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Bud Woodruff
I earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Houston, studied conducting and composition, played with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra for 25 years, and taught in Deer Park ISD. Now retired, I compose over 40 published string works, guest clinic, and judge orchestra contests.
Larisa Marian
Larisa Marian, a dedicated music educator, holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Music Education from George Mason University, achieving honors. With over 12 years in public school music and recognition from ASTA and VMEA, Larisa is passionate about pedagogy and community, and now teaches privately in Loudoun County.
Daryl Silberman
Ms. Daryl Silberman is a professional violinist/violist, an orchestra director at Scullen Middle School in Naperville, IL, and a director for the Youth Symphony of DuPage. “Ms. S” studied viola performance at the University of Colorado at Boulder, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and University of Southern California and teaches with her 5-string violin. She has been a private studio teacher, high school orchestra director, youth orchestra director and freelance violist and violinist in Illinois, Oregon, and California performing with regional orchestras, rock bands, movie studio orchestras, chamber groups, and baroque ensembles.
