http://www.musaid.org/guest-faculty-gallery daily 0.75 2019-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490286630283-MTTM3JQOTKDATWEAOCWI/juan-felipe-molano-photo-smaller-file-e1480259097106.jpg Guest Faculty - Juan Felipe Molano Conductor of the Youth orchestra of Los Angeles &The American Youth Symphony   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490286630283-MTTM3JQOTKDATWEAOCWI/juan-felipe-molano-photo-smaller-file-e1480259097106.jpg Guest Faculty - Juan Felipe Molano Conductor of the Youth orchestra of Los Angeles &The American Youth Symphony   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490285635565-5WOW6FUTQLMYAOPJXYUU/juan-felipe-molano-photo-smaller-file-e1480259097106.jpg Guest Faculty - Juan Felipe Molano CONDUCTOR OF THE YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF LOS ANGELES & RESIDENT CONDUCTOR OF THE AMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490287958190-APGW78DC0WOLMBPJKTZQ/Voglar-e1480259017644.jpg Guest Faculty - Inés Voglar Belgique • Assistant principal second violin of The Oregon Symphony • Conductor of The Portland Youth Philharmonic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491072912445-7TZ1Z8GD4Y9ASU3QJIO9/709098_orig-300x254.jpg Guest Faculty - Marc Thayer Violinist & Executive Director of Symphony New Hampshire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491073897257-DQEJW5749WSPJXBYATNR/Dan-Photo-Edit1.jpg Guest Faculty - Daniel Trahey Artistic Director of Baltimore Symphony OrchKids https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491074054997-UBTHWUOF3RBCSEXTGQ6N/11051.jpg Guest Faculty - Mimi Zweig Professor of violin & director of the Indiana University String Academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1543772110994-7TF2P1MUS0HK2V57RC5Y/IMG_8880+%281%29.JPG Guest Faculty - Julie Sharpe Teaching Artist Trainer: June 22 - 24 • London Symphony Teacher Training Associate • Manager for Teaching and Learning at Newham Music Hub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1574181375981-E73A1C98W7II0BZC2YXF/image.png Guest Faculty - Carlos Botero Guest Teaching Artist Mentor: June 1 - 7 • Musical Ambassador and Assistant Conductor of the Houston Symphony • Principal Conductor of the Instituto Superior de Música del Estado de Veracruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1543697976297-UHDCZ1Y484L337GKTLC6/RICHARD+MANNOIA+1+copy+b.jpg Guest Faculty - Richard Mannoia Teaching Artist Trainer: June 1 - 3 • New York Philharmonic Teaching Artist • Director of Juilliard Global K–12 Curricula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1574009695575-2TUWQNCK8L9N7BWTTS1U/240-x-360-mary-javian-2018.jpg Guest Faculty - Mary Javian Teaching Artist Trainer: May 29 - June 1 • Chair of Career Studies, Curtis Institute of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1574023546340-OQEDNTVGL0P8W39DE37S/Erin.jpg Guest Faculty - Erin Wight Teaching Artist Trainer: June 30 - July 2 • Curriculum Specialist for The Juilliard School • Teaching Artist for the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall http://www.musaid.org/2014-fellows-belize daily 0.75 2017-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490298773215-71A0XUGNWT9RVMTMP9R2/Avery1-768x1024.jpg 2014 Fellows - Avery Waite Cellist Avery Waite is an active performer, educator, blogger, and composer. In addition to being involved in a wide range of education programs, social justice initiatives, and cultural diplomacy projects, he is the artistic director of Music Feeds Us, a concert series designed to promote hunger relief and awareness. Originally from California, Avery has appeared in concert at Avery Fisher Hall, The Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, MoMA, Carnegie Hall and has performed solo in Europe, Asia and North America. Avery has been a featured performer on Sesame Street and was also recently selected to perform in concert with Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program. Avery is also an active composer and arranger. Inspired and moved by his most recent experience teaching in Afghanistan, he has done extensive arranging of traditional Afghan folk music. Selections from these arrangements were recently performed at the Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston (SC) and at The Juilliard School. Avery completed his undergraduate studies at Oberlin Conservatory in 2010 and received a Masters degree from The Juilliard School in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490298773215-71A0XUGNWT9RVMTMP9R2/Avery1-768x1024.jpg 2014 Fellows - Avery Waite Cellist Avery Waite is an active performer, educator, blogger, and composer. In addition to being involved in a wide range of education programs, social justice initiatives, and cultural diplomacy projects, he is the artistic director of Music Feeds Us, a concert series designed to promote hunger relief and awareness. Originally from California, Avery has appeared in concert at Avery Fisher Hall, The Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, MoMA, Carnegie Hall and has performed solo in Europe, Asia and North America. Avery has been a featured performer on Sesame Street and was also recently selected to perform in concert with Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program. Avery is also an active composer and arranger. Inspired and moved by his most recent experience teaching in Afghanistan, he has done extensive arranging of traditional Afghan folk music. Selections from these arrangements were recently performed at the Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston (SC) and at The Juilliard School. Avery completed his undergraduate studies at Oberlin Conservatory in 2010 and received a Masters degree from The Juilliard School in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490298967373-VOPXY122XADH2KMCR188/Clara_Photo1-681x1024.jpg 2014 Fellows - Clara Engen Clara Engen is a rising senior Oberlin College and Conservatory where she studies violin performance with Professor Gregory Fulkerson. Clara served as both concertmaster and assistant concertmaster of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and Southwest High School orchestras. She has recently attended the Madeline Island Music Festival in 2012 as well the Brevard Music Festival 2013, where she was a contemporary music fellow for the itch ensemble. In January of 2013 Clara toured with the Oberlin Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This past winter, Clara traveled to Panama City in conjunction with Oberlin Conservatory and the National Concert Association of Panama, where she taught with the National Youth Orchestra and performed with fellow Conservatory students. Outside of violin, Clara is also pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490298973056-ZPOGSEIVJVQ7HDWRNLE7/elizabeth1.jpg 2014 Fellows - Liz Mee Originally from Naples, Florida, bassoonist Elizabeth Mee lives in Vancouver, BC. She received her Master of Music at McGill University and Bachelor of Music at New England Conservatory. Her primary teachers include Richard Ranti, Martin Mangrum, Greg Henegar, Stephane Levesque, Jeffrey Kessecker, and Kristen Sonneborn. Elizabeth has played extensively in professional orchestras in the Boston area. She now freelances in Vancouver, performing with numerous ensembles including the Vancouver Symphony, Turning Point Ensemble, Ventos Wind Quintet, and the Kamloops Symphony. Elizabeth has participated in festivals including the National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute, and Round Top International Festival. After moving to Vancouver, Elizabeth began training to become a band repair technician, apprenticing with Howard Lee. Elizabeth has been repairing instruments at Tom Lee Music for the last two years and is passionate about creating the best musical experience for young musicians by ensuring instruments work optimally. Elizabeth loves birds, running and hiking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490299022717-YTCMTKI5JAFTNQGI2KKH/John1-1024x1024.jpg 2014 Fellows - Craig Hubbard Craig Hubbard has performed extensively for 14 years as an orchestral, chamber and solo hornist. He has performed with the Orquestra Sinfonica da Bahia, the Qatar Philharmonic, and under such conducting luminaries as Bernard Haitink, Loren Maazel, and David Robertson. He has performed with the Aspen Music Festival and School, Music Academy of the West, the Sarasota Music Festival, the Castleton Festival, New York String Orchestra Seminar, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and has appeared with The AXIOM Ensemble, The New Juilliard Ensemble, The Delphi Chamber Orchestra, and Cantata Profana. Craig performed several tracks on the recently released album of newly discovered works by jazz composer Gil Evans which earned several Grammy nominations, including “Best Large Jazz Ensemble”. He is currently faculty at New Haven’s Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) and a doctoral candidate at Yale University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Juilliard School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490299063548-YF0PRKYPNHE2W74HVOM7/Kim_Mai1-1024x682.jpg 2014 Fellows - Mai Nguyen French born violist Kim Mai Nguyen is an avid performer of music ranging from Baroque to new music. Involved in several community programs and an enthusiastic advocate of music education, she has been working in several El sistema-inspired programs. She worked this past fall in Kingston, Jamaica with the National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica and was invited on cultural diplomacy visits to Guatemala, Mexico and Afghanistan. An active orchestral musician, she has substituted in the Paris Opera Orchestra and has participated in the Tanglewood Music Center, Spoleto Festival. Kim Mai just completed her M.M. degree at Juilliard. For more information, please visit her website: kimmainguyen.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490299118303-48VESEXM8ADVF7JECH32/Heather_Beaty1.jpg 2014 Fellows - Heather Beaty Heather has established herself as one of the leading freelance flutists in Vancouver, BC. She maintains vibrant teaching studios at the Vancouver Academy of Music and Saint George’s School, and is an extra flutist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. In Heather’s first three years on faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music, she has been named the Head of the Suzuki Flute Department and Director of the Junior Proteus Winds Ensemble. In addition to performing with the VSO, Heather is a Health Arts Society Artist and regularly presents chamber music concerts in hospitals and care centres with her flute and harp ensemble Luminara Duo and flute and guitar ensemble Duo Trovador. In addition to music education and performance, Heather is passionate about supporting local arts organizations and presenting music in alternate venues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490299162334-TOVC3699HBR0FI905AF0/Alyssa_Yank1-768x1024.jpg 2014 Fellows - Alyssa Yank In 2009 Alyssa graduated with a Bachelor’s of Music in violin performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She later completed her Master’s of Music from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Since finishing graduate studies in 2012, Alyssa has been teaching private violin lessons and string groups at a College-Prepatory school in the Milwaukee area. She also maintains her own private violin/piano studio with roughly 35 students throughout the school year. Between teaching, Alyssa keeps up her performing in several part-time orchestras in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490299219509-GZSW7AK1NHZ5PYSU5T9F/Sam_Bob1.jpg 2014 Fellows - Samuel Bobinski Double bass/guitar player, composer, and teacher. Experience in solo, chamber, opera, and orchestral performance, as well as performing in other styles (bluegrass, jazz, rock, metal, funk, musicals). Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, and currently attending Yale University pursuing a Master’s in music performance. Performed with the Round Top Festival Orchestra in both 2012 and 2014; performed Nino Rota’s “Divertimento Concertante” for double bass and orchestra in November 2012 with the Rutgers Sinfonia; currently performs in smaller community orchestras. Other interests include cooking, running, screenwriting, reading, karate (both training and teaching), and brewing beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490300156169-8EM2OX4BLIQ7T62APKLF/IMG_5826-731x1024.jpg 2014 Fellows - Andrea Beyer Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrea is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at Yale University under the tutelage of Don Palma, and in 2013 she graduated from Oberlin Conservatory where she studied with Thomas Sperl. Andrea has toured in Central and South America as a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and is an alumnus of the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra and the Hot Springs Festival. In addition to performing, Andrea enjoys teaching and taking part in musical outreach programs. In 2012 she participated in the Youth Orchestra of the America’s Global Leaders Program, with which she travelled twice to Puebla, Mexico to teach in an afterschool music program. She currently teaches numerous students in New Haven public schools, as well as undergraduate bass students at Yale. Outside of her musical endeavors Andrea enjoys cooking, running, and waterskiing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490300445327-PKOJDRCTDEWVBUUS17IA/sjohnson_picture.jpg 2014 Fellows - Susanna Johnson Susanna Johnson is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she studied viola performance with Atar Arad. An avid orchestral and chamber musician, Susanna has performed and collaborated with world-renowned conductors and musicians from orchestras such as the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony. In addition to her orchestral performance experience, Susanna has been featured in chamber and solo performances at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the Kennedy Center, and the Senate Hart