Musicians 2023

Sunday, February 26 @2PM

From China 
​China @2pm; @8am-Romania    @7am-Czech Republic /Germany /France    @6am-UK 2/25    @10pm-USA PT

popular songs from popular movies
Concert of Vocal & Piano music - Kudriakov Andrei (Russia) & Marina Novak (Ukraine)

Kudriakov Andrei, piano
After graduating from the Samara College of Music, in the class of Honored worker of culture and art Parfenova Larisa, Andrei Kudryakov entered the Saratov Conservatory in 2009 in the class of Professor, People's artist of Russia Albert Tarakanov and graduated with honors in 2014.
In 2016 he graduated from the performing postgraduate school of the Saratov state Conservatory.L. V. Sobinov in the class of Albert Tarakanov, where get diploma "Doctor of piano".
​more detail:
https://kydrukovandrei.wixsite.com/kudriakov-andrei/biography

Marina Novak, opera singer . Opera chief, female middle sound, music master, now she is professor in music college attached Xinghai conservatory , special vocal professor, many times have won international vocal competitions awards.

From Romania  
Romania @2pm    @8pm-China   @1pm-Czech Republic / Germany/ France   @12pm-UK   ​@4am-USA PT

Francis Gallagher, violin
Born and raised in London, from an early age Francis Gallagher had an intense curiosity for music and played several instruments during his school years including the violin, viola, trumpet, guitar and piano. Later he took his Bachelor Studies at the Royal College of Music, studying viola and violin performance, where he was guided by Jonathon Barritt, Yuri Zhislin and Suzie Meszaros. He then completed his Master of Performance in viola performance at Guildhall School of Music and Drama with distinction and there he benefited from the guidance of Matthew Jones and Krzysztof Chorzelski. He won First Prizes at the Viola Competitions at both Bachelor and Masters Institutions, 2013 and 2015 respectively. ​       Throughout these educational years Francis participated in masterclasses with celebrated musicians Maxim Vengerov, Alina Ibragimova, Carol Rodland, Jennifer Stumm, and Máté Szücs (ex-principal viola of the Berlin Philharmonic) and during the time performing and rehearsing with young chamber groups he gained valuable guidance from members of the Endellion, Belcea, Fine Arts, Talich, Ysaye and Chilingirian Quartets. Since 2018 he has been pursuing performance in Arabic and Middle-Eastern Music with renowned Kurdish violinist Salar Asid. ​ Francis has been part of in a number of exciting projects most of which are classical although some focus on or incorporate different genres. One such ensemble, Four Plus Three, involves a collaboration between jazz pianist Kate Williams, celebrated guitarist John Williams, and the Guastalla String Quartet; of which Francis is an active member. The project, which performs original Jazz music composed by the pianist, released an album in 2018 with singer Georgia Mancio entitled Finding Home which in 2020 won an award for ‘Best Album’ in the UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Francis also has collaborated with Rarescale which has performed new works by renowned composers such as Michael Oliva and Claes Biehl. ​ Francis is a founding member of ensemble Aindama which focuses on using elements of traditional music from the Middle-East to perform original compositions incorporating both Western and Eastern instruments. In August 2019 they performed at Willowbrook Festival, Oxfordshire and recently in August 2020 during the pandemic put together a series of online performances entitled Back to the Roots. ​ Francis has been a regular collaborator with many different UK Orchestras. He has spent time as a guest player for the BBC Symphony and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras, Britten Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra and the English National Opera Orchestra. More recently he has been employed with the Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic in Romania and in February 2021 featured as a soloist with the orchestra under the baton of András Vass.

From the Czech Republic

Czech Republic / Germany / France @2pm   @9pm-China   @3pm-Romania   @1pm-UK   @5am-USA PT

Vsevolod Tokmakov comes from St. Petersburg. He is not only an excellent pianist, but also a composer. Vsevolod started his music education at the age of 4. When he was 10, he won the 1st prize at the International composer competition in St. Petersburg. At the age of 15 he moved to the Czech Republic. He ended up the 7th at the renowned International Prague Spring Piano competition and the 1st on the Vienna International Art Duo competition. He also won 2nd prize at the Competition of Czech Conservatoires and many other prizes at different piano competitions. Vsevolod teaches piano and musical theory. He plays at cafes and events, where he mostly improvises jazz. He loves the work of Alexander Scriabin and his dream is to finish his epochal but unfinished work Mysterium. He has played the 2nd and 3rd Rachmaninoff piano concertos with renowned Czech orchestras.
https://www.youtube.com/c/VsevolodTokmakov93

