About Us

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Did you know that on average human brain is only utilized at 10% of its capacity?

Or that the right side of our brain is the one that remains grossly underutilized, leaving some of us wonder what we could become if we only knew what to do earlier in life?

Well, the school founder, Ms.Lena Zelenina, didn't know it either until one day she faced the challenge of teaching a four years old child who could not talk. No matter what kind of traditional speech therapy was used, nothing helped. Searching for answers Ms.Lena decided to attempt teaching the child using stimulation of the right brain through art and music with the hope of waking up the left brain, responsible for speech and communication.

The child was placed in a small group of perfectly healthy kids and the work began. And that's how the Academy was born.

Being a professional educator and a daughter of a famous Russian Artist Mikhail Biryukov (1926-1995), Ms.Lena knew that without top of the line teachers chances of getting things done were mediocre. Over the years she assembled the team of teachers that any school would be proud of.

An environment was build where every student is given maximum attention with the goal of developing creativity, associative thinking, and abstract reasoning. Making sure that the teachers are never too busy to be there for the students made a huge difference.

It soon became clear that in order to give the students the best chance of developing their talents, whether for their personal enrichment or for a potential professional carrer, a complete curriculum was necessary. Let's imagine that for years you were taking, say, piano lessons and ended up never playing. Now, years later, you drew something on a napkin and heard your friend say: "You should have been an artist!"

Biryukov experience opens every way to explore and to find the right match for your talents, and then gives you expert help to grow them. Parents frequently come to us asking : "Can you put together a program for Ashley?" or " Can you test Mikey and see what he needs to take?". How great is that?!

At Biryukov Academy we understand that you want much more than just to move guitar cords or hold a violin. We understand that you have dreams and want to succed as individuals. We understand that by applying our core approach of developing both sides of the brain in order to get multiples of your abilities we can make a difference.

....And the child who could not speak became quite a singer!

WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR SCHOOL AND WISH YOU THE BEST IN EXPLORING THE CAPTIVATING WORLD OF ART AND MUSIC.

We are located at Suite B1, 350 Sparta Ave, Sparta, NJ 07871