MENTORS
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KEVORK ANDONIAN
Piano/Composer
August 17, 2020
November 7th Event
JACK ARON
Trumpet/Composer
Vice President
Music Education &
Music Technology
KATE BACICH
Trombone/Composer
Vice President
Music Education &
College Prep
RIC BECKER
Trombones/Tuba
November 7th Event
November 14, 2020
January 30, 2021
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AERALIE BRIGHTON
Vocals
October 10, 2020
BRAD DUTZ
Percussion/Composer
December 12, 2020
KAREN ELAINE
Viola/Producer
Executive Vice President
July 25, 2020
November 7th Event
TOM HIEL
Piano/Composer
Film Scoring
May 18, 2019
2019 Concert
June 20, 2020
November 7th Event
ASHLEY JARMACK
Flute/Oboe
August 29, 2020
September 26, 2020
EMER KINSELLA
Violin/Composer
July 20, 2019
2019 Concert
July 11, 2020
GEORGE KO
Piano/Composer
December 19, 2020
JUNE KURAMOTO
Koto/Composer
November 18, 2018
August 3, 2019
AMY (AIZHOU) LIU
Singer/Composer
Vice President
DANA LYN
Violin/Piano/Composer
September 7, 2019
January 23, 2021
ETHAN MOFFITT
Double Bass/Composer
August 15, 2020
CLAIRE MORISON
Producer/Engineer
Co-Artistic Director
May 16
November 7th Event
AKIRA NAKANO
Piano/Composer
President, CEO &
Artistic Director
REBECCA OLASON
French Horn
October 24, 2020
VAN-ANH NGUYEN &
MARK OLSEN
Piano/Percussion
Composer/Arrangers
November 7th Event
JAVIER OVIEDO
Classical Saxophone Project
Inception Director
June 6, 2020
November 7th Event
BEN PHELPS
Percussion/Composer
June 29, 2019
2019 Concert
KIM RICHMOND
Composer/Arranger
January 16, 2021
JONATHAN SACDALAN
Clarinet
August 17, 2019
2019 Concert
September 19, 2020
PRESTON SCALES
Songwriter/Producer
April 18, 2020
November 7th Event
JEAN-PIERRE SCHMITT
Classical Saxophone Project
Inception Director
June 6, 2020
November 7th Event
BLYTHE SCHULTE
Singer/Composer
Mentor
November 7th Event
JONATHAN STEHNEY
Bassoon/Composer
October 3, 2020
MAKSIM VELICHKIN
Cello/Piano/Composer
August 1, 2020
November 7th Event
GENEVIEVE VINCENT
Vocalist/Composer
May 2, 2020
JOSEPH VRANAS
Trumpet/Composer
October 17, 2020
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NATHAN WANG
Composer
January 9, 2021
HEE JIN YOON
Harp
June 15, 2019
2019 Concert
December 5, 2020