From Germany
Czech Republic / Germany / France @2pm   @9pm-China   @3pm-Romania   @1pm-UK   @5am-USA PT

A versatile and curious musician, Marie Schreer has performed throughout Europe, South America and Asia and is featured on dozens of records from across a broad range of genres. As soloist and chamber musician, she has had over thirty new works written for her and has collaborated with the likes of John Williams (guitar), Evan Parker, Jonny Greenwood and Stewart Copeland. Marie is on the Artistic Board of Riot Ensemble and co-founded violin duo Mainly Two as well as The Guastalla Quartet, with whom she has been awarded ‘Best Album’ at the 2020 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She was previously sub-principal violin of Royal Northern Sinfonia and is in high demand as a guest principal player with orchestras throughout the UK.
Marie also co-founded record label Turquoise Coconut which releases new music of all kinds, curates two collaboration series and runs a podcast. 
marieschreer.com

From France
​Czech Republic / Germany / France @2pm   @9pm-China   @3pm-Romania   @1pm-UK   @5am-USA PT

Gaëlle-Anne Michel, violin
​ Gaëlle-Anne is a creative, passionate and adventurous musician. Born in a musical family, she traveled, to study first - Paris, Geneva, London...then to play and enjoy a varied and rich career all over the world.
Her first teacher, Jean-Ter Merguerian, was the former assistant of David Oïstrakh. He taught her the value of practice and perseverance, how to craft and nurture the sound, and also, the power of smiling whilst doing all of this. She then learnt virtuosity with Marie-Annick Nicolas, perfected her artistry and technical skills with Tedi Papavrami, and confronted herself to a new musical scene, in London, under the inspiring tuition of Stephanie Gonley. Gaëlle-Anne also met and worked with the great Gábor Takács-Nagy, and thanks to him, she discoverd herself a profound love for chamber music. In 2012 she started her freelance career by joining Southbank Sinfonia. Quickly after that, whilst completing with distinctions her Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music, she began to play with the most prestigious orchestras in the UK and Europe, mostly as a section leader or principal (Royal Northern Sinfonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Welsh National Opera, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande...) In 2018, she joined the Royal Northern Sinfonia as Principal 2nd violin. One year later, she became a member of the Edinburgh Strting quartet. Gaëlle-Anne is curious about all that can enrich her art. She regularly practices Qi gong meditation, loves nature, litterature, poetry, and theatre.
She is a writer herself, currently working on the third book of her nine books saga, “les Chroniques du Tarot”.
https://youtube.com/channel/UCqptpRqmOIRZofQ712wTImA

From the UK
UK @2pm   @10pm-China   @4pm-Romania   @3pm-Czech Republic /Germany /France   @6am-USA PT

Outside the Mask
​by John Garner and Marie Schreer

Mainly Two 
Marie Schreer and John Garner formed Mainly Two in 2013 with a view to expanding the repertoire for two violins and bringing greater attention to an oft-neglected medium. They have since commissioned works by over twenty composers from across the globe, performed live at celebrated venues including Sage Gateshead and St David’s Hall Cardiff and toured internationally. Their two-part album Poetry / Synergy was independently released in November 2014 and re-released digitally on Turquoise Coconut in May 2016, followed some months later by an EP, Live at Listenpony. Their latest album, Squirrels in Matchboxes, was released in April 2020 and features new works by James Brady, Kate Williams and MT’s own John Garner, as well as improvisations by the duo. During the pandemic, Mainly Two released "World Tour", a YouTube series of short concerts featuring music new and old from across the globe and made their debut at the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music. Also enthusiastic educators, they have given workshops and masterclasses across the country including at Sage Gateshead and Glasgow University.
From the playful to the melancholic, the brutal to the plain silly, Mainly Two are rejuvenating the world of two violins, summoning a universe of colour from eight strings. mainlytwo.com
www.mainlytwo.com

