Outside Music Lesson Providers

MBU recommends several qualified professional teachers who are not MBU employees. These musicians bring academic qualifications and professional experience to teach students who take lessons in their areas of expertise.

Daniel Birnschein

TRUMPET

• MM Church Music, Bob Jones University
• BS Music Education, Bob Jones University
• Former principal trumpet of the Green Bay Symphony and La Crosse Symphony Orchestra.
• Wisconsin Philharmonic, principal trumpet
• Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, second trumpet

June Brus

PIANO

• MM Piano Performance, UW- Madison
• BFA Piano Performance, UW-Milwaukee
• Soloist and chamber musician
• Former head of piano department at Carroll University
• Teacher to college music majors for 35 years

Tamara Collupy

VOICE

• MFA, Bob Jones University
• BS Fine Arts, Maranatha Baptist University
• Music Specialist at Shorehaven retirement facility – leading tone chimes and choir with residents, playing and singing for residents, and programming entertainment.

Louis Cucunato

GUITAR

• MM Classical Guitar Performance, Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music
• BM Classical Guitar Performance, UW-Milwaukee
• Studied under international guitarists, Rene Izquierdo and Ernesto Bitetti
• 15 years of teaching experience in grade school and college level
• Composer and arranger
• Gives frequent live performances

Paul Hauer

VIOLIN

• MM Violin Performance, Jacobs School of Music
• BM Violin Performance, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
• Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, violin section
• Peninsula Music Festival, violin section
• Fulton Summer Music Academy, Artist Faculty

Dr. David Ledgerwood

PIANO

DMA Music Education, Boston University
MA Sacred Music, Pensacola Christian College
MA Music Theory and Composition, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
BS Music Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Maranatha Baptist University professor, 37 years

Lindsay Patterson

CELLO

MM Cello Pedagogy, UW-Milwaukee
BA Music, UW-Milwaukee
Certified Suzuki books 1-8
Teaching privately 9+ years
Sheboygan Symphony, principal cellist, 2019-present

Tatiana Pearson

FLUTE

• MM Flute Performance, UW-Milwaukee
• BFA Flute Performance, UW-Milwaukee
• University of Wisconsin Parkside, Adjunct Flute Professor
• Wisconsin Lutheran College, Adjunct Flute Professor
• Kettle Moraine Symphony and Milwaukee Philharmonic, principal flute

Addison Teng

VIOLIN

MM Violin Performance and String Pedagogy, Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
BM Violin Performance, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Founder and Director, Fulton Summer Music Academy, Chicago, IL
Faculty, String Pedagogy, DePaul University School of Music, Chicago, IL
Tours in Asia, Europe, North and South America
Violinist, Fulton Chamber Players