Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Marina Andueza has been teaching Piano in Richmond, Virginia since her arrival in 1995. In her 29 years of Piano Teaching, she has taught students who start as early as five years old or a little older and who most of them continue with their piano studies all the way to their senior year in High School. When the time comes to say goodbye, during her students Senior Piano Recital, Andueza refers to how rewarding it is to see them grow and become young adults with such an important lifelong skill: the ability to play a musical instrument and have an understanding and appreciation for music. “I found myself very often telling my piano students that the piano is one of their forever best friends. Sometimes, it takes a long journey to discover this is true, but when my students discover it, I experience the most rewarding gift that I, as a piano teacher, can be offered”.
Besides her Piano Studio, Marina Andueza also worked at Mills. E Godwin High School where she taught AP Spanish since 2003 until June 2021, when she retired, "after twenty golden years of teaching my native language", as she says. In 2015 she was the recipient of the Gilman Teacher of the Year Award for Mills. E Godwin High School. In her last year at Godwin, she received the Mr. McGinty Educator of the year award, in June 2021. Some of her piano students who attended Godwin HS became also her Spanish students, giving her the opportunity to teach them piano in Spanish. “I am an advocate for world languages. To be able to teach languages, the language of music and my native language, Spanish, during the same time frame is a unique and enriching experience, for my students and for me, that places our interaction and learning experience at a higher level”.
Andueza belongs to the Virginia Music Teachers National Association where she has served as Program Coordinator and Chair of the Bach Competition for the Richmond Chapter. She attends annually their workshops which allow her to stay current in her profession. She presented herself a workshop entitled Dalcroze Eurhytmics for the RMTA.
· Music as an International Language: A four hands piano recital of Spanish and French Music | March 2019, World Language International Week, Mills E Godwin High School.
· Astor Piazzolla's Music visits the AP French Language and Culture class: A violin piano recital | October 25th, 2018, Mills E Godwin High School
· The Music of Astor Piazzolla: A recital conference for the Spanish Club | January 2017, Mills E Godwin High School
· Teaching music through movement | August 2001, Richmond Adult Ballet Summer Intensive. Dalcroze. Hmmmmmmm. I know I brought this up on the Criticaldance board before.....The teacher, Marina Andueza, was a completely delightful women whose love .....
· Moving into Learning: The Jacques-Dalcroze Method | March 6- April 12, 2000. Partners in the Arts project at Dumbarton Elementary School in Henrico County, VA. Project Coordinator: Betty Ann Spiers. Artist-in-Residence: Marina Andueza
· Musical Moods | June 1997, South Coastal Library in conjunction with Concerts at the Beach.
· Exploring music and movement | April, 1997 VCU Recital Hall. Program for Richmond Music Teachers Association
· MUE 583 Exploring Dalcroze | Summer 1996, Viriginia Commonwealth University. This course was at a the graduate level and was designed to introduce music educators in the public and private schools to the Dalcroze approach.
· June 2021, Mr. McGinty Educator of the Year Award
· May 2015 Gilman Teacher of the Year for Mills E. Godwin High School
· April 2006 Beta Club Educator of the Year Award for Excellence in Education
· Master's in music, 1998. Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond VA. Studied piano with Dr. Sonia Vlahcevic.
· Training and workshops in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, 1992-1994. Institut Dalcroze, Bruxelles Belgique.
· Bachelor's in music, 1987. Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Studied piano with Marion Fillard and George Sementovsky.
· Private Piano study with Susan Starr. 1983-1987 Philadelphia, USA.
· Music studies 1976-1982. Escuela Nacional de Música José Angel Lamas. Conservatorio de música Juan José Landaeta.
· Private Piano study with Magali Aspiazo and Lina Parentti. 1970-1983.
· Music studies 1974-1980. Escuela Nacional de Música José Angel Lamas. Conservatorio de música Juan José Landaeta.
· Early training with private piano teacher Madame Nadia Tagrine, Professor at the "Conservatoire national superior de Paris". 1965-1969.
· National Board Certified Teacher /World Language/ Early Adolescence through Young Adult for Spanish, December 2020.
· Certified Spanish Teacher. K- 12 .Virginia, USA, since June, 2000.
· Ingeniero Industrial. 1980 Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela.