Instructors

Robin Idestrom
Soprano Robin Idestrom has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, in a variety of genres from contemporary, spirituals and gospel, to broadway, concert repertoire and modern opera, as well as being featured on a number of recordings. Robin began teaching voice and piano privately in California in 1993 after receiving her Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from Azusa Pacific University. She has performed with the Calgary Philharmonic, the Calgary Civic Symphony, the Johnny Summer’s Jazz Orchestra, the Calgary Opera Chorus, and the SymphoNYChorus. She had the privilege of portraying Ruth Baldwin in the New York premier of the opera, Later the Same Evening, as well as the Second Housewife in Griffilken by Lukas Foss. Robin has studied and performed with Centro Studi Lirica in Italy and graduated with her Masters in Classical Voice from the renowned Manhattan School of Music in 2009, studying under Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. Robin is passionate about creating life and beauty through music that will touch the soul, as well as inspiring others to reach their God-given potential as artists and communicators.

Michael Zumchak currently teaches a popular series of Excel classes in New York City that have been enjoyed by over 1000 corporate and private students. He entered the world of finance as a quantitative analyst for MotherRock LP, an energy hedge fund founded by former NYMEX president Bo Collins. While assisting with the development and maintenance of complex option pricing models he developed a love and propensity for Excel and VBA programming. Prior to teaching Excel, Michael worked as an Excel developer for JP Morgan and taught and developed a 3-day video editing course for Noble Desktop. King’s has hosted Mike in a prior Excel class where one student remarked “this class was excellent! Every King’s student should be required to take it!” We are pleased to have him with us again.