Kathleen Fagre (hammered dulcimer, songwriting) is a performing musician and teacher with over thirty-five years’ experience. She has taught hammered dulcimer, composition, and piano in Boulder since 1990. She currently performs on hammered dulcimer with the classical jazz group Windy Peak, and accompanies choirs and theater groups throughout Colorado. Kathleen is a recording artist and a published composer of instrumental, choral, and solo vocal music. She is also the founder of KP Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit organization assisting small churches nationally and internationally with seminars on accompanying, piano improvisation, theory, and hymnody. Kathleen loves the hammered dulcimer for its unique textural sound, its simplicity, and the enjoyment it brings to students at any level playing alone or in community with other musicians. She is an energetic and dynamically creative person who uses the jazz, folk, and classical pallets of musical languages in her teaching. Kathleen enjoys flying sailplanes, photography, and climbing ‘14ers.’
Brad Ferree (violin, piano)
Angela Gaylor (voice, theater) has been on Broadway as Anne in the Tony-Award winning revival La Cage Aux Folles, Amber in Hairspray as well as the recent revival of Oklahoma! She has also appeared as the title role in Cinderella at Paper Mill Playhouse. Her career extends into television with Guest Stars on Law and Order: SVU and the role of Libby on All My Children. Angela is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music's Musical Theatre department where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and the Laurie Beechman Award.
Keiko Haneda (piano, solfege) began piano lessons at age four. She received a Master of Arts in Piano Performance from Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo. She had lessons with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Jorg Demus, Detlef Klaus, Beveridge Webster, Akira Imai, Max Egger, and participated in the piano classes of Professor Paul Badura-Skoda. Ms. Haneda has taught and accompanied at the Boulder Arts Academy, as well as for the summer program at the Boulder Conservatory Theater and the Saint Thomas University Church’s Choir. As a teacher, she emphasizes the importance of speaking the language of music and incorporates music theory into every lesson. With more than 25 years of teaching experience, many of her students have gone on to study piano in college and have won awards and competitions.
Ernie Hargett (choir, voice) began playing piano and singing gospel at the age of ten. To hear Ernie put it, gospel is in his soul. Ernie has founded gospel choirs, arranged songs, recorded gospel music and most of all, sung. From traditional standards like Amazing Grace to the hip hop sound of Kirk Franklin he has done it all. Ernie studied at Hofstra University, and privately with Marguerite Burke. He has been directing gospel choirs for over 25 years. Ernie is currently the minister of music at Second Baptist Church in Boulder where he directs 6 choirs. In addition to gospel, Ernie worked at Walt Disney World as a singer for five years. He has performed on Broadway and in touring companies. Ernie teaches gospel and jazz voice lessons focusing on stylization. His gifted ear and contagious enthusiasm ensure a joyful experience for everyone in his choirs, workshops, lessons, and classes.
Pam Hayoun (piano) received a Bachelor of Music Cum Laude in Piano Performance from the University of Denver and a Diplôme Superieur d'Enseignement with Honors from the École Normale de Musique in Paris, France. She is an experienced accompanist performing with numerous chamber ensembles including Vivaldi and musical theaters in the U.S. and in France. She accompanies for the eurhythmy classes at Shining Mountain Waldorf School and the Tara Performing Arts High School. Pam performs with vocalist Patricia Irby to bring musical theater excerpts to senior residences and other venues in the community. She has over 25 years of teaching experience in Paris, Annecy and in the United States. (Photo credit Sue Daniels Photography,©2008)
Dave Honig (guitar) has over thirty years of experience as a professional musician and educator. His wide ranging activities as a performer and composer have earned him the praise of some of the greatest musicians of our time in classical performance, jazz, and composition. He has been teaching privately since age 17 and has directed guitar programs at Colorado College in Colorado Springs and at Arlington Academy in Boston. He currently instructs at Front Range Community College, and has performed at the Aspen Music Festival. He received a Masters Degree in Classical Guitar from Yale University and also attended Boston Conservatory, Berklee School of Music, and the Longy School of Music. His background includes: classical guitar studies with Eliot Fisk and Robert Guthrie; masterclass lessons in classical guitar with Manuel Barrucco, Pepe Romero, Carlos Barbosa Lima, Ernesto Bitteti, Oscar Ghiglia, and Fred Hand; early music studies with Robert Strizich, Robert Hill, Eugen Dombois, Thomas Binkley, and Hopkinson Smith; and jazz guitar studies with Billy Bauer and Willie Ruff. Dave continues to pursue new musical projects and endeavors, and performs regularly in the Denver metro area. Dave’s students acquire a high degree of technical proficiency based on the curriculum he developed for students pursuing classical guitar for either a college prep track or just for fun.
