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INCEPTION MENTORS
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GEORGE ABUD
Oud
May 15, 2021
Podcast
ADRIENNE ALBERT
Composer
March 12, 2022
April 2, 2022
AUSTIN ALI
Vice President/
Composer-In-Residence
Sep 2022-Present
May 14, 2022
August 6, 2022
Jazz Workshop
584 Big Band Night
February 18, 2024
JONATHAN ALLENTOFF
Director/Master Teacher
Spring 2023-Present
September 24, 2022
October 8, 2022
584 Big Band Night
February 18, 2024
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KEVORK ANDONIAN
Piano/Composer
August 17, 2019
March 21, 2020
November 7th Event
October 22, 2022
JACK ARON
Past Vice President
Trumpet/Composer
Aug 2020-Aug 2021
Podcast
KATE BACICH
Past Vice President
Music Education
Composer
College Prep
Aug-Nov 2020
November 7 Event
Nov 7 Part Two
RIC BECKER
Brass
Nov 7th Event
Nov 14, 2020
January 30, 2021
June 4, 2022
WAYNE BERGERON
Trumpet
May 21, 2022
AERALIE BRIGHTON
Vocals
Master Teacher
October 10, 2020
November 6, 2021
April 30, 2022
LUCAS BROOKER
Past Vice President
Jazz Studies &
Student Engagement
Guitar/Composer
Feb-Aug 2021
ROSS DEROCHE
Music Prep &
Post Production
June 12, 2021
April 9, 2022
June 11, 2022
January 20, 2024
JOEL DOUEK
IMAX Composer
June 1, 2019
BRAD DUTZ
Percussion/Composer
December 12, 2020
February 6, 2020
October 15, 2022
Master Teacher
KAREN ELAINE
Master Teacher
Viola
Jul 2020-Aug 2022
July 25, 2020
November 7th Event
July 2021
October 23, 2021
December 11, 2021
April 30, 2022
August 6, 2022
TOMMY FARAGHER
Piano/Composer
Producer
Master Teacher
December 1, 2018
2019 Concert
December 9. 2023
2023-Present
LUCAS FEHRING
Engineer
Inception Director
July 2021
November 13, 2021
December 2021
April 30, 2022
Summer 2022
November 19, 2022
February 2024
CHARLES FERNANDEZ
Composer
ASMAC
Inception Director
November 14, 2020
February 20, 2021
June 19, 2021
December 4, 2021
December 11, 2021
April 30, 2022
M.B. GORDY
Percussion
Master Teacher
February 20, 2021
April 17, 2021
July 2021
August 21,2022
November 12, 2022
March 12, 2023
Jazz Workshop
February 2024
TOM HIEL
Piano/Composer
Film Scoring
May 18, 2019
June 20, 2020
November 7th Event
D.W. JACOBS
Theatre Producer
May 1, 2021
ASHLEY JARMACK
Flute/Oboe
August 29, 2020
September 26, 2020
June 5, 2021
July 2, 2021
January 22, 2022
February 12, 2022
April 30, 2022
January 14, 2023
October 28, 2023
November 11, 2023
February 18, 2024
EIKO JIN
Vice President,
Global Music
Composer-In-Residence
June 2022-Present
May 14, 2022
February 10, 2023
June 3, 2023
CLINTON JOHNSON
Piano/Composer
November 17, 2018
April 6, 2019
JENESS JOHNSON
Cello/Composer
May 4, 2019
2019 Concert
April 1, 2023
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EMER KINSELLA
Violin/Composer
July 20, 2019
2019 Concert
July 11, 2020
November 19, 2022
April 29, 2023
February 18, 2024
GEORGE KO
Piano/Composer
December 19, 2020
IGOR KOGAN
Jazz Bass
January 8, 2022
March 4, 2023
March 12, 2023
Jazz Workshop
September 30, 2023
February 18, 2024
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JUNE KURAMOTO
Koto/Composer
November 18, 2018
August 3, 2019
July 31, 2021
May 27, 2023
LETTRICE LAWRENCE
Vocals
March 6, 2021
March 6, 2021 (2)
GAYLE LEVANT
ASMAC
November 14, 2020
November 16, 2020
March 12, 2022
April 30, 2022