A versatile and curious musician, Marie Schreer has performed throughout Europe, South America and Asia and is featured on dozens of records from across a broad range of genres. As soloist and chamber musician, she has had over thirty new works written for her and has collaborated with the likes of John Williams (guitar), Evan Parker, Jonny Greenwood and Stewart Copeland. Marie is on the Artistic Board of Riot Ensemble and co-founded violin duo Mainly Two as well as The Guastalla Quartet, with whom she has been awarded ‘Best Album’ at the 2020 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. She was previously sub-principal violin of Royal Northern Sinfonia and is in high demand as a guest principal player with orchestras throughout the UK.
Marie also co-founded record label Turquoise Coconut which releases new music of all kinds, curates two collaboration series and runs a podcast. 
marieschreer.com

A tireless experimenter, well-versed in multiple traditions, mercurial violinist John Garner is one of the most exciting and unusual voices to emerge in recent years, combining immaculate technique with a fearless musicality and free-wheeling improvisational aesthetic. A graduate of the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music & Drama, formally trained in classical, jazz and South Indian music, John defies categorisation and is continually seeking new avenues of expression. Having studied with renowned international artists including Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth, Dr. Rimma Sushanskaya, Chris Garrick, Daniel Rowland and Byron Wallen, John already boasts an impressive discography as bandleader and composer (EMANATA; The Future Ancients; The John Garner Quartet), chamber musician (Guastalla Quartet; Mainly Two), supporting musician (Music Of Our Kind; Avartan; Kate Williams’ Four Plus Three), session musician (Sway Dasafo; AZEDIA; The Last Skeptik; Lucy Claire) and more. John has toured at home and internationally with artists and groups as diverse as Chris Potter, guitarist John Williams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Kate Williams’ Four Plus Three (Parliamentary Jazz Award 2020), Jim Rattigan’s Triplicity and Riot Ensemble. Passionate about education, he is a senior lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire, a Creative Learning tutor at Sage Gateshead, and a regular workshop leader in improvisation. Through a scheme devised by MishMash Productions, John is artist-in-residence in primary schools in the North East, in duo formation with bassist John Pope. Together with violinist Marie Schreer, John is the director of record label and podcast Turquoise Coconut. John is currently a student of shakuhachi master Cornelius Shinzen Boots (gratefully supported by Help Musicians UK), and a postgraduate research student at Newcastle University, where he is the recipient of the Clara Whittaker Music PhD Scholarship.
‘Garner’s skill and ingenuity are impressive… microtonal string-skronk.’ - Jazzwise
‘Sheer imaginative vision’ - Bebop Spoken Here
johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com

From the USA
USA PT @2pm   2/27, @6am-China   @12am-Romania   @11pm-Czech Republic /Germany /France   ​@10pm-UK

​Katamiya by Emmanuel Sejourne
Choro No.3 by Augusto Marcellino/adapted by Gordon Stout

World renowned marimba soloist and Yamaha artist ​
​Naoko Takada has toured the world performing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Conzart Haus in Berlin, Santory Hall in Tokyo, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and Lincoln Center in New York. Takada’s talent was apparent at age eleven when she appeared as guest soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. She has since performed with numerous orchestras such as China National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St Luke’s, Houston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, and the Xalapa Symphony in Mexico. 
In 2006 Takada won the S and R Washington Award, a prize that supports artists who contribute to cultural understanding between the U.S. and Japan. Previously she took First Prize in the Young Concert Artists International Audition, the Houston Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition, the Sorantin Young Artists International Competition, and the Japan International League of Artists Competition.   
Naoko Takada currently teaches marimba at the University of Southern California and is the chief judge for the Southern California International Marimba Competition. In addition to being a Yamaha performing artist and clinician, Takada also has her own signature series of mallets available from Encore Mallets, Inc. She has numerous arrangements and commissioned works are available through Studio 4 Publications under the Naoko Takada series.
www.naokotakada.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/NaokoTakada

