Our Team

Meet our staff, teaching artists, and board of directors.

Evan Harris

Program Development Associate & Teaching Artist

Dave Adewumi

Teaching Artist

Marwan Allam

Teaching Artist

Nezih Antakli

Teaching Artist

Ella Avni-Levi

Teaching Artist

Sam Bardfeld

Teaching Artist

Rosina Bullen

Teaching Artist

Olivia Chindamo

Teaching Artist

Morgan Davison

Teaching Artist

Kenneth Jimenez

Teaching Artist

Doron Lev

Teaching Artist

Berta Moreno

Teaching Artist

Ruaridh Pattison

Teaching Artist

Hery Paz

Teaching Artist

Nick Pennington

Teaching Artist

Louise Brooks

Executive Director

Nina Stern

Founder & Artistic Director

Juan Manuel Trujillo

Teaching Artist

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Richard Pace

President,
Board President,
Amherst Early Music

Sara Stuart

Vice President,
Nonprofit Consultant

Peter Faber

Treasurer,
Retired Partner,
McDermott, Will, & Emery

Nancy Snider

Secretary,
Director, Music Program, American University

Dave Adewumi

Jazz Trumpet Player

Anthony Elitcher

Administrative Director,
The New York Continuo Collective

Caroline Giassi

Musician / Educator

Krystal Hawes

Deputy Head of Development, Gimlet Media

Justin Neuwirt

Founder & CEO,
Neu Wealth Group

Alison Pavia

Executive Director,
Harpswell Foundation

Nina Stern

Founder and Artistic Director, S’Cool Sounds

ADVISORY BOARD

Glenn Askin

Development Specialist/ Nonprofit Organizations Strategist

Tracy Cowart

Mezzo Soprano

Laura Garcia

Former Principal, The Ella Baker School

Matilda Giampietro

Montessori and Orff Music Educator

Abby Goldstein

Professor of Art, Visual Arts Program, Fordham University

Malcolm Merriweather

Assistant Professor and Director of Choirs,
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music

Daphna Mor

Co-Director, East of the River, Music Director, Beineinu

Lexi Shereshewsky

Founder and Executive Director, The Azraq Community and Education Fund

Kent Tritle

Director of Cathedral Music, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Music Director, Oratorio Society of New York, Musica Sacra