SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Iymaani Abdul-Hamid IAH Studio Violist | Instructor | Artivist Peter Abell Memphis Symphony Orchestra President & CEO Michael Abels Composer "GET OUT," "Delights & Dances" Marilyn Abrahams Parent VIOLIN Neil Abrahams Parent VIOLIN Nicholas Abrahams A. W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts Violin Jessica Adamczyk University Musical Society (UMS) Executive Assistant to the Carlos Agreda Curtis Institute of Music Conducting Fellow Ali Ahmed Wayne State University Student Kibibi Ajanku Greater Baltimore Cultural Equity and Inclusion Chair, Department of Chamber Matt Albert University of Michigan Music Lucy Alessio Sphinx Overture Program Violin teacher University of Cincinnati College- Luis Alfaro Violin Conservatory of Music Lucinda Ali-Landing Hyde Park Suzuki Institute Violin, Executive Director Justin Almazán McGill University Viola Isabella Amador University of Michigan SMTD Violinist musiConnects / Sphinx Symphony Jason Amos Violist, Boston Public Quartet Orchestra Thiago Ancelmo de Souza University of Iowa Clarinet Michael Angell Paul M Angell Family Foundation Director Community Initiatives IRIS Artist Rebecca Arendt IRIS Orchestra Fellows, Director Bernardo Arias None Violin Claire Arias-Kim Sphinx Competition Violin Esme Arias-Kim None Violin Paul Austin ICSOM President Titilayo Ayangade Chicago Sinfonietta Cello Sophia Ayer McCallum High School Violin American Federation of Susan Ayoub AFM Diversity Committee Musicians, Local 5 Tobias Baez Baruch College Violin Chicago Sinfonietta/Arkansas Sandra Bailey Bassoon Symphony/Depaul University Chair of Composition, Jonathan Bailey Holland Boston Conservatory at Berklee Contemporary Music, and Core Studies Rhiannon Banerdt Shattered Glass Violin Rachel Barton Pine RBP Foundation President Kenneth Bean Primavera Fund Associate Director SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Coordinator of In-School Morgan Beckford Memphis Music Initiative Partnerships Meghan Bennett Prairie View A&M University Adjunct Professor of Flute Sean Bennett Musicopa Teaching Assistant Carolyn Bishop Sphinx Organization Arts Administration Fellow Walter Bitner Nashville Symphony Director of EDCE Jaylon Black Berklee College of Music Violin Sean Blackman Detroit Children's Choir Teacher Red Bank Regional Visual and Jeffrey Boga Violin Performance Arts Academy Senior Vice President, Larry Bomback Curtis Institute of Music Administration Cremaine Booker ThatCelloGuy Cello Eric Booth Educator and Author Madeleine Borg Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Unlimited Production Joanna Borowski New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Assistant Director of Education American University/The Kennedy Graduate Student/Education Xavier Boudreaux Center Fellow/Flutist Christina Bouey Shattered Glass Violin The John F. Kennedy Center for Jennifer Bowman Director of Music Education the Performing Arts Clifton Boyd Yale University Ph.D. Student in Music Theory Jalisha Boyd University of Tennessee at Violin Associate Dean, College of Visual Caterina Bristol Alabama State University & Performing Arts Kathryn Brown Eastman School of Music Viola Skylar Brown Sphinx Alumni Violin Indiana University-Jacobs Scool of Anya Brumfield Violin Music Paul Bryan The Curtis Institute Dean Community Engagement Brian Bryant BUMP: The Triangle Coordinator, AmeriCorp VISTA Caylen Bryant Oberlin College and Conservatory Bass and Cello Sherry Bryant Javacya Arts Conservatory Parent of Javacya Student Erika Villarreal Bunce Living Arts Director of Programs Carol Burden Trenton Music Makers Executive Director David Burnett Harlem School of the Arts Violinist/Teacher Annick Busch Detroit Symphony Orchestra Patron Loyalty Coordinator Caitlin Bush Detroit Symphony Orchestra Advancement Relations Associate Sarrah Bushara Curtis Institute of Music Oboe and composition student Kasongo Butler Wesley Theological Seminary Urban Fellow SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Gabriel Cabezas Musican Cello Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Iva Calderon Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Alyssa Campbell Detroit Chamber Orchestra President Sydney Canlas Interlochen Arts Academy Violin New Mexico Philharmonic/Santa Douglas Cardwell Principal Timpani Fe Pro Musica Emilio Carlo Cincinnati Symphony Diversity Viola Matthew Carlson Detroit Symphony Orchestra Director of Communications Raynor Carroll Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Percussion, Retired Dennis Carter Sphinx Symphony FLUTE Music Institude of Chicago Irina Casasnovas Jilobokov Violin Academy Santa Fe Youth Symphony Andrea Cassutt Executive Director Association Armando Castellano Quinteto Latino Director/French Horn Maria Castillo