HARMONY MUSIC CENTER

Our Team

Olena Osika

Founder & Executive Director

Olena Osika was born and grown in Ukraine. She graduated from Kryvorizkyi Music College in 1997 and obtained Junior Specialist Diploma of Musical Art; chamber ensemble performer; accompanist and piano teacher. In 2002 Ms. Olena graduated from Kharkov State Academy of Culture and obtained Master degree in Social Pedagogue. She started her professional career in 1998 and was working as a piano teacher and accompanist for four years in a Music School, Ukraine. From 2003 Ms. Olena started her piano and music teaching career in the Kingdom of Bahrain, she worked in many music Schools across the island.

Desiring to help music students, Ms. Olena initially started Harmony Music Center in 2009 assisting students all over Bahrain to achieve their music dream.

Olha Kochura

Managing Director & Piano Teacher

Olha Kochura was born and grown in Ukraine. She graduated S.S. Hulak-Artemovsky Music College (2010) and continued her higher music education in I.P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts in Kharkov, where she possessed Master's Degree (2015, Diploma with honor) and obtained qualifications "accompanist, chamber ensemble performer, teacher of a higher school institution (piano), researcher".

She started her professional career in 2010 and was working as a piano teacher and accompanist in Specialized Music Boarding School and different music schools in Kharkov and was working as a head of pedagogical practice department at University of Arts (2010-2016).

Olha start her career at HMC as a piano teacher in 2016, from September 2018 she been appointed Managing Director of HMC.

Jessica Milagros

Violin & Piano Teacher

Jessica started Piano and Violin studies at the age of 7 at the Elementary Music School in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

She had participated in numerous events with the Child Orchestra, the Selective Choir as a soloist in the String Orchestra of the school.

Jessica draws inspiration from the works of artists such as Héctor Barrientos, Evelio Tieles, Alfredo Muñoz, Michael Poll, Marco Tulio Niño Wong , to mention but a few.

She graduated and achieved her Associate Technician Degree as a violin teacher in 2018 at Music Conservatory Esteban Salas, Santiago de Cuba.

Ryan John

Drum Teacher & Social Media Editor

Ryan John was born and brought up in Bahrain and started playing the drums at the age of 11. Ryan's higher education was completed at Cameron University in Lawton Oklahoma, during which he was awarded a number of certificates for his achievements as a solo artist as well as various awards for his performances with the university's Jazz and Percussion ensemble. Ryan has been in a number of bands and has 17 years of live concert experience in and out of Bahrain including most of the Arab Nations and North America. Ryan Currently performs with one of Bahrain's pioneering Metal bands "Lunacyst".

Natalia Kashyrtseva

Piano & Theory Teacher

Natalia was born and raised in Ukraine, she graduated and achieved her Masters Diploma from Kharkov National University of Arts. During her education period she got diverse experience in different music activities, such as singing in a church choir, performing in a numerous ensembles, jazz band, also Natalia gave solo concerts. She is a laureate of International Festival of Slavic and Ukrainian music (Ukraine, 2013). As for her performing experience - she was an artist in duo "Brevis", Jazz-band "Soli club" and in different academic ensembles. Natalia has over 10 years of teaching experience, having worked in Elementary music schools as a teacher and accompanist.

Aleksandr Kovalev

Guitar Teacher

Aleksandr Kovalev was born and raised in Siberia, Russia. Graduated from Novosibirsk College of Culture and Arts, he has continued his education at Gnesins Academy of Music, Moscow, and Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts. Since 2011, Aleksandr had been teaching guitar, ukulele and folk instruments in a number of music schools in Russia. He also took part in various music projects, performed as an accompanist with classical, folk, and pop singers, and has recorded two guitar audio-chrestomathies for music schools. Aleksandr is also a prize winner in a number of international guitar performing and arranging competitions.

Oksana Ivanets

Vocal & Piano Teacher

Oksana was born and raised in Ukraine. She graduated Zaporojie Music college and Kharkiv National University of Arts as a choral conductor. During her education period she got diverse experience in different music activities, such as singing in academic choir of Kharkiv Philharmonic in 2013-2016, singing in church choir. As a member of this choir she got concerts in Spain, Italy, Portugal and other Europe countries. Oksana started her teaching career in 2016 in Lviv where she worked as a vocal and piano teacher. She had different performances as a choir member in Poland.

Olga Makarenko

Piano and Woodwind teacher

Ms. Olga was born and raised in Ukraine. She studied and graduated from Mykola Lysenko Lviv State Academy of Music. Her professional career took off in 2005; she has taught in a number of schools in Ukraine and outside the country as well as performed various performances in and out of Ukraine.

Beatriz Valido

Vocal, Piano & Theory Teacher

Beatriz started piano and vocal studies at the age of 9 at the Elementary Music School in Camaguey, Cuba. At the age of 19 she got graduate from the prestigious Conservatory of Music Esteban Salas as a Choir conductor and Vocal performance in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

During her career she share scenario with very important musicians and music groups in many events and festivals, such as the Havana International Choir Festival and Californian Festival in Tijuana, Mexico. She was the choral conducting teacher, and Director of the Female choir “Sirena” at the Conservatory.

As her roll as a teacher she have been working for elementary schools and conservatory as piano, choral and vocal teacher since she got graduated over 5 years ago.

Ismail Nasfi

Accountant Teacher

Ismail Nasfi was born in Mangalore, India. He got his Master’s degree in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION being MARKETING and FINANCE as his subjects from Visveswaraya Technological University (VTU). He has a handy professional experience in Marketing and Finance Field for the past 2 years in India & Bahrain.

Susan Corpuz

School Administrator, Secretary

Jesusa Corpuz was born and raised in the Philippines. She is a graduate of Two Year Computer Secretarial Course in Southeast Asian College, Inc. After graduation, Jesusa started her career as a Sales Clerk in one of the leading shopping mall in the Philippines and later changed her job to Vision Credit & Collection Services as a Collection Officer for 5 years until she decided to work overseas. Jesusa had worked in Alwatani Manpower Agency in Bahran for 6 years where she developed her skills as an effective and efficient secretary. Then later find another employment at Harmony Music Center from May 2014 up to present.