Marlana Williams       Donna Park       Shari Shaw       Betsy Thorpe       Karen Luttik

Marlana Williams

Saxophone, Clarinet, & Ukulele

My students call me Ms. Marlana and you may view my availability on Mondays here.

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Ms. Marlana began studying the saxophone at age ten and she still loves every opportunity to play. She began teaching saxophone and clarinet in 2010 while attending college at UMass Lowell. She earned her Bachelor of Music Education in 2012 and her Master of Community Music Education in 2015. She is certified to teach K-12 music in the state of Massachusetts. She also has been actively performing in different bands since high school - playing genres from free-form rock to hip-hop.

Ms. Marlana has been playing ukulele for about 8 years and has taught students of all ages and abilities. She has taught group classes for the Real School of Music in Burlington and Andover as well as performed in a variety of settings, including accompanying her students!

Ms. Marlana is an open-minded, caring, and patient instructor, dedicated to helping her students find a love for their instrument. She loves working with students of all ages, from elementary all the way to adult. She is also well-versed in a wide variety of genres including classical, rock, and jazz. She hopes to pass on her dedication and passion of music to her students.

Donna Park

Oboe

My students call me Mrs. Park and I'm available on Tuesdays.

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Donna Park is a recognized oboist who performs as soloist and chamber musician throughout New England.  She has taught oboe privately for over 30 years and enjoys reinventing her teaching techniques on a regular basis.  Donna recently received her Master's degree in music education from Gordon College where she immersed herself in learning the techniques of John Feirabend with a focus on Conversational Sol-fege.  Her students are learning to play phrases as though they are naturally conversing.  At the University of Maine Orono Donna studied oboe with Dr. Louis Hall and received her Bachelors in Music Education.  While in the university, she performed with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and The Pierre Monteux Domaine School in Hancock, Maine.  Donna went on to work for the United States Army as an oboist for the Forces Command Band and woodwind quintet in Atlanta, GA where she studied with John Deloughy of the Atlanta Symphony.  After a few years of touring with the band and giving master classes at the junior high and high school level, Donna moved back to New England and began teaching in the Manchester school district.

She currently performs as a freelance oboist; playing both oboe and English horn with the Manchester Philharmonic Orchestra.  Donna is a founding member of the Granite State Woodwind Quintet and currently teaches for the Manchester School District with a focus on elementary music education.  Donna Park is an adjunct professor at Southern New Hampshire University where she teaches elementary music methods and oboe.

Shari Shaw

Flute

My students call me Ms. Shaw and you may view my availability on Mondays here and Wednesdays here.

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Shari Shaw received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Stetson University, where she studied with Dr. Jean West. Her other teachers include Shelley Warren, Lea Kibler, and Jane Clare. She has been a private flute and piccolo teacher for 32 years.  She is also a certified K-12 music teacher in the states of New Hampshire and Florida.

A native Floridian, Shari has played with various chamber groups, and for many musicals and events in the Daytona Beach and Southern New Hampshire areas, including Into the Woods, Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell, and Little Me. She was also a soloist at the National Flute Convention in Washington DC. Her students have been accepted to District and All-State bands and ensembles, have received superior marks at Solo and Ensemble Festivals, and have become successful college students.

Shari now enjoys freelancing in the Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts area, performing with the New England Flute Orchestra, and teaching flute and piccolo lessons in her home studio, at Tyngsborough High School, at Milford High School, and now at the Nashua Community Music School.  She also works as a substitute teacher in the Amherst, Merrimack, Milford, and Mont Vernon School Districts.

Shari works with her flute and piccolo students on any music they would like to work on or are interested in, including band music, all-state music, solo and ensemble music, district music, college auditions, duets, ensembles, etc.  She works with their individual learning styles, and instructs in a positive and encouraging way.