About Mrs. Gorin

Rufina Gorin received her BM and MM in piano performance and choral conducting from her native Russia. She has had three decades of experience as a music teacher overseas and in the U.S. She started her teaching career in 1968 in Ukraine and was the piano faculty chair for ten years in the Children's Music School in Kiev, and worked as ballet accompanist in the Ballet School, Kiev. After coming to California, she taught piano at Conejo Valley Conservatory of Music in Agoura Hills, California, the Junior Music Academy in Thousand Oaks, California, and the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View, California. Her primary professional focus is on study and research in the field of piano pedagogy, but she maintains a keen interest in a wide range of instrumental and vocal studies.

Mrs. Gorin has been an active member of the Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) since 1981, serving on the Board of Palo Alto Branch since 1988 and as branch president 1993-1995. She was elected to the State Board of MTAC in 1996 and served for four years, completing her tenure there as a Vice President. In addition to her work as Director and piano faculty member at Gorin School of Music, she is on the faculty of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. She has also served as an adjudicator in a number of state and national competitions in recent years, most notably at the Sound of Music Festival in Palo Alto, the U.S. Open Piano Competition in Oakland in 1994-1995, Burlingame Music Club 1998-1999, Student Award Competition 2002-2003, Technique is Fun Competition in San Jose 2003-2004, and many others. She has also served as adjudicator for CM (California Evaluation) and the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Her students have won various competitions over the years.