Focus Area: Ensembles
Amos Gabia
Name: Amos Kwaku Gabia I’m from… Ghana I started teaching music in… 2002 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2013 My inspiration: Mamady Keita, Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, Babara Bangoura, Few people know that I… have done shows where I eat fire and perform other tricks with fire. I play and teach: djembe, dun…
David Bertrand
Name: David Bertrand I’m from… Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago I started teaching music in… 2011 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2014 My inspiration: John Coltrane, John Ellis, Mark Turner, Tim Garland, The Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Shadow, Brother Resistance, Kelvin Mapp, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, MF Doom,…
Dorothy Savitch
Dorothy Savitch has led the Music Partners program since 1996, developing fully enriched, sequential programs that build upon students’ skills from year to year. Under Dorothy’s guidance, Music Partners has grown from six sites with 700 students to 34 sites with 4,500 participants. Dorothy has expanded the course offerings to meet the needs and interests…
Benjamin Lee
From: Switzerland, Chapel Hill, Brooklyn I started teaching music in… 1999 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2009 My inspiration: Nature Few people know that I… I’m a good baker Education:UNC Greensboro – BA in Jazz and Classical Performance I play and teach: Guitar, banjo, bass, and ukulele My other artistic/musical endeavors: I’m a…
Michele Temple
From: Celina, Ohio I started teaching music in… the 1970s I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2000 My inspiration: boundary pushers, musical and otherwise Few people know that I… was listed in a top 25 survey of female bassists https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-female-bassists/ Education: Ashland University in Ohio – BA in Music TheoryCleveland State University – MA…
Seon Gomez
From: Trinidad and Tobago My inspiration: My original inspiration was Death Cab for Cutie and Bloc Party. They both released monster albums around the same time and I found myself wanting to get into that style of guitar based indie rock. I learned enough to eventually find myself in a great band playing shows at…
Pablo Masis
Name: Pablo Masis I’m from… Cleveland, Ohio I started teaching music in… 2002 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2014 My inspiration: The music of Miles Davis inspired me to pursue a life of jazz study. Few people know that I… spent four years of my childhood living on a Native American Reservation Education:…
Johnna Wu
From: Philadelphia and Indianapolis I started teaching music in… 2008 I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2018 My inspiration: my grandfather Few people know that I… do yoga everyday Education: Columbia University – Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Music History and Theory, The Juilliard School – Masters of Music in Violin Performance I…