University of Michigan Flute Victor Cayres Boston University Lecturer, piano Longy School of Music of Bard Wayman Chin Dean of the Conservatory College Elodie Chousmer-Howelles Chineke! Orchestra Violin Nee Chucherdwatanasak University of Michigan Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology John Clare WBAA/Purdue University Music Director/Violin Teresa Clark Sphinx Organization Sr. Director of Leadership Gifts Marble City Opera, LeGrand Resident/Collaborative Pianist, Brandon Coffer Music Studios, Community School Piano Instructor of the Arts Damon Coleman Toledo Symphony Orchestra Cello VALERIE COLEMAN IMANI WINDS FOUNDER, FLUTIST & COMPOSER Isis Collier Cornell College Violin Amanda Collins Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra French Horn Chris Collins Grant Park Music Festival General Manager Maureen Conlon-Gutierrez Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra Violin Section Member Executive Director, Project 440, Music Director, Philadelphia All Double Bass, Assistant Principal Joseph Conyers City Orchestra, Adjunct Professor, Bass, The Philadelphia Orchestra Temple University Carrie Cook Kalamazoo Public Schools Lead Music Teacher Melissa Coppola Girls Rock Detroit Executive Director Lorna Courtney University of Michigan Musical Theatre SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Executive Assistant to the Joy Crawford Detroit Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Nathaniel Crawford Florida State University Educator Samantha Crawford Florida State University Violin Aaron Crouch Curtis institute of music Voice Carnegie Hall, Weill Music Manager, Learning & Engagement Karen Cueva Institute Programs Ayana Cummings Alabama State University Percussion Executive Assistant to the Vice Elaine Curvin Detroit Symphony Orchestra President and CDO Elizabeth Daniell Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Communications Manager University of Michigan School of Belen Danielle Associate Professor of Violin Music, Theatre & Dance Michael Davis Shattered Glass Board Secretary and Violist Minnesota State Arts Board/Vice Rebecca Davis Concert Pianist Chair Catherine Dehoney Chorus America President and CEO Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Camille Delaney-McNeil Senior Site Manager OrchKids Megan Delatour Aaron Copland School of Music Student/ Violist Travon DeLeon University of Notre Dame violin Senior Vice President of Artistic Lourdes Demers The Curtis Institute Operations Leslie DeShazor Freelance Musician and instructor Viola Richard Desinord Eastman School of Music Music Theory Trey Devey Interlochen Center for the Arts President Martha Diase Texas Health and Human Services Director Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Charles Dickerson Executive Director and Conductor Angeles Violin Faculty- New Music School Kyle Dickson Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Arts Administrator—Marketing & Dale Dorlin Wayne State University Alumnus Programming Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Daniel Dorsey Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Cincinnati Symphony Nouveau Nathaniel Dorsey Musician Chamber Players Andre Dowell Sphinx Organization Chief Programming Officer Lara Downes Flipside Music Anita Dumar University of Michigan Violin Brian Dunbar Kids’ Orchestra Development Officer SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Carol Dunevant Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Instructional Programs Manager Angelica Durrell INTAKE Music Founder & Executive Director Senior Advisor for Innovation and University of Michigan School of Strategy, Special Advisor to M- Aaron Dworkin Music, Theatre & Dance Prize and Professor of Music, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Afa Dworkin Sphinx Organization President & Artistic Director Helen Eaton Settlement Music School Chief Executive Officer Caitlin Edwards DePaul University School of Music Violin, graduate student Dara Fairman Maxwell Fairman's mom Time Management Strategist Walnut Hills High School - Honors Maxwell Fairman Violin Program Vienna Burgtheater & Chineke! Lena Fankhauser Violist Orchestra Teagan Faran Red Shoe Company Director Maureen Farkash International School of Denver Music Teacher - Oboist Christopher Farrell Nashville Symphony Orchestra Musician Tom Farrell KOZM Guitarist University of Michigan School of MFA Seattle University Arts Katrina Fasulo Music Leadership The Andrew W. Mellon Program Officer, Arts and Cultural Susan Feder Foundation Heritage Benjamin Findlan Wayne State University M.M. Student, Choral Conducting Lori Fithian DRUMMUNITY! Workshop Facilitator Cassidy Fitzpatrick New World Symphony Director of Community Gisela Flanigan flanigan Sistema Global Executive Director Diana