A Word from Laura: Welcome Ariel

Ariel Nathanson Bolinja will accompany the choir and congregation on Sundays this spring as we look for a permanent music director. Ariel graduated from University of Hartford's The Hartt School in 2018 with a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance with a Pedagogy Emphasis and was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda music honor society. She graduated summa cum laude from The George Washington University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music. In her time at GWU, Nathanson was both a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a recipient of the Steiner Scholarship in Music. In August of 2020, she began her DMA studies in piano pedagogy at the Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art at The Catholic University of America. 

Nathanson currently teaches at Levine Music in Washington, DC. Prior to teaching at Levine, Nathanson taught piano and chamber music in New England and Maryland. In addition to her teaching, Nathanson has performed throughout the US east coast as well as in Italy, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. In 2016, she was awarded Honorable Mention in the Cremona International Competition for Piano.