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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.

All ages are welcome. I am a highly experienced musician and educator with a B.M dual degree in Jazz Composition and Performance from Berklee College of Music, as well as a Master of Music Theory and Composition Degree in Scoring for Film and Multimedia from New York University. I've been teaching private lessons for more than 15 years.

🎹 Billboard-Credited Producer | Pianist | Band Director Hi! I’m Ash, an award-winning music producer and pianist with Billboard Top 10 credits for artists like Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and 50 Cent. 🎹 Music Director With over 10 years of experience as a music director and main keyboardist for African-American Gospel Churches in Los Angeles, I bring deep, soulful, and…

I am a composer, trumpet player based in Athens, Greece. Even though I had mostly classical training, I ended up being attracted a lot by western European avant-garde, experimental music, electronic music as well as folk music of the Balkans. Born in 1979, I started my personal, musical journey with guitar and songwriting at an early age.

Shinya Lin is a performer-composer-improviser and curator based in New York. Most recent he collaborated with legendary drummer Francisco Mela with the album “Motions” on 577 Records of improvised music and received a 4 stars review on DownBeat magazine.

Nicole DeMaio is a composer, performer, and educator who was born in Bogota, Colombia and is currently living in the NYC area. As a woodwind doubler, Nicole performs on flutes, clarinets, saxophones, and bassoon. She has recently worked as a substitute musician on Broadway’s “"Some Like It Hot", "Aladdin”, “1776”, “Kimberly Akimbo”, “A Strange Loop”, and “Beetlejuice”.