert McDonald

Education
DMA Stony Brook University
MM Juilliard School
BM Whitman College

Professional Affiliations and Activities

Major awards include 2006 Gold Medalist in Gina Bachauer Competition, First prize Vendome Prize, and awarded Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association.  Solo performances with Juilliard Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, Gulbenkian Symphony, Oxford Philomusica, Tivoli Symphony, Northwest Sinfonietta, Royal Philharmonic of Moroco, Vassa Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg, Indianapolis, Nashville, Sana Fe, Utah, Fort Worth, Tucson, Yakima, Bellevue, Salt Lake, Eastern Sierra, Corvallis, and Walla Walla Symphonies.  Recitals throughout the world.

Founding Executive Director
Artistic Director
GMS and GMSPD

Education
BM Curtis Institute, Violin Performance
BM Curtis Institute, Piano Performance

Past Teachers
Leon Fleisher, Joseph Silverstein, Claude Frank, Arnold Steinhardt, Andres Cardenes

Professional Affiliations and Activities
Founder and director, Gifted Music School. Performances with Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Saint Lawrence String Quartet, New Zealand String Quartet, New York String Orchestra at Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall, Utah Symphony. Solo tours through Europe, Canada, and United States. Major awards at Honens International Competition, Kosciuzko Chopin Competition, Bachauer Young Artist Competition, two time MTNA National winner, Kingsville Competition. His students have been recognized nationally and internationally, many have continued studies at top conservatories and established professional careers.

Mr. Watanabe is a Steinway Artist.

Orchestra Conductor
GMS

Education:
BM and MM, Boston Conservatory, Piano and C0nducting
Peabody Conservatory, Graduate Diploma
Juilliard School, Graduate Diploma

Professional Affiliations:
Assistant Conductor, Utah Symphony
Principal, ConductorKyoto International Music Festival (Kyoto, Japan)

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Violin Faculty, GMSPD
Orchestra Coach, Chamber Music Teacher, GMS

Education
MM Cleveland Institute of Music, Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy
BM Cleveland Institute of Music, Violin Performance

Teachers 
William Preucil, Deborah Moench, Leonard Braus, Stephen Rose, Kimberly Meier-Sims, Eugene Watanabe

Professional Affiliations and Activities
Soloist with the Utah Symphony