Flores Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Cello, Diversity Fellow Patrice Floyd Javacya Arts Conservatory Founder/Artistic Director Arts Administrators of Color DMV Quanice Floyd Founder & Director Network Pamela Frank Curtis Institute Violinist Maximilian Fuhrig Rackham Choir Detroit Managing Director David Gaedke Schoolcraft College Pianist Tino Gagliardi Local 802, AFM President & Executive Director Matic Gajsek Representation / Artist representative / Conference Matic Gajsek Audiences Norway co-curator Ana Lucia Galarza INTAKE Organization Cello, Sphinx Semi-Finalist Liaison University of Illinois at Urbana- Mariel Galvan Cellist Champaign Christine Gangelhoff The University of The Bahamas Coordinator of Music Department SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra / CCO Associate / Master's Carlos García León University of Cincinnati Candidate in Arts Administration Mary Garza University of Michigan SMTD Horn Jeremy Geffen Carnegie Hall Senior Director and Artistic Margaret Genovese Genovese Vanderhoof & Senior Partner Rachelle Gensolin Andrews University Piano Troy Gercek Conservatory NYC Digital Manager Sandra L. Gibson & Associates, LLC Sandra L. Gibson and National China Garden Principal, Chief Catalyst Foundation Raquel Gilmer BSO OrchKids Executive Director Mekhi Gladden Curtis Institute of Music Oboe JUSTIN GOLDSMITH Vera Quartet Cellist - Vera Quartet Conservatorio de Música de Ángel Gómez Violin Puerto Rico Alex Gonzalez New World Symphony Violin Josue Gonzalez Conservatory lab Charter School Director of El Sistema Chelsea Goolcharan Student Violin Randall Goosby The Juilliard School Violin Ashleigh Gordon Castle of our Skins Artistic Director, Viola Manager of Special Events and Therese Goussy Sphinx Organization Communications Jessica Grabbe Freelance Musician SSO Manager Anita Graef CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Cello Andrew Grams Conductor Philip Graulty Bridge to Everywhere Executive Director Jonah Graves Sphinx Viola Project STEP and Boston Arts Mariana Green-Hill Teacher and String Coordinator Academy Indya Grey Sphinx Performance Academy Cello Lee Griffith Griffith Talent Education Cello Teacher Charles Grode Merit School of Music President & Executive Director Denise Grupp-Verbon Owens State Community College Internship Manager, Harpist Israel Gutierrez Boston University Bass trombone - Sphinx liaison Frost School of Music at Sheena Gutierrez Violin University of Miami Ara Guzelimian The Juilliard School Provost and Dean Dean of Admissions, Alumni and Thomas Hadley New World Symphony Fellow Services Angelica Hairston Urban Youth Harp Ensemble Artistic Director Danny Hall Freelance Musician and Educator Trombone SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument INSTRUCTOR OF TEDDY HALL JR ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSIC/PERCUSSION VIOLIN VIRTUOSI, JACOBS PHILLIP HAMMOND VIOLIN SCHOOL, INDIANA UNIVERSITY Dara Hankins IRIS Orchestra IRIS Artist Fellow Jherrard Hardeman Detroit Chamber Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa - Benjamin Harris Double Bassist Universidad Veracruzana Dalanie Harris Eastman School of Music Double Bass Freyja Harris U-M SMTD Chief Diversity and Inclusion Talitha Harris Sphinx Organization Registration & Audience Liaison Kazdn Harrison Javacya Conservatory violin Celia Hatton Shattered Glass Viola Juan Miguel Hernandez Royal Academy of Music Viola - Professor Howard Hertz Hertz Schram PC Sphinx Board Composer; Vice-President - Sales Sean Hickey Naxos of America and Business Development Nicola Jayne Hicks Chineke! Orchestra Section Viola Music by Black Composers - Megan Hill Managing Editor Rachel Barton Pine Foundation Kecia Hills Javacya Arts Conservatory Diversity Advocate Kenneth Hills Javacya Arts Conservatory Violin Mei-En Ho Shattered Glass Cello Indiana University Jacobs School Doctoral Candidate, Orchestral Pak Lok Alvin Ho of Music Conducting Grant Writer/Program Mira Hobbs Javacya Arts Conservatory Administrator University of Michigan School of Assistant Dean for Admissions & Laura Hoffman Music, Theatre & Dance Enrollment Management Paul Hogle Cleveland Institute of Music President I CEO University of Michigan School of Gabrielle Hooper Cello Music, Theater and Dance Wesley Hornpetrie University of Michigan Conductor Liaison / SSO Librarian Billy Hunter, Jr. MET Opera Trumpet, Principal Trumpet Katie Ingersoll DataArts Education Manager David Jackson University of Michigan Trombone/ Prof. Of Music John Jackson Los Angeles Orchestra Fellowship Manager Laura Jackson Reno Philharmonic Association Music Director and Conductor Patrice Jackson Berklee College of Music Associate Professor Scott Jackson N/A Violin Max Jacob Shattered Glass CEO/Double Bass SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Music