The Performing Arts and Composition Faculty at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance is glad to announce the opening of a class for Organ performance. The teacher that was selected is Ms. Julia Shmelkina, a graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky (organ performance and musicology). She will join the Jerusalem Academy faculty in the 2025-26 academic year. Shmelkina has twenty-years experience in organ teaching and performing, and is a winner of international competitions.