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Dallas native, Neylan Loffredo, is a versatile vocalist who loves to share her love of music to her students. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Choral Music Education from the University of Texas at Arlington. Prior to her studies at...

Akosua Adwini-Poku is a native of Detroit, Michigan with Ghanaian heritage, currently residing in Dallas, Texas. Her rich, expressive mezzo expertly lends itself to Italian arias and art songs, German lieder, French arias and mélodies, as well as solo English-language...

Travis Jensen is a guitar, bass, vihuela player, singer, and a graduate from Metropolitan State University of Denver.  During his time at university, Travis extensively studied jazz and music composition. He also began playing mariachi music and played the style...

Anton Escano began studying piano at the age of 9, and just two years later, he won his first competition: the Dallas Music Teachers Association Piano Solo Competition. At age 13, he moved to Chicago, where he began studying under Dr....

Biography: Mr. Parkess is an accomplished musician and dedicated educator with over two decades of experience in private and group instruction. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music from the University of Oregon, where he served as a Graduate Teaching...

Biography: Irene Jordan was born in Taiwan and started her music development learning piano and classical guitar. Throughout the years of education and Nokia employment, she continued to take guitar and piano lessons. Later volunteering as a piano accompanist at...

Hubert Pralitz began his violin exploration at the age of 7 in his native Poland. He studied the art of violin playing with Henryk Szeryng, Zino Francescatti, Sándor Végh, Jean Fournier, Gérard Poulet, Herman Kienzl, Wanda Popielska, and Stefan Herman....

Biography: Dr. Joseph Henry, is a classical pianist and organist. He received both Bachelor of Music (BM) and Master of Music (MM) degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree from the Manhattan...