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Teaching Credentials
A graduate of The Boston Conservatory, Mariya has a Master's Degree in music and many years of experience teaching violin and viola to students of various ages and levels. Mariya is able to teach beginning through advanced violin and viola very well because she plays both instruments on a professional level and pursued college degrees on both instruments.
Her violin and viola students regularly win auditions for leadership positions in school orchestras and youth symphonies. The majority of her studio participates in programs such as BYSO, CYSO, SYSO, WMEA All State Orchestra, WMEA Jr All State as well competing in the state division of WMEA Solo/Ensemble as solo players.
As an educator, Mariya has served on the faculty of several prestigious institutions, including the Tacoma Youth Symphony, Bellevue Youth Symphony, Maple Valley Youth Symphony, Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, and Academia Cesaratti in Durango, Mexico.
About Mariya
Outside of teaching, Mariya has had an active life as a professional symphony musician in Washington, Massachusetts, and Montana. She most recently served as associate principal violist of the Helena Symphony Orchestra, principal viola of the Octava Chamber Orchestra, and associate principal with the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra in Munich, Germany.
As a soloist, Mariya has performed on numerous recital tours in the PNW and runs a project that brings classical music to incarcerated audiences in Washington facilities. As a professional event musician, she has partnered with prominent local businesses, such as Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle Junior League, Canlis, Ascend Bellevue, The Fairmont Hotel, Edgewater Hotel, Seattle Art Museum and the Chihuly Museum of Glass.
Her playing can be heard on various artists' tracks on Spotify and Apple Music and she has been featured as an artist in Strings Magazine and Boston Voyager.
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