Building in Washington, D.C., among others. Susanna was a finalist in the concerto competitions of several summer festivals, and in 2009 she won first prize in the Middle Tennessee Bach Festival competition. Susanna is also an enthusiastic music educator and has extensive pedagogical training and teaching experience. In the fall, she will begin a Master’s degree in viola performance at the University of Maryland where she will study with Katherine Murdock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490300198810-P6UE786SIKIZVR4WZ5NX/humbertoramirezheadshot.png 2014 Fellows - Humberto Ramírez Born in Colombia in 1989. He completed his Bachelor’s in Music Degree (Summa Cum Laude) at the Corpas University Music School in Bogotá where he studied with Fabio Santana. He began studying the violin at the age of eleven under the guidance of Nana Nikolova. He has studied with Maritza Pacheco and Mauricio Echevarría, and received masterclasses with Joel Nieves and Camilo Acosta (Venezuela), Andrew Zaplatynsky (USA), Federico Hoyos (Colombia), Eva León (Spain), Jennifer Koh (United States), Weigang Li and Yi Wen Jiang (China-USA). He served as Concertmaster of the Accordanza Camerata under the direction of Leonardo Hoyos and the collaboration of Dutch cellist Detmar Leertouwer, as well as Concertmaster of the Juan N. Corpas Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2012, orchestra which received a masterclass with Yuli Turovsky (Former artistic director of “I Musici de Montréal”) in 2008. He participated as Concertmaster of the Youth Colombian Symphony playing Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy at the 27th International Choir Festival in Bogotá. In 2010 he was invited to play in Venezuela as a representative of Colombia with the Iberoamerican Youth Symphony and the Caracas Youth Symphony, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the CAF, where he played under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel in the first violin section. He is the winner of the Young Talent Award of the Alliance Colombo-Française (2009), the Auditorio Fabio Lozano Youth Musician Award (2009 and 2011) and the Music Talent Award from the Colombian Central Bank (2011). He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Violin Perfomance at Indiana University studying with Prof. Simin Ganatra. He is also active as a teacher, studying violin and viola pedagogy with Prof. Mimi Zweig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490300723475-IGRIWGVSZJGZT2IHL3BK/10548232_10101502482949099_656441786742139700_o.jpg 2014 Fellows - Rachel Richardson Rachel Harlos Richardson is an expressive musician and a dedicated music educator who has performed and taught in the United States and internationally. She has been an artistat the Mimir Chamber Music Festival, the Manchester Music Festival and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute. As a Baroque cellist, she was the bass section leader of the University of North Texas Collegium Musicum Baroque Orchestra, and plays with the Denton Bach Players and the Dallas Bach Society. Ms. Richardson has performed with such talents as Edgar Meyer, Bernadette Peters, Sidney Poitier and played under the batons of Craig Jessop, Claus Peter Flor, and Lawrence Loh. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Brigham Young University and a Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas. http://www.musaid.org/2016-fellows daily 0.75 2017-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380235364-5ENRQ8AG2LPSUVNRJ4LC/sa-2.jpg 2016 Fellows - Eun-song Koh Eun-song Koh, from Spokane, Washington, is enrolled in the bachelor's program at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a violin student of Jan Sloman. In previous summers, she has attended the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, International Music Academy Plzen, Foulger International Music Festival, and Brevard Music Festival. She attended the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp as a teaching fellow for violin, where she performed and taught as a private instructor and chamber music coach for six weeks. Ms. Koh has performed in master classes with Augustin Hadelich, Philippe Quint, Vadim Gluzman, Janice Martin, Stephan Jackiw, Lawrence Dutton, Jonathan Feldman, Pascal Rogé, and Cecile Licad. She enjoys being a part of the chamber music program at CIM, playing in string quartets, trios, and quintets, while working closely with members of the Cavani String Quartet as well as Peter Salaff. As violinist and pianist, she enjoyed performing frequently on the KPBX classical radio station. Ms. Koh currently performs as a substitute in the Firelands Symphony Orchestra located in Sandusky, Ohio. She was previously a Spokane Scholar, and was the recipient of the Fine Arts Division Scholarship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380235364-5ENRQ8AG2LPSUVNRJ4LC/sa-2.jpg 2016 Fellows - Eun-song Koh Eun-song Koh, from Spokane, Washington, is enrolled in the bachelor's program at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a violin student of Jan Sloman. In previous summers, she has attended the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, International Music Academy Plzen, Foulger International Music Festival, and Brevard Music Festival. She attended the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp as a teaching fellow for violin, where she performed and taught as a private instructor and chamber music coach for six weeks. Ms. Koh has performed in master classes with Augustin Hadelich, Philippe Quint, Vadim Gluzman, Janice Martin, Stephan Jackiw, Lawrence Dutton, Jonathan Feldman, Pascal Rogé, and Cecile Licad. She enjoys being a part of the chamber music program at CIM, playing in string quartets, trios, and quintets, while working closely with members of the Cavani String Quartet as well as Peter Salaff. As violinist and pianist, she enjoyed performing frequently on the KPBX classical radio station. Ms. Koh currently performs as a substitute in the Firelands Symphony Orchestra located in Sandusky, Ohio. She was previously a Spokane Scholar, and was the recipient of the Fine Arts Division Scholarship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380176433-UJNZABD445SSJ36762I5/sa-2.jpg 2016 Fellows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380254067-VORWPJBC1YZI7R1NBQ6W/Foto-Carlos-1.jpg 2016 Fellows - Calos Vallés García Carlos Vallés García was born in Alcañiz (Teruel), where he began his musical studies. He studied at the Music University of Catalonia (Barcelona) with Ashan Pillai and the Cuarteto Casals. Since 2009, Carlos lives in Basel, where he obtained a Master in Music Performance and a Master in Music Pedagogy with Silvia Simionescu. He also completed a Chamber Music Graduate Course with Rainer Schmidt, Walter Levin and Oliver Wille. He participated in several master classes with distinguished teachers like Donald McInnes, Vincent Fillatreau, Thomas Ribel, Walter Küssner, Hartmut Rohde, Wolfram Christ and Frenec Rados. Carlos won the first prize at the Sant Anastasi Competition and was a finalist at II Certamen Nacional de Intercentros. As an orchestra musician, he played with the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Kammerorchester Basel, in Argovia Philarmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse, Camerata de Murcia, Kammerorchester I Tempi and Basel Sinfonietta. He is a member of the Dialogue Quartet, the Swiss Association of Music Education (SMPV), and he plays with different European orchestras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380334454-2652JJG1L44LD47ZVKUE/Happy+Times.jpg 2016 Fellows - Anna Hiemstra Dutch violinist Anna Hiemstra received her Bachelor’s Degree with honors at Mannes College of Music in New York in 2010, and completed her Master’s Degree there in 2013. She studied primarily with Daniel Phillips and Laurie Smukler. Anna’s chamber music and orchestral performing has brought her to venues like the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. She has performed alongside musicians such as Vladimir Feltsman and Ani Kavafian as well as with members of the New York Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. She was recently part of a highly acclaimed recording of symphonies by Étienne Nicolas Méhul, an oft-overlooked French Romantic composer. After developing an interest in teaching, Anna studied pedagogy with Ann Setzer. She has taught at the Harmony Program in New York and at Sistema Scotland and recently traveled to Puerto Rico to give masterclasses to talented young violinists. Anna was trained in historically informed performance and plays the baroque violin in addition to her modern instrument. She currently plays on an early 18th century Dutch violin by Pieter Rombouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380550966-GC72R4712IB2LFQBETN7/DSC_9457.jpg 2016 Fellows - Christoph Wagner Christoph Wagner was born in Germany in 1988 and started playing the cello at age six. He received his Bachelor of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt, where he studied under Prof. Michael Sanderling and Bonian Tian. As member of the “Junge Deutsche Philharmonie” he performed in major concert halls in Europe such as the Berlin Philharmonic,and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam under renowned conductors like Jonathan Nott, Lothar Zagrosek and Stefan Asbury. He played in the “Gürzenich-Orchestra / Opera Cologne” in the season 2013/2014 including an Asia-tour with performances in Seoul, HongKong, Shanghai and Beijing. Besides playing in orchestras, Mr. Wagner is a sought-after chamber music partner performing on festivals in Switzerland, Croatia, France, Italy and South-Africa. He received first prizes at the German Youth Competition “Jugend Musiziert”, won the competition “Ribalta Mozart Italia” in, Italy as well as the “Peter-Pirazzi-Competition” in Germany in 2013 and recently received a 2nd prize at the NSAL-competition in Bloomington. He is scholarship holder from the “LiveMusicNow-Yehudi Menuhin”-Foundation, the “Richard-Wagner-Verband” Frankfurt, the LIONS-Club Karlsruhe and is currently pursuing a Master of Music at Indiana University with Prof. Emilio Colon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380724392-XKUD41IEBVM0N5DBFIIO/headshotsmiling.jpg 2016 Fellows - Zachary Hobin Zachary Hobin is an exciting young double bassist with wide-ranging musical passions. Based out of the New York City area, he is a frequent performer of orchestral, chamber, Baroque and 20th/21st century repertoire, as well as jazz, rock, and other styles. Highlights of Zach’s touring career include tours in China, Singapore, and on both coasts during his time at Oberlin. He has performed with musicians such as Robert Spano, Timothy Muffitt, George Manahan, Arthur Haas, Eduardo Leandro, Claire Chase, the JACK Quartet, David Fulmer and Timothy Weiss. Works by composers Huang Ruo, Mark Gustavson, Haley Shaw, Peter Freeman, Will Mason, and Aaron Helgeson are among those that Zachary has premiered. Zachary is a veteran of the Chautauqua, Hot Springs and Bowdoin International music festivals. Teachers include Kurt Muroki, Thomas Sperl, Scott Dixon, Peter Dominguez, Kate Nettleman, as well as Kevin Mauldin, Curtis Burris, Paul Ellison, Peter Lloyd, Alex Hanna and Peter Slowik. Zachary is currently pursuing his Masters of Music degree at Stony Brook University as well as teaching undergraduate music theory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380862919-YTXL2QE025A2O5GDJAJZ/248-891335f3d8b8e069556a20911390edf1_LindsayBobyak.jpg 2016 Fellows - Lindsay Bobyak Originally from Plymouth, Minnesota, Lindsay Bobyak is pursuing her Masters Degree in Double Bass Performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. She holds a BM in Double Bass Performance and an AS in String Instrument Technology from the Jacobs School. Her principal teachers have been Jim Clute, Craig Brown, and Kurt Muroki. Lindsay has performed in masterclasses with Joel Quarrington, Leigh Mesh, Owen Lee, and Lawrence Hurst. She has previously performed at the Orford Music Academy, the Brevard Music Festival, and the Indiana University Summer Music series. She currently holds a section position with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and is the Assistant Principal Bassist in the Bloomington Symphony. In addition to her musical interests, Lindsay is an avid cyclist and enjoys any time she gets to spend outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380873921-NL8UXTO18TX6XPZI45VM/03242016-112525-1984.jpg 2016 Fellows - Emily Herdeman Kelly Emily Herdeman Kelly enjoys a diverse career as a violinist and educator. An experienced orchestral player, Ms. Kelly has performed with the Houston Symphony, Austin Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, and the New World Symphony. She has participated in festivals including the Colorado Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, the Round Top Festival Institute, and the Beijing International Music Festival in China. Ms. Kelly collaborates regularly in chamber music groups of varying size, style, and genre. A dedicated teacher, she has taught privately and through the Indiana University String Academy, the Rice University Preparatory School, the Carnegie Mellon University Preparatory School and the Pittsburgh Music Academy. Ms. Kelly received a Master of Music degree from Rice University and holds degrees in Violin Performance and Economics and from Indiana University. Her principal teachers include Kathleen Winkler and Paul Biss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380863824-N3ZGFH2NK4528WSCCAIM/10333628_10203451195912910_1710954654256358076_o.jpg 2016 Fellows - Becca Dora Becca Dora is a freelance oboist based in Chicago, IL. She is currently an oboe instructor through El Sistema Ravinia’s “Reach, Teach, Play!” program, where she teaches private and group lessons, as well as instructs chamber music coachings and large ensemble rehearsals. During her time at Northwestern University, she served as a Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator through the NU Chamber Music Department, a position that