Sarah Beaty
Sarah Beaty is both a passionate performer and a teacher of music. She has had recital debuts at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, New York’s Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Wigmore Hall in London. Sarah has performed at Italy’s Spoleto Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and currently attends the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, and Prussia Cove’s Open Chamber Music, UK. Sarah performs with the Ikarus Chamber Players, The Knights, The Metropolis Ensemble, The Second Instrumental Unit, Ensemble 360, and the Aronowitz Ensemble. A graduate of The Juilliard School and the Royal Northern College of Music, Sarah studied with Charles Neidich, John Bradbury, Lynsey Marsh, Chris Swann, and John Reynolds. She is the recipient of the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe woodwind prize, an Ian Fleming Award from the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund, a June Alison Woodwind Award from the Philharmonia Orchestra / Martin Musical Fund, and a Hattori Foundation award. As part of The Academy, Sarah teaches in Manhattan at PS 46.
Meena M. Bhasin
Meena M. Bhasin is a violist whose interests lie in music and international relations. She has traveled extensively, performing and collaborating in cultural exchange programs throughout Japan, China, Iran, and Israel—inspiring her continued dedication to use music as a means to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue. Meena trained under the guidance of Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program. In 2007, she graduated from a dual-degree program between Tufts University, where she graduated with honors in International Relations, and New England Conservatory, where she was the recipient of the 2006 Presser Award. Current engagements are taking Meena beyond her classical upbringing to encompass various types of world and popular music. She recently toured the US as a guest soloist with legendary rock band, Jethro Tull. As part of The Academy, Meena teaches in Brooklyn at PS 282.
Nicholas Canellakis
Cellist Nicholas Canellakis has performed throughout Europe and the US, and has participated in the festivals of Santa Fe, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Verbier, Aspen, Music from Angel Fire, and Sarasota. Nicholas is a member of the prestigious Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Two. A regular performer at Bargemusic in New York City, he has also appeared in venues such as Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, Jordan Hall, and Disney Hall. Nicholas was a founding member of the prize-winning Vertigo String Quartet, which made its New York debut in February 2008 and was Bargemusic’s resident quartet for the 2007–2008 season. He graduated form the Curtis Institute and the New England Conservatory, studying with Orlando Cole, Peter Wiley, and Paul Katz. He is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music Precollege. As part of The Academy, Nicholas teaches in Manhattan at PS 153M.
Owen Dalby
Violinist Owen Dalby has performed throughout North America and Europe as a solo, orchestral, and chamber musician. He was a top-prizewinner at the 2007 Lyon International Chamber Music Competition. Owen’s enduring love of chamber music began at The Crowden School in California, and continued to develop at the Aspen, Adriatic, Kneisel Hall, Norfolk, Music@Menlo, and Yellow Barn summer festivals. He has appeared as a soloist with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Festival Orchestra of Sofia, and on several occasions with the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Acclaimed for his instrumental versatility, Owen is a co-founder of The Hindemith Ensemble and is also a member of the Momenta Quartet. He appears regularly with the Clarion Music Society, the Grand Tour Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St Luke’s. A California native, Owen received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University. As part of The Academy, Owen teaches in Brooklyn at PS 112K.
Joanna Marie Frankel
Violinist Joanna Marie Frankel is a 2007 recipient of a Career Grant from the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation, and of The Juilliard School’s prestigious William Schuman Prize for artistic excellence. Highlights of Joanna’s upcoming season include solo recitals in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, as well collaborations with orchestras in New Jersey, Tennessee, and Michigan. Recent engagements have included chamber music appearances at La Jolla’s Summerfest and her European recital debut tour, during which she performed in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Joanna made her Carnegie Hall recital debut in January 2007. In 2008, she was appointed to the Concert Artist Faculty at Kean University in violin and viola. A recent scholarship graduate of The Juilliard School, Joanna performs on the 1846 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin labeled Joseph Guarnerius fecit Cremonae, on extended loan from a generous patron through the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation. As part of The Academy, Joanna teaches in Queens at PS 63.
Angelina Gadeliya
Ukrainian pianist Angelina Gadeliya has performed as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the US, as well as in France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Israel, and Ukraine. She has appeared as soloist with the Sinfonia of Colorado, and the Fort Worth, South Dakota, Oberlin, and Stony Brook symphonies. She has collaborated with such artists as Lucy Shelton, John Harbison, James Levine, members of the New York Philharmonic, and the acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Goup. This past year, Angelina toured Ukraine, playing benefit concerts for families with special needs children—something she does annually to raise community awareness of this underserved population. She has studied with Gilbert Kalish, Angela Cheng, Pavlina Dokovska, and Julian Martin. A graduate of Oberlin, The Juilliard School, and Mannes College The New School for Music, she also holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University. As part of The Academy, Angelina teaches in Brooklyn at PS 130.
Evan Premo
Bassist Evan Premo is an active chamber musician. He has performed concertos with numerous ensembles, including the 2009 world premiere of his own Double Concerto for Violin and Double Bass with Andrés Cárdenes and the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Evan has also collaborated with Yizhak Schotten, Katherine Collier, and the Formosa String Quartet, in addition to performing his own arrangements for piano and bass at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Evan was a winner of the school’s concerto competition in 2006 and, that same year, premiered his own Concertino for Bass Fiddle and Winds with the University of Michigan’s Symphony Band. Evan’s bass teachers include virtuosos Diana Gannett and Gary Karr, and he has studied composition with Michael Daugherty, Susan Botti, and Evan Chambers. He is also a member of Duo Borealis with soprano Mary Bonhag. As part of The Academy, Evan teaches in the Bronx at PS 157.
James Austin Smith
An active chamber musician and new music advocate, oboist James Austin Smith is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Sospiro Winds, and the Metropolis Ensemble. James has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Speculum Musicae, and Manhattan Sinfonietta. His festival appearances include Marlboro, Lucerne, Schleswig-Holstein, OK Mozart, Schwetzingen, and Spoleto USA. James received a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music and bachelor’s degrees from Northwestern University; he also spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Leipzig, Germany. His principal teachers are Stephen Taylor, Christian Wetzel, Humbert Lucarelli, Hansjörg Schellenberger, and Ray Still. The son of musician parents and the eldest of four boys, James was born in New York and raised in Connecticut. As part of The Academy, James teaches in Brooklyn at PS 69.
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