東京都出身。８歳よりマリンバを鈴木明子氏に師事。バッハからピアソラ、そしてジャンルにとらわれない幅広いレパートリーとその表現力の豊かさが魅力のアーティスト。ワシントンポストは“高田直子のスリリングな演奏—心地よいスピード、エレガントな動き、そして、驚くほど正確なタッチ“と絶賛した。２００２年ヤングコンサートアーティスト国際オーディションで優勝し、ケネディーセンター（ワシントンンD.C）でアメリカデビュー。日本では、１１歳で東京交響楽団のソリストとしてデビュー。その頃、安倍圭子氏に師事。その後、東京室内楽オーケストラ、中国国立交響楽団、ヒューストン交響楽団、ルイジアナ交響楽団、ハラッパ交響楽団（メキシコ）等多数共演。また日本においては、東京オペラシティ、サントリーホール等でリサイタル。ビクターより高田のクラシック音楽をマリンバにアレンジしたCDマリンバミーツクラシックが発売中。
２０１６年にはナビル　シェハタ指揮のもと、Chin Cheng Linのマリンバ協奏曲　第５番　竹取物語　を紀尾井シンフォニエッタと共に紀尾井ホールにて世界初演。２００４年にはレオナルドスラットキン指揮のもと、リンカーンセンターにてSt. Luke オーケストラと共にケヴィン　プッツのマリンバコンチェルトをニューヨーク初演し、ニューヨークタイムズより絶賛された。
ケンタッキー州で行われた国際打楽器フェスティバルでショーケースコンサート、ベルギー国際マリンバフェスティバル、パタゴニア国際打楽器フェスティバル（アルゼンチン）、アメリカのKOSA国際打楽器フェスティバル、ゼルツマン国際マリンバファスティバル、リースティーブンス国際マリンバフェスティバル等に等に出演。他、俳優ポール　ニューマン主催のチャリティイヴェントにてブルース　ウィリス、メリル　ストリープス、ダニー　グローバー等と舞台を共にするなど国際的に幅広く活躍中。２００６年にはアメリカと日本の文化理解に貢献するアーティストに贈られるワシントン賞受賞。またイブラグランドプライズマリンバ特別賞受賞。
後進の指導に力をいれており、南カリフォルニア国際マリンバコンクールの審査委員長を務めたほか、イタリア国際マリンバコンクール、サンノゼ打楽器コンクール、国際打楽器協会作曲コンクールなど、多数のコンクールにて審査委員を務める。マンハッタン音楽院、インディアナ大学、中国国際音楽院、をはじめ、世界数百校にてマスタークラス、ツアーを行い、またケネディーセンター、みどり財団をはじめとする教育活動にも積極的に参加している。台湾のJu Percussion Group、ヤマハのSounds of Summer、Idyllwild Summer camp、Albert Ludwig国際マリンバアカデミー（ベルギー）、Zeltsman マリンバフェスティバル等多数のサマーキャンプの講師を務める。高田のアレンジ作品委嘱作品はStudio 4 Musicより、また高田のアーティストマレットはEncore mallets, Incより発売されている。
東京都立国際高校を卒業後、早稲田大学第一文学部心理学科に入学。その後、交換留学の奨学金をうけ、カリフォルニア州立大学ノースリッジ校へ留学し、その後音楽科打楽器専攻へ転入。打楽器をカレン　アービン　パーシング氏に師事。ニューヨーク州のイサカ大学打楽器学科にて、世界的マリンバ奏者ゴードン　スタウトのアシスタントを務め、修士課程終了。卒業するまで、同大学の音楽教育学科の教師を務めた。その後ボストン音楽院にて、ナンシー　ゼルツマンに師事した。現在、南カリフォルニア大学（USC）マリンバ講師。二児の母。
​www.naokotakada.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/NaokoTakada

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Tsetono by Christine Bruckner (2004)
Rhapsody  IV by Chad Skopp (2002)

 Caitlin Boruch, flute, has a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Iowa, studying with Robert Dick and Tadeu Coelho, and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from the University of California Santa Barbara, where she studied with Jill Felber. She has enjoyed a varied career within music as performer, instructor, and administrator. While living in Santa Barbara from 2003-2008, she was the program manager of the MERIT Program of the Music Academy of the West and general manager of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. 
She lived Washington, DC from 2008-2010, where she served as a faculty member at the International School of Music and performed with the Capital City Symphony, Great Noise Ensemble, and the Columbia Flute Choir. 
Caitlin relocated to Switzerland in 2010, where she co-founded The International Community School of Music-Basel music school and performed with the Arthur Lourié Society Basel. While in Switzerland, Caitlin both learned the Basler Piccolo, which is a fife-like instrument used in the annual Swiss festival of Fasnacht. She performed with Spezi Clique 1905 and Mimösli-Ensembles, taught both private lessons and clinics on the instrument, and was featured on the Swiss national television show Basler Fasnacht Querschnitt on SRF.