Patricia Irby (voice) received a master's degree in Vocal Performance from Arizona State University and furthered her education here at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. She comes to us from Phoenix, Arizona, where she was a voice instructor and music theater director at Glendale Community College for eleven years. Formerly she taught voice at Boulder Arts Academy and directed the Boulder Youth Choir. A registered Music Together® teacher, Patricia was an early childhood music instructor for Swallow Hill Music Association, Mountain Song Music Studio, and the Boulder Jewish Community Center. She loves working with kids and has done many special children's music programs for the Denver Jewish Community Center, the Denver Library, and the Chautauqua Community House in Boulder. She also volunteers her time to the Boulder County Safehouse serving as an outreach musical play consultant. Patricia has performed in Opera and Music Theater nationwide and locally. In Arizona she directed Canterbury Transfer, a professional renaissance madrigal quartet, for nine years. The group made two recordings, Canterbury Transfer-Madrigals, and A Canterbury Christmas which was sold in record stores locally and received airplay on local radio stations. Patricia has recently recorded with the group Sailor's Dream, a female, a cappella vocal trio specializing in Irish Folk Songs, especially those of the sea. She currently teaches music at Boulder Country Day School.
Kit Kyle (movement and Yoga) is from Winnetka, Illinois. He played many sports as a youth, including hockey and speed skating, were he won a national championship. He was a US National Cycling Team member for 5 years, living and training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He participated in several world championships, winning 2 silver medals. He began studying ballet with Boulder Ballet in 2004. Kit has appeared in Boulder Ballet productions of The Nutcracker, L' Histoire du Soldat, Premieres, and An American in Paris, as well as Storybook Ballet's Wizard of Oz. He has also danced for Blue Moon Dance Company, appearing in several productions including Torque and Moving On. Kit is a certified Yoga instructor providing classes for Parlando students to develop their inner sense of rhythm and repose as musicians.
Travis LaBerge (Executive Director) is originally from Middlebury, Vermont. He attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where he graduated with high honors degrees in both music and psychology. At Lehigh, Travis studied with world-renowned and award-winning pianist, Eugene Albulescu. While at Lehigh, Travis met and eventually married Christine Galli LaBerge, who also studied piano with Mr. Albulescu.
In 1999, Travis founded Travis LaBerge Music, a piano studio located at The Dairy Center for the Arts. At its largest point, the studio boasted a staff of more than 10 teachers and over 130 students. Since 1999 Travis and Christine LaBerge have played over 600 classical piano concerts at various retirement centers, weddings, fundraisers, and private gatherings. The average number of annual performances is currently being reduced significantly, however, due to the addition of their son, Copland Avery, born in February 2007. Copland is named after the great American composer, Aaron Copland, and is the pride and joy of Travis’s life.
In 2003, Travis and Christine founded a nonprofit organization called Parlando. Parlando is a musical term that means, “To speak in a musical way.” The main goal of Parlando was to bring more music into the lives of children and senior citizens. Travis served as Executive Director of Parlando and raised nearly $80,000 in support of Parlando’s life-changing programs from 2003 to early 2007.
In August of 2007, Travis LaBerge oversaw Parlando’s expansion into the Parlando School for the Arts. This new organization now represents the largest music studio in Boulder with approximately 50 teachers and more than 600 students. More information can be found at www.exceptionalpiano.com and www.parlando.org. Travis continues to serve as Executive Director.In his free time Travis enjoys spending time with his family, cycling, playing piano, reading, writing, exercise, gardening, and playing with his dogs: Sergei and Stravinsky, named after the famous Russian composers Sergei Rachmaninoff and Igor Stravinsky. Travis, Christine and Copland live in Westminster and also have a pet bird named Kermi who is a Dusky Conure. (Photo credit Sue Daniels Photography,©2008)
Leslie Ann Leddy (voice and piano), a native of Georgia, is a graduate of Shorter College, Rome, GA. She attended the Brevard Music Festival in Brevard, NC and the Shorter Summer Keyboard Extravaganza in Rome, GA. Leslie Ann’s awards include the Georgia Music Teacher's National Association State Piano Competition, winner of the Kawai Southern Keyboards Piano Competition, and an honorable invitation to study at the St. Petersburg Piano Institute from Francis Larimer. Her teachers include Mary Ann Knight, Dr. Douglas Weeks, Dr. Ruby Morgan, and Joan Yarborough. She has also attended master classes and lectures of Dr. Frederick Olsen, Barbara Lister-Sink, Andrew Cooperstock, and Peter Schikele (P.D.Q. Bach). She has concertized throughout Eastern Europe and Greece. Her passions include composing, the study of world music and art, traveling, exploring the great outdoors, and most of all, “getting young students enlivened with the joy of music.”