allowed her to create innovative and educational chamber music events throughout the Evanston and Chicago areas. Ms. Dora has also served as a sectional coach for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. Orchestrally, Ms. Dora is a substitute musician for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the Northbrook Symphony in Northbrook, IL. She has also served as Acting Second Oboe of the Sheboygan Symphony, and Principal Oboe of the Isthmus Chamber Orchestra in Madison, WI. When she’s not playing oboe or making reeds, Becca is also an active member of Chicago’s theater community, having graduated from the Improvisational Comedy program at IO Theatre. She has performed on several independent comedy troupes at venues such as IO, Second City, Ph Comedy, and the Playground Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380871360-R876N5ZZPZW9GS58AF2K/Rebecca-Minio-Paluello-Fares-Mansour.jpg 2016 Fellows - Rebecca Minio-Paluello Violinist Rebecca Minio-Paluello grew up between England and Germany, attending the Royal College of Music Junior Department and C.P.E. Bach Musikgymnasium (Berlin). She received her BA from Cambridge University while studying with Krysia Osostowicz and David Takeno, before continuing with Helge Slaatto at the Musikhochschule Münster. As an orchestral musician, Rebecca has performed around Europe (BBC Proms, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Reykjavik Harpa Hall, Glastonbury Festival), and has been fortunate in working with conductors such as Simon Rattle, Colin Davis, Giandrea Noseda, Mark Elder, soloists including Barbara Hannigan, and rock musicians Rick Wakeman and Deep Purple. A passionate advocate of new music and new presentation of “classical music”, Rebecca has given numerous world premieres, including large-scale works by Unsuk Chin, Kate Whitley and Helmut Oehring at the Lucerne Festival, at the Semperoper Dresden and in a multi-storey carpark, and chamber works in clubs and warehouses around London, as part of Nonclassical, Grimeborn and Multi-Story initiatives to disseminate music to audiences in new, engaging ways. Rebecca currently holds a position as violin and viola teacher at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music of Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380893184-IJ319KYZ4LSD56ZUAUPT/50.jpg 2016 Fellows - Felix Alanis Originally from Xalapa, Mexico, Felix Alanis hold a Doctorate in Violin Performance from the University of Houston under Dr. Kirsten Yon. He also possesses two Master’s degrees in Violin Performance and Violin Pedagogy, respectively, from Texas Tech University and a Bachelors in Violin Performance from the Universidad Veracruzana. Mr. Alanis has received various awards including first place winner in the 2011 Chamber Music Competition in Mexico and third place of the 2010 National Violin Competition. He has also been the featured soloist with orchestras like the Xalapa Symphony, Zacatecas Philharmonic, and more. Mr. Alanis has been part of various music festivals like Kent blossom and Campos do Jordao, but he also has been invited as faculty to international festivals such as “Encuentro Nacional de Cuerdas Frotadas” in Honduras, “Encuentro Internacional de Musica” in Colombia, and YOA Sejong Orchestra in South Korea. Mr. Alanis currently performs as an assistant’s principal second in the Xalapa Symphony, is a founder violinist and violist of the CHROMA quartet and is a professor of the Universidad Veracruzana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380882474-JTYN16TTNKJA70DGMHKD/Alma-Hern%C3%A1n.jpg 2016 Fellows - Alma Hernan Alma was born in Spain and since very early age she was surrounded by music. She begins to play the piano at the age of 3, but it is when she is 8 age years old when she discovers the cello. Then she begins her studies in the “CIM Padre Antonio Soler” where she finishes in 2011 with Honors and the Extraordinary Price in the speciality of cello given by the Community of Madrid. That same year she moves to London to study with the prestigious teacher Louise Hopkins where she gains a great experience and finishes her Bachelor with a distinction. Meanwhile she also studies baroque cello with Joseph Crouch and she gets the chance to work with conductors such as Gianandrea Noseda, Kurt Masur and Bernard Haitink. Alma is passionate about chamber music and teaching; she thinks the best way to learn is teaching, and each student is a new world of discovery. Alma is also very interested in the mix of all the arts and was awarded with a Collaborative Barbican prize to be the director of a collaborative project. The final work was staged at Milton Court Theatre in London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380883002-DKRJCD7PLTC1CLU0Q9PJ/Headshot-Full-Size.jpg 2016 Fellows - Stephen Hughes Born in Rochester, New York, Stephen is a music teacher at La Colina Junior High School in Santa Barbara, California. He also teaches general music with Open Alternative School and brass/wind ensemble at Incredible Children’s Art Network, an after-school music program for underserved youth. Before he came to Santa Barbara, Stephen studied music education at Longy School of Music of Bard College, and trombone performance at Oberlin Conservatory with James DeSano. While in college, Stephen learned from many incredible mentor teachers from the Bronx to Los Angeles, at programs including the Foshay Learning Center and the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles. Stephen currently freelances as a low brass performer in and around Santa Barbara. In his spare time, Stephen likes to read, hike, play frisbee and play with his roommate’s dog, Zadie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490380888023-QHGLU0E2WPUTG50NKGAF/Lin-Shanna_MG_3640.jpg 2016 Fellows - Shana Lin Originally from Fairfax, VA, Shanna Lin moved to New Jersey where she received her Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance/Music Education from Rutgers University and a Performance Certificate in Viola Performance from Montclair State University. At Rutgers, Shanna studied with CJ Chang, principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She had a focus on chamber music at Montclair State University under the guidance of the world-renown Shanghai Quartet and is a frequent freelancer in New Jersey. In 2011 Shanna was the winner of the Undergraduate Concerto Competition at Rutgers where she made her solo debut with the Rutgers Sinfonia. She has toured China, Japan, and Taiwan with the Asian Youth Orchestra as well as performed the Stamitz concerto in Vienna while attending the Vienna Concertofest. Shanna is currently Associate Program Director, Curriculum Coordinator and Violin/Viola Teaching Artist of the Paterson Music Project (PMP), an El Sistema-inspired program in Paterson, NJ. Shanna strongly believes in the transformative power of music education and feels honored to be part of a team of musicians dedicated to developing the growth of young artists. http://www.musaid.org/2015-fellows-1 daily 0.75 2017-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301039251-XIUIHI6JX1EM54K5T34G/64-d8b54bd33a77f7961f7a3df6db8894a8_Emma-Recital-Poster-1024x678.jpg 2015 Fellows - Emma Terrell Emma Terrell is majoring in Music Performance and minoring in Business at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Coming from a musical family, she was introduced to classical music at a very young age. After being introduce to music through piano and voice, she started to specialize in percussion when she was in middle school. In 2011, she performed in Europe, touring with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Southern Wind Ensemble. Emma Terrell performed with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, the Shepherd School Opera orchestra, and with multiple well-known musicians in various chamber ensembles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301039251-XIUIHI6JX1EM54K5T34G/64-d8b54bd33a77f7961f7a3df6db8894a8_Emma-Recital-Poster-1024x678.jpg 2015 Fellows - Emma Terrell Emma Terrell is majoring in Music Performance and minoring in Business at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Coming from a musical family, she was introduced to classical music at a very young age. After being introduce to music through piano and voice, she started to specialize in percussion when she was in middle school. In 2011, she performed in Europe, touring with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Southern Wind Ensemble. Emma Terrell performed with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra, the Shepherd School Opera orchestra, and with multiple well-known musicians in various chamber ensembles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301182085-KK5YALAQT0EP0WYN7XNB/82-136451a3447e1b7edb732be5d0f18bf0_PROPUESTA1-847x1024.png 2015 Fellows - Alberto Rodríguez Herrero Born in Madrid, Alberto Rodríguez studied the viola in Spain with Ignacio González and David Quiggle. He holds a Master of Music degree from the Hochschule für Musik “Félix Mendelssohn” in Leipzig, where he studied under Tatjana Masurenko. As an orchestral musician he performed with the Youth National Spanish Orchestra (JONDE), the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra or the Basel Sinfonietta. Very active in chamber musician, he is a member of the “Soriak String Quartet” and received several awards at the “Félix Mendelssohn” Chamber Music Competition. Passionate about teaching, Alberto is currently finishing his Master’s in pedagogy in violin and viola with the violist Silvia Simionescu in the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, Switzerland. He worked in different projects in SINEM (National System for Music Education) in Costa Rica and is a viola teacher at the International School of Basel and the “Superar” Suisse Orchestral Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301238538-J0COSQGIXTCKNBJNCLXC/13-8fbffeef5a99ac143d1339b9b4156772_Janice2-763x1024.jpg 2015 Fellows - Janet Lee Known for her compelling performance and interpretation, violinist Janice Lee has performed as soloist with the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Lee recently performed at the inauguration of the new president of Cuyahoga Community College, Classical Revolution Cleveland and also at the Cleveland Composers’ Guild Recital at Cleveland State University. She also plays with CityMusic Cleveland, Erie Philharmonic, Firelands Symphony Orchestra and other regional orchestras. While completing her masters in Violin Performance at Cleveland Institute of Music, she taught private students at Cleveland School of the Arts Upper Campus and gave sectionals at The Orchestra Program at Tri-C. Ms. Lee currently teaches at CSA Lower Campus as an Artist in Residence and at CityMusicKidz Youth Orchestra Program. Studies with her principal teachers, Ivan Zenaty, Ara Gregorian and Wanchi Huang were supplemented with masterclasses which included working with Elina Valhalla, Axel Strauss, and Yehonatan Berick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301313637-MCL8JUO5NUSUBZKREEMX/IMG_5826-731x1024.jpg 2015 Fellows - Andrea Beyer Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Andrea is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at Yale University under the tutelage of Don Palma, and in 2013 she graduated from Oberlin Conservatory where she studied with Thomas Sperl. Andrea has toured in Central and South America as a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and is an alumnus of the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra and the Hot Springs Festival. In addition to performing, Andrea enjoys teaching and taking part in musical outreach programs. In 2012 she participated in the Youth Orchestra of the America’s Global Leaders Program, with which she travelled twice to Puebla, Mexico to teach in an afterschool music program. She currently teaches numerous students in New Haven public schools, as well as undergraduate bass students at Yale. Outside of her musical endeavors Andrea enjoys cooking, running, and waterskiing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301346620-MD6JS2JJDTB7MGXB700X/13-93139ec7d6548029024ef407120540b2_head-shot.jpg 2015 Fellows - Erica Jacobs-Perkins Erica Jacobs-Perkins, violin, is passionate about demystifying classical music-making. A graduate of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, she is currently teaching and performing in Montreal after having recently completed a B.A. in English Literature. Her recent projects include playing in the Orchestre Lyrique de Montréal, writing about the application to classical music performance of T.S. Eliot’s essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent”, and instilling perfect posture into sometimes-rowdyyoung violinists at the McGill Conservatory. She has participated in numerous festivals and workshops, including Bowdoin International Music Festival (‘14), Orford String Quartet Seminar (‘13), Texas Music Festival (‘11), and Interlochen Arts Camp (’04-’06, ’09, ’10). Erica is a native of Rochester, NY and is an alumna of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Hochstein School of Music, and the Kanack School of Music (where she has also coached a violin ensemble). Her principal teachers have been Felicia Moye, Denise Lupien, and Virginia Wensel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301424327-O82LVJLW679VHE7H8ING/Aniela-with-Violin-1024x584.jpg 2015 Fellows - Aniela Eddy Swiss-American violinist Aniela Eddy graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and from the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has performed regularly with the West Side Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble LPR, the Magik*Magik Orchestra, City Music Cleveland, ArtsConnect, and the CWRU Baroque Orchestra. In addition to founding a volunteer teaching program between the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the San Francisco Bay Academy, Aniela has toured throughout India, giving concerts to promote and sponsor different organizations. She is a recipient of the Avanti Award of the Joseph and Frances Brucia Foundation, which she