*Hannah Bauler, violin instructor

Teaching Artist Statement:
I have been passionate about music since I was a child, listening to the other members of my family play music on piano, cello, and violin. I believe music is a crucial way of non verbal communication, a window to the soul even. Music is an important expression of creativity. It speaks when words cannot be used.

Teaching Bio:
Born and raised in Washington state, Hannah moved to Pennsylvania and began teaching violin lessons Rocky Knoll School from 2019-2020 then moved to a home studio for the next six months, teaching beginner-intermediate lessons to children of a variety of ages (between 5-10). During the 2021-2022 school year, Hannah taught violin lessons at Mt. Atnea Advantist school in their music department, teaching beginners. 

Performance Bio:
Since beginning violin lessons at age 8, Hannah has performed in various recitals, playing music such as Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, Flight of the Bumblebee, and Bach’s Partitas. Hannah has played in a variety orchestras including OAPYCO (Oregon Pro Arte Young Chamber Orchestra) and the Shippensburg University Orchestra, performing various pieces including Handle’s Messiah and the Nutcracker. Hannah performed with the Piano Guys at the Luhrs Performing Arts Center, performing Beethoven’s Five Secrets. 

*Mark Hartman, violin and guitar instructor

Teaching Artist Statement:
I have taught a wide range of students from very young to adult, both individually and in classrooms and ensembles over the past 40 plus years. I enjoy working directly with individual students who wish to improve their skills on violin, guitar, or viola. I treat every student with respect and as an individual who should follow their inner inspiration. We can explore a traditional path of musical development, or several other styles of music that the student finds inspiring, including jazz and fiddle.

Teaching Bio:
Dr. Hartman is Professor Emeritus of Music at Shippensburg University where he was conductor of the Shippensburg University Community Orchestra, taught strings and guitar, and American Popular music. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Violin Performance and the Master of Music degree in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he studied violin with Katie Lansdale. Other violin study was with Elaine Richey (University of North Carolina School of the Arts), Charles Castleman (Eastman School of Music), Burton Kaplan (Manhattan School of Music), and Stanley Ritchie (Indiana University). He attended workshops on Suzuki violin pedagogy with Doris Preucil and William Starr.

In addition to teaching 16 years at Shippensburg University, Dr. Hartman has taught at the North Carolina School of the Arts Community Music program, the Winston-Salem public schools, Wake Forest University, Houghton College, and Central College. He has taught at several summer camps, including the Intermuse International Music Institute and Festival, Scor! String Camps for Adults, and Blue Lake fine Arts Camp.

Dr. Hartman has explored performing, teaching, and researching the use of string instruments in jazz and contemporary styles as well as the pedagogy of improvisation and has presented his research at American String Teachers Association national conferences in Reno and Kansas City. He has attended jazz workshops with Jamey Aebersold and Fred Sturm (Eastman School of Music), jazz string performance with the Turtle Island String Quartet, and jazz guitar with Greg Hyslop (UNC-G). He also spent time in the 1980s learning old time and bluegrass fiddle styles, including study with Bobby Hicks, fiddler for Bill Monroe and Ricky Skaggs.

Performance Bio:
Dr. Hartman has been a member of the Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony and Greensboro Symphony orchestras. He has been a regular performer at the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival since 1993, and since 2009, he has performed with the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra and the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra. He has performed solo and chamber music in the United States and Europe and has been featured on North Carolina public radio. He has premiered violin works at three international conferences held at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, including a world premiere of a violin concerto (Earth Etchings) by Janet Peachey in 2014 with the Waterloo Chamber Orchestra.

Other instrument performances include guitar, banjo, and mandolin with the Ron Rudkin Big Band, Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, and Wake Forest theater department.

*Herm Hopple, string & electric bass instructor

Teaching Artist Statement:
I love the bass!  Providing the “bottom” in ensembles is an experience that always thrills me.  The sound of the bass is powerful and exciting and I delight in passing the skills of bass playing on to students of all ages and accomplishment.

Teaching Bio:
Herm Hopple has been providing double bass and electric bass instruction at CVSM since 1999.  He received his B.S. Mu. Ed. degree at Susquehanna University and his Masters in Mu. Ed. from Penn State.  As a former public school string teacher and orchestra director, Herm has experience with differing levels of ability and enjoys working with all ages – incorporating both note and rote techniques in his instruction.  Herm is a member of PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Education Association).

Performance Bio:
B.S. Mu. Ed. Susquehanna University, M. Mu. Ed. Penn State University. Central Pennsylvania native, Herm Hopple has played double bass with the Potomac Symphony, the Gettysburg College-Community Orchestra, and served many years as principal bass with the Shippensburg College-Community Orchestra.  Herm is the current and founding director of the CVSM String Orchestra, and is also well known as the electric bassist with the CVSM Concert Jazz Band and the CVSM Jazz Quartet.

*Jane Peatling, cello instructor 

Music performance, Middlebury College (VT), Penn State University. Cellist Jane Peatling performs with the Mercersburg Area Chorus and Orchestra and in duet with husband, Marlin Barnes on marimba, as RitmaCordia. She has worked in arts management for several orchestras and was a founding member of the Cumberland Valley Chamber Players. Ms. Peatling holds degrees in music performance from Middlebury College (VT) and Penn State University. Ms. Peatling has taught privately for over three decades in the Cumberland Valley and continues to perform in small ensembles in the area.