Gwindolyn Lehman (piano) was born in Germany in 1956 into a U.S. military family. Their many travels offered her an early opportunity to study world music first hand. Her music-loving parents supported her in studying piano at age 6 in Taiwan. Then at age 10 she began her studies of piano with Thelma Braun of Juilliard School of Music, who became her lifetime teacher, friend and cohort. With a foundation in piano, Gwin has learned recorder, flute, guitar and ukulele and has played other instruments just for fun. Gwin received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology at the University of Hawaii. After working several years as a family therapist she returned to music as her love and profession. Since 1986 she has performed and taught music, both instrumental and vocal, to students of all ages, privately and in Waldorf and public schools. She was the director of Na Pua No’eau, a U.H. gifted and talented performing group for Hawaiian children. She has also directed ukulele groups, piano classes, and musical theater. She taught privately in her own studio in Kea’au, Hawaii, until moving to Boulder in 2001. She now teaches private lessons with Parlando and directs a children’s band that play world music for peace. She continues traveling to Hawaii to perform, teach and be with family.
Emily Lewis (violin) was born in Boulder, CO. She began her musical studies on the piano at five in Nagoya, Japan. Upon returning to the United States at the age of nine, she switched to the violin. During high school, Emily became interested in two of her current passions; teaching and chamber music. While she teaches both privately and through the Parlando School for the Arts, she also runs sectionals for various high school orchestras in Boulder and Jefferson County school districts. An active performer, Emily is a member of the MEO String Quartet of Boulder, the Fort Collins and Cheyenne Symphonies and formerly the Madison Symphony. Emily graduated in 2006 from the University of Colorado with a Master of Music, where she studied with Jennifer John, serving as her graduate assistant, and violinist Ed Dusinberre of the Takacs Quartet. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in music education in 2004 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying with Tyrone Grieve, and served as the UW Symphony concertmaster for two years. When not playing the violin, Emily is often out riding her bicycle, hiking in the mountains, practicing yoga, or salsa dancing.
Zach Lopes (piano) received his Bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied under Doris Pridonoff Lehnert. While studying at the University of Colorado he was awarded a full-tuition scholarship and upon graduation, received the MTNA StAR award for excellence in performance and teaching. During the summer of 2006 Zach traveled to northern Italy to participate in the Schlern International Music Festival where he performed in numerous concerts and was a finalist in the Schlern International Music Competition. Zach has performed in many masterclasses with artists such as Nancy Roldan, Stanislav Ioudenitch and Sophia Gilmson. He began his career as a piano teacher at age 15. He believes that students should make significant progress while finding enjoyment in gaining a deeper understanding of the piano. Zach recognizes that every student is different and thrives on finding the best strategies and materials that fit each student’s unique learning style.
Danny Meyer (saxophone, jazz combos) is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts. He has studied with Art Lande, John Davis, Tom Myer, John Gunther, and Alphonse Keasley. His awards include the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, the Telluride All-Star Band, and the 2006 Downbeat Award as a member of the CU Jazz Ensemble I. Mr. Danny, as his young students refer to him, has taught at the Denver Public Schools Saturday Morning Music Program and the Aspen Jazz Festival Young Musician Jazz Program. As a jazz artist, he performs throughout the Front Range at repeat venues and for special events including the Telluride Jazz Festival and Westcliffe Jazz Camp and Festival.
Jeff Moskovics (guitar) received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Industry Studies from the University of Colorado at Denver in the spring of 2008. He has studied guitar for eleven years and specializes in improvisation, rock, blues, and a bit of jazz and classical. Jeff also works as publicity assistant at Tsunami Publicity and Digital Marketing promoting popular performing artists and bands.
