Carol Beall teaches in an independent piano studio in Morgantown, W.V. She is also active as a performer, regularly performing with the Monongahela Trio as well as in other solo and chamber music venues. She has served on the faculties of Eastern Illinois University, Fairmont State University, West Virginia University, and The Interlochen Center for the Arts. She has been a co-presenter at the Music Teachers National Association national convention and has been twice President of The West Virginia Music Teachers Association. The West Virginia Music Teachers Association recognized her with the Outstanding Leadership Award for 2007. Her CD recordings have been released by Cambria and the West Virginia University press.
Courteney Tyner has been singing for eleven years and has taken voice lessons since she was ten years old. She is trained in Classical Crossover music and is proficient in musical theater. As of late, she is working on a musical of her own entitled "Runaway" and is doing some songwriting. She also performs in front of live audiences and would like to pursue a career in music.
Irina Manukova received her MS degree in Electrical
Engineering from Georgian Polytechnic University with Russian education in 1979. In 1973, she graduated from Musical College specializing in piano. Irina joined the Department of Foreign Languages at WVU in 2006, and she taught advanced-level Russian Courses since. Mrs. Manukova’s interests include languages, playing piano, and working with students. She speaks
Russian, Armenian, Georgian, and a little Ukrainian. She enjoys working and interacting with students and giving them the opportunity to learn new and exciting information.
Engineering from Georgian Polytechnic University with Russian education in 1979. In 1973, she graduated from Musical College specializing in piano. Irina joined the Department of Foreign Languages at WVU in 2006, and she taught advanced-level Russian Courses since. Mrs. Manukova’s interests include languages, playing piano, and working with students. She speaks
Russian, Armenian, Georgian, and a little Ukrainian. She enjoys working and interacting with students and giving them the opportunity to learn new and exciting information.
Samata Taylor-Strum has been teaching yoga for 12 yrs. Trained at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox Mass completed 500hr. professional yoga teachers training. Certifications in Atma Yoga and Yoga of the Heart. Worked as Stress Management Specialist and Group Facilitator for the Dr. Dean Ornish Lifestyles Advantange program.
Strum is 64 yrs old and mother of 3 married sons. Yoga is about awarness of the whole being and balance of lifestyle.
Strum is 64 yrs old and mother of 3 married sons. Yoga is about awarness of the whole being and balance of lifestyle.
Born and raised in West Virginia, Jim has developed an acoustic style rooted firmly in Appalachian music, with uplifting, poetic lyrics. He began writing in 1989 in California after a hitch in the Marine Corps and a career in physics. Jim’s influences include Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and John Denver. Jim’s fans range from the very old to the very young – from the late Bob DeWitt, longtime friend and sometime housemate of Woody Guthrie, to toddlers who gather at the foot of the stage during performances. Jim’s songwriting is also wide ranging, though instantly recognizable. His songs include poetic descriptions of the natural beauty of Appalachia, with a viewpoint of optimism and hope.
Erinn Exline Casazza began dancing at age five when her parents enrolled her in ballet, tap and jazz classes. She was a somewhat serious student of dance for 15 years, but maintains that formal dance training is not needed to enjoy Zumba. Erinn began taking Zumba classes under Gemma Hughes at WVU’s Rec Center in 2006. She was certified by master instructor Erick Santana of Miami in April, 2008. She describes her Zumba classes as fun-filled and laid back and encourages her students to do their own thing. She reminds her students that Zumba is party -- not a workout -- and her only rule in class is to have fun.
Erinn grew up in Maysel (Clay County), West Virginia, but is a self-proclaimed townie, having lived in Morgantown for over 10 years. She is a three-time graduate of WVU with degrees in Communication and Integrated Marketing. When she is not shakin’ it in Zumba classes she is in Fairmont where she is employed at Northrop Grumman.
Erinn grew up in Maysel (Clay County), West Virginia, but is a self-proclaimed townie, having lived in Morgantown for over 10 years. She is a three-time graduate of WVU with degrees in Communication and Integrated Marketing. When she is not shakin’ it in Zumba classes she is in Fairmont where she is employed at Northrop Grumman.