Music Faculty
We strive to provide exceptional faculty to privately tutor, coach, and serve as role models for our campers. Our music faculty is composed of young professionals from all over the country who perform regularly, and who also have a passion for teaching and coaching.
During each summer camp session, our faculty perform public concerts at local venues. Their presentations of major works of the chamber music repertoire excite and motivate campers in their own musical growth. This popular series builds an intimate awareness of the discipline and joy of professional music making. The motivation and excitement is manifested in the many wonderful student performances.
Please watch for 2012 Faculty Bios in early winter.
2011 Faculty Bios
David Lamse, violinist, lives in Michigan and is the Asst. Principal Second of the Ann Arbor Symphony, the Asst. Concertmaster of the Jackson Symphony, and a member of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra. David teaches at the Rudolf Steiner School, the Emerson School, St. Francis of Assisi, Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts and the Clarkston Conservatory of Music. David earned two degrees (B.M., M.M.) in violin performance from Michigan State University. He attended Interlochen, Encore, and Meadowmount summer music festivals. This will be David’s 12 summer as violin faculty at PCP; he is also the Music Director of the PCP Adult Music Program.
Miho Zaitsu, cellist, lives in NYC where she is artistic director of NESTStrings, faculty at Jimbo Studios and Ars Nova Conservatory, and teaching artist for Concert in the Heights schools outreach program. She has performed in Japan and at Lincoln Center, Weill Hall, Symphony Space, the United Nations, and Trinity Church, as well as at the Aspen Festival, Banff Arts Centre, Schleswig Holstein festival and Truls Mørk’s International Chamber Festival. Miho earned a B.M. from Cincinnati College-Conservatory, an M.M. from Rice, and is a doctoral candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Principal teachers include Lynn Harrell and Marcy Rosen.
Emanouil Manolov, violinist, Early studies in Bulgaria. BM, Eastman School, MM &DMA candidate, SUNY Stonybrook. Studies with Pamela Frank, Ani Kavafian, and Philip Setzer. Solo and chamber music performances at the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress,and Barge Music in NYC, and at the Tanglewood and Taos festivals. He teaches privately on Long Island and in NYC, as well as at the Knox School and as a teaching artist for the Bronx Arts Ensemble.
Lauren Paul, violinist – BM, Northwestern University, MM, Cleveland Institute of Music, and is a graduate of long-term training in the Suzuki method, registered in books 1-10. Lauren lives in Washington, D.C. where she freelances and teaches on faculty at the Levine School of Music. Lauren was a tenured member of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for three seasons, and previously served as Concertmaster of the Mansfield Symphony. Lauren was a PCP camper for four summers.
Jason Sah, Violist – B.M. Violin, Eastman School of Music, M.M. Viola, University of Southern California, Post-Graduate Work, Salzburg Mozarteum, D.M.A Viola, Eastman School of Music. Studies with Catherine Tait, GeorgeTaylor, Donald McInnes, Tomas Riebl. Performances across North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Former faculty, Stowe School for Strings, Blue Lake Performing Arts Camp, Midsummer Day’s Festival, Summer Sounds Music Camp. Currently faculty, Academy of Music Northwest, upper string
clinician and adjudicator in Seattle.
Erin Ellis, cellist – BM and MM, Cleveland Institute of Music, DMA, Eastman School of Music. Cello studies with Richard Aaron, Alison Wells, and David Ying. Suzuki teacher training with Tanya Carey. Former Teaching Assistant at Eastman and cello faculty at the Hochstein School of Music in Rochester, NY. Baroque Performance Practice studies at Vancouver, Amherst, and Longy Baroque Institutes. Currently a private teacher and performer in the Atlanta, GA area.
Anne Tyson, pianist -.M. Royal College of Music, M.A. Cambridge University, M.M.New England Conservatory. Accompanist & coach at NEC, Boston Conservatory, Boston University & Boston Lyric Opera. Faculty, NEC Preparatory School.