CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS – SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOUNDATION

2020/2021

DANTE PULEIO ANGEL BLUE ERIC WHITACRE ELSA CHANG ZACH ELEFANTE Artistic Director and former Acclaimed soprano, recognized Renowned conductor, speaker, Character designer and Master of 3D modeling and member of the renowned Limon as one of the best singers in and one of the most popular illustrator who has worked for furniture fabrication; designed Dance Company; has her generation; regular BBC and frequently performed well-known studios such as notable theatrical shows performed with touring national presenter and has performed in composers in the world; Sony Animation and including Les Miserables, and international musical over 35 countries graduate of The Juilliard School Nickelodeon; currently at Beauty and the Beast, and theatre productions Disney Television Animation Frankenstein

AHMED BEST JONATHAN EUGENIA RODRIGUEZ DAN POVENMIRE JEFF GARVIN Actor, writer, and director; best MUNOZ-PROULX Dancer with Entity Director, character layout artist, Acclaimed author of Symptoms known for his role as Jar Jar Director of Cultural Contemporary Dance and storyboard artist best of Being Human, an American Binks in the Star Wars Programming at A Noise Within; Company; toured with Latin known as the co-creator of Library Association Best Fiction franchise; creator of This Can’t Ovation Award-nominated artist Sofia Reyes; Phineas and Ferb; other notable for Young Adults selection; Be My Life and member of the director for One Flew Over The choreographed music videos works include The Simpsons cohost of the podcast The touring percussion group Stomp Cuckoo’s Nest with After Hours including “A Tu Manera: and Family Guy Hero’s Journey Theatre Company Corbata” and “IDIOTA”

JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS DANIELA SABBATH MICHAEL R. JACKSON GIANNINA BRASCHI SAL LOZANO Classically trained actor and Accomplished dancer and Award-winning playwright, Award-winning author of Master woodwind artist and voice actor; best known for his educator; former member of composer, and lyricist; winner Empire of Dreams, Yo-Yo member of Gordin Goodwin’s roles in Christopher Guest’s Los Ballets de Madrid and of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Boing!, and United States of Grammy Award-winning Big mockumentaries and Portland Ballet Company; Drama for the musical Banana; her work is a hybrid of Phat Band; has performed with Pitch Perfect former Principal of Portland A Strange Loop poetry, fiction, theatre, and Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, School of Ballet political philosophy and more

STEPHANIE WEEKS TEDDY TEDHOLM JONATHAN CASTANIEN PLASTIC JESUS DR. ZANAIDA Director and actor in Innovative choreographer, Highly credited stage manager Street artist specializing in bold STEWART ROBLES off-Broadway and regional dancer, and Director of the and recipient of the Kennedy stencil and installation work; Sought-after vocalist, productions across the country; tedted Performance Group; Center Stage Management takes inspiration from world conductor, composer, and has performed at the La Jolla described as “anything Fellowship; has managed events, society, the urban advocate for diversity in music Playhouse and the American but conventional” by shows in NYC and regionally environment, culture, and politics education; vocalist on film Conservatory Theatre Dance Magazine scores including Smallfoot and Frozen 2

PAUL SMITH ANIBAL SEMINARIO MAUD ARNOLD JOEY SELLERS DR. RAY BRIGGS Conductor, composer, and Woodwind artist and International tap star; Award-winning composer Ethnomusicologist, jazz public speaker; Co-Founder of Co-Founder and Director of the choreographer and dancer and trombonist; Director of historian, and educator; has VOCES8, a music education Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra; for film, TV, and stage; Jazz Studies at Saddleback College performed with John Clayton, charity that brings the power of performs regularly at Disney member of the all-female tap Benny Green, and Rufus Reid singing to communities around California Adventure Park band Syncopated Ladies the world

ROBIN GLASSER YALDA SEPAHPOUR Award-winning children’s book Iranian-American artist whose illustrator of more than 100 titles; work exudes a strong best known as the illustrator of attachment to her heritage; the Fancy Nancy series known for her artistic representation of wildlife and nature