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Carmen Marulanda

Flutist Carmen Marulanda is a performer, composer, and professional music teacher with a Master’s degree in Music Therapy and a University degree in Musical Pedagogy. She is also a Certified Orff Schulwerk Level I teacher with ample experience teaching the traverse flute, recorders, and music theory to both young children and teenagers. Marulanda is an…

Guitarist Josh Goldberg has been involved in music since he was 11 years old. When he was 15, he began to focus on guitar and by 17 knew that he would be pursuing a career in music. He attended Manhattanville College, majoring in jazz and classical guitar performance before discovering the Chapman Stick and being…

Guitarist Austin Smith is an international guitarist and composer in Boston, MA. He received a Bachelors Degree in composition at Berklee College of Music, where he was awarded the 2017 Jeronimas Kacinskas Award for Outstanding composition and the 2018 John Bavichhi/Beverly Lewis Award for Outstanding composition. Smith participated in the final round of the 2018…

Cecilia Dunoyer

Pianist Cecilia Dunoyer’s 1997 New York debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, performed to a sold-out audience, garnered rave reviews. Harris Goldsmith praised her “accomplished pianism … her elegantly assured prestidigitation… her ﬁrm, richly bronzen tone and an unmistakable ear for orchestral textures and colors. If Fauré was well served by Ms. Dunoyer,…

Olivia Akana

Vocalist Olivia Akana (née Duncan) grew up in the mountains of Northern California where she first fell in love with singing at the young age of 6 while performing in local musical productions of the Christmas Carol, Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof, Secret Garden and more. As a senior in high school, Olivia played the role…

Guitarist Ben Holt feels that two of his talents – guitar playing and teaching – come together beautifully in what he does. His students feel valued and comfortable even after years of lessons. Ben loves tapping into the intrinsic motivation inherent in the desire to learn guitar! This is why he generally teaches songs his students want to…