Profile Type: Staff
Abby McGill
Abby began playing Suzuki violin at the age of three, studying with her mom, Nancy Fennessy. She studied with Sandy Reuning in high school and attended Manhattan School of Music for Violin Performance, where she realized she was better suited for Arts Administration! She transferred to The Hartt School at University of Hartford to study…
John Shakespear
/ John Miguel Shakespear joined BKCM as Marketing & Communications Manager in 2024. A lifelong musician, he has over a decades’ experience in digital communications for organizations such as Boston College, the New England Aquarium, and the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy. He studied creative writing at Princeton and Vanderbilt and lives…
Gideon Forbes
Gideon Forbes is a saxophonist, nay player, composer, and improviser in Brooklyn, New York. An in-demand collaborator in the NYC Arabic and creative music scenes, he is currently a member of the New York Arabic Orchestra, Big Beat Big Band, Takht al-Nagham, The Brooklyn Nomads, and Habibi Gün. Gideon co-leads Orchestra Farha and the chordess…
Laura Mock
Laura Mock is a musician and educator from Bangor, Maine, and currently based in NYC. She joined the Conservatory’s development team in 2023. She graduated from New York University in 2022 with a Bachelor’s of Music. Laura is a singer-songwriter, and performs locally after her days at BKCM!
Craig Sabbatino
Craig Sabbatino started working with the BKCM marketing team in 2023, leveraging his communications background with his passion for music. Craig began his career at Atlantic Records, publicizing artists such as Led Zeppelin, Matchbox 20, Tori Amos, and Cyrus Chestnut. He’s worked at some of NYC’s leading advertising agencies, including Serino Coyne, where Broadway shows…
Marcus Iwama
Marcus Iwama is the Marketing Associate and Social Media Coordinator at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
Bryan Cabrera Perez
Bryan Cabrera Perez is a visual artist originally from Bayamón, Puerto Rico. In addition to being a vital member of the BKCM Registration Team, he also works as an artist assistant and is currently taking computer science classes through the New York Public Library. Fun fact: Bryan won first place in a global quizathon focused…
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…
Dannyele Crawford, MS, MT-BC, LCAT
Dannyele Crawford is a board certified music therapist at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Being a Brooklyn native, Dannyele holds a passion for serving under-resourced communities within NYC and amplifying the voices of those who need it. She believes that music can be used as a tool to improve overall wellbeing, health, promote diversity/inclusion/community and…