received in 2009, and is currently a faculty member at the Aurora School of Music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301833701-CWFIOR7Y2W5ADW75E7PL/Michael-Barnes--682x1024.jpg 2015 Fellows - Micheal Barnes Micheal Barnes (b. 1994) has performed with groups such as the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America in their Inaugural Season, the Ft. Smith Symphony, and the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. Barnes has performed in Russia, the United Kingdom, Japan, and across the United States. He has placed as a finalist or winner in young artist competitions such as the Naftzger Young Artist Competition, the Coeur d’Alene Symphony National Young Artist Competition, the Great Plains International Marimba Competition, and the Hellam Young Artist Competition. Barnes has been a soloist with groups such as the Cameron University Percussion Ensemble, the OSU Wind Ensemble, and the Delta Symphony. He is currently finishing his undergraduate degree at the University of Oklahoma and plans on pursuing advanced degrees. Barnes is a member of Percussive Arts Society, National Association for Music Education, and is a Vic Firth Young Artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490301975399-0H51NII1SRMN8XP11524/Emily-Botel-1024x655.jpg 2015 Fellows - Emily Botel Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, violinist Emily Botel studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Emily is a founding member of the unconducted chamber orchestra, One Found Sound and the baroque ensemble, MUSA. She has performed with festival orchestras such as the Banff Festival Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, and Spoleto USA Festival Orchestra. She has appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Academy Orchestra and regularly performs with various Bay Area ensembles such as the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She loves playing with indie rock and pop bands in recording studios, venues like The Fillmore, and festivals such as Stern Grove. Emily is a certified Suzuki teacher and has a private teaching studio in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490302016603-25ZUB7UTK7VN0B8AT8RT/Erica-Cherry--682x1024.jpg 2015 Fellows - Erica Cherry Erica Cherry is a clarinetist and teaching artist active in the Philadelphia area. Passionate about both performance and education, she maintains a vibrant and creative studio of over 40 clarinet and piano students. Erica also acts as a woodwind director and coach for the Young Musicians Community Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra of Bucks County, where she leads rehearsals and sectionals and coaches chamber ensembles. She is an advocate for accessible music education and outreach, and has worked as a lead teacher for the Whiz Kids Music Program, bringing music to underserved schools, and COR Music Project, a growing El-Sistema inspired program in Cincinnati. Erica has performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall and Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center; recent performances include concerts with the CCM Philharmonia, Pierre Monteux School Orchestra, and the Bucks County Symphony. She has also developed a series of interactive children’s concerts that are currently being presented in local non-traditional spaces. Erica completed her Master’s Degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and previously studied at Carnegie Mellon University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490302104808-39B0CD70PY9QNB2QBXB2/Hilary-Glen-.jpg 2015 Fellows - Hillary Glen Hilary Glen has been praised as a “standout performer” who has successfully “taken on the demanding and most expressive responsibilities assigned to the instrument.” As a passionate chamber musician, Ms. Glen has been invited to play with faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and the Lamont School of Music in Denver. She is the Music Director of a new collaborative music and dance ensemble: Chamber Ballet Brockport. Dedicated to life-long learning, Ms. Glen is a devoted teacher and believes that everyone should have the opportunity to access and create beauty through music. Working to ensure that music is a part of everyday education, Ms. Glen regularly visits schools, presenting hands-on, experience-based workshops for students of all ages. Also an experienced orchestral musician, Ms. Glen is a fellow with the New World Symphony and performs with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Her primary teachers include Janos Starker, Alan Harris, and Helga Winold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490302143614-8NCR6LSB2E6GF84IGGZI/Kevin-Judge--1024x683.jpg 2015 Fellows - Kevin Judge Kevin Judge is a bassoonist committed to bringing a variety of experiences to artistically engaged audiences. Mr. Judge’s work as a performer and teacher has led him to establish an international presence; his orchestral experience has given him the opportunity to perform with various orchestras, under the direction of Lorin Maazel, Leonard Slatkin, and Larry Rachleff. Currently, he is the principal bassoonist of the Des Moines Symphony. Mr. Judge’s passion for teaching has led him to serve on the faculty at Iowa State University. Prior to his appointment at Iowa State, he pursued a Master of Music degree at Rice University, under the tutelage of Benjamin Kamins. While attending Rice University, he was the Education Outreach Coordinator for their music program, helping elementary students in the Greater Houston Area to better understand classical music in an interactive environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490302256087-GHL8XGC1566IEBCHACVO/Julie-Rochus--819x1024.jpg 2015 Fellows - Julie Rochus Horn player Julie Rochus has performed across Canada, the United States and Latin America. Currently living in Moncton, Julie is a Teaching Artist with Sistema New Brunswick and a member of Tutta Musica, the professional ensemble of Sistema NB. Last season, Julie was Principal Horn of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony (Illinois), Second Horn of Sinfonia da Camera (Illinois) and a solo competition prizewinner at the 2014 International Women’s Brass Conference. As a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Julie spent six weeks touring Central America which included performing in the first orchestral concert in the history of Belize. Julie holds degrees from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Glenn Gould School and Wilfrid Laurier University, and is a laureate of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas’ Global Leadership program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490302326110-JARQVG8OQ487ZKW8POHL/Colleen-Wang--682x1024.jpg 2015 Fellows - Colleen Wang As the daughter to the former concertmaster of the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan), Colleen Wang began playing violin with her mother and ever since, music has been equated with life. Her performance experience ranges from back-up strings on American National Public Radio for A Prairie Home Companion, world premieres at the Midwest Composers Symposium, traditional music at the Taipei National Concert Hall, collaborative publications of jazz-classical fusion and pasticcio opera, to orchestral concerts under world-renowned conductors Lorin Maazel and Robert Spano. She is currently the Violin Teaching Fellow for the Umoja Music School in Tanzania. Before moving to East Africa, Colleen taught violin all over Michigan and played a major role in securing funds for the Cooperative Outreach Music Program, which provides access to music lessons for the under-served community. She graduated with a B.M. and M.M. from Indiana University as an Artistic Excellence Fellow. http://www.musaid.org/fellow-gallery daily 0.75 2017-03-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/t/58d435f303596ec3edd8579a/1490294834015/ Fellow Gallery https://static1.squarespace.com/static/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/58d4178286e6c04becef437b/58d418326a49630cabc6d374/1490294834015/ Fellow Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490296954346-FFO6L7CBYHZDZPHNX7R2/Screen+Shot+2017-03-23+at+3.22.18+PM.png Fellow Gallery - 2013 Fellows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490302419027-2ZH8F06QPSN5B193Y0H0/MusAid-Fellows-2015-.jpg Fellow Gallery - 2015 Fellows http://www.musaid.org/video daily 0.75 2017-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490730305035-1QHE2F5PWJF0UIKTY4YZ/image-asset.jpeg Video - The MusAid Fellowship Promo Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490730305035-1QHE2F5PWJF0UIKTY4YZ/image-asset.jpeg Video - The MusAid Fellowship Promo Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490541804409-7Q9VN2UDLPTRCDLM3BBN/image-asset.jpeg Video - Belize TV Interview 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/58d7dc77ebbd1aac62fe8b43/58d7dcec79a5a2c154fc640c/1490541701410/ Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490541929461-JRP8OAP1WHWCB6SVUZJ1/image-asset.jpeg Video - MusAid TV Spot with Love News Television https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490541994023-S6D69GFZBITYKGN56ZOH/image-asset.jpeg Video - Open Your Eyes Interview in Belize with MusAid and NYOCB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490729040357-5BTD0ZHGRKB09OFDM1B5/image-asset.jpeg Video - TV Spot on 2016 El Salvador Workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490729297815-GSZDXBBBNHZJBIMMRILT/image-asset.jpeg Video - TV Interview & Performance - 2016 El Salvador Workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490729945675-0VILMURAV03AYMDPA8TX/image-asset.jpeg Video - Bolivia Clasica TV Spot http://www.musaid.org/team daily 0.75 2021-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491357098207-P6WCFK0UUOY1MPXN1KOV/IMG_5783+%282%29.jpg Team - Andrea Beyer Born in Baltimore, Maryland, double bassist Andrea Beyer is a performer and advocate for using music as a tool for social growth. Aiming to build young people’s interest in music, Andrea has performed recitals and taught masterclasses in Mexico, El Salvador and Bolivia. She has worked with numerous New Haven public school music programs and been a faculty member of Peabody Bass Works. An active performer, Andrea has played at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, has performed with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, John Adams, and Sarah Chang, and has toured in Central and South America with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Inspired by a love of chamber music, she is also an arranger, working to increase the repertoire for the double bass. Andrea holds a Masters Degree from Yale University where she studied with Donald Palma and a Bachelors Degree from Oberlin Conservatory where she studied with Thomas Sperl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491357098207-P6WCFK0UUOY1MPXN1KOV/IMG_5783+%282%29.jpg Team - Andrea Beyer Born in Baltimore, Maryland, double bassist Andrea Beyer is a performer and advocate for using music as a tool for social growth. Aiming to build young people’s interest in music, Andrea has performed recitals and taught masterclasses in Mexico, El Salvador and Bolivia. She has worked with numerous New Haven public school music programs and been a faculty member of Peabody Bass Works. An active performer, Andrea has played at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, has performed with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, John Adams, and Sarah Chang, and has toured in Central and South America with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Inspired by a love of chamber music, she is also an arranger, working to increase the repertoire for the double bass. Andrea holds a Masters Degree from Yale University where she studied with Donald Palma and a Bachelors Degree from Oberlin Conservatory where she studied with Thomas Sperl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490734285759-YJML00JB9W5CNK9YOBMJ/Avery_circle.jpg Team - Avery Waite A graduate of The Juilliard School and Oberlin Conservatory, American cellist Avery Waite is an active performer, composer and international music education advocate based in India. Fascinated by the possibilities of cross-cultural musical dialogues, he is a recipient of a 2016-2017 Fulbright Grant to study Hindustani music in Delhi. Avery has performed and taught at music programs around the world, including in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Jamaica, El Salvador and many other countries. Avery is on faculty with American Voices, a US state department organization at the forefront of cultural diplomacy through its work in cross-cultural engagement. Avery is an active composer and arranger. Inspired by his experiences teaching and performing abroad, he has done extensive arranging of traditional Indo-Afghan, Central Asian and Kurdish folk music. Avery performs this music with his ensemble Drifting East and the group recently released its debut album entitled Songs and Melodies of Afghanistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491327329156-GIAOKWCP09QVN1HFM9YM/IMG_7346.JPG Team - Kevin Schaffter Kevin Schaffter was born in Thailand and has spent the majority of his life overseas in Vietnam, Laos, India, Kyrgyzstan and Romania. The impetus to found MusAid came from witnessing the hardships many musicians face in developing countries with obtaining quality music education and instruments. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and a Master of Music degree from The Yale School of Music where he studied with Clarinet Professor David Shifrin. Kevin has had extensive teaching experience in Belize, El Salvador, Laos, Kyrgyzstan and in Palestine where he was on faculty at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. In 2011 he won The Yamaha Young Performing Artist competition for clarinet. Kevin has given recitals in Romania, India, Italy, Switzerland, El Salvador, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Laos and has performed as a soloist in Kyrgyzstan with the Bishkek Philharmonic Orchestra. In his free time Kevin enjoys traveling and brewing coffee from around the world. kevinschaffter.