For Everyone/Theatre For Michael Jamanis Violinist Transformation Kathleen Jara Conservatory Lab Charter School Resident Artist, violin Mary Javian Curtis Institute of Music Chair of Career Studies Associate Dean and Conservatory Chris Jenkins Oberlin Conservatory Liaison to the Office of Equity & Diversity Alla Jilobokov MIC Academy mom Laura del Sol Jiménez Manhattan School of Music Flute Jin Kyung Joen Project STEP Artistic Director Shenika John Jordan Florida State University Vocalist Avery Johnson Pasha Sabouri Violin Cincinnati Symphony, New World Blake Johnson Cello Symphony Carly Johnson Alabama State University Department Chair Geoffrey Johnson Detroit Symphony Orchestra Oboe Malik Johnson DePaul University Cello Maya Johnson Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Composition and Viola Monique Johnson Salem Baptist Church Of Violin Rochelle Johnson Transcemdent Life Managements Transformation Coach, CEO Sarah Johnson Weill Music Institute, Carnegie Director, Weill Music Institute Sharnita Johnson Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Program Director New England Conservatory / From Carmen Johnson-Pájaro Violin / Development Assistant the Top Braizahn Jones Curtis Institute of Music Double Bass Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Calida Jones Co-Founder & Artistic Director "Bravo Waterbury!" BCB Middle School/University of Chair of Music / Music Tec Calvin Jones the Virgin Islands Instrustor Christina Jones Bard College Conservatory of Cello Monica Nia Jones Arizona State University Violin Robert Jones Alabama State University Composer/Producer/Student Vilme Joselin Temple University Violin Jacqueline Jove Sphinx Organization Director of Education Mariam Kaddoura Sphinx Symphony Orchestra Percussion Michael Kaiser DeVos Institute of Arts Chairman Orchestra Manager and Director Kate Kammeyer Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra of Community Programs Emil Kang Carolina Performing Arts Executive and Artistic Director Reuben Kebede University of Michigan Violin Beth Kellar-Long Minnesota Orchestra General Manager SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Adrian Melaku Kelley Homeschooled Cellist Dana Kelley Argus Quartet Violin Jamie Kelley Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Vice President, Development Amanda Kemp Theatre for Transformation Playwright Performer University of Michigan School of Heather Kendrick M-Prize Program Director Music, Theatre & Dance Boston University Tanglewood Director of Admissions & Artistic Grace Kennerly Institute Planning Akilah Kidd University of Montevallo Instructor of Music Emery Kidd Alabama State University Instructor of Recording SunHyung Kim Shattered Glass Violin Whun Kim None Violin Cheyenne King-Bails McDuffie Center for Strings Violinist Peter Kjome Baltimore Symphony Orchestra President & CEO Shalisa Kline Ugaz Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Executive Vice President Lim-Lim Kobe Sphinx Organization Liaison Chelsea Kotula Detroit Symphony Orchestra Gift Officer, Institutional Giving Luke Krafka Shattered Glass Cello Daniel Kumapayi Univeristy of MIchigan Upright Bass University of Michigan School of Interim Chair, Department of Jonathan Kuuskoski Music, Theatre & Dance Entrepreneurship and Leadership Anna Kuwabara Albany Symphony Executive Director Madison Metropolitan Schools District, Madison Music Alida LaCosse Violin/Viola Makers/Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Alexander Laing The Phoenix Symphony principal clarinet Justin Laing Hillombo, LLC Managing Partner U-M School of Music, Theatre & Emily Lamoreaux Youth & Adult Programs Dance Christine Lamprea Musician Cello Matt Landry Akropolis Reed Quintet Saxophonist & Arts Educator Elizabeth Lanni The Juilliard School Administrative Apprentice Paul Laraia Catalyst Quartet Viola Jaime Laredo CIM Violinist, Conductor, Music Joshua Leak Berklee College of Music Founder of Art Explosion Andrew Lee DC Strings Workshop Sphinx Symphony Orchestra Randy Leon Suny Fredonia Cello Princess Leondra Lett University of Toronto Viola Alexandra Levatter University of Michigan Violin, Arts Mangement Katherine Liccardo Shattered Glass Violinist SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Margaret Lioi Chamber Music America Chief Executive Officer Ravenna Lipchik Shattered Glass Violin Lina Locke Watson CamAnaiStrings, Inc. Board Member Erika Locke-Williams Palm Beach State College Professor Operations and Community Taylor Lockwood Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Program Coordinator John Lofton Los Angeles Philharmonic Bass Trombone Moira Loh New England Conservatory Classical Vocalist Kyle Lombard Washington University, SPA Violin Faculty Alejandro Lombo Curtis institute of music Flute Jimmy López