CVPA faculty

Dr. Anna Balakerskaia is a “consistently thrilling pianist” (Judy Gruber, Washington Post) whose expression “wells with a delightful freedom,” (Robert Dumm, Clavier) and whose sound “is warm and deep.”

Steven Cushner received his BFA degree in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA in Painting from the University of Maryland. He has taught at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, the American University, Vermont College, and George Mason University...

Ed Fraedrich, saxophone, joined the faculty of GMU in the fall of 2011 after having established a successful private studio in the area. He has performed solos with many ensembles, including the National Symphony Orchestra and the Fairfax Wind Symphony.

Kathryn Pilkington, Co-Artistic Director of Company E, is originally from North Carolina, where she received her early dance training from her mentor, Sandra Miller.

Dr. Emily H. Green enjoys scholarship on a number of areas of music history. Her first interest in musicology concerns strategies of music publishing and marketing in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century western Europe and America.

Mark Cooley is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work primarily focuses on social and environmental issues in a variety of forms, including museum installations, documentary film, sound art, and permaculture design.

Xang Mimi Ho is a fashion photographer in the Virginia area as well as an adjunct professor at George Mason University. Ho received her Bachelor of Fine Art from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia...

Wade Beach is widely respected for his harmonic sophistication and superb technique, which knows no stylistic limitations. He holds a master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Maryland. 

Dr. Kehoe is Director of Educational Media Services and the Senior Executive Producer at GMU-TV.

Professor G. Chesler (pronouns they/them) directs, produces, and writes fiction and documentary films that address sexuality, the body, gender and racial justice.