2009 Iroquois Springs Teaching Staff

Levels of Instruction

beg. = beginning (little or no experience with instrument/vocal style);
int. = intermediate (mastered basic techniques of instrument/vocal style);
adv. = advanced (good grounding in instrument/vocal style)

Dance

Joe Graziosi (Greek)
Steve Kotansky (Balkan)
Ahmet Lüleci (Turkish)
Jessaiah Zure (Romani)

Instruments & Ensembles

Vassil Bebelekov (Rhodope gajda & Bulgarian village ensemble)
Paul Brown (house bassist; non-teaching)
George Chittenden (clarinet & zurna)
Beth Bahia Cohen (Greek & Turkish violin & Greek ensemble)
Polly Tapia Ferber (doumbek & frame drum)
Valeri Georgiev (Bulgarian kaval)
Michael Ginsburg (brass band)
Adam Good (Macedonian tambura)
Raif Hyseni (accordion & Albanian ensemble)
Stoyan Kostov (Bulgarian tambura)
Mark Levy (Thracian gajda & Macedonian village ensemble)
Lise Liepman (santouri)
Kalman Magyar (Romanian & Hungarian violin & Trans-Carpathian ensemble)
Matt Moran (doumbek)
Georgi Petrov (gudulka)
Yianni Roussos (santouri)
Rumen "Sali" Shopov (tupan)

Singing

Mary Cay Brass (Bosnian)
Merita Halili (Albanian)
Donka Koleva (Bulgarian Rhodope)
Mavrothi Kontanis (Greek)
Eva Primack (Balkan)
Carol Silverman (int. & adv. Romani)

For the Kids

Marlis Kraft-Zemel