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 Rachel Romina is the Music Director at Christ Fellowship Church, the accompanist at First Presbyterian Church in Hollister, and serves at the music director for the Oriana Adult Choir.

 Rachel received her Bachelor of Music degree with an emphasis in vocal performance from San Jose State University. While a student, she served as a piano accompanist for the voice studios of world renowned opera singers Erie Mills and Joseph Frank. Rachel also served as a church accompanist for St. Frances Cabrini and St. Martin of Tours Parishes in San Jose. 

Rachel offers private piano and voice lessons in San Jose and Hollister areas.   She hopes to expand her music studio in the greater San Benito County area.

A native of Yerevan, Armenia, Maria Amirkhanian began piano lessons at the age of five. After graduating from Tchaikovsky School of Music, Maria was accepted to Komitas State Conservatory, where she obtained her B.M. in piano performance under guidance of Armine Mokatsian. In 1993, Maria was accepted, with a full scholarship, to CSU Fresno where she became a student of Andreas Werz. In addition to performing throughout California and internationally, Maria has participated in master classes with Peter Frankl, Barbara Nissman, Tomas Ungar, Ruth Loredo and Oxana Yablonskaya. In 1994, Maria was awarded second place at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Pasadena.
 

The following year she won first place at the 1995 MTA Solo Competition, a statewide event. Maria was the winner of the Fresno Organizers Scholarship Award in 1996. In 2000, she obtained her DMA from Moscow Conservatory, Russia, where she studied under Yuri Hayrapetian. After serving as a piano instructor at CSU Fresno, Maria joined the faculty of Gavilan College Music Department in the Fall of 2006. In addition to teaching, Maria is the coordinator for Bach to Blues Concert series and the Marian Filice Piano Competition. Aynpes Uzum Em, Karot