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International Talent Academy cordially invites you
to our Annual Gala:
“The Art of Wine and Dance: from
Shiraz to Jazz”
March
28, 2010, 5-9PM
Ritz Charles, Carmel
Guest Speaker:
Steven
Libman - Executive Director of the Regional Performing Arts Center
Event Featuring: Great
Food
Wine Tasting
Dancing
Silent Auction
Complimentary Swing Lesson
Professional Ballroom Exhibition by Award Winning Young Talents
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"DISCOVER YOUR TALENTS - 2008!"
Another successful
event
featuring
elegant dinner, silent auction, and
exciting piano and ballroom dance
performances by award winning young talents!
April 27, 2008, 4-8PM at the Oak Hill
Mansion
BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
Media Sponsor: Indianapolis Woman Magazine
Pictures by Angela Talley's photography & Carmel
magazine
City of Carmel
Piano Solutions
Indiana Neurology Specialty Care
First Merchants Bank
Pedcor Companies
Carmel Arts Council
Entercom Radio Stations
Christine Orich
Jeanne Book
Mariani family
Alex & Alla Morozov
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TABLE SPONSORS:
City of Carmel
Indianapolis Woman Magazine
Indiana Neurology Specialty Care
First Merchants Bank
Katz, Sapper & Miller
Piano Solutions
Carmel Symphony League
Bitwise Solutions
Carmel Rotary Club
ITA SPONSORS a piano student for Moscow
competition!
Breathtaking news from the Gorin’s
Music Academy and the International Talent Academy!
HANNAH CARROLL, a winner of multiple
national and international piano competitions has
been honored to become a semifinalist after winning
a preliminary round at the Russian Rotary Children
Music Competition which will take place in Moscow,
RUSSIA on March 15, 2008!
Only 15 participants from different
countries, including Russia, USA, Korea, Mexico,
France, Spain, and Estonia were chosen to compete in
piano, violin, cello, and flute divisions.
Hannah Carroll is the ONLY
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE USA to compete in piano
division!
CONGRATULATIONS to Hannah and Mrs.
Gorin for this huge accomplishment!
It is a part of our mission to
support young talents and we are trying to find
funds to cover all the trip expenses and
will appreciate
your generous donations for this once in a life time
opportunity!
All donations are tax deductible.
ITA CarmelFest
PARADE: July 4, 2007
Can you imagine
children playing piano on the moving truck? Well, it
was truth at the Carmel Festival parade on July 4th!
Gorin's Music Academy students took turns to play
piano to cheer a
30, 000 Carmel Festival crowd on
July 4th!
Our DEEPEST THANKS
AND GRATITUDE'S TO OUR PARADE SPONSORS - PIANO
SOLUTIONS for
providing a Baby Grand piano and all the hard work
to putting it together on the truck, and our
sincere thanks to our
friends - Rich and Galina
for the parade truck!
WE WOULD LIKE TO
THANK AND RECOGNIZE THE ITA FAMILIES:
Gorin, Carroll, Miller, Sweet, Keith,
Kikuchi, Morozov, Xu, Keddie, Komarova & Folkin for great help
& participation at our 1st parade!
We had a lot of
fun decorating, playing, walking, and socializing
all together.
Let's make it an annual tradition!
FUNDRAISER NEWS: May 6, 2007
“Discover
Your Talents- 2007” event was a HUGE SUCCESS!
Mayor Brainard said:
“I have heard that your students are good, but I
didn’t expect them to be THAT GOOD!”
Our students played
at the level that could be performed at the new
Carmel Performance Art Center! All of our guests -
people from the Carmel Arts community and businesses
were VERY IMPRESSED by the level of the event and
the children’s performance! All
of our participants have been honored with
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
IN PIANO STUDY!
