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The Faculty

EPA’s low student-teacher ratio enables our exceptional faculty to maximize individual attention. EPA teachers are carefully selected from a pool of diverse talents. Our criteria in this selection process is simple. Their tenure with us is based on credentials, experience, understanding of teaching and learning, passion for their craft, and their ability to serve as positive mentors to malleable young minds.

YI QIAN

CHARLES A. RILEY II

Chairman of EPA Board of Education
Bachelor of Science, Princeton University
PhD, CCNY

EDDIE NASEEM

Math Teacher
Associate of Applied Science, Gordon College, Punjab University
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, The College of Staten Island
Masters Degree, Mathematics, Touro College

ERIC ANDERSON

TONG CAO

JOSHUA WALKER

Saxophone Teacher
Bachelor of Music, Western Connecticut State University
Master of Music in Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College

JIAWEI YAN

Viola Teacher
Bachelor of Philosophy and Viola Performance, Bard Colleges
Professional Studies Diploma, Mannes School of Music
Masters Degree, The Juilliard School
Artist Diploma, New York University

VIVIAN ZHENG

YUNUS N. ANGINER

CHEN (MARCO) WONG

MS. GROSS

MR. HWANG

MR. KOUTSOTHODOROS

MR. KOVALCIN

MR. MILAN

MS. PROSS

DR. RICHARDSON

MR. RUTKOWSKI

MR. SIMPSON

MS. TESTA

CORINNE MINOR

Musical Theater and Vocals Teacher
Bachelor of Music, Western Carolina University
Masters in Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy, New York University

NOREEN CASSIDY-POLERA

Piano and Chamber Music Teacher
Master of Music, The Juilliard School

DR. WANG

SIYU CHEN

MARK D. FLODEN

ROBERT RADLIFF

Violin Teacher
Bachelor of Music, Peabody Conservatory
Master of Music , Montclaire State University

YENA LEE

DR. YU

MRS. CONSTANTS

TONG CAO

YENA LEE

DR. YU

YENA LEE

Violin Teacher

Notably known for her diverse musical style, Dr. Yena Lee received numerous prizes universally in competitions ranging from classical to modern competitions: Wolfgang Marschner International Competition, Shean Competition, Young Texas Artist Competition, Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, Oneppo chamber music competition, Boston University Bach Competition, Canadian Music Competition, and Young Korean Music Competition of Canada. She was awarded the “Most Promising Musician Award” from district of British Columbia and was youngest recipient in the history of the prestigious JGU-Preis from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.Dr.

Lee frequently features with Adrian Ensemble Italy, Casalmaggiore International Music Festival Orchestra, Mainzer Virtuosi Kammerorchester, Neumeyer Consort Frankfurt, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Pilgrim Orchestra, and West Coast Symphony. She concertizes worldwide in venues such as Cadogan Hall, Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Museo del violino, Orpheum Theatre, and Symphony Hall. She has played under John Adams, Valery Gergiev, Ken-David Masur, Peter Oundjian, Kryzstof Penderecki, Larry Rachleff, and Bramwell Tovey. She was resident artist for the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, Eckelhauser Musikfestival, and Norfolk Festival in UK.

As a strong advocate in music education, Dr. Lee served as an assistant at the Hochschule fur Musik Mainz, Yale School of Music, Boston University, and Rice University. She was a teaching artist at Yale University as part of Music Initiative Program which was designed to teach music education to underserved communities in New Haven, CT. She has taught string method class at Boston University, and music fundamentals and chamber music at Rice University. Since 2018, she has been appointed as assistant artistic director and faculty at the Musitakge am Rhein Festival in Germany and Casalmaggiore International Music Festival in Italy. As an assistant artistic director, she led the administrative team of the festival. She is currently assistant professor of violin at University of Oklahoma. In addition, she is co-concertmaster of Mainzer Virtuosi, associate concertmaster of New Mexico Philharmonic and assistant concertmaster of Annapolis Symphony.

Her mentors include Taras Gabora, Lawrie Hill, Hyo Kang, Cho-liang Lin, Anne Shih, and Peter Zazofsky. She completed her studies at Hochschule fuer Musik Mainz, Yale School of Music, and Rice University.