None Composer Allison Lovera Roosevelt University Violin Carlos Raul Lozano Sanchez Andrews University Violin Nayomi A Lozano-Miró Conservatory of Music of Puerto Violin Catherine Ludwig Sphinx Organization Liaison Robert Lynch Americans for the Arts President and CEO Jasmine Mack Chamber Music Society of Detroit Community Engagement Manager Nick Madamidola Williams College Cello John Madison University of Michigan Viola Michael Manson Musical Arts institute Executive director Michelle Manson Musical Arts Institute Viola Marshall Marcus Sistema Europe/EUYO Founder & President Ewa Markiewicz DETROIT CHILDREN'S CHOIR Volunteer EXECUTIVE PROGRAM & PAOLA MARQUEZ DETROIT CHILDREN'S CHOIR OPERATIONS MANAGER Operations Manager, Ensemble Ross Marshall Carnegie Hall Connect Abraham Martin New England Conservatory Viola Sarah Martin N/A Violinist Michael Martinez University of Pennsylvania Student/Researcher Gabriel Martins USC Thornton School of Music Cello Sofia Matthews Berkeley High School Violin, High School Student Stephanie Matthews Sphinx Organization Director of Artist Development Kalen Mattin Sistastrings Artist rep Director of Education and Ahmad Mayes Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Community Engagement India McCary Javacya Arts Conservatory Viola/violin Joshua McClendon Interlochen Arts Academy Cello College-Conservatory of Music, bruce mcclung Interim Dean University of Cincinnati Sunny McGovern Detroit Children's Choir Intern SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Tynnetta McIntosh JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jessica McJunkins N/A Violinist and Contractor Kimberly McLemore Nashville Symphony Accelerando Manager Manager of Institutional Lauren McNeary Sphinx Organization Partnerships Marie-Elise McNeeley Sphinx Organization Assistant Production Manager Knoxville Symphony Garrett McQueen Bassoon/Sr. Producer Orchestra/WUOT FM Zulema Mejias Musikoz c/o Oscar Peñas Artist manager / Guitar Derek Menchan Polk State College Cello Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Claire Mera-Nelson Director of Music Music and Dance Education & Community Hilary Mercer Grant Park Music Festival Engagement Manager Thomas Mesa Manhattan School of Music Cello Emilia Mettenbrink Minnesota Opera Violin Percussion - Chair, Percussion Fernando Meza University of Minnesota Studies/Associate Professor Lydia Michael Blended Collective Founder & Creative Director Seohee Min Shattered Glass Violin California State University Joseph Mitchell Percusson Dominguez Hills Jessie Montgomery Catalyst Quartet Violinist/Composer Maxine Montgomery Florida State University Educator Community Engagement & Charmaine Moore Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Diversity Manager Charles H. Wright Museum of Juanita Moore President & CEO African American History Shantanique Moore None Flutist Michael Morgan Oakland Symphony Music Director & Conductor University of Michigan School of Rikki Morrow-Spitzer PEERs Coordinator Music, Theatre and Dance Devin Mosely New Music School Cello Learning & Engagement Michael Mossaad Minnesota Orchestra Coordinator Mowa Mowa CCCTI Cello LISA MUCI WICHITA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Ethan Mugwira Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Sajdah Muhammad Merit School of Music Cello SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Career and Technical Education Charles Murphy St. Louis Public Schools Instructor Ryan Murphy Same Antonio Symphony Cello Lisa Murray UMS Grants Manager Jyasi Myrthil School for Creative Studies Trumpet Relyn Myrthil Mount Holyoke College Conductor/Violin/Viola Avi Nagin Shattered Glass Violin Guilherme Nardelli Monegatto The Juilliard School Student Iroma del Mar Narvaez flores Private (Venezuela) Violin Maguette Ndiaye University of Michigan Flute Ashley Nelson Sphinx Overture Teaching Assistant Howard Nelson Curtis Institute Physical Therapist Lauren Nelson Evolution Travel Travel Agent Zakari Nelson FAMU DRS Viola William Neri Violist Viola Tiffany Ng University of Michigan Asst. Prof. Carillon University of Michigan- School of Brittany Nicol Administrative Assistant Associate Music, Theatre, & Dance Ford Volunteer Corps and Global Todd Nissen Communications Ford Motor Director Company Fund Daniel Nitsch Bowdoin International Music Executive Director Tia Norris-Towler Naturally Musical Violin Alissa Novoselick Living Arts Executive Director Chi-chi Nwanoku Chineke!. Principal Double bassist Artistic & Executive Director Dennis O'Boyle Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Assistant Principal Second Violin Michael O'Bryan Project 440 Board Member Adedeji Ogunfolu San Antonio Symphony Associate principal/third horn Maury Okun Art Ops President University of North Texas/ Aaron Olguin Double