BIG THANKS AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
MRS. IRINA GORIN,
EMILY XU, HOLLYN KEITH, LIANNE YU,
JENNIFER LEE, SAYUKA MINAMI, HANNAH CARROLL,
CONSTANCE LEE, JUSTIN LEE, BRITTANY TODD,
ELLIE GORIN, YUXI WU, JASON JIANG,
MICHIRU KIKUCHI
OUR DEEPEST THANKS TO
THE GORIN’S MUSIC ACADEMY PARENTS FOR THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR FUNDRAISER AND A SILENT AUCTION:
John & DeAnn Baker, Sohaila & Mike Deldar, Jasmine & Albert Lee, Kim & T. Ranney, Jennifer Rebhorn, Jennifer & Jay Pippen, Cynthia & Scott
Ziegele, Lisa and Joseph Miller.
IT IS A GREAT START OF
THE NEW ORGANIZATION AND WE APPRECIATE
YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT!
WE HOPE YOU JOIN US NEXT YEAR!
THANK YOU!
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Carmel Star
February, 21, 2008
Young pianist is Moscow-bound
By
Melanie D. Hayes.
When
Hannah Carroll got a keyboard for Christmas several
years ago, she didn't realize it would lead her to
Moscow.
"For
Christmas, we went to my aunt's house, and she was
giving away keyboards as Christmas presents," said the
12-year-old Westfield girl. "I went home and
started playing around with it. I was having so much fun
that I asked my parents to take piano lessons. After a
while of asking them and asking them, they finally said
I could."
Hannah got
an old piano from another aunt and began taking classes.
Three and a
half years later, she is preparing to compete in an
international competition at the Moscow Conservatory in
March. She is the only pianist representing the United
States in the International Russian Rotary Children
Music Competition.
After
taking lessons with two different teachers, Hannah began
hour-long lessons two to three times a week at Gorin's
Music Academy in Carmel. She also practices three hours
a day.
Hannah is
home-schooled, which she said allows her to balance her
schoolwork, piano and chores.
"I practice
one hour in the morning and two hours after school," she
said. "I enjoy expressing my feelings when I play and
just hearing beautiful music and making it myself."
Irina Gorin,
Hannah's piano teacher, is helping her prepare for the
competition, which will include children ages 8-12 from
all over the world. Hannah and Gorin learned about the
competition through Tatyana Komarova, the executive
director of the International Talent Academy in Carmel.
The competition is organized through the Rotary Club, of
which Komarova is a member.
To pass the
preliminary round, Hannah had to send a 30-minute DVD
showing off her piano skills.
"Only 15
kids made it from all over the world," Gorin said. "Only
eight are pianists."
Gorin, a
native of Ukraine who has taught piano for 26 years,
never has had a student participate in this competition.
"She is a
very hard-working student," Gorin said. "She was very
motivated. She wanted to go to Russia. She is at a very
advanced level right now. We started with her three
years ago -- not even -- and her progress was so quick I
was very surprised. I've never had a student that
progressed that fast."
Both Hannah
and Gorin know the competition will be tough.
During the
first round of the competition, Hannah will play three
pieces for up to 15 minutes. If she is among the six
students to qualify for the finals, she will play with a
Russian orchestra.
Hannah will
travel to Moscow with her father, Michael Carroll; Gorin;
and Komarova. The International Talent Academy is
sponsoring Hannah and paying for most of the group's
expenses.
This will
be Hannah's first trip outside the United States.
"When I
found out I got in, I was really shocked," Hannah said
of the competition. "I knew there would be a lot of hard
work ahead, so I was kind of hesitant, but I know it
will be a lot of fun, an experience of a lifetime. I'm
excited about it but a little nervous. We are going to
see if I can play at nursing homes, residence centers,
anything that can help prepare me."
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Westfield
February 12, 1008
Westfield girl to compete in Moscow
Hannah Carroll of Westfield will be traveling to Moscow in March to
compete in the Russian Rotary Children Music Competition.
The 12-year-old pianist won a preliminary round in order to become a
semifinalist for the competition March 15 in Moscow. The trip to
Moscow is sponsored by the International Talent Academy, the
City of Carmel and the Carmel Rotary Club. Only 15 participants from
different countries, including Russia, the U.S., Korea, Mexico,
France, Spain and Estonia were chosen to compete in piano, violin,
cello and flute divisions. Hannah is the only representative from
the U.S. to compete in piano division.
