Profile Type: Administration
Jamaica Arsenio
Jamaica Arsenio is a Staff Accountant at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
Elijah J. Thomas
Elijah J. Thomas (he/him) is a Black Philadelphia-born, Harlem-based flutist, multi-instrumentalist, educator, producer, and composer/experimentalist. Elijah studied woodwind performance/improvisation with Dick Oatts, Tim Warfield, Jr., Walter Bell, and Dr. Cynthia Folio; composition with Kevin Rodgers, Dr. Cynthia Folio, and Dr. Maurice Wright; and music education studies with Dr. Rollo Dilworth and Dr. Allison Reynolds. Elijah…
Jake Lichter
Jake Lichter is a musician and sound engineer who has been with BKCM since 2019 (long time!) He grew up in Southern Maine and studied composition and performance at Hampshire College. When he’s not at BKCM he’s perhaps playing ping pong in the park or on tour or working on a mid-budget independent film in…
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!
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…
Aaron Van Heyningen
From: Issaquah, WashingtonI started teaching music in…1997I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 2013My inspiration: Dr. Suzuki. He lived through turbulent times and still managed to work tirelessly to create a more beautiful world through education, compassion, and music.Few people know that I… enjoy high-tech cooking, and I dream of turning my brown thumb into…