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490732985039-N39JCTUI2N5Z3RRU3SST/IMG_7346.JPG Team - Kevin Schaffter Kevin Schaffter was born in Thailand and has spent the majority of his life overseas in Vietnam, Laos, India, Kyrgyzstan and Romania, where he began clarinet at age 10. The impetus to found MusAid came from witnessing the hardships many musicians face in developing countries with obtaining quality music education and instruments. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and a Master of Music degree from The Yale School of Music where he studied with Professor David Shifrin. Kevin has had extensive teaching experience in Belize, El Salvador, Laos, Kyrgyzstan and in Palestine where he was on faculty at the Edward Said National Conservatory. In 2011 he won The Yamaha Young Performing Artist competition for clarinet. Kevin has given recitals in Romania, India, Italy, Switzerland, El Salvador, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Laos and has performed as a soloist in Kyrgyzstan with the Bishkek Philharmonic Orchestra. In his free time Kevin enjoys traveling and brewing coffee from around the world. kevinschaffter.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490734045305-K2N65QZ1GK9QVJ1U2J1D/Mai_circle.jpg Team - Kim Mai Nguyen Originally from France, Kim Mai Nguyen is a violist, music educator and community arts leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area. An enthusiastic advocate for music education, she is involved in several community programs and has taught and mentored with El Sistema-inspired programs both in the United States and abroad. Most recently, Kim Mai lived in Kingston, Jamaica, where she worked with the National Youth Orchestra of Jamaica. Other projects abroad include workshops and cultural diplomacy visits to Guatemala, Belize, Mexico and Afghanistan. Equally passionate about performance from the baroque to the contemporary, Kim Mai is active as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. She is also a member of the world music ensemble Drifing East. Kim Mai holds B.M. and M.M. degrees from The Juilliard School. For more information, please visit her website: kimmainguyen.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491327206610-9IB7SX56KFRT9RXWGWZQ/IMG_7346.JPG Team - Kevin Schaffter Kevin Schaffter was born in Thailand and has spent the majority of his life overseas in Vietnam, Laos, India, Kyrgyzstan and Romania, where he began clarinet at age 10. The impetus to found MusAid came from witnessing the hardships many musicians face in developing countries with obtaining quality music education and instruments. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and a Master of Music degree from The Yale School of Music where he studied with Professor David Shifrin. Kevin has had extensive teaching experience in Belize, El Salvador, Laos, Kyrgyzstan and in Palestine where he was on faculty at the Edward Said National Conservatory. In 2011 he won The Yamaha Young Performing Artist competition for clarinet. Kevin has given recitals in Romania, India, Italy, Switzerland, El Salvador, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Laos and has performed as a soloist in Kyrgyzstan with the Bishkek Philharmonic Orchestra. In his free time Kevin enjoys traveling and brewing coffee from around the world. kevinschaffter.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1491327214865-CGS8WZ9QPR3UWI2EKRT5/IMG_7346.JPG Team - Kevin Schaffter Kevin Schaffter was born in Thailand and has spent the majority of his life overseas in Vietnam, Laos, India, Kyrgyzstan and Romania. The impetus to found MusAid came from witnessing the hardships many musicians face in developing countries with obtaining quality music education and instruments. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and a Master of Music degree from The Yale School of Music where he studied with Clarinet Professor David Shifrin. Kevin has had extensive teaching experience in Belize, El Salvador, Laos, Kyrgyzstan and in Palestine where he was on faculty at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. In 2011 he won The Yamaha Young Performing Artist competition for clarinet. Kevin has given recitals in Romania, India, Italy, Switzerland, El Salvador, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Laos and has performed as a soloist in Kyrgyzstan with the Bishkek Philharmonic Orchestra. In his free time Kevin enjoys traveling and brewing coffee from around the world. kevinschaffter.com http://www.musaid.org/projects-2 daily 0.75 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490485541810-P3U17NWF8MV74WNOTT2V/Ala+Acha+3+Sept+2006+%2844%29.jpg Projects - National Conservatory of Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490485541810-P3U17NWF8MV74WNOTT2V/Ala+Acha+3+Sept+2006+%2844%29.jpg Projects - National Conservatory of Kyrgyzstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490487570644-SK20BBBYJOO2BNRE4OLY/1504375_1408014729477308_8668522208973767695_o.jpg Projects - Afghanistan National Institute of Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490540876147-36KHW6AVORFU76FC370Z/IMG_0992.JPG Projects - CEMUCHCA, Dessaix Baptiste & St. Trinitie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1652228696606-9B97BNC2XVK483WFS4PM/IMG_01111_compressed.jpg Projects - El Sistema, El Salvador https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490643264371-L9XI0HXCSJGLWSTHFF57/11900014_1624722044473241_4804605256507925881_n.jpg Projects - National Youth Orchestra of Belize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490909322755-0NJEG0FYLSLXCX8XR9Y3/AngMisyon-32-1024x813.jpg Projects - Ang Misyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1652228754972-ZPJL1K34217RXESBRSM4/13323724_1733276393617805_3456947888259398498_o.jpg Projects - Bolivia Clásica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1652228900174-RT11HNC8XQF7MGMP7Z5I/IMG_4895+%282%29.JPG Projects - Kolkata Symphony Orchestra & Oxford Mission School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1652229081055-IRBI74F68KBITV8OYTYG/72351055_2457371651208272_5262307472814637056_n.jpg Projects - Antigua & Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra http://www.musaid.org/2013-musaid-fellows-gallery daily 0.75 2017-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490294420824-BQGWPNDWDQ7CMVTHS5A8/humbertoramirezheadshot.png 2013 Fellows - Humberto Ramírez Born in Colombia in 1989. He completed his Bachelor’s in Music Degree (Summa Cum Laude) at the Corpas University Music School in Bogotá where he studied with Fabio Santana. He began studying the violin at the age of eleven under the guidance of Nana Nikolova. He has studied with Maritza Pacheco and Mauricio Echevarría, and received masterclasses with Joel Nieves and Camilo Acosta (Venezuela), Andrew Zaplatynsky (USA), Federico Hoyos (Colombia), Eva León (Spain), Jennifer Koh (United States), Weigang Li and Yi Wen Jiang (China-USA). He served as Concertmaster of the Accordanza Camerata under the direction of Leonardo Hoyos and the collaboration of Dutch cellist Detmar Leertouwer, as well as Concertmaster of the Juan N. Corpas Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2012, orchestra which received a masterclass with Yuli Turovsky (Former artistic director of “I Musici de Montréal”) in 2008. He participated as Concertmaster of the Youth Colombian Symphony playing Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy at the 27th International Choir Festival in Bogotá. In 2010 he was invited to play in Venezuela as a representative of Colombia with the Iberoamerican Youth Symphony and the Caracas Youth Symphony, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the CAF, where he played under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel in the first violin section. He is the winner of the Young Talent Award of the Alliance Colombo-Française (2009), the Auditorio Fabio Lozano Youth Musician Award (2009 and 2011) and the Music Talent Award from the Colombian Central Bank (2011). He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Violin Perfomance at Indiana University studying with Prof. Simin Ganatra. He is also active as a teacher, studying violin and viola pedagogy with Prof. Mimi Zweig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490294420824-BQGWPNDWDQ7CMVTHS5A8/humbertoramirezheadshot.png 2013 Fellows - Humberto Ramírez Born in Colombia in 1989. He completed his Bachelor’s in Music Degree (Summa Cum Laude) at the Corpas University Music School in Bogotá where he studied with Fabio Santana. He began studying the violin at the age of eleven under the guidance of Nana Nikolova. He has studied with Maritza Pacheco and Mauricio Echevarría, and received masterclasses with Joel Nieves and Camilo Acosta (Venezuela), Andrew Zaplatynsky (USA), Federico Hoyos (Colombia), Eva León (Spain), Jennifer Koh (United States), Weigang Li and Yi Wen Jiang (China-USA). He served as Concertmaster of the Accordanza Camerata under the direction of Leonardo Hoyos and the collaboration of Dutch cellist Detmar Leertouwer, as well as Concertmaster of the Juan N. Corpas Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2012, orchestra which received a masterclass with Yuli Turovsky (Former artistic director of “I Musici de Montréal”) in 2008. He participated as Concertmaster of the Youth Colombian Symphony playing Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy at the 27th International Choir Festival in Bogotá. In 2010 he was invited to play in Venezuela as a representative of Colombia with the Iberoamerican Youth Symphony and the Caracas Youth Symphony, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the CAF, where he played under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel in the first violin section. He is the winner of the Young Talent Award of the Alliance Colombo-Française (2009), the Auditorio Fabio Lozano Youth Musician Award (2009 and 2011) and the Music Talent Award from the Colombian Central Bank (2011). He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Violin Perfomance at Indiana University studying with Prof. Simin Ganatra. He is also active as a teacher, studying violin and viola pedagogy with Prof. Mimi Zweig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490294595725-IAXYEJNJU7UFGHTGVDBF/mromero_picture-300x200.jpg 2013 Fellows - Maria Romero María José Romero Ramos is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music degree in Violin at Indiana University, studying with Kevork Mardirossian. She obtained her Masters from IU as a recipient of the Jacobs Fellowship, the most substantial and prestigious scholarship in the school of music. Ms. Romero also enjoys playing the baroque violin and viola, having had Cynthia Roberts and Stanley Ritchie as mentors. She has performed in venues such as the Isaac Stern Hall in Carnegie Hall with the Sphinx Virtuosi. As a semifinalist of the Sphinx Competition, Ms. Romero attended the Aspen Music Festival and School under full scholarship. Among other festivals, she also attended the Brevard Music Center, where she was Concertmistress of the Brevard Sinfonia and studied with William Preucil. During her time at IU, Ms. Romero has been a featured soloist with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra as the winner of their concerto competition, prize winner at the National Society for Arts and Letters Instrumental Competition – Bloomington Chapter, performed in master class for Joshua Bell, and studied pedagogy and assisted Mimi Zweig at the IU Summer String Academy. She started her musical training as part of El Sistema in her hometown Valencia, Venezuela. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490294583410-C0X1MJJIJLOTDQ9NE088/56259_646248670749_7474479_o-300x199.jpg 2013 Fellows - Daniel Martinez Daniel Martinez began his cello studies at the age of nine in his hometown of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He continued his studies at the Victoriano Lopez Music School in San Pedro Sula and in 2001, Mr. Martinez entered The University of South ern Mississippi on a full scholarship, studying there with Dr. Alexander Russakovsky and serving as principal cellist in the university orchestra. After earning his Bachelor of Music degree in 2006, he accepted a teaching position with the Gulfport School District Strings Program in Gulfport, Mississippi. In 2009, he was honored to take the position of Director of Orchestral Activities with the Gulfport School District. Mr. Martinez is a member of several chamber music ensembles including Magnolia Chamber Music Society and Magnolia Chamber Orchestra among others and is currently a member of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra and the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. Daniel is an avid follower of fútbol and spends much of his free watching both international and club matches. He, his wife, Catherine, and their cat, Stormy, are big fans of FC Barcelona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490294391231-JBC5VV7TH1PELDN36Q4Q/sjohnson_picture.jpg 2013 Fellows - Susanna Johnson Susanna Johnson is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she studied viola performance with Atar Arad. An avid orchestral and chamber musician, Susanna has performed and collaborated with world-renowned conductors and musicians from orchestras such as the National Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and the Nashville Symphony. In addition to her orchestral performance experience, Susanna has been featured in chamber and solo performances at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the Kennedy Center, and the Senate Hart Building in Washington, D.C., among others. Susanna was a finalist in the concerto competitions of several summer festivals, and in 2009 she won first prize in the Middle Tennessee Bach Festival competition. Susanna is also an enthusiastic music educator and has extensive pedagogical training and teaching experience. In the fall, she will begin a Master’s degree in viola performance at the University of Maryland where she