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St. Albert the Great is proud and privledged to have highly qualified 
directors and teachers that provide our students with their professional 
services.

General Music and Choir
Our students' weekly music teacher is Mrs. Judi Horvath.  We are pleased to 
announce that she is also our school's Choir Director.  Mrs. Horvath received 
her Bachelor's Degree in Music from Baldwin-Wallace College in three years 
and has been teaching all general music classes and directing the Choir at 
St. Albert the Great since 2001.

Mrs. Horvath is of Hungarian descent and is very involved in the Hungarian 
community.  
She is co-director of Csardas Dance Company Youth Ensemble, where she teaches 
authentic hungarian dance as well as singing.  She speaks hungarian fluently 
and has visited Hungary many times.  She is actively involved in hungarian 
scouting where she helps create the yearly Christmas musical program, teaches 
recorder and offers leader training and guidance in summer camps.
As a St. Albert the Great school graduate, Mrs. Horvath has continued her 
faith as a long time parishioner of the parish.  She is the proud mother 
of two St. Albert graduates that are now attending Padua High School and John 
Carroll University.  Both children are active in music.  Her son Michael 
plays the organ at church and was organist for many years here at St. Albert 
and her daughter plays the flute and is a member of the prestigious Cleveland 
Institute of Music's Wind Symphony.  Mrs. Horvath can be reached 
through the school website at www.saint-albert.org in Progressbook.

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Orchestra
Our Orchestra Director, Mrs. Carole Banyas graduated from Capital University 
Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music Degree and has 
taught in Catholic elementary schools for over 20 years.  In addition to being
our orchestra director, Mrs. Banyas also teaches the string programs at 2
other area Catholic Elementary schools (Incarnate Word Academy and St.
Columbkille School)and combines the three school programs for concerts
throughout the year.

Mrs. Banyas is very happy to be a part of music education in the Catholic
schools. As a  St. Albert alumni, she especially likes bringing strings to
this school.  She enjoys bringing her groups together at concerts to help the
students from different schools get along and work to make a beautiful 
sound.

Mrs. Banyas spends much of her spare time playing the cello.  She has been a 
member of the Parma Symphony Orchestra for many years and also plays at her 
parish of St. Luke's each Sunday.  She enjoys getting together with friends to
play chamber music too.  Mrs. Banyas loves to knit, read and spend time with
her husband and 2 grown children.

Her excellent skills have been proven through her students receiving Superior 
ratings at OMEA Contests for years.  Mrs. Banyas works continually with her 
students throughout the summer by participating at events such as the Cuyhoga 
County Fair.  Mrs. Banyas teaches individual and group lessons during the 
school day at St. Albert's on Tuesday's.  She can be reached at home at
216.529.1038 or at carolebanyas@sbcglobal.net

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Band
Mr. Mark Wozniak, our Band Director is a 1997 graduate of Padua, holds a 
Bachelor of Arts degree from Kent State University, and is working towards a 
Masters in Education Degree from Cleveland State University.  Mr. Wozniak has 
directed the Padua Marching Band since 2001.  During the winter, he also 
serves as director of Spirit Band.  Prior to Mr. Wozniak coming to North 
Royalton, he was the Assistant Director at Cloverleaf High School in Lodi and 
Nordonia Hills High School in Macedonia. In addition to being a band 
director, Mr. Wozniak teaches music courses, and is an assistant track and 
field coach.  Lessons are taught during school hours at St. Albert's by 
Mr. Wozniak on Monday's.  He can be reached at 440.845.2444 (Padua).  His 
e-mail address is mwozniak@paduafranciscan.com.

Our new flute/clarinet teacher, Ms. Sara Carlino, attended Valley Forge High 
School and is a graduate of Kent State University specializing in Clarinet 
Performance.  Ms. Carlino attended the University of Florida Graduate School 
where she earned a Masters Degree in Clarinet Performance.  While in Florida, 
Ms Carlino performed with the Central Florida Symphony, Gainsville Chamber 
Orchestra, and substituted in several other symphonies and orchestras.  She 
has been teaching private lessons since 1998 and truly enjoys the school 
atmosphere.   Ms. Carlino can also be seen onstage in local bands and 
orchestras in the greater Cleveland area such as the Lakeside Symnphony.  
Ms. Carlino will be teaching advanced flute and clarinet lessons in school on 
Monday's.  She will also be adding new students to her lesson schedule as 
needed.  Ms. Carlino can be reached at 440.572.6590 or at 
www.sara41280@aol.com.

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