Markus Kaitila

Experience

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  Folkwang University of Arts

  Oct 2012 - Mar 2014

  Music Student

  Instrumental EducationPiano Major

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  Queens College

  Sept 2013 - May 2017

  Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Aaron Copland School of Music. Accompanying, rehearsing and performing with the Queens College Concert Choir.

  • Undergraduate

    Sept 2013 - May 2017

  • Pianist

    Sept 2013 - Dec 2014
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  Martha Meredith School of Dance and Theatre

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2020

  Studio Pianist

  Summer Showcases at Merrick Theatre and Center for the Arts

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  Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2017

  Pianist

  Musicals The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Pippin and Avenue Q

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  Music Academy of the West

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

  Solo Piano Fellow

  Lessons, masterclasses, chamber music, performances.

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  National Children's Chorus

  Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Associate Pianist
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  FRESH SQUEEZED OPERA COMPANY INC

  Mar 2016 - Mar 2018

  Core Company Resident

  Concert and Opera Performances

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  Christ and Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church

  May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Baritone
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  Steinway & Sons

  Sept 2016 - now

  Educational Partner

  Student Referrals Special Piano LeasingStudent Recital SpaceMaster Classes and Educational Seminars Special Promotional Offers

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  Queensboro Hill Community Chr

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2017

  Organist
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  Theatre Box at Floral Park

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2017

  Music Director and Pianist

  Godspell The Musical

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  Chautauqua Institution

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Pianist

  Music School Piano Program

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  Concert Pianist

  Jul 2017 - now

  Pianist
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  Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2017

  Artist In Residence

  Early Fall Musicians 2017

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  Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2017

  Organist
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  Nassau Community College

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2017

  Teaching Assistant

  Part-Time Music Director and Pianist for Free to Be... You and Me

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  Apple

  Nov 2017 - May 2018

  Data Editor

  Multilingual Maps and Transit curation, research, validation and localization. Kelly Services

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  St. Peter’s Episcopal Church

  Dec 2017 - Aug 2018

  Music Director
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  Pianofest In The Hamptons

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2018

  Pianist

  Performances and masterclasses on the east end of Long Island.

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  St. Gregory the Great Church

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2020

  Music Director

  Music Director, Organist and Choirmaster

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  NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

  Sept 2018 - now

  Adjunct Professor of Piano

  Private Instruction, Keyboard Skills Courses, and Staff Pianist

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  Finland Center Foundation

  Mar 2019 - now

  Board of Directors

  • President

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Board Member

    Mar 2019 - May 2023
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  ARTSAHIMSA INC

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

  Artist Faculty

  Rehearsing, coaching and performing chamber music and solo repertoire at Arts Ahimsa Chamber Music Festival in the heart of the Berkshires at Belvoir Terrace in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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  Sängerchor Newark

  Sept 2019 - now

  Director

  Leading a German-American men’s choir founded in 1925.

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  EVoco Voice Collective

  Sept 2019 - Jan 2020

  Pianist

  Playing for an award-winning Long Island vocal ensemble.

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  Christ Church Riverdale

  Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

  Interim Music Director

  Organist, Choirmaster, and Music Director

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  Immaculate Conception Church

  Apr 2021 - now

  Director of Music

  Playing the organ and the piano, directing an adult choir and singing

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  Sacred Heart Church

  Nov 2023 - now

  Music Director