Director and Pianist Jany Izaguirre, originally from Cuba, began her studies at the Raúl Sanchez School of Music in Pinar del Río, Cuba at the age of eight. She holds two first places in a row at “Amadeo Roldan” piano competition. After seven years she got accepted at the National School of Arts in Havana, Cuba where she got a special recoginizion at “Johann Sebastian Bach” national piano competition. She was one of the 3 candidates chosen among other 13 nationwide to continue her musical studies at the Superior Institute of Arts in Cuba (ISA).

 

After graduating, she moved to Spain and received a full scholarship to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, Spain under the direction of maestro Guillermo Gonzales where she graduated with honors earning her Master’s Degree.

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She worked with well-known TV programs (Antena 3, TV 5, TV Valencia, etc) and a well-known radio station“COPE” in Spain. She was part of the musical productions, “The Beauty and the Beast”, as well as “The phantom of the Opera” at the main theater Lope de Vega in Madrid. She recorded christmas music and zarzuelas with the “COPE” orchestra. She was a well recognized chamber music pianist while living in Spain. Ms.Izaguirre got married and move to Illinois with her husband and daughter. In Peoria, IL she joined the music department at Bradley University and also worked as a children’s choir director at First United Methodist Church in Peoria, IL. 

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In 2012 Mrs. Izaguirre moved to Randolph, NJ where she lives with her husband and two kids. She actively performed with the Sussex High School Choir as well as keeping her passion for teaching alive through private piano and music theory lessons. Jany is also a Certified Kindermusik educator and she loves learning something new everyday in order to give the best of her to her students.   

Ms. Izaguirre is a former Spanish and Music teacher at Morris Catholic High School. From 2017-2021 Ms. Izaguirre was the pianist/organist at First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon (FPCNV) and currently serves as the Director of Music Ministries at Bishop Janes United Methodist Church in Basking Ridge and as a Band Instructor Music teacher at Morris Catholic HS. 

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