Profile Type: Community Music School Faculty
Laura Angyal
Laura Angyal is a Hungarian-born jazz singer, musician and Early Childhood music instructor. She graduated The New School with a major in Jazz performance in 2015. Since then she has taught music at Third Street Music School, The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Children’s Choirs Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, The First Presbyterian Church Nursery School…
Adriel Vincent-Brown
Adriel Shane Vincent-Brown is a Trinidadian musician in living in New York. Brown has managed to establish himself as a worthy contender and is already beginning to make a name for himself and his country. Growing up in Trinidad, his love for music began as a child watching his father Kenneth Vincent-Brown play the drums…
Sara Ptak
Name: Sara Ptak From: Peru, Illinois My inspiration: Benita Valente, Karina Gauvin, Joni Mitchell, Patty Griffin, Indigo Girls, H.E.R., Amos Lee, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Phoebe Bridgers, Raffi, Laurie Berkner Education: DePaul University, BM, Voice Performance; McGill University, MM, Opera Performance I play and teach: Voice Personal Teaching Statement: My teaching style is strength based…
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…
Deric Dickens
Name: Deric Dickens From: Moultrie, Georgia Few people know that I… secretly have always wanted to be a graphic designer and visual artist. My overseas music tours are mostly fueled by my need to visit museums! Oh, and to play killer music all over the world. Education: BA-Music Ed, Valdosta State University; MA-Percussion Performance, University…
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…