pictured: Olga with student 

Olga earned a Masters of Music and PhD from the Conservatory of Music in Gorky, Russia. With more than 18 years of professional teaching, Olga has taught numerous students who have advanced to become professional musicians and performed in national and international competitions. She was the head of the piano department, adjudicator and clinician for the State School of Music in Gorky, Russia and taught applied piano at the Bachelor of Art and B.E. degree levels at the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville. In addition to her time as a music director, choirmaster, and organist, she has toured extensively in the United States and Puerto Rico as a solo performer with the Lyric Theater Group. Olga has also held numerous solo recitals and made appearances on public radio and television for over fifteen years.