Bass Member of the Bassinova Quartet Justin Oliver Georgia State University Barista/Violinist Javier Orman KOZM - Rogue Planet Studio Violinist - Composer - Teacher Alexis Ortiz The Andrew W. Mellon Program Associate Abner Jairo Ortiz Garcia Duquesne University Cello Eunice Osagie United States Postal Service Mail Carrier Jovey Osagie Lawton Chiles Highschool Violin Sarah N L M Ousley UDC Student Teacher/Fremch Horn Seth Pae Civic Orchestra of Chicago Violist Laura Pancoast Academy for the Love of Learning Development Coordinator Maria Claudia Parias Fundación Nacionl Batuta Executive President SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Anne Parsons Detroit Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Laura Patterson Make Music NOLA Executive Director Clarinet, Executive and Artistic Terrance Patterson Ritz Chamber Players Director Joy Payton-Stevens Seattle Symphony Section Cello Director of POP Emerging Artist Michael Pechter Play On, Philly! Collective Oscar Peñas Oscar Peñas Professional Musician Guitarist Clayton Penrose-Whitmore University of Michigan Violin Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Marion Peraza de Webb Chamber Coach Nouveau Chamber Players INES PICADO MOLARES Vera Quartet Viola - Vera Quartet Olman Piedra The University of Toledo Associate Professor of Percussion University of Cincinnati College Edna Pierce Viola Conservatory of Music (CCM) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Erin Pierce Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Eva Pierce Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Anna Pietraszko Miami Music Project, Inc. Executive Director Greg Pine Rachel Barton Pine Foundation Board Member Rachel Barton Pine RBP Foundation President Sylvia Pine Rachel Barton Pine's daughter violinist / composer American Federation of Musicians Alfonso Pollard Legislative-Political Director of the United States and Canada Jason Pooler Indiana University South Bend Violin University of Michigan School of Amy Porter Professor of Flute Music, Theatre, and Dance Aliyah Powe Shalom Tabernacle Violinist Carissa Powe Shalom Tabernacle Violinist Isaac Powe Powe family Student Israel Powe Shalom Tabernacle Father Jordan Powe Powe family Student Levi Powe Student Cello, Freelance Musician Sharon Powe Shalom Tabernacle Pianist Stephanie Powe Powe family Administration Terry Powe Powe family Administration Terry Mathew Powe Powe family Student Joyceln Price Javacya Arts Conservatory Viola/violin SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, Carlos Miguel Prieto Louisiana Philharmonic, YOA Music Director & Conductor Orchestra of Americas Joanna Priwieziencew SphinxConnect Liaison Mat Probasco Alexander Pualani Yakima Music en Acción Cello/Conductor Teaching Artist PATRICIA QUINTERO GARCIA Vera Quartet Violin - Vera Quartet Patricia Quintero Garcia Vera Quartet Violin University of Michigan School of Melody Racine Dean Music, Theatre & Dance University of Michigan School of Sarah Rau Director of Community Outreach Music, Theatre & Dance LaCrest Reed Javacya Arts Conservatory Parent of Javacya STudent Derek Reeves Fort Wayne Philharmonic Principal Viola Patricia Reeves Richmond Symphony Orchestra Flute Nina Renella University of Michigan Clarinet Julie Renfro Sphinx Organization Director of Design & Shepherd School of Music - Rice Ruben Rengel Violin University Department of Admissions and Interlochen Representative Interlochen Center for the Arts Financial Aid Lindsey Reynolds Curtis Institute of Music Voice- Soprano Janet Rhodes SPHINX Liaison Candice Richards Florida State University Violin- Voice Shanice Richards Florida State University Music- String Educator Aristides Rivas Longy School of Music Cello Faculty Jainelle Robinson Art Ops Community Engagement Officer Linton Robinson Berklee College of Music Violin Arranger, composer, bassist, Rick Robinson CutTime Productions, LLC publisher Samir Robinson Primavera Fund Artist Violin Cellist; Artist-Teacher of Cello and The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Chamber Music, Founder and Sharon Robinson Trio, & the Cleveland Institute of Director of the Advanced Piano Music Trio Program Karlos Rodriguez Catalyst Quartet Cello RODRIGUEZ PEDRO Vera Quartet Violin - Vera Quartet RODRIGUEZ General Manager of Training Nelson Rodriguez-Parada Detroit Symphony Orchestra Ensembles Simone Rogers Temple University Cello SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Cincinnati Symphony Youth Rafael Roig-Francoli Musician Orchestra Nouveau Chamber Natasha Rosario Brown University Cellist Jesse Rosen League of American Orchestras President and CEO SistaStrings, Milwaukee Youth Chaunte Ross Violinst, Viola Instructor Symphony Orchestra-Progressions Daniel Ross University of Findlay Theatre Monique Ross SistaStrings