Since  2013, Caitlin has taught chamber music, group flute and keyboard, and private flute lessons with the Laby Harmony Project of the New West Symphony.  Caitlin is a member of the National Flute Association and a branch vice president of the Music Teachers’ Association of California. Caitlin encourages her students to pursue philanthropic endeavors; her studio-sponsored events have raised thousands of dollars in donations for nonprofit organizations. 

Chad Skopp is a composer of orchestral and chamber pieces, which have been featured on National Public Radio stations and programmed nationwide. Chad holds a Ph.D. in music composition from UCSB, where he received Menk and Distinguished Performance Fellowships and first prize Corwin Awards for separate works in vocal and large ensemble music. He completed a master’s degree from UCSD in Pacific International Affairs, specializing in international management focused on Latin America. Chad has a second master's from UC Riverside in music composition, where he received fellowship awards for consecutive years to give music presentations to school children in economically-disadvantaged areas of Riverside County. Before that, Chad graduated with honors from UCLA with a double major in economics and political science.

Scherzo in g minor for bassoon and piano
​by Miroshnikov

Eric Johnson-Tamai, received his B.M. in bassoon performance from California State University Long Beach where he studied with Kenneth Meyer, also studying with Patricia Kindel as a member of the LA Philharmonic Orchestral Training Program. An active freelance performer in the LA area, he has played with the LA Philharmonic, Cabrillo Music Theatre, Riverside County, Culver City, Antelope Valley and Marina del Rey summer Symphonies, Long Beach Municipal Band, Opera Santa Barbara and many others. He is currently adjunct Professor of Bassoon at California Lutheran University, and is an active private teacher in the area. His students have performed as soloists with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, participants in the All-State and All-Southern CA Honor Bands, and as members of the Conejo Valley, Los Angeles and CSUN Youth Orchestras.  Since 2004 he has served as the Assistant Director of the band programs at A.E. Wright and A.C. Stelle Middle Schools.

Oblivion
​by Piazzolla

Fredric Beerstein has played in orchestras that have accompanied such performers such as Yo Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax, Annie Akiko Meyers, Cho-Liang Lin, Van Clyburn, Midori and Sarah Chang.  He is the oboe instructor at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, and principal oboe of the Vicente Chamber Orchestra and the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra.  Fred Beerstein is a 25-year member of the New West Symphony and  Thousand Oaks Philharmonic for more than a decade. His work has also included recording for television and film as well as hundreds of chamber music performances. He has performed in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Past tenured positions also include principal oboist for the South Coast Symphony Orchestra and the principal oboist of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra.  Other professional experience includes performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on tour the Pacific Symphony Orchestra the Aspen Festival Orchestra the Aspen Chamber Symphony the Texas Festival Orchestra
more detail;  http://fredbeersteinoboe.com

Etude Tableau Op. 33 No. 8
​by Rachmaninoff 

Kyung Lee is a gifted artist who emigrated from Korea to the United States at age 9.  She made her debut with orchestra at age 10 and her first television appearance at age 11.  She won numerous competitions from Florida Federation of Music Clubs and was awarded many scholarships, including a 10-year scholarship allegiance from Miami Music Club.  Upon entering University of Miami, she won the prestigious Van Steenberg Scholarship which is awarded to an incoming freshman at the university’s music department open instrument competition.  At age 21, she won the West Regional Chopin Competition in the 21 to 29-year age category.  She was the winner of the Outstanding Keyboard Student of University of Miami Music Department where she received her Bachelor of Music degree with major in piano performance.    She continued her studies at University of Southern California where she earned both her Master of Music degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree with Piano Performance Major.  She is now a very active teacher and member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California, having served as both President and Vice President of the MTAC-Conejo Valley Branch and currently serving as the Corresponding Secretary. Lee’s teaching experience spans over 20 years, that of Conejo Valley beginning in the year, 2000.  Her students' accolades include winning SYMF competition, Southern California Junior Bach Showcase, and Conejo Valley Contemporary Fall Festival Gold Medal, among others.  In addition to her private studio, she has taught group music lessons at a local music academy for 8 years.  Her strengths lie in versatility of teaching styles and the depth of understanding her students.  Such forte is reinforced by her minor fields in music education with emphasis on early childhood music, and piano pedagogy.  Consequently, her expertise lies, not only on the technical and musical levels, but also on the levels of cognitive and emotional development.   Lee is an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University.  She is also active in the music community and is an enthusiastic supporter of the performing arts and organizations, especially the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic.  She has served on the board of T.O. Philharmonic and is committed to giving back to the community by performing regularly in benefit recitals.

