Meet Our Instructors
Tina started her musical journey playing trumpet. She soon added piano, and later guitar, to her repertoire. Local artists she has studied with include Alan Lefkowitz, Mary Kay Campbell, and Greg Podoliak. Tina has a decade of piano teaching experience. She believes learning is a life time endeavor and welcomes young students and adults. You are never too old to learn to play the piano. She performs in musical productions and sings in the Orchestra of the Southern Tier Finger Lakes Choir. One of Tina’s favorite ways to express her passion for music is helping others discover the joy, educational, and health benefits of learning to play an instrument.
Ayaka Quinn graduated from Toho Music University in Japan, where she received her bachelor’s degree for music. While in college she travelled to Vienna, Austria for piano training through the school’s program. She also attended a music concert trip to Budapest, Hungary and Munich, Germany. She has experience playing classical piano.
She has worked for Yamaha and Kawai music schools in Japan and has over 30 years of experience playing piano. She has been teaching piano since 2019 at Marich music.
She is focused on teaching children the basics of piano from an early age.
She is happy to see kids growth through the piano, and she feels she is sharing irreplaceable time with them every week. Her lesson motto is to firmly train the basics, have fun, and teach them how to think and express themselves through music.
Ben has been playing guitar for over 30 years. He began writing music as early as middle school, winning 1st place in a national songwriting competition with his rock trio band during high school.
Ben can be seen playing acoustic solo gigs around the area, playing guitar and singing with the band "Pebble" and "Ben Borkowski & Friends" as well as playing drums with "Horse Stories".
Ben's latest solo album, "It's The Little Things" is available wherever you stream your music.
