Samuel Bobinski
Samuel Bobinski is an adventurous and versatile musician, teacher, arranger, composer, and double bassist who thrives on collaboration and creating exciting live musical experiences across genres and styles, from classical music and jazz to rock, bluegrass, heavy metal, bossa nova, disco, and almost everything in between. Performance highlights include a double bass concerto performance at Rutgers University in 2012, performing with the Yale Philharmonia as principal bass under John Adams in 2014, premiering four new works at the Norfolk New Music Workshop in 2016, and performing on the main stage at MAGFest in 2016. He performs in and arranges for a variety of ensembles, including Symphony By The Sea in Massachusetts and the video game music band DiscoCactus. He served as a Teaching Artist for both MusAid’s workshop in Belize and in the Music in Schools program at Yale University. He graduated from the Yale School of Music with a Master’s degree in 2015, and is currently an adjunct faculty member at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT. In addition to his performance and teaching obligations, Sam is the assistant manager of the Yale Philharmonia Orchestra.
Zach Buie
Zach works as a trumpet performer and educator in Salt Lake City, where he is a doctoral candidate and teaching assistant at The University of Utah. Zach has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He can be heard on numerous recordings in classical, jazz, rock, soul, and funk styles. He currently performs as a substitute with the Utah Symphony and freelances throughout the region. Zach is a former member of the Round Rock and Waco Symphonies. He has also performed with orchestras in Macao, Austin, Brazos Valley, and Longview, as well as The Dallas Winds, Imperial Brass, and Utah Wind Symphony. As an educator, Zach has served as a high school band director and maintains a large private teaching studio. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Music from Baylor University. His principal teachers include Tim Andersen, Ray Sasaki, Wiff Rudd, and Travis Petersen.
Yanou Vanermen
The Belgian violinist Yanou Vanermen is a multi-facetted musician. From childhood on she has played different instruments, including violin, piano, and clarinet, and she took singing lessons. She studied at LUCA School of Arts in Leuven (BE) where she obtained Master’s Degrees in music pedagogy and classical violin. Afterwards she specialized in World Music at the conservatory of Rotterdam (CODARTS) in the Netherlands. As a violinist she is an active player in the tango group Orquesta Típica Bélgica, the rock formation Vigilante, and the duo The Rodeo Roses (country/pop). She is the concert master and co-conductor of the symphonic youth orchestra Musilene and she conducts a choir for asylum seekers that has as main goal stimulating social integration. As a music pedagogue she has been working together with the European Association for Music in Schools (EAS) for the organization of an international student forum and an international conference on music education. Yanou is a creative and enthusiastic teacher who loves challenges and adventure.
Marçal Pàmies Sans
Marçal Pàmies Sans (1990, Spain) began his musical training at the age of 5, when he received his first violin and piano lessons. After studying at the Professional Conservatoire of Music in Vila-Seca (Spain), in 2011 he started the Bachelor in Classical and Contemporary Music, specializing in violin, at the ESMUC (Barcelona, Spain). There he had the opportunity to work with prestigious teachers such as Eva Graubin, Kai Gleusteen and Quartet Casals. In 2015, he furthered his education with a Master’s Degree in Advanced Performing Studies at the ESMUC (Barcelona, Spain). He has played in several orchestras under the musical direction of Lutz Köhler, Pablo González, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, and George Pehlivanian. In parallel to his performing activities, he holds a Master’s Degree in Music Education and Pedagogy at the Valencian International University (Spain), and he is trained in musical mental training. At the moment, he is doing a postgraduate study in violin performing at the University for Music and Arts of Vienna (Austria).
Esther Nahm
Esther Nahm is a second-year Viola Fellow at the New World Symphony. She previously played as assistant principal of the Richmond Symphony for two seasons. Other orchestral positions include the Canton Symphony and principal of the Erie Philharmonic. An avid chamber musician, she has performed alongside artists such as Carol Winsenc, Peter Zazofsky, Bayla Keyes and Marc Johnson, and has received chamber coachings from members of the Brentano, Emerson, Muir, Cleveland, Juilliard and Cavani Quartets. She has participated in various music festivals including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival U.S.A., National Repertory Orchestra, Castleton Music Festival, Banff Centre and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. She earned a bachelor’s degree and a performance certificate from Boston University as a student of Bayla Keyes, Steve Ansell and Ed Gazouleas and a master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Lynne Ramsey.
Jenia Kobylyanska
Ukrainian-born Mexican cellist, Jenia studied at the Stolyarsky Music School-Lyceum with Pavel Kupin and Valentina Balon. In 1995, she moved to Mexico, where she continued studying cello with her mother, Elena Befani. At the same time, she was taking master classes and courses with well-known cellists. In 2007, Jenia returned to Europe to get her Bachelors degree. Jenia worked in multiple orchestras, starting from a very young age. She also performed as a soloist with the San Diego Young Symphony, Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Chamber Orchestra of Palace of Fine Arts, UANL Chamber Orchestra and others. She is also an active chamber performer throughout Mexico and the United States.
Jenia currently holds the position of co-principal cellist in the Orchestra of Baja California, and she works as an adjunct cello faculty at the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC). Jenia also works as a cello teacher at the Music Art Center, participating in a program “Talents of Baja California” and as an artistic director of an ensemble “Cellofornia”.
Alejandro Fernández
Skillful and creative percussionist interested in all “states of music”, Alejandro Ferández strives to use music to improve the lives around him. His main goal is to help people and himself to find their personal and authentic performance styles, making it easier to express their ideas.
In his teaching, Alejandro is always looking for new ways to develop musically. He enjoys experimenting with mental and physical exercises, improvisation, and games to help students improve the five majors: tempo, musicality, sound, intonation and technique.
A freelance percussionist, Alejandro has degrees in general music teaching from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and orchestra percussion performance from Musikene, Basque country. Alejandro is currently pursuing a Masters in percussion performance from the Royal Danish School of Music, Copenhagen under the tutelage of Johan Bridger and Gert Mortenssen.