The Frost Preparatory Program at the Frost School of Music offers music instruction for all ages. Our comprehensive programs will provide an experiential learning path for your child or yourself! Whether you want to bond with your toddler in our Suzuki for Tots music class, or further enhance your musical skill sets - the Frost Preparatory Program has you covered.
Our story
Meet The Team
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Sophia Lin
Piano
Begoña Alberdi
Piano
JingEn Chen
Piano
Renato Diz
Piano
Sara DeSimone
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Suzuki for Tots
Jesus Gallimore
Drums
Inesa Gegprifti
Piano
Redi Llupa
Piano
Da Jin Kim
Piano
Elizabeth Lu
Flute
Nicole Hidalgo
Piano & Suzuki for Tots
Abby Guido
Suzuki for Tots & Group Choir
Jennifer Phan
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Suzuki for Tots
Patricia Hernandez
Guitar
Camilo Salas
Music Production
Our Teachers
Dr. Megan Walsh maintains an active career as a concert pianist, teacher, adjudicator and workshop presenter. She has performed throughout the United States, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Serbia. Dr. Walsh has presented workshops for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) state and national conferences, for the College Music Society (CMS), and for the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA). Dr. Walsh served on the piano jury for the Slobomir International Music Competition in Slobomir, Bosnia-Herzegovina and was the first American juror selected for the program. Dr. Walsh received her Doctorate in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Miami where she studied with Dr. Rosalina Sackstein. While attending the University of Miami she was awarded a full scholarship and teaching assistantship and was initiated into Pi Kappa Lambda, the National Music Honor Society. Ms. Walsh attended the University of Notre Dame where she received a B.A. in Piano Performance and a M.A. in Piano Performance and Literature. Upon completion of her Master’s degree, Ms. Walsh spent a semester in Bratislava, Slovakia studying piano pedagogy at the Vysoka Skola Muzickych Umeni (VSMU). Dr. Walsh has served on the board of the Florida State Music Teachers Association, Miami Music Teachers Association and the Coral Gables Junior Music Club. Currently, she is the president of the South Florida Emerald Society and is actively involved with participating and promoting Irish cultural events locally and internationally. Ms. Walsh has been the Director of the Frost Preparatory Program since 2003.
Megan Anne Walsh
Director, Frost Preparatory Programs
Aileen Robertson was born in New York to a musical family. She and her sisters all played violin — Aileen started playing Suzuki violin at 3 years old — and her father provided piano accompaniment for impromptu family performances. These early experiences, along with later ensemble playing in orchestras and Suzuki group classes, instilled a lifelong love of music. Aileen’s goal as music teacher is to inspire this same joy and appreciation in young children and their families.
Aileen attended the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where she studied music education and vocal jazz performance. After graduation she began her career with the New York City Department of Education, teaching music in the South Bronx to underprivileged youth. Aileen and her husband later relocated to Miami, where she decided to focus her skills on early childhood music education. She became a registered Suzuki and Music Together instructor and opened her own Miami Suzuki School. Aileen had long dreamed of bringing Suzuki to a wider audience, she was thrilled when the Frost Prep Team asked her to join the program as Manager of Early Childhood Music in 2016, with the mission of developing a nurturing yet challenging program for students as young as a few months. She serves on the Board of the Suzuki Association of South Florida and is active in the national Suzuki community.
Aileen performs as a vocalist with local jazz ensembles and has recorded for various commercials and movies with 10k Islands Music House.
Aileen Robertson
Suzuki & Strings/Suzuki for Tots Manager
Rachel Coleman serves as the Office Manager for both Frost Preparatory Programs and The Frost Summer Experience. She holds a Bachelor's in Music with a concentration in Jazz Studies from Michigan State University. Rachel is committed to supporting the administrative needs of these programs and contributes to creating a safe and enriching educational environment for our students.
Rachel Coleman
Office Manager, Frost Preparatory Programs
Luca Cubisino
Luca Cubisino is a polyhedral artist, whose path is paved with performance, teaching, research, and organizational activity. Prize winner in more than twenty national and international piano competitions, he has played at prestigious venues in some of the major cities throughout Europe and the U.S.
Dr. Cubisino owns a BM from the Conservatory of Music “Vincenzo Bellini” in Catania (Italy); a MM from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Rotterdam (The Netherlands); a second MM from the Conservatory of Music “Bruno Maderna” in Cesena (Italy); a third MM from Texas State University-San Marcos (U.S.); and a DMA from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, where he studied under the guidance of Professors Tian Ying and Kevin Kenner, earning a keyboard pedagogy’s cognate with Dr. Naoko Takao.
Dr. Cubisino has worked with dozens of teachers, focusing for years on the pedagogical approach of Vincenzo Scaramuzza, who taught the very young Martha Argerich and Fausto Zadra. Thanks to the mentoring of Franco Scala (Zadra's pupil), Dr. Cubisino was able to closely understand the peculiarities of this method, which he now applies to his students.
Dr. Cubisino currently teaches at the Preparatory Program of the Frost School of Music, where he has developed and coordinates a program for advanced piano students (Frost Prep Advanced Piano Program). The program offers a comprehensive curriculum that allows students to develop technical and artistic abilities at the highest level. His students have been playing for eminent pianists, winning top prizes in more than 40 piano competitions, awarded scholarships, playing with major orchestras of South Florida, and accepted into the undergraduate programs of prestigious universities in the U.S. and Europe.
Coordinator of Advanced Piano Program
Sofia Reed-Gomes is a senior at Palmer Trinity School with a deep passion for both music and technology. Since picking up the alto saxophone at the age of 10, music has been a central part of her life. After relocating from California, Sofia expanded her interests to include administration, web development, and organizational leadership. Behind the scenes, Sofia works to ensure everything from as little as filing to as big as the website you are utilizing now runs smoothly.
As part of her ongoing initiative, "Find Your Voice," she is dedicated to empowering younger generations to express themselves and take up space, whether through her public speaking classes in partnership with Breakthrough Miami or her efforts to make music education more accessible at Frost Prep.
In addition to her administrative and technical roles, Sofia is an active participant in the program’s rock band, where she channels her love for music. Her goal is to continue enhancing the program and supporting its mission as she transitions from high school to college. Sofia’s work reflects her commitment to blending her talents in music and technology to create a positive impact on her community.
Sofia Reed-Gomes
Intern for Internal Organization, Administration, & Web Development
Charlotte Ushela
Peruvian-American soprano, Charlotte Ushela, graduated with a Bahelor of Music from the Frost School of Music in 2013 and a Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) in 2015, studying with Dr. Mary Schiller. During her time at CIM, she performed the roles of Second Woman in Dido and Aeneas, Annio in La Clemenza di Tito and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro under the direction of David Bamberger. During the summer of 2015, she performed the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Music Academy International in Trentino, Italy, under the baton of J. David Jackson. In 2016, Ms. Ushela made her debut at the Municipal Theater of Lima again as Pamina in a production of Opera en Castellano and collaborated with the National Choir in their performances of Rossini's Stabat Mater, Carmen and Turandot. In 2017, she was a finalist at Radio Filarmonia’s National Voice Competition. In 2022, she was selected to participate of the Italian Institute of Culture's Opera Studio as Suor Genovieffa in their production of Suor Angelica. Ms. Ushela has been a faculty member at the San Ignacio de Loyola University, and the Pontificate Catholic University of Peru in Lima. Currently, she is a voice instructor for the Frost Prep Program and Administrator of the Suzuki for Tots Program.
Suzuki for Tots Administrator
