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Taichi Akutsu - Violin (Faculty Coordinator Emeritus)
Mr. Akutsu has a Masters Degree in Music from Manhattan School of Music, a Performance Certificate from Mannes College of Music and a Bachelors in Music from Tokyo College of Music. A fellow with the New World Symphony Taichi joined SoBe Arts'faculty in Fall 2007 (more...) |
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Hyojin Ahn - Piano
Ms. Ahn has a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from Rice University, Houston and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. An experienced teacher, Ahn (more...) |
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Arthur Barron - Saxophone/Jazz Flute
Mr. Barron is an accomplished saxophonist and flutist, composer, bandleader, recording artist and music educator. He has performed and recorded with an array of stellar jazz and Latin jazz artists in a career that has spanned over three decades of music. (more...) |
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Kathleen Bell - Voice
Ms Bell has traveled extensively throughout Europe performing in Denmark, Austria and Italy in Voice recitals and as “Adele” in J. Strauss’ Die Fledermaus with the Rome Festival Orchestra. (more...) |
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Adam Chefitz - Piano
Adam Chefitz was a teenage piano prodigy who at
18, he played the Presto-Finale from Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"
live on WTMI Classical Radio, with on-the-air praise from James Judd,
then conductor of the Florida Philharmonic.... (more...) |
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Robert Chumbley - Piano/Conducting/Ensembles
Mr. Chumbley Mr. Chumbley has served as Music Director for Atlanta Ballet for five seasons, and for Cleveland Opera. He has appeared as guest conductor with the Breckenridge Music Festival (Colorado), American Repertory Ballet, Norwegian National Opera, the Royal Ballet Orchestra (London), the Carolina Chamber Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony and the Prague Chamber Orchestra among other groups. (more) |
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Rebekah Diaz - Voice/Theater
Ms. Diaz received her Masters degree in Opera from Manhattan School of Music. She has performed with the Pittsburg Opera Theater, the Bronx Opera, Carnegie Hall and the Sarasota Opera among many other professional engagements
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Timothy Dodge - clarinet
Timothy Dodge received his Master of Music in Orchestral Performance from Manhattan School of Music. He has performed with the New World Symphony andThe National Repetory Orchestra among other engagements. He is a Merit Scholarship Recipient from Manhattan School of Music....(more...) |
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Amelia Fannin - Bassoon
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Carl Ferrari - Guitar
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Anthea Kechley - Flute/Musicianship
Before joining SoBe Arts, Miss Kechley served as faculty and flute choir director at Williams College in Massachusetts, as well as the non-profit Harmony Program in NYC. (more...) |
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Carson Kievman - Composition/Stage Direction
As SoBe Music Institute's executive artisic director, Carson Kievman, PhD (Princeton Univerisity), MFA (California Institute of the Arts) has won several awards and held many prestigious residencies including the Tanglewood Music Festival of Contemporary Music, New York Shakespeare Festival, Eugene O'Neill Opera/Music-Theater Conference, and the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra. (more...) |
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Glen Lawrence - Acting Instructor |
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Mircea Lazar - violin
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Sandra Lopez - voice/Theater
Soprano Sandra Lopez de Haro has captivated audiences around the world with her critically acclaimed performances in a wide variety of roles which include the title roles of Tosca and Suor Angelica, Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Nedda in I Pagliacci, Catherine in Bolcom's A View from the Bridge, Liu in Turandot, Micaela in Carmen, Mimi in La Boheme, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Marguerite in Faust, Violetta in La Traviata, among others, with companies that include the Metropolitan Opera...(more....) |
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Danielle Markham - Percussion
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Maciej Pietraszko – Trombone
Mr. Pietraszko received his Masters Degree from the Academy of Music, in Katowice, Poland. He was a trombone teacher in Poland, a coach for a number of Wind Ensembles, and teaches an ongoing master class program. (more...) |
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Matthew Sabatella- Banjo/Folk Guitar
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Kiki Sanchez - Jazz Piano
Nominated for 2 Grammys in 2005, this gifted musician speak to everyone. He can capture hearts through his mastery of various styles, such as jazz, classical, Andean, gospel, Brazilian, R&B, blues, pop, Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Cuban. He encourages all to explore... (more...) |
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Tara Santiago - Cello/Musicianship
Ms Santiago recieved a Master of Music in Cello Performance from New England Conservatory of Music. She has performed as a soloist with the Milwakee Symphony Orchestra and participated in the National Orchestral Institute in Maryland. (more...) |
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Mark Schubert - Percussion
Since 1983 he has played with every major symphony, ballet and opera company in South Florida. He currently performs with the Las Olas Institute Orchestra, Key West Pops, and the Boca Raton Philharmonic. (more...) |
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Meredith Smart – Theater
She recently moved to Miami after receiving her MA in Text and Performance from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where her thesis focused on the amazing benefits that Shakespeare performance can bring to young people.... (More...) |
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Daisuke Yamamoto – Violin
Violinist Daisuke Yamamoto, originally from Marietta, Ga is currently a violin fellow in the New World Symphony. In 2006 he graduated with his Masters degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of William Preucil, concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra (-more-) |
