Music Conservatory of Westchester • Faculty

Renee Guerrero has been a pianist and teacher in New York for the past 19 years. She received her Master's Degree in Piano Performance under the tutelage of Phillip Kawin at Manhattan School of Music. Renee received her Bachelor's Degree in Piano Performance with an emphasis on Piano Pedagogy from Texas State University. She studied with Texas State University professor Timothy Woolsey and Austin-based teacher and composer Kathryn Mishell, and made her New York City debut in 1990 as a soloist in the Yamaha Young Artists Showcase. She has since appeared in numerous venues all over the country both as soloist and collaborative pianist. She frequently performs with her husband baritone Lawrence Harris and together made their Carnegie Hall/Weill Recital Hall debut in 2008.

Renee has also served as rehearsal accompanist for various opera companies including Bronx Opera, New Rochelle Opera, Manhattan School of Music ArtReach, the Altamura Arts Festival and Joan Dornemann's Audition Techniques Workshops. In 1999, she founded and directed the Community School of Music at St. Brendan's where she served as director until 2006. She also founded a community concert series Cantabile Concerts featuring local and international performers and groups. Throughout her career, she has prepared her students for debuts in such venues as the Library of Congress, Steinway Hall, and Alice Tully Hall . She is currently the Music Director of Presbyterian Church in Leonia, New Jersey; co-director of the music school at The Montfort Academy in Katonah, New York; and is thrilled to join the piano faculty at The Westchester Conservatory of Music.

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Conservatory faculty are all highly skilled and experienced teachers. Teachers are assigned to maximize the learning experience of each student taking into account the students musical interests and goals, age and scheduling needs.

"I am very happy and proud of Jun Luke Foster’s and Benjamin Boventer’s achievements. I taught Jun Luke for 12 years and his acceptance to Juilliard School of Music is a great sign of his musical maturity and accomplishment. He was also accepted to Harvard and Yale. Benjamin was with me for five years. He won a prestigious $40,000 scholarship from Skidmore College for music studies. He was the only pianist in that competition who received this award. He was also accepted at Tufts University. It is very satisfying to know that our students continue to achieve such success." —Svetlana Gorokovich, MCW Faculty

Conservatory faculty are all highly skilled and experienced teachers. Teachers are assigned to maximize the learning experience of each student taking into account the students musical interests and goals, age and scheduling needs.

"I am very happy and proud of Jun Luke Foster’s and Benjamin Boventer’s achievements. I taught
Jun Luke for 12 years and his acceptance to Juilliard School of Music is a great sign of his musical maturity and accomplishment. He was also accepted to Harvard and Yale. Benjamin was with me for five years. He won a prestigious $40,000 scholarship from Skidmore College for music studies. He was the only pianist in that competition who received this award. He was also accepted at Tufts University. It is very satisfying to know that our students continue to achieve such success."
—Svetlana Gorokovich, MCW Faculty

Renee Guerrero | piano, theory

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