Cello Tina Rowan Accent Pontiac Artistic/Program Director Stepan Rudenko Classical Virtuosi of Miami Pianist, Performer Menee Rumlin-Bond Javacya Arts Conservatory Parent of Violinist Phillip Rumlin-Bond Javacya Arts Conservatory Violin Omari Rush CultureSource Executive Director Kevin Ryan Ford Foundation Pasha Sabouri Pasha Sabouri Studio Violin Violinist/Producer/Composer/Dire Jafari Sampson Berklee College of Music ctor Gail Samuel Los Angeles Philharmonic Acting President & CEO Gabriella Sanna Project STEP Executive Director Cincinnati Symphony Vijeta Sathyaraj Orchestra/Cincinnati College- Violin Fellow Conservatory of Music Mackenzie Sato Livonia Public Schools Music Teacher Ian Saunders CSO/CCM Diversity Fellow Double Bass Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/ Ian Saunders Cincinnati College-Conservatory Diversity Fellow - Double Bass of Music Yalyen Savignon Carnegie Mellon University Violin Ulysses Saxton Walla walla university Violin Richard Scerbo National Orchestral Institute Director Jordana Schaeffer Penn State University Student, Music Education Senior Advisor, Diversity, Equity Jessica Schmidt League of American Orchestras and Inclusion Marianne Sciolino Sciolino Artist Management Executive Director Jeff Scott Imani Winds Horn Matthew Scott Manhattan School of Music Double Bass Shea Scruggs Consultant Strategic Initiatives Consultant Simone Seales Stetson University Cello Cincinnati Symphony Youth Louis Searcy Musician Orchestra Nouveau Chamber Rika Seko Grant Park Music Festival Violin SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Marcus Shadd Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Cincinnati symphony orchestra WEIYI SHAO Violin diversity fellowship University of Michigan School of Lindsey Sharpe Music, Theatre, and Cello/Programming Assistant Dance/University Musical Society University of Maryland School of Enrollment Services Coordinator - Emily Sheil Music viola John F. Kennedy Center for the Program Manager, Community Ariel Shelton Performing Arts Engagement & Millennium Stage Khandeya Sheppard Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids Site Manager Katelyn Simon Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Manager of Institutional Giving Gabrielle Skinner Shepherd School of Music Viola Rochelle Skolnick American Federation of Musicians Director of Symphonic Services Steven Slaff Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra Managing Director Alexandria Sloan-Harper Miami University Viola Jahleel Smith The Curtis Institute of Music Bass Trombone LeChateau Piano/Sphinx Medal of Excellence Damien Sneed Entertainment/LeChateau Earl Recipient Meredith Snow ICSOM Chairperson Elizabeth Snyder 2018 Liaison 2018 Liaison Vice President, Philharmonic and Daniel Song Los Angeles Philharmonic Production David Southorn New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Assistant Concertmaster Toyin Spellman-Diaz Imani Winds oboe Brendan Speltz Shattered Glass Ensemble Violinist Composer, Artistic Director for Derrick Spiva Bridge To Everyhwere Bridge To Everywhere Weston Sprott Metropolitan Opera Orchesta Trombonist Mairin Srygley BSO OrchKids Site Manager Réglo Stabilito University of Michigan Orchestra Conductor Christian Stargell Berklee College of Music Violin Adrineh Stephenson Mesa Community College Theater Student D Denise Stephenson Sphinx Parent Earl Stephenson Sphinx Parent Sphinx Performance Academy / Ivory Stephenson Viola Phoenix Youth Symphony Niya Stephenson Mesa Community College Cello Jacob Stevenson SUNY Purchase Violin Aaron Stokes New York Youth Symphony Production Manager/Cellist SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Bassoon, Freelance Musician and Maya Stone chatterbird Educator Director of Institutional Stephanee Strasburg Sphinx Organization Partnerships Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Lileth Stricklin Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Evan Stroud Lawrence University Cello Tom Sullivan CityMusic Cleveland Development Director Willie Sullivan University Musical Society (UMS) Development Coordinator Alexandra Switala Curtis Institute of Music Violin Marie Tai Community Music Center of Associate Director BERTHA C. BOSCHULTE MIDDLE Vanessa Tamar Secondary School Teacher SCHOOL Jason Tanksley Minnesota Orchestra Tuba Fellow Brendan Tarm University of Michigan Cello University of Michigan School of Career Services Coordinator, Caitlin Taylor Music, Theatre & Dance EXCEL Ian Taylor Project Music Inc Executive Director Nathaniel Taylor Boston Conservatory at Berklee Cello Emma Terrell Rice University Percussion Kristina Teuschler Orchestra of St. Luke's Community Liaison Meara Theierry Wayne State University Alto Ayo Thomas Michigan State University ACM Graduate Student Caen Thomason-Redus