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2021 CMA Virtual Conference Registrants First Name Last Name 2021 CMA Virtual Conference Registrants First Name Last Name City State/Territory Country Ensemble/Organization Title Kazem Abdullah Indianapolis Indiana Library of Congress Producer Laura Aden Packer New York New York Howard Gilman Foundation Executive Director Sonia Oduware Aimiumu Niagara Falls Canada Sonia Aimy Artist/Executive Director Pheeroan Aklaff Montclair New Jersey Seed Artists Executive Director Matt Albert Ann Arbor Michigan University of Michigan Chair of Chamber Music Mary Lou Aleskie Lyme New Hampshire Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth Director Mary Beth Alger Dorchester Massachusetts Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Artistic Director John Allen West Falmouth Massachusetts Falmouth Jazz President Mark Allen Jr Saint Albans New York Bowery Trio Kate Amrine Brooklyn New York Project eGALitarian Delbert Anderson Farmington New Mexico DDAT Management Inc. President Judy Anderson Hillsborough California Music At Kohl Mansion Board Member Michael Andrews Miami Beach Florida South Beach Chamber Ensemble Executive Artistic Director Travis Andrews San Francisco California The Living Earth Show Executive Director Nuno Antunes New York New York Sylvan Winds Doyle Armbrust Skokie Illinois Spektral Quartet Violist / Minister of Propaganda Megan Arns Columbia Missouri Switch Ensemble Musician and Production Claudia Arzeno New York New York Gregg August Brooklyn New York The Gregg August Ensemble Michael Avitabile Jamaica Plain Massachusetts Hub New Music Executive Director, Flutist Katie Backus Burlington Vermont MKI Artists Artist Manager - Booking Agent Karim Baer Stanford California Stanford Live Associate Director, Campus Engagement Stephanie Baer New York New York NYU Noah Baerman Middletown Connecticut Resonant Motion Artistic Director Robert Baird Alliston Ontario Canada BAM! Baird Artists Management Consulting President Ann Meier Baker Washington District of Columbia (D.C.) National Endowment for the Arts Director of Music and Opera David Balakrishnan Albany California Turtle Island Quartet violinist/composer Howard Bankhead Huntsville Alabama Tennessee Valley Jazz Society Executive Director Tanya Bannister New York New York Concert Artists Guild President Anthony Barilla Houston Texas Musiqa Executive Director Simone Baron Rockville Maryland Oliver Barrett New York New York The Brass Project Heather Barringer St. Paul Minnesota Zeitgeist Executive Director Nancy Barry New York New York Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Board Member Paolo Bartolani Southold New York Rites Of Spring Music Festival Artistic & Executive Director Amy Bartram Brooklyn New York Soprano Jamie Baum New York New York Jamie Baum Septet+ Bandleader and Flutist Carolyn Beck Los Angeles California self/ University of Redlands and others Angela Beeching Jamaica Plain Massachusetts Beyond Talent Consulting Principal Elizabeth Beilman Raleigh North Carolina North Carolina Chamber Music Institute Executive Director Luis Bellorín College Park Maryland Thalea String Quartet Violist Jason Belz New York New York Kirshbaum Associates Inc. Executive Vice President Katherine Benjamin Kings Park New York Arts28 Founder, Managing Director Meghan Bennett Cincinnati Ohio Heather Bentley Shoreline Washington Ariel Ventures; Virtuosos de Camara; Paul Dresher Karen Bentley Pollick Shoreline Washington Ensemble, Colorado MahlerFest Violinist Claudia Berardi Montreal (Qc) Canada Agence Station Bleue Booking Agent Katherine Bergman St. Paul Zeitgeist Marketing Director Sue Bernstein Brooklyn New York Bernstein Artists, Inc. President Dawn Berry-Walker Buffalo New York Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective Chief Executive Robert Besen Tenafly New Jersey BesenArts LLC Managing Director Gregory Beyer Dekalb Illinois Arcomusical Artistic Director Updated 1/25/2021 2021 CMA Virtual Conference Registrants First Name Last Name City State/Territory Country Ensemble/Organization Title Raj Bhimani New York New York Syrinx : XXII Member John Bierbusse Chicago Illinois Chamber Music America Board member Jenny Bilfield Washington District of Columbia (D.C.) Washington Performing Arts President & CEO Tyrone Birkett Bronx New York Tyrone Birkett Emancipation Managing Director Patrice Bivins Huntsville Alabama Alabama Women in Jazz Festival Founder, Director Earl Blackburn Forest Hills New York Kanzen Arts LLC President Elizabeth Blaufox New York New York Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Director of Promotion Kasey Blezinger Brooklyn New York Troika Shelby Blezinger-McCay New York New York Troika Ensemble Member Wally Bloss Joplin Missouri Pro Musica Joplin Member, Board of Directors Melissa J. Bohl Princeton New Jersey Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts Artistic Director Mary Bonhag Marshfield Vermont Scrag Mountain