She takes lessons from Irina Gorin of Gorin’s Piano Studio in
Carmel. Hannah is the daughter of Mike and Desiree Carroll. The
family lives in Westfield. ITA is looking for additional sponsorship
to cover the expenses of the Moscow trip. For more information about
how to help, contact Tatyana Komarova, executive director of the
International Talent
Academy, at 815.9381 or e-mail Tatyana@InternationalTalentAcademy.org.
Carmel Magazine
August 30, 2006
Brain train
Early childhood development is goal of fledgling talent academy.
 By Traci Cumbay
The brain operates on a use-it-or-lose-it basis, and educator Tatyana Komarova wants to make sure children are using it while their brains are developing most rapidly (before age 6) so they don't lose it as they become adults.
She's working to establish the International Talent Academy in Carmel to fill a void she sees in early childhood development and arts education.
Komarova is joining forces with Irina Gorin, who runs a successful piano studio in Carmel - six of her students received highest honors at the World Piano Competition in July and will perform at Carnegie Hall in September. The business partners want to create an academy that stresses performing arts but includes an early childhood development arm (for children as young as 6 months) and a parent’s academy, which would provide skills and information to help parents understand and guide their children.
"Parents are always the best teachers," Komarova said. "They know their children's strengths, unique interests and potential. I want to teach parents the importance of early child education and inspire them to get started early. I'm not talking about a traditional classroom setting - the key is learning through play."
Komarova holds bachelor's degrees in music education and theater and has a master's in executive development for public services. She has worked for the past several years on building programs for pedagogy. Her mission is to make use of the spongy capacity for learning that young children's brains have.
"The earlier children start learning, the greater their future potential," Komarova said.
Her inspiration came from a book, "How To Teach Your Baby To Read," by Glenn Doman. Komarova used Doman's technique to start teaching her daughter to read when she was a year old, and the experience encouraged her to delve further into the ins and outs of brain development.
Now she's combining what she has long known about the benefits of performing arts with her research to make sure young children get the most out of their early years, when their brains are highly receptive to education.
Programs at the academy include dance, music, theater, visual arts, gymnastics and etiquette. A broad early education that includes movement and music gives children a sure foundation for future learning, according to Komarova, who moved to Carmel six years ago and feels the area is ripe for her school.
"There's not enough opportunity for students to excel in all that the arts offer," Komarova said. "We'll be offering all these classes in one location so parents don't have to run from place to place taking their children to music, theater, dance or art classes all over town. Our academy will encourage families to spend more time learning together."
Komarova's vision is for an academy whose very name becomes shorthand for quality arts education: "I want universities to recognize that the International Talent Academy is a world-class institution," she said, "and to recognize that our graduates have superior education in the arts."
Indianapolis Star
October 14, 2006
Dedication rewarded
Competition offers opportunity for hard-working young pianists to see . . .
By Melanie D. Hayes
melanie.d.hayes@indystar.com
 Hannah Carroll practices the piano at least two hours a day.
That dedication paid off when she won a gold medal in the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati in July.
Hannah, 10, Westfield, is one of several kids from Carmel and the surrounding area who placed well at the competition and earned a chance to play in a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Sisters Irina Gorin and Ada Shebanova each run their own private piano schools in Carmel and had nine students claim top honors in their levels at the competition. The competition included 200 students from Grades K-12, divided into categories based on experience, Gorin said.
As a reward, five of the students traveled to New York to play at Carnegie Hall on Sept. 30.
Those students were Hannah, a home-schooled student; Sayuka Minami, 10, an Orchard Park student who won second place; Yoko Iwase, 11, a Prairie Trace student who won second; Jeffrey Cheng, 9, a student at Sycamore School in Indianapolis who won second; and Michiru Kikuchi, 11, a College Wood student who earned honorable mention.
