Musikgarten Teachers at the Arts Academy at PCPC
Deborah Waterman
, the Coordinator of the Musikgarten program at PCPC, has been teaching Musikgarten for over 10 years. She holds a Music Education Degree from Westminster Choir College and a Masters in Choral Conducting from SMU. She has also taught music education in public and private schools in the area. Deborah has sung with the PCPC Chancel Choir and has appeared as a soloist with the church and currently sings with the Dallas Symphony Chorus. She has 3 children, who have all taken Musikgarten classes, of whom she homeschools.
Ben Quine, originally from Dallas, Texas, began his piano studies with James Bozeman. In 2000, he graduated summa cum laude from Texas Christian University. He has given numerous recitals in the Dallas area and has also performed in Oklahoma, Maryland, Illinois, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota.
From 2000-2002, he studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary as a Fulbright Scholar. There, his teachers included György Nádor, István Lantos, Réti Balazs, and Kiraly Csaba. In addition to many performances in Budapest, he also performed at the European Fulbright Gala in Berlin, Germany. He performed for Mrs. Laura Bush, first lady of the United States, Megyessy Péter, the prime minister of Hungary, and Ms. Nancy Brinker, US Ambassador to Hungary.
Mr. Quine completed his Master's of Music degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he studied with Benjamin Pasternack. He served as a Graduate Assistant in Music Theory and was the recipient of the Helen Iliff Scholarship.
In 2004, Mr. Quine was selected to be a Fellow of the La Gesse Foundation. As a result, he performed at the La Gesse Foundation Music Festival in Toulouse, France and Carcasone, France. Other recent concert appearances include Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D. C. and the "Music at CND" Concert Series (College of Notre Dame in Baltimore, Md.).
Mr. Quine is currently a freelance artist in Dallas, where he also teaches a private piano studio.
