Join us at BRAC June 8th at 5PM for a Piano Performance by Helen Ryba

Helen Ryba (Yelena Rybalskaya) started studying music at age of four at Mykola Lysenko Music School in Kiev, Ukraine, and earned a B.A. in music from Glière Music College in Kiev, Ukraine.  She then earned a M.M. with high honors from Kiev State Conservatory with four major specializations – classical piano soloist, teacher, accompanist, and chamber orchestra performer.
Ms. Ryba worked as a piano teacher and vocal coach. Among her students are prominent singers and performers. She  is also an accomplished piano solo performer herself. The highlights of her career include complete Book I Well Tempered Clavier and Goldberg Variations by  J.S.Bach.
Ms. Ryba currently teaches private piano students in New Jersey and New York. Her teaching concept promotes parallel development of ear training, sight reading, and creative and technical piano skills, as well as music history and theory.
Ms. Ryba will play the following works of music at BRAC:
1.       Bach-Busoni                       Chaconne in D-minor BWV 1004
2.       Viktor Kosenko                 Consolation op. 9
3.       Viktor Kosenko                 Allemande op. 19
4.       Florence Price                   Sonata in E-minor movements I and II.
5.       Myroslav Skoryk               Prelude and Fugue in F-Major