Kristina Macy (voice) is a coloratura soprano and holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, Classical Voice from the University of Colorado and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance, Musical Theatre from New York University where she was an Adjunct Voice Faculty member. Her New York credits include Gianetta in The Gondoliers, Mrs. Anderson in A Little Night Music, and ensemble in 110 In the Shade. Other regional credits include The Mikado (Yum Yum), Pirates of Penzance (Kate), Cabaret (Rosie and Lady), L’Enfant et les Sortileges (The Bat), and Fables (The Narrator). Other productions include The King and I, Iolanthe, H.M.S. Pinafore, L’Elisir D’Amore, Dialogues of the Carmelites and La Bohème. Kristina is excited to be back in Boulder and teaching with the Broadway in Boulder program at the Parlando School for the Arts
Darlene Mueller (voice) holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts (ABD) degrees in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Darlene has been happily teaching healthy singing for over twenty years and enjoys teaching a variety of vocal styles, including Classical, Musical Theater, Pop, Jazz, and even a little Country! Happy to teach all ages, Darlene especially enjoys teaching young voices ages eleven and up. In addition to years as a voice instructor in a private high school in Milwaukee, at the University of Colorado-Boulder Community School, and at the Hastings College Preparatory School, Darlene has served on the faculty of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and currently teaches at Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado. A lyric coloratura soprano, Darlene has performed extensively as a soloist in major choral works (Bach’s Magnificat, Brahms’ Ein deutches Requiem, Stravinsky’s Svadebka) and is admired for her portrayals of comic operatic roles (Lucy in Menotti’s The Telephone, Miss Wordsworth in Britten’s Albert Herring, Mrs. Nordstrom in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music). She performed in the 35th Anniversary Season at the Skylight Opera Theater in Milwaukee (Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado), at the Mozart’s 200th Anniversary at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City, and has toured as a choral musician in Belgium, Germany and Austria. (Photo credit Sue Daniels Photography,©2008)
John Neurohr (trombone and low brass) is Principal Trombonist with both the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra in Wyoming and the Longmont Symphony Orchestra in Colorado. He is also a founding member of the Apollo Chamber Brass. Formerly, he was second trombonist of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in California, trombonist of the California Parallélè Ensemble, and bass trombonist of the 1997 edition of Walt Disney World’s All-American College Band, where he performed with such notable jazz artists as Arturo Sandoval, Phil Wilson, and Jim Snidero. As a solo recitalist, he has performed at the Colorado Music Festival, the Pendulum New Music Concert Series, and the St. Mark’s Concert Series in Medford, Oregon. As a featured soloist, John has appeared twice with the University of Colorado Wind Symphony and once with the West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra. In 2003, he was one of six finalists selected for the prestigious Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Competition, being the only brass player to have advanced to the final round in the competition’s history. Currently, John is a Doctorate in Musical Arts Candidate (ABD) in Trombone Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Trombone Studio. Previous education includes the Master of Music Performance degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Bachelor of Music Education degree from West Virginia University, graduating summa cum laude, and a summer of study at the Aspen Music Festival and School. During the summer of 2000, he was Professor of Lower Brass and Jazz at the North Carolina Governor’s School East.
Clayton Okaly (baritone) is originally from Whitehouse Station, NJ. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Delaware with a BM in Voice Performance in 2006, and recently graduated with his MM in Performance/Pedagogy from the University of Colorado at Boulder in May 2008. Credits include Papageno in The Magic Flute, Parson in Cunning Little Vixen, Chino in West Side Story, and soloist for Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage and Mozart's Requiem. Mr. Okaly has received numerous scholarships and awards such as Delaware Contest for Young Musicians (Lillian Ballick Memorial Award), placed first in NATS Eastern Region Auditions, and was a finalist for the West Central Region of NATS' Artist Award Competition. Beyond the stage, Clayton enjoys teaching voice lessons for the Parlando School of Music, as well as maintaining a private studio in Boulder, Colorado.