Music Co-Artistic Director Annie Booth Lakewood Colorado Annie Booth Music Leader Amy Bormet Washington District of Columbia (D.C.) Alla Borzova Pelham New York Euterpe Press (ASCAP) Composer Leo Boucher Houston Texas DACAMERA Director of Marketing and Audience Development Anne Bourne Toronto Canada Center for Deep Listening Jackie Bourret Naperville Illinois Berkley Program Specialists SVP/CUO Jennifer Bowman Alexandria Virginia The Kennedy Center Director of Music Education Sputter Box Brooklyn New York Sputter Box Terry Boyarsky Cleveland Heights Ohio Russian Duo General Manager Rupert Boyd New York New York GatherNYC Artistic Director Andrea Brachfeld Bayonne New Jersey Andrea Brachfeld and Insight Leader Anthony Brandt Houston Texas Musiqa Artistic Director Tessa Brinckman Talent Oregon Caballito Negro Marcus Brodsky Bellmore New York Karin Brookes Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Early Music America Executive Director Angela Brown Saranac New York Hill and Hollow Music, Inc. Director Gregory Brown New York New York Kirshbaum Associates Booking Representative and Artist Manager Jennie Brown Elmhurst Illinois Ear Taxi Festival Executive Director Laura Brown Moab Utah Moab Music Festival Executive Director Timothy Brown Denver Colorado Composer Kyle Bruckmann Oakland California Splinter Reeds / Quinteto Latino Oboist Mieke Bruggeman Portland Oregon Self Musician/Educator Oni Buchanan Boston Massachusetts Ariel Artists LLC Founder and Director Julia Bumke New York New York JACK Quartet Managing Director Danielle Buonaiuto Brooklyn New York ChamberQUEER Co-Organizer Court Burns Washington District of Columbia (D.C.) National Endowment for the Arts Music Specialist Kayleigh Butcher Brooklyn New York Quince Ensemble Executive Director Gabriel Cabezas New York New York Reba Cafarelli Chicago Illinois Third Coast Percussion Managing Director Anna Campbell New York New York Howard Gilman Foundation Senior Program Officer Lars Campbell Portland Oregon Rose City Brass Quintet Oliver Caplan Boston Massachusetts Juventas New Music Ensemble Artistic Director William Capone New York New York Arts Management Group Managing Director Sofia Carbonara Detroit Michigan Art-Ops Arts Administration Associate Martha Cargo Brooklyn New York Duo Phoenix Founding flutist Eileen Carr Dayton Ohio ArtsLIVE at the University of Dayton Coordinator Annick-Patricia Carriere Montreal Canada Agence Station Bleue Agent / Manager Regina Carter-Garnett Maywood New Jersey Regina Carter Violinist Armando Castellano Menlo Park California Quinteto Latino Director Lauren Cauley Brooklyn New York Switch Ensemble Violinist Updated 1/25/2021 2021 CMA Virtual Conference Registrants First Name Last Name City State/Territory Country Ensemble/Organization Title Deirdre Chadwick New York New York Broadcast Music, Inc. Executive Director, Classical Creative Nat Chaitkin Cincinnati Ohio 4-Way String Quartet cellist/Executive Director Dorothy Chan Washington District of Columbia (D.C.) Chromic Duo Trudy Chan New York New York Black Tea Music Teamaster Joey Chang Brooklyn New York Impromptuo Ya-Ting Chang Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania Market Square Concerts Co-Director Etienne Charles Okemos Michigan Culture Shock Music Inc President Linda Chatterton Minneapolis Minnesota Linda Chatterton & Maja Radovanlija Flutist Kathleen Chau Landover Maryland National Gallery of Art Music Program Coordinator Larry Chernicoff Catskill New York Larry Chernicoff Ensemble MR Billy Childs Sierra Madre California Tom Chiu Brooklyn New York FLUX Quartet Founder Jane Cho Flushing New York Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College Director of Administration Anastasia Christofakis Greenville South Carolina Meraki Linden Chubin New York New York Morgan Library & Museum Director of Education & Public Programs/Concerts Vanessa Chung Stanford California Stanford Live Luc Cianfarani Boston Massachusetts Ariel Artists LLC Concert & Tour Manager Pete Ciaschini Atlanta Georgia The Paideia School Rachel Ciprotti Redmond Washington Seattle Chamber Music Society Director of Education & Operations Lawrence Clark Brooklyn New York Band leader Peter Clark Sydney Australia Andy Clausen Brooklyn New York The Westerlies Trombonist & Co-Founder Kaitlin Cockerham Nyc New York DCLA Project Coordinator Ryan Cohan Chicago Illinois Ryan Cohan Ensemble Composer/Pianist Gerald Cohen Yonkers New York Professional Composer Professional Composer Jackie Coleman Brooklyn New York eGALitarian Trumpet Britton-René Collins Gainesville Florida Soloist/Concert Artists Guild Artist Drew Cone New York New York Stef Coninx Brussels Belgium Flanders Arts Institute InternatilnalRelations & Classical Music Allison Cook Alexandria Virginia Quintango Double bassist Jean Cook New York New York Sarah Cooper Lincoln Massachusetts Convergence Ensemble Andrew Cooperstock Lafayette Colorado
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