will study with Katherine Murdock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/58d412569de4bbb1701d7980/58d413721b631bcd65588ba6/1490293618785/ 2013 Fellows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1490293910952-BWALC93MZF1U2IMD80MH/38-e027b333333c90d9e1186b369fa15daf_image-297x300.jpg 2013 Fellows - Josue Corona Born in El Centro, CA Joshua Corona started to play the bass at the age of fourteen. Josue studied with Nico Abondolo at Azusa Pacific University and continued his musical study in at Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with Bruce Bransby for his Diploma student performance Josue has been accepted in prestigious summer festivals like the Aspen Music Festival with a full scholarship. An active orchestra player, Josue played in many orchestra like the American Youth Symphony, Sinfonia Terre-Haute, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and the main UI, the Orquesta IU Philharmonic. Joshua had the privilege to work with conductors such as Paul Salamunovich, David Effron, Franz Welser- Most, Scaglione and Alexander Treger. http://www.musaid.org/2017-fellows-1 daily 0.75 2018-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493495651050-4CBNQ2V69SGGZP8GG3CG/Sherri+-+headshot.jpg 2017 Fellows - Sherri Zhang Chinese-American violinist Sherri Zhang started playing the violin at the age of five. She recently just received her Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory. She will continue her Master Degree in Violin Suzuki Pedagogy/Violin Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her primary teachers include Joseph Gatwood, Paul Biss, and Stephen Rose. Sherri has attended several prestigious summer festivals such as the Meadowmount School of Music, Heifetz International Music Institute, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Orford Music Academy and the Fontainebleau Music Festival. As well as playing with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra during her years at Interlochen Academy, she has also played in many masterclasses for Joseph Silverstien, Atar Arad, Elmar Oliveria, Tong-Wei Dong, Lucy Chapman, Ian Swensen the Emerson Quartet, the Ariel String Quartet, and the Borromeo String Quartet. Sherri served as an intern at Musiclaunch Boston and as a solfege and theory tutor at the New England Conservatory. As both a violinist and pianist, she has spent the past few summers teaching piano and violin at the Kentlands Music Studio Summer Camp in Maryland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493495651050-4CBNQ2V69SGGZP8GG3CG/Sherri+-+headshot.jpg 2017 Fellows - Sherri Zhang Chinese-American violinist Sherri Zhang started playing the violin at the age of five. She recently just received her Bachelor’s Degree in Violin Performance from the New England Conservatory. She will continue her Master Degree in Violin Suzuki Pedagogy/Violin Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her primary teachers include Joseph Gatwood, Paul Biss, and Stephen Rose. Sherri has attended several prestigious summer festivals such as the Meadowmount School of Music, Heifetz International Music Institute, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Orford Music Academy and the Fontainebleau Music Festival. As well as playing with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra during her years at Interlochen Academy, she has also played in many masterclasses for Joseph Silverstien, Atar Arad, Elmar Oliveria, Tong-Wei Dong, Lucy Chapman, Ian Swensen the Emerson Quartet, the Ariel String Quartet, and the Borromeo String Quartet. Sherri served as an intern at Musiclaunch Boston and as a solfege and theory tutor at the New England Conservatory. As both a violinist and pianist, she has spent the past few summers teaching piano and violin at the Kentlands Music Studio Summer Camp in Maryland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493497513295-5FUV0METYZGIVI716ZJJ/HS9-.JPG 2017 Fellows - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493496049743-W2PQDWCZ3A6CUKDLZSEK/Marissa+-+headshot.jpg 2017 Fellows - Marissa Honda Marissa Honda is a freelance oboist and teacher in the Los Angeles, CA area. She has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New West Symphony, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Fresno Grand Opera, Opera San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles Musicians Collective and others. In 2014, she won the English Horn position with the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra and she also currently holds the position of English Horn in the American Youth Symphony. She has spent summers performing at the National Orchestral Institute, the Atlantic Music Festival, and others. A passionate teacher of students of all ages, Marissa coaches woodwinds and double reeds at high schools and middle schools across Los Angeles. She has taught recorder and general music to elementary school students as a mentor for the USC Thornton Outreach program, and was the recipient of the 2013 Thornton Outreach Program Award. During the summer, she has returned to the Central California area to teach recorder and Orff at KidMunity Music camp. She has also taught basic music theory and appreciation at A Place Called Home—an after-school activity center in South Central Los Angeles. She maintains a private oboe studio in Los Angeles and since 2014, has been an oboe faculty member at Bocal Majority/Operation OBOE oboe and bassoon camp at Pepperdine University. Marissa is professor of oboe at The Masters College in Santa Clarita, CA. She holds a Bachelors of Music degree from USC in Oboe Performance with a minor in communications, and a Masters of Music degree in Oboe Performance from USC. She is currently pursuing a DMA at USC in oboe performance. Her primary teachers include Marion Kuszyk, Joel Timm, David Weiss, Allan Vogel and Rachel Aldrich.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493495421128-LFSIIX6IWA95WH0FUUYL/Sherri+-+headshot.jpg 2017 Fellows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493497822250-TFZZIRY9ZW9XMFO04V6Y/Zach+7+%282%29.jpg 2017 Fellows - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493497649726-WHSMO3LYO8K4KD89CZ8J/13432346-10157073804570581-1395577823723611980-n_orig.jpg 2017 Fellows - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493496215742-LUL4944Q2PKP3PD736BS/Diana+-+headshot.jpg 2017 Fellows - Diana Wuli Diana is an Australian cellist, currently pursing her Doctoral in Music Performance on Cello. She is the Graduate Assistant to renowned cellist and distinguished cello professor, Emilio Colon. In addition to performing solo, chamber, and orchestra concerts, she works closely with Mimi Zweig and other renowned pedagogues to research and develop new and innovative cello teaching methods. Diana began her musical education at the age of 6 learning the piano. It was not until age 11 when she began learning the cello. After a short 3 years of study, she won youth cello competitions at many state eisteddfods and received a music scholarship at a renowned private school, Wesley College. Diana continued to study both instruments and received her AMEB Licenciate Diploma in both Piano (2002) and Cello (2003), Awarded Dux in Arts & Academics in 2004. She studied a double degree at the University of Melbourne in 2005, and participated in the exchange program to study at Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. In 2009, she graduated with Bachelor in Music Performance (Hons) and Bachelor in Commerce. Diana was the recipient of the Donovan Johnson Travelling Scholarship awarded by the University of Melbourne in support and encouragement of her graduate music studies in the UK. She was also the 2012 recipient of Thornton Foundation Award by Tait Memorial Trust. Whilst in the UK, she performed in recitals and concerts in local venues; and has participated in highly acclaimed master class courses such as Aurora Masterclass Sweden and ISA Music Festival. In 2011, she graduated Masters in Music Performance with Distinction, under the tutelage of internationally renowned cellist, Raphael Wallfisch and Nicholas Trygstad. She has also played for many other distinguished cellists: Ralph Kirshbaum, Gary Hoffman, Hannah Roberts, Martti Rousi, and Arto Noras. In 2012,she was offered the Manchester Orchestral Fellowship position, working as a member of the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra in New Zealand. During her time, she also went on tour with the inaugural Aldeburgh World Orchestra, which included performances at BBC Proms, and Concertgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam. Aside from cello, Diana enjoys travelling and exploring cultural wonders of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493495836443-VW0Y5UUHI3MF7OZ6OVD6/Stephen+headshot.jpg 2017 Fellows - Stephen Fine Violist Stephen Fine is a dedicated music educator, who maintains an active orchestral, chamber, and solo career based in Gainesville, Florida. He runs the after school strings program at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, is co-principal viola of the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, and his private viola and violin students regularly win state and national awards. He is a core member of The Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival, a concert series dedicated to bringing Art Music to underserved communities, and he has performed several times with the New Music group, ensemble: Périphérie, including for their 2013 Carnegie Hall tour. His performance career has taken him across the United States, to Canada, China, Finland, Italy, France, and Switzerland.   Mr. Fine was trained from the age of 4 by Suzuki-pioneer Sonnhild Frey Kitts in the small southern college town where he lives today. By the age of 7 he was playing in a string orchestra, and by 10 he had a regularly rehearsing string quartet and a seat in the county youth symphony. He attended the Shepherd School of Music in Houston, Texas for his undergraduate degree and then the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for his masters. He studied viola with Karen Ritscher, Jodi Levitz, and Katherine Murdock, and chamber music with Norman Fischer, James Dunham, Mark Sokol, Philip Setzer, and Eugene Drucker. Mr. Fine not only performs on his modern viola by Emilio Celani, but he also owns a large Baroque tenor viola strung with gut strings for period performance. In an effort to augment north central Florida’s concert scene, in 2016 Mr. Fine founded the Hogtown Chamber Music Series and recently presented concerts featuring Britten’s Lachrymae and Brahms’ Sonata in f with pianist Kimberly Kong. Mr. Fine is 33 years old; he lives with a big fluffy dog named Thorin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493496490338-YMJ9CAMIKYKUU0HZAVUI/210874_10151040122542921_1266508064_o.jpg 2017 Fellows - Eileen Coyne Eileen Coyne currently studies with Gabriel Radford at the Royal Conservatory of Music working towards completion of an Artist's Diploma. For her undergraduate degree, she studied with James Sommerville, Principal Horn of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for four years at the New England Conservatory. She returned to NEC to study with Richard Sebring, the Associate Principal Horn of the BSO. In the summers of 2015 and 2016, she was a Tanglewood Music Center fellow. Eileen is passionate about music education. As a part of her master's degree, she was awarded a concentration in music education. She completed a two year long internship with her father at her former high school. She currently maintains a teaching studio in Toronto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493497043845-5EL6JG9VJWN2UXUE6SQ1/photo_2.jpg 2017 Fellows - 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). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493496716837-WDRPUUD0OO26D8BSY0OO/21458545673256copyImage.jpg 2017 Fellows - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1493496857189-FCMGO1CR9DU4B47C3XR1/IMG_51001+%282%29.JPG 2017 Fellows - 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”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1494255067437-HDIBD07TPC1T3E2MLXHN/Clara+-+Headshot.jpg 2017 Fellows - Clara Vásquez Clara Vázquez was born in La Coruña, Spain, in 1989. She started playing the violin when she was four years old. In 2006, Clara won the first prize in the chamber music competition "Acordes Caja Madrid". In 2008 she received a full scholarship to attend the Young Artists Festival Bayreuth in Germany, an orchestra and chamber music program for talented young musicians. As part of her undergraduate studies, she studied abroad with Mariana Sirbu in Leipzig, Germany, where she also received orchestral repertoire lessons with one of the Concertmasters of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Henrik Hochschild. She finished her undergraduate studies in 2011 in Madrid, Spain, with the highest grades. She was a member of the Youth National Spanish Orchestra (Jonde) from 2008 until 2011 and she held a two year contract with the Academy Orchestra of the Royal Theater in Madrid (Orquesta Escuela del Teatro Real de Madrid) from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, Clara was accepted to continue her graduate studies in the Jacobs School of Music, in Bloomington, Indiana, with Professor Kevork Mardirossian. In 2013, she receives a Fellowship for Graduate Courses in Universities from the Fundacion Especial Caja Madrid to cover all expenses of her second year of Masters. In 2014, she receives a Fellowship from The Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, "la Caixa", a social, non-profit institution, to cover the first two years of Doctorate studies at the Jacobs School of Music in Indiana University. She has taught violin private lessons extensively and worked as a violin teacher for organizations like MusAid, Habitat for Music, The Fairview Violin Project (Bloomington, Indiana) and Indiana University String Academy. Clara is currently continuing her Doctoral studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She plays a Nicholas François Vuillaume’s violin from 1850. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1494513298619-HAM0FM85NWOYUCEI4KWG/18360903_1775942842435886_1726015466_n.jpg 2017 Fellows - 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.   http://www.musaid.org/photogallery daily 0.75 2019-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511118659145-0DRH41W5LS8G4BGS53BO/San-Salvador-El-Salvador.jpg Photo Gallery - San Salvador Cityscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511118659145-0DRH41W5LS8G4BGS53BO/San-Salvador-El-Salvador.jpg Photo Gallery - San Salvador Cityscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511118479981-5ZVVRORP97FZZ5DCB7V5/2c6abc4f-784d-47a2-a29d-48de28022ffa.jpg Photo Gallery - National Theater, El Salvador - Concert Venue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511210773530-6DON6U9BYYFQVOJ0CRUV/19221602_1922484048030371_1563231141283686963_o.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511210773541-7F1BPM07DCAOXIPGG7T1/19221536_1921443608134415_8850715868786243649_o.jpg Photo Gallery - Private Lesson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511210774076-V85V3V7WS4S5M41PIS1F/19143315_1921443564801086_8854038356359249334_o.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511210774051-THO1FP8YD5FLRNJV7A1D/19264639_1925795754365867_3195124645718172376_o.jpg Photo Gallery - Private Lesson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511210774880-VZR7ISYFWB3IHV02BDGF/19143948_1921942161417893_5484297465048387260_o.jpg Photo Gallery - Cultural Excursion Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1511210775098-L973BMSJAUXJ3BU3UMLC/19400634_1923517767926999_6504078805831872063_o.jpg Photo Gallery - Cultural Excursion Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1574518678557-K621UUII3Z86IDHIWA4O/65663802_2385128615099243_43559201833746432_o.jpg Photo Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1574518790251-CKWU4UNDCTO04J4TMYZ5/66153161_2385841491694622_875515644336930816_o.jpg Photo Gallery - Performance at local school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1574518901524-UZ5IFUUU6ZK2P2UVG7DE/65308399_2380883168857121_2777796774729875456_o.jpg Photo Gallery - Private Lesson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1574518968183-438RDLV627OL8BMDHFJA/65887757_2383733775238727_3917928291930996736_n.jpg Photo Gallery - Local newspaper write-up http://www.musaid.org/2018-tas daily 0.75 2018-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069554872-1FO4BTSMLVOV5DK9W1ZE/Labib+Palis+.JPG 2018 TA's - Labib Palis A native of Colombia, Mr. Palis received his undergraduate degree at Javeriana University (Bogotá - Colombia), an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania), and his Master's degree in Violin Performance at the University of Houston (Houston - Texas). Mr. Palis was part of the Colombia Youth Philharmonic in 2011 and 2013 performed in national and international tours with the orchestra. He also participated in FEMUSC Music Festival (Santa Catarina - Brazil) in 2012 and 2013. While in Pittsburgh, he was a member of the Frances DeBroff String Quartet as well as orchestras such as Butler County Symphony, Johnstown Symphony and a substitute violin in Westmoreland Symphony. Currently, Mr. Palis is a violin teacher at Houston Youth Symphony Coda Program, plays chamber music at the Clear Lacke Chamber Ensemble and is a private instructor at Clear Creek ISD and is member 2018 for the Global Leaders Program cohort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069554872-1FO4BTSMLVOV5DK9W1ZE/Labib+Palis+.JPG 2018 TA's - Labib Palis A native of Colombia, Mr. Palis received his undergraduate degree at Javeriana University (Bogotá - Colombia), an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania), and his Master's degree in Violin Performance at the University of Houston (Houston - Texas). Mr. Palis was part of the Colombia Youth Philharmonic in 2011 and 2013 performed in national and international tours with the orchestra. He also participated in FEMUSC Music Festival (Santa Catarina - Brazil) in 2012 and 2013. While in Pittsburgh, he was a member of the Frances DeBroff String Quartet as well as orchestras such as Butler County Symphony, Johnstown Symphony and a substitute violin in Westmoreland Symphony. Currently, Mr. Palis is a violin teacher at Houston Youth Symphony Coda Program, plays chamber music at the Clear Lacke Chamber Ensemble and is a private instructor at Clear Creek ISD and is member 2018 for the Global Leaders Program cohort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522067737916-ECYFGE9JX139T9X6M5N3/Labib+Palis+.JPG 2018 TA's - Labib Palis A native of Colombia, Mr. Palis received his undergraduate degree at Javeriana University (Bogotá - Colombia), an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania), and his Master's degree in Violin Performance at the University of Houston (Houston - Texas). Mr. Palis was part of the Colombia Youth Philharmonic in 2011 and 2013 performed in national and international tours with the orchestra. He also participated in FEMUSC Music Festival (Santa Catarina - Brazil) in 2012 and 2013. While in Pittsburgh, he was a member of the Frances DeBroff String Quartet as well as orchestras such as Butler County Symphony, Johnstown Symphony and a substitute violin in Westmoreland Symphony. Currently, Mr. Palis is a violin teacher at Houston Youth Symphony Coda Program, plays chamber music at the Clear Lacke Chamber Ensemble and is a private instructor at Clear Creek ISD and is member 2018 for the Global Leaders Program cohort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069614801-JKQH8AIL21H2IMLB6VN2/Emmy+Rozanski.JPG 2018 TA's - Emmy Rozanski Emmy Rozanski is an enthusiastic music educator and active freelance trombonist in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas. She is a teaching artist for Sistema Ravinia, and low brass instructor for the Dundee, IL school district. Emmy has performed with Summit Brass (Denver), the Powder River Symphony (Wyoming), and the Billings Symphony (Montana). She appears regularly in ensembles throughout Wisconsin and Illinois, including with the Star Gate Orchestra, several big band jazz bands, and the Milwaukee Trombone Choir. In February of 2016, Emmy toured Switzerland performing with the Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble. Emily earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in trombone performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and holds a Master's of Music and DMA in trombone performance from Arizona State University. She is a passionate visual artist, as well as musician. As part of her doctoral project she wrote and illustrated a children's book about the trombone, Mr. Fitch Joins the Band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069704451-D8QUW6SF2UAVC8W8Z16Y/Emily+Herdeman+Kelly.jpg 2018 TA's - Emily Herdeman Kelly Emily Herdeman Kelly enjoys a diverse career as a performer and educator. An experienced orchestral musician, Ms. Kelly has performed with the Oregon Symphony, Houston Symphony, Austin Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, Houston Ballet, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, and the New World Symphony. She has participated in professional and fellowship summer festivals including the Britt Festival Orchestra (OR), Tanglewood Music Center (MA) and many others. A dedicated teacher, she is currently a Teaching Artist with the Seattle Symphony and has been on the faculties of Carnegie Mellon University and the Rice University Preparatory School. In addition she has maintained private studios in Washington, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Indiana for students of all ages and levels. In 2016, Ms. Kelly traveled to El Salvador to teach and perform as a fellow with MusAid and is looking forward to returning to El Salvador in 2018. Her principal teachers include Paul Biss and Kathleen Winkler, and she holds degrees from Indiana University and Rice University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069781237-8CU5ZG4Y4GBR53KXWC5X/Philip+Alejo.jpg 2018 TA's - Philip Alejo Philip Alejo is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Arizona and Artist Faculty at Bay View Music Festival (MI). He previously served as Visiting Professor of Bass at the University of Michigan. Philip has performed with the Arizona Opera, Phoenix Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Quad City Symphony, Ensemble Dal Niente, Flint Symphony, and Ann Arbor Symphony. As a chamber musician, Philip collaborates regularly with harpist Claire Happel in River Town Duo, which will soon release a recording of new commissions. His festival appearances include Spoleto Festival USA (SC), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival (NC), Mackinac Island Music Festival (MI), Avaloch Farm Music Institute (NH), Oaxaca Instrumenta (Mexico), Aldeburgh Festival (England), Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival (AZ), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), and Aspen Music Festival (CO). Philip holds degrees from Oberlin College (BA, BM), Yale University (MM), and the University of Michigan (DMA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069833844-CLWMV4L7RUROZLJI27YO/Erica+Cherry.jpg 2018 TA's - Erica Cherry Erica Cherry is a clarinetist and teaching artist active in the Philadelphia area. Passionate about both performance and education, she maintains a vibrant private studio of over fifty clarinet and piano students. Erica also acts as a woodwind coach and operations manager for the Youth Orchestra of Bucks County. She is an advocate for accessible music education and outreach, and has worked as a lead teacher for the Whiz Kids Music Program, traveled to Belize as a teaching artist with MUSaid, and worked with COR Music Project. Erica has developed a series of interactive children's concerts that have been presented in local non-traditional spaces, as well as an engaging day camp curriculum geared towards second-year band students. She has performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Pittsburgh's Benedum Center, and she regularly presents chamber music recitals. Erica has studied and trained at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the Lincoln Center Teaching Artist Training Lab. Her primary teachers are Thomas Thompson and Ron Aufmann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069855342-7OY8WCQO9DTHE3DHXFZD/Annamarie+Arai.jpg 2018 TA's - Annamarie Arai A native of Sacramento, violinist Annamarie Arai enjoys creating music with ensembles of diverse backgrounds and sizes, such as One Found Sound, a conductor-less chamber orchestra in San Francisco. She frequently performs with other Bay Area groups including the Santa Rosa Symphony, Modesto Symphony, Merced Symphony, and Sacramento Philharmonic. Annamarie has also had the privilege of collaborating in chamber music performances alongside world-renown players including David Kim, Guillaume Sutre, and Bonnie Hampton. Annamarie is passionate about educating the next generation of players and holds two Suzuki pedagogy certificates. Along with maintaining a private studio in San Francisco, she is also on faculty as a Teaching Artist with Enriching Lives through Music (ELM), an El Sistema program in San Rafael, CA. Annamarie received her B.A. from UCLA and her master's from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Movses Pogossian, Ian Swensen and Wei He. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1522069897615-GR0WOVWKGX3A3XPSV8WI/Sonja+Myklebust.JPG 2018 TA's - Sonja Myklebust Sonja Myklebust has a private teaching studio and enjoys an active freelance performing career in Portland, Oregon. She moved to Portland from Seattle, where she completed her Master's and Doctoral degrees at the University of Washington, studying with Toby Saks and Saeunn Thorsteindottir. While in Seattle Sonja was the winner of the University of Washington Concerto Competition, a member of the scholarship string quartet, and Teaching Assistant for the new music ensemble, Inverted Space. A founding member of the Portland Cello Project, Oceana String Quartet, and the Lowdown Duo, Sonja has performed on stages throughout the west coast of the United States. She currently holds a faculty position at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon where she teaches private cello lessons and chamber music. She has also held positions at Edmonds Community College and Seattle Music Partners as well as being a Teaching Artist with and founder of the Meany Center's Music Link program. Sonja is a registered Suzuki teacher. http://www.musaid.org/curriculum-photos daily 0.75 2018-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544086754-DJOL5OF0LK4BBW34LOBJ/34469326_2088351134776994_3005639618642051072_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544086754-DJOL5OF0LK4BBW34LOBJ/34469326_2088351134776994_3005639618642051072_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544093312-DBM57MTE7A4XNOERRNOT/34668401_2088350301443744_1217771202924249088_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544106296-4XRPKY9C7LSBLI8121AY/34443333_2088349694777138_9057613696825556992_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544116758-VI3D0DCTNZMA9IQVI93V/34506013_2088351584776949_68449245983670272_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544132454-YBYM6AO4G6135TKXAYXV/34396820_2088350948110346_1874061271112876032_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544282297-FST3E6E48989K2MULZIY/34387312_2088350178110423_7865041926020399104_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544504041-UFD1FYYR5MFQSDYMV190/34582109_2088350824777025_5936070481575673856_o.jpg Curriculum Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1539544509005-S2K7MO4ZQWD2RV1SX87M/34482494_2088351648110276_3007773006207385600_o.jpg Curriculum Photos http://www.musaid.org/2019-tas daily 0.75 2019-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807449022-CIRTS26QPO5D334OX0G5/Magdalena+Sas+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Magdalena Sas Cellist Magdalena Sas is an active performer and teacher, currently a doctoral student at UW Madison. Recipient of