Devon Park (French horn) received his Master of Music degree from Northwestern University. He is a member of many area ensembles including the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Greeley Philharmonic, and Central City Opera Orchestra. He has performed as soloist with the Mercury Ensemble of Denver, Inside the Orchestra children's concerts in Denver, and made guest appearances with the Colorado Symphony, Opera Colorado, and Colorado Music Festival. Devon has taught horn at Colorado Christian University, Colorado State University, Metro State College, Rocky Ridge Music Camp in Estes Park, and as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Gyöngyi Petheo (violin) received a Diploma from the Franz List Academy of Music and played full time in the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra. Since 1986, she has managed and played violin in the Columbine String Quartet. She is owner and manager of Columbine Entertainment, a full-service booking agency representing classical, jazz and variety groups. She is a member of the Boulder Philharmonic, Central City Opera, Greeley Philharmonic, and the Boulder Bach Festival Orchestras. Formerly she taught at the Boulder Arts Academy since it was founded in 1991 until it closed in 2007. Gyöngyi teaches the European method with a large variety of materials, including the Suzuki books.
Kati Sainz (piano, saxophone) received her Master of Music Education degree with a minor emphasis in jazz pedagogy from the CU-Boulder in 2006, where she won a prestigious graduate teaching assistantship in woodwinds. Certified in K-12 music education in the state of Colorado, she has been the director of bands at Erie Middle School in Erie, CO since 2006, where she also teaches courses in guitar. Kati has taught private lessons for many different instrumentalists in flute, piano, saxophone, and bassoon since 1998 independently as well as in association with music studios. Before coming to Colorado, she received her undergraduate degrees in music and music education at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was on full scholarship. After receiving her undergraduate degree with high honors, she taught band and orchestra at West Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas for 2 years. At UMKC, she studied flute with Mary Posses and performed in master classes with William Bennett and Stephen Preston.
Carmen Sandim (piano, composition, theory)
Kate Skrobacz (piano, voice) began studying piano at age five and has been actively involved in music and the arts ever since. In 1998, Kate began studying voice and went on to study with renowned instructors including Ms. Charmaine Coppom, Dr. Juliana Bishop Hoch, and Ms. Margaret Lattimore. In 2004, Kate received a full scholarship to study voice and music education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. During her time at CU, she specialized in choral music and choral conducting. Kate performed as part of the University Choir and was honored with numerous awards during her time at CU, including the Provost Award for Outstanding Achievement. She graduated with highest honors for her bachelor’s degree in music. Kate has taught music lessons for over five years and is passionate about spreading her love for music and the arts. She hopes to inspire her students to become life-long musicians and to help them succeed in their pursuit of musical excellence. ( Photo credit Sue Daniels Photography, ©2008)
Pamela Sommer (piano)
Britt Swenson (violin) received her B.M. and M.M. degrees from the Juilliard School. She made her Carnegie Hall debut soloing with the New York Pops Orchestra and gave a Carnegie Hall recital in Weill Hall to benefit the Northern Lights Organization, which benefits children born with HIV/AIDS. She has performed throughout the US, Europe and Asia with such artists as Jean Pierre Rampal, Mstislav Rostroprovich and Yehudi Menuhin. Britt has been featured on NPR’s “Performance Today” and “Music from the Grand Teton Music Festival.” She has recorded extensively, including as soloist in Vivaldi Four Seasons with the Bismarck Symphony, as a chamber musician and in over 30 Hollywood movie soundtracks. Awarded the prestigious Frank Huntington Beebe Fellowship, Britt spent a year studying at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Austria. She is currently violinist with the five-member Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, which tours throughout the US, performs regularly at Chautauqua and is featured in silent films on Turner Classic Movies. Britt has been a devoted teacher for over 15 years. She has been a teaching fellow at Harvard University and the Juilliard School. Britt has also worked with students of all ages in New York, Los Angeles and the Boulder/Denver area. Her teachers have included Cho Liang Lin, Sally Thomas, Stephen Clapp and Bayla Keyes. (Photo credit Sue Daniels Photography,©2008)
Malia Alford Van Rooy (piano, flute) has been actively involved in music since the age of four, taking private piano and flute lessons, playing for weddings and in church, and performing in various ensembles around the Denver area, as well as Texas, Washington, D.C., France, and China. Malia graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Music, majoring in flute and minoring in piano. She has performed with many ensembles, including the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra, Denver Young Artists' Orchestra, Denver Young Artists' Chamber Music, Baylor Symphonic Band, Baylor Wind Ensemble, Baylor Symphony Orchestra, and Baylor Chamber Winds, including quartets, quintets, and octets. She has also played in the pit orchestra for the Baylor Theatre's production of She Loves Me. She has performed in masterclasses with flute players such as William Bennett, Sheryl Cohen, and Walfrid Kujala and has studied under Karen Yonovitz, Marilyn Prestia, and Helen Ann Shanley. While at Baylor, she was the pianist and accompanist at her church, for services, choir, and in praise band. She also accompanied for various performances in the School of Music and has studied under Tamara Goldstein and Jane Abbott-Kirk. Malia has been teaching since the age of fifteen. Formerly she tatught in her own studio as well as at Baylor, A Child's Song, and the Lake Arlington Academy of Music in Arlington, Texas. Along with her love of art music, Malia enjoys jazz music and improvisation and would like to continue her musical studies and personal development in teaching, performing, and jazz improvisation.