February 18, 2024
AMY (AIZHOU) LIU
Mentor
Leadership Team
Singer/Composer
November 7 Event
Jul 2020-Feb 2021
KRISTINE LLANDERAL
Clarinet
April 30, 2022
October 29, 2022
November 19, 2022
January 28, 2023
November 5, 2023
November 5 2023 (2)
February 18, 2024
DANA LYN
Violin/Piano/Composer
September 7, 2019
January 23, 2021
May 22, 2021
ETHAN MOFFITT
Double Bass/Composer
August 15, 2020
December 11, 2021
MOLINA
Flamenco Guitar
November 17, 2018
December 1, 2018
March 16, 2019
2019 Concert
CLAIRE MORISON
Co-Artistic Director
Producer/Engineer
2018-2019
May 16, 2020
November 7th Event
AKIRA NAKANO
Piano/Composer
President &
Artistic Director
MARIA NEWMAN
Composer
April 23, 2022
VAN-ANH NGUYEN
Piano/Composer
November 7, 2020
RICHARD NILES
Composer/Producer
March 25, 2023
REBECCA OLASON
French Horn
October 24, 2020
January 21, 2023
January 27, 2024
JAVIER OVIEDO
Classical Sax Project
Inception Board Chair
June 6, 2020
November 7th Event
January 29, 2022
April 30, 2022
February 18, 2024
BEN PHELPS
Percussion/Composer
June 30, 2019
2019 Concert
February 2024 Concert
ALEXANDRA RHODES
Rhodes Educational Consulting
March 27, 2021
Spring 2024
SAMARA RICE
Piano, Composer
Past Vice President
Contemporary Classical
& Youth Development
May 2021-June 2022
KIM RICHMOND
Composer
ASMAC
January 16, 2021
February 26, 2022
JONATHAN SACDALAN
Clarinet
August 17, 2019
2019 Concert
September 19, 2020
July 2021
February 5, 2022
REBECCA SCHLAPPICH
Violin
June 17, 2023
October 14, 2023
February 18, 2024
PRESTON SCALES
Songwriter/Producer
April 18, 2020
November 7th Event
May 1, 2021
August 7th, 2021 Event
Podcast
JEAN-PIERRE SCHMITT
Classical Sax Project
Past Inception Director
2020-Aug 2022
June 6, 2020
October 23, 2021
BLYTHE SCHULTE
Mentor
Leadership Team
Strategic Innovation
Jul 2020-Nov 2020
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JONATHAN STEHNEY
Bassoon/Composer
October 3, 2020
February 26, 2022
April 30, 2022
November 18, 2023
RAYMOND
TORRES-SANTOS
Composer/Producer
ASMAC
April 24, 2021
MAKSIM VELICHKIN
Cello/Piano/Composer
August 1, 2020
November 7th Event
July 2021
October 30, 2021
December 11, 2021
November 19, 2022
October 7, 2023
February 18, 2024
CARL VERHEYEN
Guitar
August 6, 2022
December 3, 2022
GENEVIEVE VINCENT
Vocalist/Composer
Master Teacher
March 21, 2020
May 2, 2020
June 10, 2023
Podcast
JOSEPH VRANAS
Trumpet/Composer
Oct 17, 2020
ALAN WANG
Double Bass
November 20, 2021
NATHAN WANG
Composer
ASMAC
January 9, 2021
MARK WATTERS
Composer
ASMAC
May 8, 2021
JOHN WINEGLASS
Viola/Composer
October 16, 2021
COURTNEY WRIGHT
Baritone Sax/Composer
April 10, 2021
JENNIFER WU
Viola
October 21, 2023
February 18, 2024
HEE JIN YOON
Harp
Master Teacher
June 15, 2019
2019 Concert
December 5, 2020
February 4, 2023
TERENCE YOUNG
Electric Cello
May 18, 2019
2019 Concert
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS, MENTORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Sam Adam
Jeff Brunell
Francisco Castillo
Miles Chen
Marcia Dickstein
Carlos Duran
Alex Floyd, Young Choreographers Project
Gigi Johnson, Maremel Institute
John Mitchell
Milton Nelson, ASMAC
Kerenza Peacock
Brian Pezzone
Kathleen Robertson
Hiram Rodriguez
Daniel Rotem
Michael Stern
Joseph Stone
Irene Watson, Young Choreographers Project
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