B.S. Music Education, Roberts Wesleyan
(Concentration in Voice, Minor in Piano)

MS Ed SUNY Brockport, Interdisciplinary Arts for Children

New York State Permanently Certified Music Educator

Larisa holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Music Education, Concentration in Voice and a Minor in Piano, from Roberts Wesleyan University in Rochester, NY and a Masters of Education in Interdisciplinary Arts for Children from SUNY Brockport in Brockport, NY. She has pursued continuing education with the CCM Institute at Shenandoah University, The Singing Voice Science Workshop at Montclair State University, and The Maestro David Jones Pedagogy Series. Larisa continues to study voice with Lori Fredrics.

Larisa’s past and present students have performed all over the USA. They have been broadcast live on National Television for professional sporting events, performed on Broadway, been contestants on “The Voice” and made the callback level of “America’s Got Talent”. They have been cast for Nickelodeon Television, performed in a Master Class for Opera Superstar, Renee Fleming, and had a song on the Country Music Top 100 Chart. Her students have won many talent contests, performed in District, State, Regional and National Choral Ensembles, cast for leading roles in community and high school musical theatre productions. Many students have been accepted to prestigious collegiate programs throughout the United States.