Eleanor Wells (cello) graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts high school division in 1995 and went on to study at the University of Colorado at Boulder, as a full scholarship student with Judith Glyde. While at the University of Colorado, she received the Denes Koromzay Quartet Award and placed in the finals of the honors competition two years in a row. She also spent several summers at the Eastern Music Festival and the Aspen Music Festival. Her teachers have included John Erhlich, Yehuda Hanani, Robert Marsh, and Charles Wendt. Elle received her Master of Music degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara where she studied with Geoffrey Rutkowski and was awarded first place winner of the Santa Barbara Performing Arts Competition. Currently, she is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder and performs with the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, the Greeley Philharmonic, and the Central City Opera Orchestra.
Laura Williams (voice) is a mezzo-soprano and currently a Master's Student at the University of Colorado and has studied with Professor Patti Peterson and Charmaine Coppom. She received her Bachelors in Music at Brevard College, in Brevard North Carolina, where she studied with Julia Broxholm and Kathryn Gresham. Recent performances include Sister Lillian in Dead Man Walking, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Gilmer in Godspell, Beatrice Hunsdorfer in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds, Serse, in Serse and Ms. Watson in Big River. Originally from Florida, Laura loves both the beach and the mountains, and her Italian roots are to blame for her passion for Italian foods.
Tenly Williams (oboe)
David Wohl (piano, composition) is an accomplished keyboardist and improviser, versatile in jazz, pop, rock, folk, classical, new age and avant garde genres. He received his Doctorate and Masters degrees from McGill University and Northwestern University, respectively. At Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, he teaches composition, orchestration, and keyboard improvisation. He has been a musical director/keyboardist for numerous musical theater productions, corporate events, and cabarets, including the national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. David also conducts workshops and master classes in improvisation for players and teachers of all levels, such as for the College Music Society and the Creative Pianist Festival. David composes acoustic and electro-acoustic music for concert hall, television, film, theater, multi-media and dance, and has received nine ASCAP Special Awards for his works. Credits include: Best Film Score Award, 2003 Moondance International Film Festival; music for the Emmy-awardwinning Magic Door (CBS), Emmy-award winning Venturing, and the Emmy-nominated The New Workplace (PBS); music for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Food Network; Bas Bleu Theater Company's acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days ( International Beckett Festival, Vancouver, Canada); and, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Bourgeois Gentleman and The Tempest. Three of David’s collaborative compositions have received grants from the Colorado Council on the Arts. Uncle Jed's Barbershop-- a musical co-created by David Wohl, and for which he composed the music-- was an official selection of the prestigious 2005 New York Musical Theater Festival, was performed off-Broadway, and received numerous awards including the 2005 Director’s Choice Award and finalist for the 2004 Richard Rodgers Awards (American Academy of Arts and Letters), the 2004 O'Neill Musical Theater Conference.
Holden Young (guitar) is a teacher whose talent extends to all ages and abilities. He has studied music since the age of 5 when he started on the piano. By age 10 he was playing both guitar and piano, and by age 12 decided that the guitar was the instrument for him. After high school he continued his education at Berklee College of Music in Boston where he graduated in 2002 with honors. His studies included guitar performance (rock, folk, blues), world music, percussion, jazz studies, and songwriting. After graduation Holden headed to the city of music, Nashville, Tennessee. It was there he recorded his first album Not Much & Everything and became a proficient songwriter and performer. Now performing in Colorado and the mountain region with his two groups, HY3 and the Holden Young Experience, Holden is a full-time teacher and performer. His goal is to teach students what they want to learn in all-styles with a full-spectrum of chords, reading, transcribing, theory and rhythm practices.
Alexandra Zelinskaya (piano) (Photo credit Sue Daniels Photography,©2008)
