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I can't remember a time when music wasn't part of my life. I remember being in first grade, rocking out to The Rolling Stones while doing my math homework. In middle school, my mom decided I needed to channel my energy into something more creative than playing Super Mario Bros. She bought my first guitar from a gentleman selling gardening tools at the Alpine Village Swap Meet.

Abby Douglas began her intense studies in viola performance at Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, where she studied under the leadership of Professor Rose Armbrust Griffin. Abby continues to pursue opportunities for growth in her craft, and she will begin graduate studies at Texas Christian University (TCU) in the fall of 2025 under the study of Dr.

I earned my Masters and Bachelors of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2026 and 2023, where I studied with renowned violist and pedagogue Kate Hamilton. Having won the concerto competition in 2026, I soloed with both the UNLV Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. I was also Principal Viola of the UNLV Symphony for 6 years.

Johnny Calamari (August 9th, 1975) is an American musician and songwriter, best known for playing the bass in various bluegrass, roots, and rock bands. Johnny was born and raised in Waynesboro Pennsylvania, a small Appalachia town near Gettysburg Pennsylvania, the site of the famous Civil War battle.

Violinist Sarah Vonsattel has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2008. She previously held positions in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony. Sarah has appeared as soloist with the musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony, Coastal Symphony of Georgia, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, among others.

She began her studies at the Collegium Musicum and then at the López Buchardo National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires. As a violinist she was part of the Academic Orchestra of the Teatro Colón, the Chamber Orchestra of the National Congress, the Municipal Orchestra of Avellaneda, the Marta Argerich Chamber Orchestra, among others.

I'm a member of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, an associate member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and a former member of the Arditti, Penderecki, and Chester String Quartets. I have 27 years of teaching experience, at Harvard, Princeton, NYU, Wilfrid Laurier University and many summer festivals.

Success, I have been talented enough to know the meaning. It feels really good to know you did your best and it worked. In front of thousands of people, I know what it means to reach a higher level of performance. In the studio, I've dug deeper to create a captivating product. I've created tools to eliminate writer's block. I'm a guitarist, keyboardist, producer and creative.

Luisa Gutiérrez studied the Classical interpretation Master´s Degree at the University of the Arts in Rotterdam, with cello professor Jeroen den Herder and previously, she had obtained the Higher Degree of Music at the Katarina Gurska Higher Center in Madrid, under the tutelage of international concert cellist Adolfo Gutiérrez.

Ethan has been an active musician over the past 13 years. He is an Award-Winning Cellist, Music Educator, and a Multi-Instrumentalist. Additionally, he performs in classical and jazz styles on various instruments like the Piano, Bass, and Tuba/Sousaphone.