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Antonevich, Odinokikh, Zelnick Join Pakachoag Music School Faculty;

Lipner Celebrates 25 Years of Dedicated Teaching Auburn, MA – January 8, 2012 – Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester has added to its esteemed faculty three more world-class instructors: violinist Stanislav Antonevich, pianist Vladimir Odinokikh, and violinist and pianist Leah Zelnick. The three bring gifted careers as concert musicians accompanied by strong records of accomplishment as teachers. All three will perform at Pakachoag’s Faculty Recital on Saturday, February 4, at 2:00 PM, at Pakachoag Music School, located within Pakachoag Church, 203 Pakachoag Street, Auburn, MA 01501. In addition, Pakachoag acknowledges the outstanding contributions of Lea Lucia Lipner as she marks 25 years on the School’s instructional faculty.

Stanislav Antonevich, a native of Latvia, is an internationally acclaimed solo, chamber and orchestral performer. Mr. Antonevich has served as concertmaster with several symphony orchestras in Massachusetts and nationwide, including the Worcester-based Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as soloist with the Latvian National Orchestra, and other orchestras in the United States and Europe; he has also performed with multiple chamber ensembles, including the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Currently he also serves as Music Director of the Worcester Youth Preparatory Orchestra. A graduate of the Vitola Latvian National Conservatory, Mr. Antonevich also holds Masters

Degrees both in classical and jazz violin performances, and an Artist Diploma in solo performance, all from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. His 18-year teaching career includes serving as faculty at Western Kentucky University and comprises individual violin and viola instruction, performance workshops and ensemble coaching, and classes in music theory and appreciation. He has served as a Visiting Artist for Arts Council Korea in Seoul, Korea, and as Artist-in-Residence at the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green, KY.

Vladimir Odinokikh was trained at some of Russia’s finest music institutes, including the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and Gnessin Institute of Moscow. He has competed in international competitions and won prizes in Russian national competitions. Mr. Odinokikh has performed in the concert halls of Europe, South America and the United States, and with symphony orchestras in Russia and Mexico. He has also recorded extensively for radio and television in the USSR, Mexico and the U.S. He has earned international acclaim and numerous awards for both his solo and collaborative performances, and his interpretation

of works by world-famous composer Alfred Schnittke was greatly admired by the composer.

Since moving to the United States in 1998, he has continued to return to Mexico and Russia to concertize, record and teach master classes. In 2000, he recorded works for solo piano by Rachmaninoff and Scriabin in Moscow.

Mr. Odinokikh is in great demand as a collaborative pianist in the U.S. and internationally and performed recently at Dartmouth, Amherst and Holy Cross Colleges, and the Carlos Pietto International Cello Competition in Mexico.

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Leah Zelnick, dedicated instructor of the Suzuki method for violin, teaches at Pakachoag’s main location in Auburn. She also teaches violin and piano at the School’s Shrewsbury Arts Alive program. She recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at SUNY Stony Brook, where she also earned the Master of Music degree. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Ms. Zelnick has performed with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the world, including Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, Austria, England, and Denmark. One of her greatest honors was being chosen to perform for the Crown Prince and Princess and an audience of thousands at the Opening Ceremony for the 13th World Suzuki Convention in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1999.

Her orchestral participation also includes the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Salzau, Germany; the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, CO; the Viva-Vivaldi Orchestra in Washington D.C.; and the National Youth Orchestra in Philadelphia, PA, under Leonard Slatkin. She attended Interlochen Arts Academy for several summers and was awarded the Governor’s Scholarship for the state of Iowa in 1999.

Lipner Marks 25-Year Tenure at Pakachoag

Pakachoag also celebrates the 25-year career of piano instructor Lea Lucia Lipner on the school’s faculty.

“Lea continues to bring sensitivity and dedication to her work with our students,” said Sarah Smongeski, Pakachoag Executive Director. “For a quarter century, Lea’s talent, experience and commitment to the Pakachoag mission have

blended flawlessly to provide students a love of music that they can cherish throughout their lives. The Pakachoag community heartily congratulates Lea on her 25 years as a member of the faculty, and we look forward to many more.”

Ms. Lipner, who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, began studying the piano at age six. From the age of eight, she studied under Julius Grünstein, a German pianist and member of the Düsseldorf School of Elly Ney, and a student of Ignaz Friedman. Her studies with Maestro Grunstein continued until 1956. At that time she was pursuing a career in mathematics at the University of Buenos Aires, where she graduated in 1965 with a doctorate in mathematics (focused on theoretical orientation) and where she taught for many years.

In the U.S., Ms. Lipner pursued her piano studies with Theodore Lettvin and Darryl Rosenberg in Boston. She has presented solo recitals at WPI’s Higgins House, the Worcester Art Museum, at Steinert Hall in Boston, and Pakachoag Music School.

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Founded in 1982, Pakachoag Music School is dedicated to providing the highest quality music instruction and performance opportunities to the broadest possible student base, from infants to the elderly, by creating excitement, joy and high

expectation for intellectual, emotional and creative self-development.

Pakachoag Music School is conveniently located at the Pakachoag Church of Auburn and offers classes in other nearby communities, including Shrewsbury, Sterling, Sturbridge and West Boylston.  

Lea  Lucia  Lipner  in  2011  with  five  of  her  Pakachoag  piano  students.  All  are  high  school  seniors.