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Extensive teaching experience at all levels, spanning 15 + Years / International Performing Experience in US, Canada & the Middle East / International Music Festivals in US & Europe / Live solo album / Live Broadcast on WQXR.

 ABOUT KARINE KOROUKIAN

Born in Lebanon of Armenian descent, Ms. Karine Koroukian began her piano studies at the age of five. She has been a recipient of numerous awards and a first-prize winner in the National Piano Competition of Liszt and Ravel, for which she has been awarded full scholarship by then President Amine Gemayel. The first-prize in The National Piano Competition in Spanish Music was awarded to Ms. Koroukian the following year, in 1988. Full scholarship was offered by the Spanish Consulate of Lebanon for a summer study in the International Music Festival at “Musica en Compostela” in Spain.

She has been widely broadcast on the National TV of Lebanon, including an appearance from the evening news; the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC); the National Radio “Voice of Lebanon”; and on WQXR in New York City, in a live broadcasting session of a Chamber Music Festival at Mannes College of Music. Ms. Koroukian has performed internationally in the Middle East, Canada and the US. Among them are: Casino du Liban in Beirut, Lebanon; Concordia University in Montreal, Canada; the Juilliard School, Mannes College, Farleigh Dickinson University and Strathmore Hall in the US.

Ms. Koroukian pursued her higher education in music at McGill University in Montréal, Canada and at Mannes College, the New School for Music in New York City. Among her teachers were Mr. Charles Reiner, Ms. Diane Walsh, Ms. Pavlina Dokovska, Mr. Artur Papazian, Ms. Emma Tahmizian and Ms. Nelly Ben’Or. She is a faculty member at the New World Music Center and “Belle Arti” Center for the Arts.

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  EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

GRADUATE ASSISTANT (Secondary piano to graduate students)
Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, NY Spring 2005

PIANO / THEORY & AURAL COMPREHENSION, All Levels

  • NY Metropolitan Area, 1992 - Present

  • New World Music Center, Baldwin, NY, 2004 - Present

  • Queens Borough Community College, Bayside, NY, 1999 - 2002

  • Forest Hills Adult Education Center

  • Forest Hills, NY Summer 2002

  • Consérvatoire de Musique à Québec, Montréal, Québec, 1989 –1991

·     Expose students to a wide variety of styles and repertoire

·     Cultivate critical thinking and listening abilities

·     Develop technique, creativity and musicianship

·     Organize a unique lesson plan tailored according to the individual's needs

·     Apply the principles of Dalcroze method & the Alexander Technique, when needed

.   Incorporate Harmonic/Melodic/Rhythmic & Structural Analysis

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  EDUCATION

  • MA Program, Music & Music Education
    Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, NY, Spring 2005

  • Bachelor's Degree in Music, Performance / Piano
    Mannes College, the New School for Music, New York, NY, 1994 -1998

  • BM Program, Performance / Piano
    McGill University, Montréal, Québec, 1989 -1991
    (45 credits completed)

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  INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS

DALCROZE INTERNATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP
Dalcroze School of Music, New York, NY, 2002

NELLY BEN’OR INTERNATIONAL PIANO WORKSHOP, incorporating the principle of the Alexander Technique in piano playing.
London, UK, 1997 & 1999

Full scholarship was awarded to study the application of the principle of the Alexander Technique in piano playing, which helps reduce physical tension and raises postural awareness.

MUSICA EN COMPOSTELA, INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1988
Full Scholarship awarded by the Spanish Consulate of Lebanon.
Music director: Alicia de Larrocha

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  SELECTED PERFORMANCES & RECORDINGS

  • Strathmore Hall, Choral Rehearsal Room, Rockville, MD, March 2006
    Fund raising concert to benefit the medical needs of Armenia.

  • Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, March 2005
    Violin and Vocal Accompaniment in the US debut of child prodigies from Armenia sponsored by the Spivakov Foundation.

  • Armenian Society of Little Neck, Little Neck, NY, March 2005 & May 2004
    Choral Accompaniment.

  • Central Presbyterian Church, NY, NY, summer 1999 & 2000
    Interim Music Director.

  • Live Recording of solo works by: Haydn, Brahms, Chopin & Debussy,
    Sold as a consignment album at Tower Record & Video Store at Lincoln Center, and the Bookstore of St Vartan Armenian Cathedral, NY, NY, June 1998

  • Leonardo Hall, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, June 1998

  • Live broadcast of a Chamber Music Festival, on WQXR,
    Mannes College, the New School of Music, NY, NY, May 1997

  • St Mark’s Church, London, UK, 1997 & 1999

  • Paul Hall, The Juilliard School of Music, New York, NY, 1993

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Teaching Philosophy:

I believe in nurturing a musical intelligence, developing critical listening and thinking abilities and providing the necessary tools to accomplish these. I like to spark my students’ imagination and inspire them to become true music scholars, through my own dedication and passion in music.
Karine Koroukian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
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