Dee Curcic

Introduction: We are offering music education to beginners, intermediate and advance levels, In -person & online. Our specialty is Piano pedagogy; we are focusing to eliminate all movements that can ultimately cause injury We concentrate on rhythm, sight reading and quality of sound. Our experienced teachers prepare students for variety of different competitions, where they present instrumental performances in prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall. Our Teaching Method Is Unique, we specialize in Taubman method. Our students participate in master classes and lectures . We prepare them for annual exams to achieve top scores What we offer: 1- Piano 2- Wind Instruments 3- String Instruments 4-Accordion Dragica Banić-Ćurčić the owner and lead Instructor was born in Zadar, Croatia. She graduated from the Stanković School in Belgrade with an Associated Degree in Music. In 1985, Ms. Ćurčić came to the United States to study both classical accordion and composition on scholarship with the world-renowned Dr. William Schimmel. Under his tutelage, she received the Neupauer Conservatory Order of the Shield diplomas both in the undergraduate and graduate levels. She took part in performances of Pauline Oliveros’s “The Wanderer” at the Whitney Museum under the conductor Tania León, and at Cooper Union School of the Arts and The Brooklyn Academy of Music under Lukas Foss. Dragica returned briefly to her native country as a teacher in Zagreb. Upon returning to the United States, she became active as a teacher of accordion and piano in New Jersey. She continues to perform annually as a participant in Dr. William Schimmel’s Master Class and Concert Series sponsored by the American Accordionists’ Association in New York City. She has performed the Hindemith Kammermusik No. 1 in New York under conductor Jim Stubbs in a performance dedicated to the victims of 9/11, and at The Bennington College Composers’ Conference in Vermont. She has composed and published a number of accordion works – most notably, “Chromatic Etude.” Ms. Ćurčić is currently a member of the Music Educators Association of New Jersey. She has studied piano with Sondra Tammam. Dragica successfully teaches the Taubman Approach in her piano studio to youngsters of all ages. As a result, many of them have performed in Carnegie Weill Hall, Merkin Hall and various other prestigious halls in New York and New Jersey. She is also the Director and Founder of the Ancora Music Festival, founded in 2012.