the Paul Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship and Fulbright Scholarship, she is a graduate of music conservatories in Poland, Belgium, and Austria. Her international performing career includes appearances in renown concert halls: Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, BOZAR in Brussels, Frits Philips MuziekGebouw in Eindhoven, NOSPR in Katowice. A passionate chamber musician, Magdalena had a chance to collaborate with acclaimed artists: Ivry Gitlis, Gary Hoffmann, Philippe Graffin, Guy Braunstein, Zakir Hussain, and is a founder of the MTMTrio, a group of international musicians based in Mumbai focused on popularizing piano trio repertoire. Magdalena also volunteers and works for various foundations in India where she teaches cello to underprivileged and blind children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807449022-CIRTS26QPO5D334OX0G5/Magdalena+Sas+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Magdalena Sas Cellist Magdalena Sas is an active performer and teacher, currently a doctoral student at UW Madison. Recipient of the Paul Collins Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship and Fulbright Scholarship, she is a graduate of music conservatories in Poland, Belgium, and Austria. Her international performing career includes appearances in renown concert halls: Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, BOZAR in Brussels, Frits Philips MuziekGebouw in Eindhoven, NOSPR in Katowice. A passionate chamber musician, Magdalena had a chance to collaborate with acclaimed artists: Ivry Gitlis, Gary Hoffmann, Philippe Graffin, Guy Braunstein, Zakir Hussain, and is a founder of the MTMTrio, a group of international musicians based in Mumbai focused on popularizing piano trio repertoire. Magdalena also volunteers and works for various foundations in India where she teaches cello to underprivileged and blind children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807002132-4ZFH60G3RR9T43IAVWT6/Thomas+Verity+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Thomas Verity Thomas Verity has performed as guest principal with orchestras including the Philharmonia, Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Welsh National Opera. From 2011 to 2018 he was a member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, where highlights included tours to Spain, China and Japan, and playing principal clarinet in the BBC Proms. He is now Associate Clarinet with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, alongside a busy freelance career. Thomas's recording of Peter Hope's Clarinet Sonata (a work he also commissioned) was described as "sensitive and polished" (American Record Guide). As a member of the Sterling Trio (www.thesterlingtrio.com), Thomas has performed in over one hundred concerts throughout the UK, including Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, and St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James's Piccadilly and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. And on a completely different note, Thomas plays with Klezmerish (www.klezmerish.com), a classical / world music fusion quartet exploring a wide range of music from across the world. Sell-out performances have included three visits to The Music Room (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall), and the group were featured artists on BBC Radio 3's "World on Three" in June 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807444453-9MS32G4CGH4Q24546XWW/Emmy+Rozanski+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Emmy Rozanski Emmy Rozanski is an enthusiastic music educator and active freelance trombonist in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas. She is a teaching artist for Sistema Ravinia, and low brass instructor for the Dundee and Highland Park, IL school districts. Emmy recently acted as principal trombone for the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra and the International Women's Music Festival Orchestra. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in trombone performance from Arizona State University. Emmy is researching motivation and growth mindset as they pertain to musicians and educators and has been invited to present on these topics at the 2019 International Trombone Festival and International Women's Brass Conference. A passionate visual artist as well as musician, Emmy has written and illustrated a children's book, Mr. Fitch Joins the Band, published in January 2019. She is thrilled to be returning to El Salvador as a MusAid teaching artist for a second year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807024249-UQ8EVYBPNHRXRT9M8OLP/Cassie+Lear+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Cassie Lear Cassie Lear is based in Seattle, WA, USA, where she performs with Onomatopoeia, a contemporary collective, as well as subbing with other groups. She maintains a private studio and teaches at Music Center of the Northwest. Her students have performed in the SFS Horfall Competition in Seattle, won the Williamson 1st Music Competition in Texas, and been admitted to the University of North Texas to study music. Cassie holds an MM from the University of North Texas and a BM from the University of Oregon and has performed at SEAMUS, the International Computer Music Conference, nief norf, SoundSCAPE, and the New York City Electroacoustic Festival, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807505837-C8UO2U124CYN4IVHJXRK/Kip+Riecken+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Kip Riecken Kip Riecken plays viola with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. Besides having performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and in chamber music settings with Yo-Yo Ma and Robert Hanford, Kip enjoys finding new ways to connect with audiences through music. He has co-produced and co-hosted a New World symphony performance, led a group of New World fellows in studying Spanish, and curated a series of concerts for the Spanish-speaking community of South Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807026579-7X526WIKRU1XO84O7Y07/Sylvia+Wehrs+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Sylvia Wehrs Sylvia Wehrs is a graduate of Cleveland Institute of Music, with both a Bachelor's in Violin Performance and a Master's degree in Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogy. A fully registered teacher through the Suzuki Association of the Americas, she teaches at the Music Settlement, Laurel School, Thrive Arts Center, and through the Cleveland Orchestra's outreach program Crescendo. She also maintains a private studio of violin and piano students. As a performer, she plays regularly throughout the Cleveland area with the Akron Symphony, Citymusic Cleveland, and Cleveland Opera Theater. Ms Wehrs also works internationally, recently teaching and performing in Harare, Zimbabwe, Osorno, Chile, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has participated in the National Repertory Orchestra, Music Inspire Africa, and the Global Leaders Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553806721781-NO4IV5B5F5J7ZII9Q7NZ/Robert+Fant+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Robert Fant Dr. Robert Fant is a highly sought after teacher, musician, and composer who brings a world perspective to his work. He is currently the Assistant Professor of Horn at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Previous positions include Professor of Horn at MidWestern State University in Texas, teaching (lecturer of horn) positions at the University of North Texas, Trinity College London, Royal Northern College of Music, University of Wisconsin, and the College Conservatory of Music – University of Cincinnati. He has regularly maintained a studio of private students during his performance career and strives to always inspire students to reach their goals. Robert’s performance in the United States, Asia, South America, and Europe has led to positions in orchestras, recitals, recording, and solo work. Previously he has held the position of principal horn with the London Mozart Chamber Orchestra, Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Guiyang Symphony, and section positions with the Philharmonie der Nationes (Berlin), Auckland Philharmonia, Verbier Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestra of India. This work has been in conjunction with playing as guest or extra with numerous orchestras across the world. These experiences have led to collaborations with great conductors, soloists, artists, and an admiration of how music can change the world. Robert’s BM is from the University of Michigan, MM from College Conservatory of Music, Diploma from New England Conservatory, and DMA from the University of Wisconsin. His primary teachers include Froydis Ree Wekre, Randy Gardner, Jerome Ashby, and Louis Stout. His current passion is to pass his experiences on from across the world in his own studio in the university setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553806980234-I2SVW0TUUHQGS9AHGTTK/Laura+Thompson+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Laura Thompson Laura Thompson is a violinist, violist, and folk fiddler based in New York City. She is an avid performer and teacher, and currently teaches violin and viola at the United Nations International School. She previously ran the violin program at Tamarack Waldorf School in Milwaukee, and taught in several El Sistema-based programs. She taught general music at a London primary school, and helped create a song cycle with older adults with dementia as part of the English Touring Opera's Turtle Song. Laura is a viola substitute with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and performs with groups including DCINY, Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra, Westchester Philharmonic, and Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. She commissions and performs new works for violin, trumpet, and live electronics as part of Duo Violete. She is active as an Irish fiddler, and represented Britain at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil. Laura holds a Masters of Music from the Royal College of Music and a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University. Her major teachers were Gerardo Ribeiro, Berent Korfker, and Jeanyi Kim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807411916-8BW6G4Q2RGNFVE0CTH7W/Alexander+Strader+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Alexander Strader A musician fancying himself an astronomer, Alexander Strader creates new solar systems of sounds that provide the people of earth experiences that are out of this world. By peering through his musical telescope and observing different types of world music he is able to combine elements from all corners of the globe in his playing. Utilizing his clarinet and bass clarinet Alexander has played for audiences big and small in solo, chamber music, and large ensemble settings. He has appeared in festivals such as Music in the Mountains and Cactus Pear as well as performed with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. On weekends he plays the clarinet to deepen worshippers' liturgical experiences at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Richardson, Texas. Additionally, he helps students discover their enthusiasm for music through teaching in rural Texas schools such as Cleburne ISD. He has performed and recorded with the University of North Texas Wind Symphony appearing on the album Taylor Made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807437898-MM7P2U2SMJ8NX13YEEFN/Zachary+Spontak+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Zachary Spontak Zachary Spontak, named Young Alaskan Artist in 2015, is a violinist and composer. Called a "natural leader" by Casa Magazine, Zachary has collaborated in performances with Itzhak Perlman, Sir Simon Rattle, Roger Tapping, and Peter Eötvös, among many others. A review of a concert in Dresden, Germany said he plays with "a supple tone and lively communication" (Dresdener Neueste Nachrichten). Zachary has a passion for contemporary art music. He regularly collaborates with living composers such as Wolfgang Rihm, John Corigliano, Augusta Reade Thomas, and Matthias Pintscher. Zachary has performed in several great orchestras, including a stint in the Houston Symphony. Currently, he performs with the London Symphony Orchestra. Zachary engages in frequent musical outreach. From 2016-2018, he worked in Buenos Aires, Argentina, performing and teaching He also joins the Perlman Music Program in yearly outreach initiatives. Zachary is based in London, England, where he is pursuing a Master of Performance degree at the Royal College of Music, under the mentorship of Detlef Hahn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807464807-83VTTR9YYA4BMIUQPE6S/Megan+Karls+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Megan Karls Megan Karls makes her home in Montana, where she performs with the Cascade Quartet, resident artists of the Great Falls Symphony. She enjoys engagements across the country and abroad with the quartet, symphonies, conductorless chamber orchestras and independent chamber projects. A recipient of the 2015 Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award, Megan maintains a beloved private studio in Great Falls, and spends the summers teaching at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Superior Strings Alliance Camp and Camp Festival Amadeus. Megan holds degrees with honors from Lawrence University and the University of Iowa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/579eb4432994ca7a061a3e65/1553807474749-Y8JSUZN1WPQO9LDU4G4V/Jillian+Reed+Headshot.jpg 2019 TA's - Jillian Reed Flutist Jillian Reed enjoys the exciting variety, from performing to teaching to organizing and reimagining, that comes with being a musician today. A native of Vermont, she was principal flute of the Vermont Youth Orchestra, and performed Mozart Concerto in G Major with the Vermont Philharmonic. She is also a National YoungArts winner, who performed first flute at All National, All New England, and All State music festivals. 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