OUR TEACHERS
Savannah CAsh, Violin AND VIOLA
Savannah was born in Charleston, SC, and started out with the Suzuki method. She has since received training in instruction of the Suzuki method at the North Carolina, Memphis, and Ithaca Suzuki Institutes, in the first four books of the method.
Throughout her years of study, she has been the recipient of a number of awards and scholarships. She continuously placed as assistant concertmaster in the SCMEA All-State orchestra competitions, received the Burke Award from the CSOL in 2012, and attended the Brevard Music Center on scholarship in both violin performance and music composition.
Savannah attended Converse College, where she studied violin under the tutelage of Sarah Johnson. She was the recipient of scholarships awarded in both violin and music composition, and was the Concert Master in the Petrie School of Music's Symphony Orchestra. She graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor's of Music in Composition (as well as a Bachelor's in Mathematics). During her studies, she taught violin at the Lawson Academy of Music. Savannah completed the Artist Certificate program at the College of Charleston in 2021, studying under Lee Chin Siow, and playing under the direction of Yuriy Bekker.
In 2017, she established the Music Academy of the Two Rivers as a 501(c)3 not for profit business. Currently, she not only teaches the violin (and occasionally viola), but fully runs the administrative and fundraising aspects of the studio.
Savannah teaches Monday through Friday, 3-8 PM, but she is always on call for her students.
MARIA SAVELYEVA, CELLO AND PIANO
Maria started playing cello at age six, followed by intensive studies at music schools in Lviv, Ukraine and College of Charleston, US. Her awards include a scholarship in high school, 4th prize at “Talents for Europe” in Slovakia 2007, 3rd prize at “Sribnyi Dzvin” in Ukraine, 2008, 3rd prize at Mejdynarodnyi koncurs im., Janine Garsci in Poland, 2010, 4th prize at “August Dombrowskis 7th international competition” in Latvia, 2011, Diploma at “ Antonio Janigro” Croatia, 2012, 1st prize at “ Akordy Hortyci” Ukraine, 2013 and 1st prize “Ukrainian chamber competition” in Ukraine, 2014.
In 2013, Maria took part in the First Ukrainian-Austrian Youth Orchestra Academy, under the guidance of the symphonic orchestra K&K Philharmoniker founder, conductor, and composer Matthias Georg Kendlinger. Maria has performed solo with orchestras in Ukraine, Russia, and Poland. She participated in the third and fifth children’s music academy of the CIS/Baltic countries under the patronage of Yuriy Bashmet.
In 2018, Maria gained incredible experiences while touring Europe with the "Orchestra of The Americas". For three consecutive years, while studying at the College of Charleston, she performed at multiple events during the prestigious “Spoleto Festival”. In the summer of 2019 Maria was a former artist at Eurasia festival and Oyster Bay music festival in NY. She performed as a soloist at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, DC and Merkin Hall in NYC. Maria is currently studying under cellist professor Natalia Khoma at the College of Charleston.
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Zach, cello and voice
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HAYLEY CASH, VIOLIN AND RESIDENT ACCOMPANIST
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