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Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Angel Irizarry is a composer, producer,and guitarist who started his musical life playing with local bands in Dominican Republic and as a studio musician. Influenced by the many styles like Jazz, Latin, Blues, and Rock, Angel found his sound through experimentations and constantly exploring his music.

With a doctorate in music composition and decades of experience teaching students from preschool to university, Dr. Eric Pazdziora is excited to help YOU create your own music and understand how music works! A pianist since age 6 and a composer since age 8, Dr. Eric's extensive background in music helps him make music exciting for all ages. Dr.

Jeff Pifher is an award-winning instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Recently he has received wide recognition with the release of the self produced short documentary In the Same Direction: Jeff Pifher & Socrates' Trial (2020) which chronicles Jeff and his band's latest projects garnering 24 “Best Documentary” and “Best Music” awards from film festivals worldwide.

Diego Ferreira is Bachelor of Music in Saxophone by Ufrgs - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2013), Master of Music in Jazz performance by New Jersey City University (2017) – where he studied under saxophonists Bob Malach, Walt Weiskopf and Jim Snidero – and Master of Music in Composition by New Jersey City University (2020), having studied with Spanish composer…

Yuriko Shibata is a pianist and musical theatre composer working between Tokyo and New York. She began studying piano at the age of three and developed a deep passion for music, storytelling, and theatre from an early age. She graduated from Tokyo College of Music, where she studied composition, and later received her MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from the Tisch School of the…

I'm a composer and conductor based in Berlin, and I've spent my career obsessing over one question: what makes music meaningful to the people who hear it? I studied composition at the Conservatories of Strasbourg and Berlin, and I'm currently completing an Artist Diploma at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Jörg Widmann's class.

Broadway bassist, composer, producer, and educator Yonit Spiegelman recently completed an eight-month run as bassist for the National Broadway Tour of SIX: The Musical and currently performs as a substitute bassist for the New York production. An internationally acclaimed musician, Yonit has built a career spanning Broadway, commercial composition, recording, and music education.

Hi! I’m a working film and television composer, arranger, touring multi-instrumentalist, and long time YouTuber with more than twenty years of professional experience. I teach composition, piano, improvisation, jazz harmony, arranging, film scoring, music production, and the complete video-production process—from planning and shooting through editing, sound, and final delivery.

The pursuit of artistic excellence, without compromise, at all costs. David Ezra (previously: Mehmet) Okonsar (Okonşar) was born in October 20, 1961 in Istanbul, Turkey. After his primary education in Paris, he entered the National Conservatory of Ankara fort a short period and then he became a pupil of the great Belgian pianist Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden at the Royal Conservatory…

Hello! My name is Barnaby Palmer, I am a professional musician who enjoys an active career as conductor, clarinetist, composer, arranger, teacher and lecturer. Additionally I have broad experience as coach for a variety of academic subjects.