Detroit Symphony Orchestra Community Catalyst Kenneth Thompkins Detroit Symphony Orchestra Principal Trombone Manager, Talent Development Adrienne Thompson Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Program Dr Shirley Thompson Composer/Artistic Director Composer/Artistic Director Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Matteus Thompson Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Samuel Thompson Bridges Program - Baltimore Violin Stanford Thompson Play On Philly Founder & Executive Director Beatrice Thomson Musician Composer Maurice Todd CSO diversity Double bass iCadenza LLC and CEO of Cadenza Julia Torgovitskaya President Artists LLC Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Noah Torlop musician Nouveau Chamber Players Tiffany Townsend Curtis Institute of Music Soprano Magali Toy New England Conservatory Cello SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument OrchKids, The Archipelago Artistic Director, Executive daniel trahey Project, Tuned In Director, Founder, Angelica Tran Columbia University Arts Administrator Kim Tran UCLA Ethnomusicologist - Educator Director of Public Policy and Sarah Triplett Creative Many Michigan Advocacy Jasmine Tunac Ohio University Violist Nathan Tyler Mcnally Smith College of Music Violin Mary-Beth Tyndall Tucson Symphony Orchestra Cellist Clementina Valenti Brook Hill Elemantary SIPPS Educator and Teacher’s Aid San Francisco Conservatory Pre- Sophia Inés Valenti Viola College Gabriel van Aalst New Jersey Symphony Orchestra CEO Matthew VanBesien University Musical Society (UMS) President Kelsee Vandervall University of Michigan Cellist Lindsay Vanfleteren Sphinx Organization Director of Patron Relations Bruno Vaz da Silva Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra Viola Section Abigayl Venman Sphinx Organization Senior Director of Arts Leadership Xavier Verna Ramsdell Regional Center for the Executive Director Roderick Vester PRIZM Ensemble Executive Director Festival Internacional de Música Francisco Vila-Haas Cello de Esmeraldas Nicholas Villalobos Simply Three Bass Washington Performing Arts & DC Johnny Walker Teaching Artist Youth Orchestra Program Tracie Walker Baylor University Viola Olivia Wallace SphinxConnect Production Manager Roderic Walter Supporter Piano, composer-arranger Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Dan Wang Viola Diversity Fellow Sphinx Organization & University Chase Ward Overture Program Faculty, Violin of Michigan Director of Alumni and Parent Jason Ward Curtis Institute of Music Relations Lorraine Ward Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Retired Lecolion Washington Community Music Center of Executive Director Eric Watts Parent of Semi finalists NA Shania Watts Clark College Viola Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Ari Webb Musician Nouveau Chamber Players Teion Wells Harrison Javacya Conservatory parent SphinxConnect Attendees As of February 1, 2018 First Name Last Name Company / Organization / Affiliation Job title or instrument Mollie Westbrook OrchKids Site Manager Music Institute of Chicago, The Hannah White Violin Academy Lan White Marshall White Unity Performing Arts Foundation Founder/CEO Richard White NMPhil/University of New Mexico Tuba Talent Development Program Lisa Whitfield Cleveland Institute of Music Officer Peter Wiley Curtis Cello Marza Wilks The Juilliard School Cello, Adelphi Quartet Cameren Williams CamAnaiStrings, Inc. CEO/Founder Horn, Assistant Vice Provost for Peabody Institute /Johns Hopkins Faculty Affairs, Peabody Edward Williams University Conservatory Chamber Music Faculty Atlanta Public Schools- Frederick Jonathan Williams Chorus Director Douglass High School Julian Williams Alabama State University Trumpet Kamyron Williams University Of Michigan Cello Karlita Williams DePaul University Violin Teacher/Violist Mira Williams New England Conservatory viola Dana Wilson Andrews University Violin Denielle Wilson Civic Orchestra of Chicago Cello Tamaiya Wilson Northern Kentucky University Junior Violin Instructor /Violin Urban Strings Columbus Director, Armond Wimberly The Ohio State University viola Marquis Wincher New England Conservatory Tenor Trombone Stephen Wogaman Chamber Music Society of Detroit President PMAY Artists' Initiative / Najib Wong Manager Settlement Music School LaTonya Woods University of Michigan viola Katie Wyatt El Sistema USA Executive Director Ann Yeh SphinxConnect Liaison SphinxConnect Liaison Edith Yokley DjViolin.com Violinist Catherine Young Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Sarah Zegree Interlochen Center for the Arts Regional Representative Jeffrey Ziegler Cellist Kristina Zlatareva 1993 Overture Specialist - Violin Longy School of Music of Bard Karen Zorn President College Erin Zuchniewicz Sphinx Violin