*Cindy Scanzello, violin, viola, and New Horizons String Instructor

Teaching Artist Statement:
Everyone can learn to play an instrument. I have worked with hundreds of musicians of all ages and abilities. I am adept at finding many ways to demonstrate and teach new concepts to students with various learning styles.  When assessing a student’s progress/performance I think it’s important to temper constructive criticism with positive feedback.

Teaching bio:
A native of Chambersburg, Cindy Scanzello has been teaching violin and viola at CVSM since 2008, and teaching and directing orchestra students in grades 4-12 for the Chambersburg Area School District for more than twenty years. As an undergraduate, she attended West Chester University where she received her B.S. in Music Education majoring in violin and voice. While at West Chester University, Cindy began studying the philosophy and teachings of Shinichi Suzuki and has earned certification in levels 1-4 of the Suzuki Violin School from the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She attended Suzuki teacher training institutes at Catholic University, Ithaca College and West Chester University. Her first teaching position was at the Delaware Music School in Milford, DE where she taught private and group instruction in both Suzuki and traditional styles. After she began teaching for the C.A.S.D., Cindy enrolled at Shenandoah University where she earned a Masters degree in Music Education. She enjoys working with students of all ages and has prepared her CVSM students for merit competitions, recitals and community orchestra concerts.

Performing Bio:
Since graduating from West Chester University, Cindy Scanzello has been a substitute violinist for the Harrisburg and Maryland Symphony Orchestras and a regular playing member of the Cumberland Valley Chamber Players and the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra. She currently performs with the Mercersburg Community Chorus orchestra, the Shippensburg University/Community Orchestra, Mercersburg Academy musical pit orchestra, HUB Opera orchestra and various freelance musicians for weddings and other special occasions.

*Ruth Showalter , Suzuki cello instructor 

Teaching Artist statement:
“Where love is deep, much can be accomplished.” This oft quoted statement from Japanese musician, educator and visionary Shinichi Suzuki is probably the essence of what drew me into the fold of Suzuki music education. As a retired elementary teacher, I find that I still have lots of love to give. The opportunity to combine that with music and teaching is irresistible. I especially enjoy the personality and unique resources that each individual student brings to the learning process. 

Study and Teaching Bio:
Native of Chambersburg, PA, Ruth is trained in Elementary Education (BS from Millersville University) with an MA in Exceptionalities (Shippensburg University). After 4 years of teaching at Shalom Christian Academy, Ruth left the classroom in favor of rearing and educating your own 5 children at home. This included participating in her children’s music lessons at CVSM over a span of 21 years. Eventually, she picked up the cello where she had left off in highschool and studied 12 years with Michael Cameron and then Danielle Karppalla. 

She has completed Unit 1, 2 and 3 of Suzuki Cello Teacher Training and continues to pursue Suzuki training as available. Ruth has been teaching individual and group cello classes over the past 5 years. She particularly enjoys complete beginners but also welcomes students in Suzuki books one, two and three, always pursuing the Suzuki philosophy and tradition at CVSM.

*Deborah Stotelmyer, violin, viola, & Community String Orchestra Director

Teaching Statement
I believe in teaching the ‘whole’ person, because  a student is more than just technique and musicality, they are growing individuals who want to play the instrument for various reasons. I believe in playing for personal enjoyment while honing skills to the highest level to which each student is capable, but I also endeavor to coach students on the discipline necessary for achievement of any goal, and encourage each student to reach farther than they think they are capable. I believe in helping students believe in themselves while understanding the process necessary for reaching their desired goals. I  understand that most students are not interested in a career, but I do encourage those that have the ability to consider it, and I believe everyone benefits from playing as well as their ability allows. I am as comfortable with a 70+ senior adult and 4 yr old beginner as I am with high school aged and middle school aged students.

Teaching Bio
B.S. Mu. Ed, Frostburg State College. I have studied with John Eaken of the Eaken Trio, William Haratounian of the National Symphony, Norman Nunamaker formerly at Gettysburg College, and have received coaching from Elizabeth Adkins, retired Associate Concertmaster of National Symphony. My former students have auditioned and been selected for MD, PA, and WV All-State Orchestras, PA Central District and Regional Orchestras, the National Symphony’s  Orchestra Institute and Interlochen Summer Institute, in addition to Merit Scholarship winners at Cumberland Valley School of Music. In addition to teaching for Cumberland Valley School of Music at Waynesboro and Wilson College in Chambersburg, I am also employed by Hagerstown Community College, where I teach individual lessons and string ensemble class.

Performance Bio
I am currently the Concertmaster for Mercersburg Community Chorus/Orchestra. I played with the MD Symphony Orchestra  for 22 years, 20 of which I was Associate Principal 2nd Violin. I am the former Concertmaster of Millbrook Orchestra and Frederick Community Orchestra. Recently (Spring 2012) I was Concertmaster for Shippensburg University Orchestra.

*Ashley Wyrick, woodwind & violin instructor

Miss Wyrick is a native of Chambersburg, PA and studied a variety of instruments in the Chambersburg School District. She studied clarinet with Paul Grane and violin with Cindy Scanzello. Ashley was a CVSM Merit Award Winner and Guarriello Scholarship recipient. In addition, she participated in County, District, Regional, and State band during high school.

She completed her K-12 Music Education Certification at Kutztown University, where she studied clarinet with Elizabeth Stimpert and Dr. Soo Goh. During her college years, she participated in a variety of music groups including the KU Marching Unit, led by Professor Daniel Neuenschwander, and the Kutztown University Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Willis Rapp.

Since graduating in 2014, Miss Wyrick has been a substitute teacher in the Chambersburg School District. In the summer she enjoys playing with the Hagerstown Municipal Band.