A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Ms. Sokoloff received a Bachelor's degree magna cum laude in Music and Slavic Studies from Harvard University. She received a Masters degree Phi Kappa Lambda from the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. In 1995 a Fulbright Grant to Hungary resulted in studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with Ferenc Rados. Ms. Sokoloff is also a recipient of an Artist Diploma from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she worked with James Tocco and Frank Weinstock.

Ms. Sokoloff has performed as soloist and with orchestra throughout the United States and Europe. She has appeared in venues in France, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, and Switzerland. Highlights of appearances in the United States include performances at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the Ravinia Festival, and the Sarasota Opera House. She has also performed as soloist with the Manhattan School of Music Composers Orchestra, the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, and the Summit Symphony in Summit, NJ, among others. A recipient of several international awards, including the Halina Czerny Stefanska Prize granted by the Masterplayers of Lugano, Switzerland, Ms. Sokoloff received a Special Jury Prize from the Ettore Pozzoli International Competition in Seregno, Italy, presented by jury chairman pianist Maria Tipo. She is also a winner of the Nena Wideman Piano Competition in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Ms. Sokoloff's primary teachers in the United States include Leon Fleisher, Galina Orlovskaia, Menahem Pressler, and Russell Sherman. She has also worked with Lazar Berman, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and András Schiff, and participated in master classes given by Stephen Hough, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Robert Levin, Vitaly Margulis, Lev Naumov, John Perry, Susan Starr, and Alexander Toradze.

As an educator, Ms. Sokoloff served on the piano faculty of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department as Lecturer in Piano from 1998 to 2005, and the Indian Springs Academy of Music in West Chester, Ohio. She has also taught on the piano faculty of the Newark School of the Arts and teaches at her studio in Nutley, NJ.

Ms. Sokoloff teaches students of all ages, beginner to adult. Her teaching style is highly interactive and supportive, and is based on the classical method. Ms. Sokoloff has taught piano privately for twelve years using a wide range of teaching materials and method books. Her students have competed in and won prizes in local, national, and international piano competitions.

Ms. Sokoloff's fundamental teaching philosophy is to identify and develop the unique strengths of each student, and nurture a love and understanding of music based on his or her innate abilities. No one teaching approach satisfies the unique musical and personal style of a given student and she adapts her approach to each individual accordingly.

Ms. Sokoloff holds a Teaching Certificate from Royal American Conservatory.

Lessons are offered both at the Nutley, NJ studio and at students' private homes.