Alexander Michael Tseitlin is a violinist, violist, multi-instrumentalist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue based in Thousand Oaks, just outside of Los Angeles, California. Alexander is an active performer as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. He regularly records and produces within the music and film industries, and directs and conducts orchestras both professional and educational.
Alexander was born and raised in San Diego where his earliest days were filled with music. His mother Irina Tseitlin (a world-renowned concert violinist), was always studying the greatest works of violin literature, and his father Michael Tseitlin (a renowned master teacher) would work with world-class violinists of all ages. After coming home from school, Alexander would practice for hours waiting for his father to finish teaching so that he could begin his own lesson late in the evening. Alexander lived and breathed music throughout his childhood, but his roots reach back to the Bolshoi Theater where his grandfather was the conductor, and to the Bolshoi Ballet Company where his grandmother was the prima ballerina.
During his college years, Alexander spent 3 years at the University of California in Los Angeles studying violin performance with Mark Kaplan, and spent his extra hours studying music and conducting with the composers and conductors on faculty. He then spent time at UCLA’s rival university, the University of Southern California, studying violin performance with Alice Schoenfeld. Following his time in Los Angeles, Alexander Tseitlin toured the east coast studying with prominent performers and composers in New York, Boston, and Rochester with the aim of expanding his pedagogical and musical palette.
As a violinist, Alexander made his orchestral debut at age 9 with Vivaldi’s “Spring” at the Lyceum Theater in San Diego and has since performed throughout the United States as well as Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia, Belgium, South Africa, Mexico, and Portugal. He has and continues to perform much of the concerto and solo repertoire for violin and viola. His chamber music career has lead him to collaborate with prominent artists such as David Chan (concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera), Mark Kaplan, Paul Coletti, and Antonio Lysy, Martin Chalifour (concertmaster, LA Philharmonic), and Robert deMaine (principal cello, LA Philharmonic). He has recorded several albums with independent labels and regularly premiers the solo and chamber works of the composers of today. In his teenage years, Alexander fell in love with the viola and began his journey performing and recording the great repertoire for the instrument.
As a conductor and director, Alexander spent time on the podium with the flagship orchestras at the California Institute of Music in 1999, the International Music Festival in Viana Do Castello, Portugal from 2003 to 2004, and at the CIMF Germany from 2014 to 2016. He is currently the conductor and artistic director of the Fall of Ai Chamber Orchestra based in Los Angeles, CA, the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Conejo Valley Youth Orchestras, and the director of the California Young Artists Symphony. 
http://alexandertseitlin.com/about/

from Tres Romances Argentinos for two pianos
Las Ninas
​by Guastavino

Christine DeKlotz received her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Southern California. She plays with local symphonies and accompanies soloists and choirs in performances throughout the Southland. She has accompanied Los Robles Master Chorale for 12 years, including touring to with them. She accompanies the Amadeus and Camerata Choirs as well as Village Voices in Westlake Village. She enjoys performing chamber music as well as teaching piano and leading recorder groups. She is the Music Director at Faith Lutheran Church in Moorpark. According to Chris, “Music has a way of filling all the nooks and crannies.”

​from Tres Romances Argentinos for two pianos
Las Ninas
​by Guastavino

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, Tomiko Hamada Taylor studied music and group psychotherapy, leading her to write case studies about acute schizophrenic patients and their relationship through improvisational music. After moving to California, she graduated from Cal State Northridge, majoring in Music Therapy as well as enjoying performances in chamber music, especially 20th century music. She annually produced the First Classic Concert for Children and Families 2001-2015. As producer, she invited professional artists, accompanying many of the guest performers. She furthered music education to children and their families with her guests through conversations, performances, and audience participation. This unique, free concert was designed for all children.
​Peace In Concert launched in 2015. As a therapist and a musician, she hopes, with the help of musician friends, to create that moment of connection and peace through music…. throughout the world!

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