Other students who placed well but chose not to make the trip to New York were Chelsea Dai, 6, a Prairie Trace student who won second place; and Yue Jiang, 15, a Carmel High School student who won second in the concerto division.
Brittany Todd, 11, a student at Clay Junior High School, and Alex Huang, 8, both earned an honorable mention. Alex's school was not available.
Yue has placed well the last three years at the world competition and played at Carnegie Hall the first two years. He has been playing piano for eight years.
"It was nice," he said of performing on the famous stage. "It was an honor. It was exciting, and I wasn't all that nervous because I knew the piece pretty well."
Hannah, who has been taking piano lessons for two years, was both scared and excited to play at Carnegie Hall. The solo she performed was Sonatina in A Minor by Albert Biehl.
"I said a Bible verse to myself when I was waiting, and my mom and dad talked to me and comforted me," she said about how she prepared for the recital. "That helped. Carnegie Hall was a very beautiful, beautiful place. It was a nice experience to play there."
Irina Gorin, 42, who teaches 50 students at Gorin's Piano Studio, has had students win at the World Piano Competition for three years straight and then perform in New York.
"Those kids work really, really hard," said the Ukraine native, who has been teaching piano for 10 years in Carmel.
"It's a huge honor to play at Carnegie Hall. It's a very festive atmosphere with kids from eight countries."
Call Star reporter Melanie D. Hayes at (317) 444-2613.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006610140389
Carmel AM
March 3, 2006
Community Voices
Early education key for kids
By Tatyana Komarova
In my 15-year teaching career, I have always been interested in what young children are capable of, how much they can learn and how their brains work.
 Observing my little students, I found that in their play, they live and work as we do, and they are very serious about that. Children are eager. They like to learn, and they gain most of their knowledge through play. It is our job to show them new horizons and stay by their side as they go on big adventures.
When I was young, I used to belong to an organization in Russia called The Palace of Children's Creativity. It was a big educational organization (owned by the government) with a variety of ongoing programs for children of all ages. Believe it or not, I studied music, ballroom dance and theater there for 10 years. This school, for sure, influenced my future career.
My husband, Vladimir, and I came to Indiana from Russia eight years ago to continue our graduate studies. During these years, I have been studying and working as an educator and a program designer, teaching early development and music/theater programs at several Indianapolis and Carmel locations. During my college years, I have been constantly thinking about how I can utilize my performing arts, education and management degrees in one career. I dreamed about something very unique that I can do for my community.
The idea of establishing the International Talent Academy for young children and their parents came to me several years ago, when I started my own research on early brain development. The first book that inspired me to continue my studies was "How To Teach Your Baby To Read" by Glenn Doman. Since then, I've read many books and researched studies in two languages and was amazed by the educational programs that have been used in different countries.
I learned that in Russia, Asia and Europe, early development programs are very popular. Various academies and "schools for young brains" are open all over the world. Educators use programs written by famous educators. Parents have discussion clubs and forums where they share their teaching and learning experiences.
After giving birth to my daughter, I realized we need something like that here. It is important for young mothers to talk to someone else about their concerns and experiences and learn about how to teach and nurture their children. Recently, I started a play group that I host at my house for my friends and their 1- to 3-year-old children. We play music and theater games, read stories and share experiences.
I believe that when planning for our children's future, we should look further than several years ahead. We have to think about what kind of knowledge and expertise they will need tomorrow. Our children are the foundation for the future; their performance is our responsibility today.
The International Talent Academy was recently approved as a nonprofit organization. The main goal of the academy is to build a unique educational organization that helps children develop their brains, discover their talents and reach their fullest potential in any area of performing arts they choose to pursue.
The new academy is projected to open in 2008, serving Central Indiana families.
To write an installment, please contact us at carmelam@indystar.com or (317) 444-2600.
Community Voices is a regular feature of Carmel A.M. This week's feature is by Tatyana Komarova, the founder of the International Talent Academy and a program designer. For more information on the program, contact her at Tatyana_kom@yahoo.comor call her at
(317) 815-9381.
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